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LONG-TERM DEBT
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
LONG-TERM DEBT  
LONG-TERM DEBT

5.                                    LONG-TERM DEBT

 

A summary of Barnwell’s long-term debt is as follows:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian revolving credit facility

 

 

$

12,000,000

 

 

 

$

12,000,000

 

 

Real estate loan

 

 

4,772,000

 

 

 

5,164,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,772,000

 

 

 

17,164,000

 

 

Less: current portion

 

 

(4,772,000

)

 

 

(5,764,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

$

12,000,000

 

 

 

$

11,400,000

 

 

 

Canadian revolving credit facility

 

In March 2013, Barnwell’s credit facility at Royal Bank of Canada was renewed through April 2014 for $20,000,000 Canadian dollars, unchanged from the prior year amount, or US$19,026,000 at the June 30, 2013 exchange rate. Unused credit available under this facility was US$7,026,000 and the interest rate on the facility was 2.70% at June 30, 2013.

 

The renewed facility is available in U.S. dollars at the London Interbank Offer Rate plus 2.50%, at the Royal Bank of Canada’s U.S. base rate plus 1.50%, or in Canadian dollars at the Royal Bank of Canada’s prime rate plus 1.50%. A standby fee of 0.625% per annum is charged on the unused facility balance. Under the financing agreement, the facility is reviewed annually, with the next review planned for April 2014. Subject to that review, the facility may be renewed for one year with no required debt repayments or converted to a two-year term loan by the bank. If the facility is converted to a two-year term loan, Barnwell has agreed to the following repayment schedule of the then outstanding loan balance: first year of the term period – 20% (5% per quarter), and in the second year of the term period – 80% (5% per quarter for the first three quarters and 65% in the final quarter). Based on the terms of this agreement, if Royal Bank of Canada were to convert the facility to a two-year term loan upon its next review in April 2014, Barnwell would be obligated to make quarterly principal and interest repayments beginning in July 2014. As no debt repayments will be required on or before June 30, 2014, the entire outstanding loan balance at June 30, 2013 is classified as long-term debt.

 

Real estate loan

 

Barnwell, together with its real estate joint venture, Kaupulehu 2007, has a non-revolving real estate loan with a Hawaii bank. Principal and interest are paid monthly and are determined based on a loan amortization schedule. The monthly payment will change as a result of an annual change in the interest rate, the sale of a house or the sale of a residential parcel. The interest rate adjusts each April for the remaining term of the loan to the lender’s then prevailing interest rate for similarly priced commercial mortgage loans or a floating rate equal to the lender’s base rate. The interest rate at June 30, 2013 was 3.53%. Any unpaid principal balance and accrued interest will be due and payable on April 1, 2018.

 

The loan is collateralized by, among other things, a first mortgage on Kaupulehu 2007’s lots together with all improvements thereon. Kaupulehu 2007 will be required to make a principal payment upon the sale of a house or a residential parcel in the amount of the net sales proceeds of the house or residential parcel; the loan agreement defines net sales proceeds as the gross sales proceeds for the house or residential parcel, less reasonable commissions and normal closing costs.

 

The loan agreement contains provisions requiring us to maintain compliance with certain covenants including a consolidated debt service coverage ratio and a consolidated total liabilities to tangible net worth ratio. As of June 30, 2013, we were in compliance with the loan covenants.

 

The home collateralizing the loan is currently available for sale; therefore, the entire balance outstanding at June 30, 2013 under the term loan has been classified as a current liability.