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Revolving Credit Agreements
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2019
Revolving Credit Agreements  
Revolving Credit Agreements

6. Revolving Credit Agreements

On September 19, 2019, Griffin executed an amendment (the “Revolving Credit Line Amendment”) to its $15,000 revolving credit line (the “Webster Credit Line” and, as amended by the Revolving Credit Line Amendment, the “Amended Webster Credit Line”) with Webster Bank that was originally scheduled to expire on July 31, 2019 (which was extended to September 30, 2019 on July 26, 2019). The Revolving Credit Line Amendment provided for an extension of the maturity date to September 30, 2021, with an option to extend for an additional year through September 30, 2022, and reduced the interest rate from the one-month LIBOR rate plus 2.75% to the one-month LIBOR rate plus 2.50%. In the event that Webster Bank determines that LIBOR is no longer available, the Amended Webster Credit Line contemplates that Webster Bank shall transition to a comparable rate of interest to the LIBOR rate. The Revolving Credit Line Amendment increased the amount of the Amended Webster Credit Line from $15,000 to $19,500, while adding an approximately 31,000 square foot industrial/warehouse building in Bloomfield, Connecticut to the Webster Credit Line’s original collateral, which are Griffin’s properties in Griffin Center South in Bloomfield, Connecticut, aggregating approximately 235,000 square feet, and an approximately 48,000 square foot single-story office building in Griffin Center in Windsor, Connecticut. The aggregate book value of land and buildings that are collateral for the Amended Webster Credit Line was $12,076 at November 30, 2019. Under the terms of the Revolving Credit Line Amendment, Griffin must maintain: (a) a maximum loan to value ratio of 72%; (b) a minimum liquidity, as defined in the Revolving Credit Line Amendment, of $5,000; and (c) a fixed charge coverage ratio, defined as EBITDA minus cash income taxes and dividends paid divided by debt service (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”), of at least 1.1 to 1.0. As of November 30, 2019, the Amended Webster Credit Line secured certain standby letters of credit aggregating $484 that are related to Griffin's development activities. There were no borrowings under the Amended Credit Line in fiscal 2019.

On September 19, 2019, Griffin and Webster Bank also entered into an additional credit line of $15,000 to be used to finance property acquisitions (the “Acquisition Credit Line”). The Acquisition Credit Line is unsecured, expires on September 30, 2021, with an option to extend for an additional year through September 30, 2022, and may be used to fund up to 65% of the purchase price of real estate acquisitions. Interest on advances under the Acquisition Credit Line are at the one-month LIBOR rate plus 2.75%.  In the event that LIBOR is no longer readily determinable or available, the Acquisition Credit Line contemplates that Webster Bank shall transition to an alternate rate of interest to the LIBOR rate taking into account then prevailing standards in the market for determining interest rates for commercial loans made by financial institutions in the United States at such time. Amounts borrowed under the Acquisition Credit Line are expected to be repaid with proceeds from long-term financing of the property acquired. If amounts borrowed under the Acquisition Credit Line are not repaid within 135 days from the date the properties are acquired, Griffin has agreed to either (a) repay the portion of the Acquisition Credit Line allocable to such advance or (b) execute a first-lien mortgage in favor of Webster Bank. Under the terms of the Acquisition Credit Line, Griffin must maintain (i) a total stockholders’ equity minimum debt service coverage ratio of the aggregate acquired property (as defined in the Acquisition Credit Line) equal to or greater than 1.25 times; (ii) a minimum net worth of not less than $80,000; (iii) a minimum liquidity, as defined in the Acquisition Credit Line, of $5,000; (iv) a ratio of total debt plus preferred stock, to total assets not to exceed 50% of the total fair market value of Griffin’s assets; and (v) a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0. At November 30, 2019, $5,875 was outstanding under the Acquisition Credit Line for the purchase in October 2019 of 7466 Chancellor (see Note 3) at a weighted-average interest rate of 4.57%.  Subsequent to November 30, 2019, the outstanding amount as of November 30, 2019 under the Acquisition Credit Line was repaid with proceeds from the 2020 Webster Mortgage (see Note 11).