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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 03, 2011
Long-Term Debt  
Long-Term Debt

12. Long-Term Debt

        Long-term debt includes:

 
  Dec. 3,
2011
  Nov. 27,
2010
 

Nonrecourse mortgages:

             

6.08%, due January 1, 2013

  $ 6,926   $ 7,190  

6.30%, due May 1, 2014

    453     635  

5.73%, due August 1, 2015

    19,368     19,758  

8.13%, due April 1, 2016

    4,232     4,547  

7.0%, due October 1, 2017

    6,220     6,444  

Variable rate mortgage, due February 1, 2019*

    11,609     11,845  

Variable rate mortgage, due August 1, 2019*

    8,176     8,333  

5.25%, due January 28, 2020

    4,151     4,247  
           

Total nonrecourse mortgages

    61,135     62,999  

Revolving line of credit

         

Capital leases

    46     38  
           

Total

    61,181     63,037  

Less: current portion

    (1,700 )   (1,742 )
           

Total long-term debt

  $ 59,481   $ 61,295  
           

*
Griffin entered into interest rate swap agreements to effectively fix the interest rates on these loans (see below).

        The annual principal payment requirements under the terms of the mortgage loans for the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 are $1,681, $8,371, $1,692, $19,440 and $3,741, respectively. The aggregate book value of land and buildings that are collateral for the mortgage loans was approximately $63.7 million at December 3, 2011. The aggregate book value of land and buildings that are collateral for the revolving line of credit was approximately $12.3 million at December 3, 2011.

        On April 28, 2011, Griffin closed on a new $12.5 million revolving line of credit (the "2011 Credit Line") with Doral Bank. This 2011 Credit Line replaced the $10 million revolving line of credit with Doral Bank that was originally scheduled to expire on March 1, 2011, but was extended until the 2011 Credit Line was completed. The 2011 Credit Line has a two year term with a company option for a third year and interest at the higher of prime plus 1.5% or 5.875%. The 2011 Credit Line is collateralized by the same properties that collateralized the expired revolving line of credit plus a 40,000 square foot office building in Griffin Center South that was previously unencumbered. In fiscal 2011, there were no outstanding borrowings under the $10 million revolving line of credit that expired during the period or under the new 2011 Credit Line.

        On January 29, 2010, Griffin closed on a $4.3 million nonrecourse mortgage with First Niagara Bank (formerly NewAlliance Bank), collateralized by the 120,000 square foot industrial building in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania that was acquired earlier that month. This mortgage has a ten-year term and originally had a fixed interest rate of 6.5% with monthly principal and interest payments based on a twenty-five year amortization schedule. Effective November 1, 2010, based on a request by Griffin to reduce the interest rate on the loan in a more favorable interest rate environment, Griffin and First Niagara Bank entered into a loan modification agreement, whereby the interest rate was reduced from 6.5% to 5.25% for the remainder of the loan in exchange for a payment of $0.2 million by Griffin. The loan modification did not change the loan's maturity date.

        Through January 31, 2010, the variable rate mortgage due February 1, 2019 with Berkshire Bank (the "Berkshire Bank Loan") functioned as a construction loan, with Griffin Land drawing funds as construction progressed on a new warehouse in New England Tradeport ("Tradeport"), Griffin Land's industrial park in Windsor and East Granby, Connecticut. The interest rate during the construction period of the loan was the greater of 2.75% above the thirty day LIBOR rate or 4%. Payments during that period were for interest only. On February 1, 2010, the Berkshire Bank Loan converted to a nine-year nonrecourse mortgage collateralized by the new warehouse facility, with monthly payments of principal and interest starting on March 1, 2010, based on a twenty-five year amortization schedule. At the time Griffin closed the Berkshire Bank Loan, Griffin also entered into an interest rate swap agreement with the bank for a notional principal amount of $12 million at inception to fix the interest rate at 6.35% for the final nine years of the loan. Payments under the swap agreement commenced on March 1, 2010 and will continue monthly until February 1, 2019, which is also the termination date of the Berkshire Bank Loan.

        Griffin is also party to an interest rate swap agreement related to its nonrecourse mortgage, due on August 1, 2019, on four industrial buildings in Tradeport. Griffin accounts for both of its interest rate swap agreements as effective cash flow hedges (see Note 4). No ineffectiveness on the cash flow hedges was recognized as of December 3, 2011 and none is anticipated over the term of the agreements. Amounts in other comprehensive income will be reclassified into interest expense over the term of the swap agreements to achieve fixed rates on each mortgage. Neither of the interest rate swap agreements contains any credit risk related contingent features. In fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, Griffin recognized losses on its interest rate swap agreements of $934, $711 and $770, respectively, (included in other comprehensive income), before taxes. In fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, the losses recognized on the effective portion of the interest rate swap agreements were $730, $575 and $87, respectively. As of December 3, 2011, $608 is expected to be reclassified over the next twelve months from other comprehensive income to interest expense. As of December 3, 2011 and November 27, 2010, the fair values of Griffin's interest rate swap liabilities were $2,415 and $1,481, respectively, and are included in other noncurrent liabilities on Griffin's consolidated balance sheets.

        Griffin Land's 6.08% nonrecourse mortgage due January 1, 2013, requires that the ratio of the net operating income, as defined in the mortgage agreement, of the buildings that collateralize the mortgage, to the debt service of the mortgage be no less than 1.25 (the "debt service coverage covenant"). On December 14, 2011, the debt service coverage covenant for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 was waived by the bank as Griffin would not have been in compliance at the measurement date. Griffin is required to meet the debt service coverage covenant for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2012.

        Future minimum lease payments under capital leases held by Griffin as lessee, principally for transportation equipment, and the present value of such payments as of December 3, 2011 were:

2012

  $ 20  

2013

    14  

2014

    10  

2015

    5  

2016

    1  
       

Total minimum lease payments

    50  

Less: amounts representing interest

    (4 )
       

Present value of minimum lease payments (a)

  $ 46  
       

(a)
Includes current portion of $19 at December 3, 2011.

        At December 3, 2011 and November 27, 2010, machinery and equipment included assets subject to capital leases with Griffin as lessee amounting to $58 and $59, respectively, which is net of accumulated amortization of $440 and $427 at December 3, 2011 and November 27, 2010, respectively. Amortization expense relating to capital leases in fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 was $39, $59 and $72, respectively.