DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

DEBT

Debt of American Assets Trust, Inc.

American Assets Trust, Inc. does not hold any indebtedness. All debt is held directly or indirectly by the Operating Partnership; however, American Assets Trust, Inc. has guaranteed the Operating Partnership's obligations under the (i) 3.375% senior notes, (ii) senior guaranteed notes, (iii) third amended and restated credit facility, and (iv) amended and restated term loan agreement, each discussed below.

Debt of American Assets Trust, L.P.

Secured notes payable

The following is a summary of the Operating Partnership's total secured notes payable outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):

Description of Debt	Principal Balance as of				Stated Interest Rate		Stated Maturity Date
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		as of December 31, 2023
City Center Bellevue (1)	75,000		75,000		5.08	%	October 1, 2027
	75,000		75,000
Debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of $542 and $452, respectively	(331)		(422)
Total Secured Notes Payable	$	74,669	$	74,578

(1)Interest only.

The Operating Partnership has provided a carve-out guarantee on the new mortgage at City Center Bellevue. Certain loans require the Operating Partnership to comply with various financial covenants. As of December 31, 2023, the Operating Partnership was in compliance with these financial covenants.

Unsecured notes payable

The following is a summary of the Operating Partnership's total unsecured notes payable outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):

Description of Debt	Principal Balance as of				Stated Interest Rate			Stated Maturity Date
	December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		as of December 31, 2023
Term Loan A	$	100,000	$	100,000	Variable		(1)	January 5, 2027
Term Loan B	150,000		100,000		Variable		(3)	January 5, 2025	(2)
Term Loan C	75,000		50,000		Variable		(3)	January 5, 2025	(2)
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F	100,000		100,000		3.78	%	(4)	July 19, 2024
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series B	100,000		100,000		4.45	%		February 2, 2025
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series C	100,000		100,000		4.50	%		April 1, 2025
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series D	250,000		250,000		4.29	%	(5)	March 1, 2027
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series E	100,000		100,000		4.24	%	(6)	May 23, 2029
Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series G	150,000		150,000		3.91	%	(7)	July 30, 2030
3.375% Senior Unsecured Notes	500,000		500,000		3.38	%		February 1, 2031
	1,625,000		1,550,000
Debt discount and issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of $7,259 and $11,709, respectively	(10,042)		(10,547)
Total Unsecured Notes Payable	$	1,614,958	$	1,539,453

(1)The Operating Partnership has entered into two interest rate swap agreements that are intended to fix the interest rate associated with Term Loan A at approximately 2.70% through its maturity date, subject to adjustments based on our consolidated leverage ratio.

(2)On January 5, 2023, we extended Term Loan B and Term Loan C to a maturity date of January 5, 2025 with one, twelve-month extension option and increased the fully drawn borrowings thereunder to $150 million and $75 million, respectively.

(3)The Operating Partnership entered into interest rate swap agreements that are intended to fix the effective interest rate associated with Term Loan B and Term Loan C, subject to adjustments based on our consolidated leverage ratio, at, 5.47% from January 5, 2023 to January 4, 2024 and at 5.57% from January 5, 2024 to January 4, 2025.

(4)The Operating Partnership entered into a treasury lock contract on May 31, 2017, which was settled on June 23, 2017 at a loss of approximately $0.5 million. The treasury lock contract was deemed to be a highly effective cash flow hedge, accordingly, the effective interest rate is approximately 3.85% per annum.

(5)The Operating Partnership entered into forward-starting interest rate swap contracts on March 29, 2016 and April 7, 2016, which were settled on January 18, 2017 at a gain of approximately $10.4 million. The forward-starting interest swap rate contracts were deemed to be highly effective cash flow hedges, accordingly, the effective interest rate is approximately 3.87% per annum.

(6)The Operating Partnership entered into a treasury lock contract on April 25, 2017, which was settled on May 11, 2017 at a gain of approximately $0.7 million. The treasury lock contract was deemed to be a highly effective cash flow hedge, accordingly, the effective interest rate is approximately 4.18% per annum.

(7)The Operating Partnership entered into a treasury lock contract on June 20, 2019, which was settled on July 17, 2019 at a gain of approximately $0.5 million. The treasury lock contract was deemed to be a highly effective cash flow hedge, accordingly, the effective interest rate is approximately 3.88% per annum.

Scheduled principal payments on secured and unsecured notes payable as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):

2024	$	100,000
2025	425,000
2026	—
2027	425,000
2028	—
Thereafter	750,000
	$	1,700,000

3.375% Senior Notes

On January 26, 2021, the Operating Partnership issued $500 million of senior unsecured notes (the "3.375% Senior Notes") that mature February 1, 2031 and bear interest at 3.375% per annum. The 3.375% Senior Notes were priced at 98.935% of the principal amount with a yield to maturity of 3.502%. The net proceeds of the 3.375% Senior Notes, after the issuance discount, underwriting fees, and other costs were approximately $489.7 million, which were primarily used to (i) prepay our $150 million Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series A, with a make-whole payment (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement for the Series A Notes) thereon of approximately $3.9 million, on January 26, 2021, (ii) repay our $100 million then outstanding balance under our then-existing revolver loan on January 26, 2021, (iii) fund the development of the La Jolla Commons III office building and (iv) for general corporate purposes.

Senior Guaranteed Notes

On October 31, 2014, the Operating Partnership entered into a note purchase agreement (the "Note Purchase Agreement") with a group of institutional purchasers that provided for the private placement of an aggregate of $350 million of senior guaranteed notes, of which (i) $150 million are designated as 4.04% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series A, due October 31, 2021 (the “Series A Notes”), (ii) $100 million are designated as 4.45% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series B, due February 2, 2025 (the “Series B Notes”) and (iii) $100 million are designated as 4.50% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series C, due April 1, 2025 (the “Series C Notes”). The Series A Notes were issued on October 31, 2014, the Series B Notes were issued on February 2, 2015 and the Series C Notes were issued on April 2, 2015. The Series A Notes, the Series B Notes and the Series C Notes will pay interest quarterly on the last day of January, April, July and October until their respective maturities. On January 26, 2021, we repaid the entirety of the $150.0 million Series A Notes with a make-whole payment (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) of approximately $3.9 million.

On March 1, 2017, the Operating Partnership entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $250 million of 4.29% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series D, due March 1, 2027 (the "Series D Notes"). The Series D Notes were issued on March 1, 2017 and pay interest quarterly on the last day of January, April, July and October until their respective maturities.

On May 23, 2017, the Operating Partnership entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $100 million of 4.24% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series E, due May 23, 2029 (the "Series E Notes"). The Series E Notes were issued on May 23, 2017 and pay interest semi-annually on the 23rd of May and November until their respective maturities.

On July 19, 2017, the Operating Partnership entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $100 million of 3.78% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, due July 19, 2024 (the "Series F Notes"). The Series F Notes were issued on July 19, 2017 and pay interest semi-annually on the 31st of January and July until their respective maturities.

On July 30, 2019, the Operating Partnership entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $150 million of 3.91% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series G, due July 30, 2030 (the "Series G Notes" and collectively with the Series A Notes, Series B Notes, Series C Notes, Series D Notes, Series E Notes, and Series G Notes are referred to herein as, the “Notes".) The Series G Notes were issued on July 30, 2019 and pay interest semi-annually on the 30th of July and January until their maturity.

The Operating Partnership may prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of any series of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus a Make-Whole Amount.

The Note Purchase Agreements contain a number of customary financial covenants, including, without limitation, tangible net worth thresholds, secured and unsecured leverage ratios and fixed charge coverage ratios. Subject to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes, upon certain events of default, including, but not limited to, (i) a default in the payment of any principal, Make-Whole Amount or interest under the Notes, and (ii) a default in the payment of certain other indebtedness by us or our subsidiaries, the principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and the Make-Whole Amount on the outstanding Notes will become due and payable at the option of the purchasers.

The Operating Partnership's obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Operating Partnership and certain of the Operating Partnership's subsidiaries.

Certain loans require the Operating Partnership to comply with various financial covenants, including the maintenance of minimum debt coverage ratios. As of December 31, 2023, the Operating Partnership was in compliance with all loan covenants.

Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility

On January 5, 2022, the Operating Partnership entered into the third amended and restated credit facility (the “Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility”) , which amended and restated our then-existing credit facility. The Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility provides for aggregate, unsecured borrowings of up to $500 million, consisting of a revolving line of credit of $400 million (the “Revolver Loan”) and a term loan of $100 million (“Term Loan A”). The Revolver Loan initially matures on January 5, 2026, subject to two, six-month extension options. Term Loan A matures on January 5, 2027, with no further extension options. As of December 31, 2023, the entirety of the principal amount of Term Loan A was outstanding, there were no amounts outstanding under the Revolver Loan, and the Operating Partnership had incurred approximately $1.30 million of net debt issuance costs which are recorded in other assets, net on the consolidated balance sheet. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the weighted average interest rate on the Revolver Loan was 6.17%.

Borrowings under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at floating rates equal to, at the Operating Partnership’s option, either (1) the applicable SOFR, plus the applicable SOFR Adjustment and a spread which ranges from (a) 1.05%-1.50% (with respect to the Revolver Loan) and (b) 1.20% to 1.70% (with respect to Term Loan A), in each case based on our consolidated leverage ratio, or (2) a base rate equal to the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 50 bps, (c) the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month plus 100 bps and (d) 1.00%, plus a spread which ranges from (i) 0.10%-0.50% (with respect to the Revolver Loan) and (ii) 0.20% to 0.70% (with respect to Term Loan A), in each case based on our consolidated leverage ratio. On January 14, 2022, the Operating Partnership entered into an interest rate swap agreement intended to fix the interest rate associated with the Term Loan A at approximately 2.70% through January 5, 2027, subject to adjustments based on our consolidated leverage ratio.

The Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility includes a number of customary financial covenants, including:

•A maximum leverage ratio (defined as total indebtedness net of certain cash and cash equivalents to total asset value) of 60%,

•A maximum secured leverage ratio (defined as total secured debt to secured total asset value) of 40%,

•A minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (defined as consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to consolidated fixed charges) of 1.50x,

•A minimum unsecured interest coverage ratio of 1.75x,

•A maximum unsecured leverage ratio of 60%, and

•Recourse indebtedness at any time cannot exceed 15% of total asset value.

The Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility also provides that our annual distributions may not exceed the greater of (1) 95% of our FFO or (2) the amount required for us to (a) qualify and maintain our REIT status and (b) avoid the payment of federal or state income or excise tax. If certain events of default exist or would result from a distribution, we may be precluded from making distributions other than those necessary to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT.

As of December 31, 2023, the Operating Partnership was in compliance with all then in-place Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility covenants.

Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement

On January 5, 2023, we entered into the amended and restated term loan agreement he (the “Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement”), which amended and restated our then-existing term loan agreement. The Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement provides to the Operating Partnership a term loan of $150 million (“Term Loan B”) and a term loan of $75 million (“Term Loan C”), each maturing on January 5, 2025, with one, twelve-month extension option, subject to certain conditions. As of December 31, 2023, the entirety of the principal amounts of Term Loan B and Term Loan C were outstanding,

Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement bear interest at floating rates equal to, at the Operating Partnership’s option, either (1) the applicable SOFR, plus a SOFR adjustment and a spread (based on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated leverage ratio and applicable year of Term Loan B and Term Loan C) ranging from 1.20% to 1.90%, or (2) a base rate equal to the highest of (a) 0%, (b) the prime rate, (c) the federal funds rate plus 50 bps and (d) the one-month SOFR, plus a SOFR adjustment and 100 bps, plus, in each case, a spread (based on the Operating Partnership’s consolidated leverage ratio and applicable year of Term Loan B and Term Loan C) ranging from 0.20% to 0.90%. Additionally, the Operating Partnership may elect for borrowings to bear interest based on a ratings-based pricing grid based on the Operating Partnership’s then-applicable investment grade debt ratings under the terms set forth in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement. Prior to entering into the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, the Operating Partnership entered into interest rate swap agreements that are intended to fix the interest rate associated with Term Loan B and Term Loan C at approximately (1) 5.47% for the first year of Term Loan B and Term Loan C and (2) 5.57% for the second year of Term Loan B and Term Loan C, subject to adjustments based on the company’s consolidated leverage ratio.

The Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement contains a number of customary financial covenants, including, without limitation, tangible net worth thresholds, secured and unsecured leverage ratios and fixed charge coverage ratios. Subject to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement, upon certain events of default, including, but not limited to, (i) a default in the payment of any principal or interest under Term Loan B or Term Loan C, and (ii) a default in the payment of certain other indebtedness of the Operating Partnership, the company or their subsidiaries, the principal and accrued and unpaid interest and prepayment penalties on the outstanding Term Loan B or Term Loan C will become due and payable at the option of the lenders.