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Long Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long Term Debt Long Term Debt
The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
Principal OutstandingWeighted Average Interest Rate
(in thousands)Maturity DateSeptember 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
Unsecured term loans:
April 2019 Term Loan April 2024$200,000 $200,000 1.4%3.0%
November 2019 Term Loan November 2026430,000 250,000 1.7%3.2%
Revolving credit facility April 2023— 46,000 —%3.1%
Secured borrowings:
Series 2017-1 Notes June 2047174,182 239,102 4.2%4.2%
Total principal outstanding $804,182 $735,102 2.2%3.5%
The following table summarizes the scheduled principal payments on the Company’s outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2020:
(in thousands)
April 2019 Term LoanNovember 2019 Term LoanRevolving Credit FacilitySeries 2017-1 NotesTotal
October 1 - December 31, 2020$— $— $— $989 $989 
2021— — — 4,084 4,084 
2022— — — 4,292 4,292 
2023— — — 4,512 4,512 
2024200,000 — — 160,305 360,305 
Thereafter— 430,000 — — 430,000 
Total$200,000 $430,000 $— $174,182 $804,182 
The Company was not in default of any provisions under any of its outstanding indebtedness as of September 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.
Revolving Credit Facility and April 2019 Term Loan
On April 12, 2019, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with its group of lenders, amending and restating the terms of the Company’s previous $300 million revolving credit facility (the “2018 Credit Facility”) to increase the maximum aggregate initial original principal amount of the revolving loans available thereunder up to $400.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and to permit the incurrence of an additional $200.0 million in term loans thereunder (the “April 2019 Term Loan”).
The Revolving Credit Facility has a term of four years from April 12, 2019, with an extension option of up to one year exercisable by the Operating Partnership, subject to certain conditions, and the April 2019 Term Loan has a term of five years from the effective date of the amended agreement. The loans under each of the Revolving Credit Facility and the April 2019 Term Loan initially bear interest at an annual rate of applicable LIBOR plus the applicable margin (which applicable margin varies between the Revolving Credit Facility and the April 2019 Term Loan).
The applicable LIBOR is the rate with a term equivalent to the interest period applicable to the relevant borrowing. The applicable margin initially is a spread set according to a leverage-based pricing grid. At the Operating Partnership’s election, on and after receipt of an investment grade corporate credit rating from Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), the applicable margin will be a spread set according to the Company’s corporate credit ratings provided by S&P and/or Moody’s. The Revolving Credit
Facility and the April 2019 Term Loan are freely pre-payable at any time and the Revolving Credit Facility is mandatorily payable if borrowings exceed the borrowing base or the facility limit. The Operating Partnership may re-borrow amounts paid down on the Revolving Credit Facility but not on the April 2019 Term Loan.
The Operating Partnership is required to pay revolving credit fees throughout the term of the Revolving Credit Agreement based upon its usage of the Revolving Credit Facility, at a rate which depends on its usage of such facility during the period before the Company receives an investment grade corporate credit rating from S&P or Moody’s, and which rate shall be based on the corporate credit rating from S&P and/or Moody’s after the time, if applicable, the Company receives such a rating. The Operating Partnership was required to pay a ticking fee on the April 2019 Term Loan for the period from April 12, 2019 through May 14, 2019, the date the term loan was fully drawn. The Amended Credit Agreement has an accordion feature to increase, subject to certain conditions, the maximum availability of credit (either through increased revolving commitments or additional term loans) by up to $200 million.
Additionally, on November 22, 2019, the Company further amended the Amended Credit Agreement to update certain terms to be consistent with those as described under, and to acknowledge, where applicable, the November 2019 Term Loan (as defined below) and to make certain other changes to the Amended Credit Agreement consistent with market practice on future replacement of the LIBOR rate and qualified financial contracts.
The Operating Partnership is the borrower under the Amended Credit Agreement, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries that owns a direct or indirect interest in an eligible real property asset are guarantors under the Amended Credit Agreement.
Under the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios, secured borrowing ratios and a minimum level of tangible net worth.
The Amended Credit Agreement restricts the Company’s ability to pay distributions to its stockholders under certain circumstances. However, the Company may make distributions to the extent necessary to maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Amended Credit Agreement contains certain additional covenants that, subject to exceptions, limit or restrict the Company’s incurrence of indebtedness and liens, disposition of assets, transactions with affiliates, mergers and fundamental changes, modification of organizational documents, changes to fiscal periods, making of investments, negative pledge clauses and lines of business and REIT qualification.
In May 2019, the Company borrowed the entire $200.0 million available under the April 2019 Term Loan and used the proceeds to repurchase, in part, notes previously issued under its Master Trust Funding Program. The Company borrowed the entire $430.0 million available under the November 2019 Term Loan in separate draws in December 2019 and March 2020 and used the proceeds to voluntarily prepay notes previously issued under its Master Trust Funding Program at par, to repay amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and for general working capital purposes.
The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants and was not in default of any other provisions under the Amended Credit Facility as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
The following table presents information about the Revolving Credit Facility and the 2018 Credit Facility in effect for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
(in thousands)20202019
Balance on January 1,$46,000 $34,000 
Borrowings69,000 278,000 
Repayments(115,000)(157,000)
Balance on September 30,$— $155,000 
The following table presents information about interest expense related to the Revolving Credit Facility:
Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)2020201920202019
Interest expense$256 $1,111 $1,110 $2,125 
Amortization of deferred financing costs291 291 874 803 
Total$547 $1,402 $1,984 $2,928 
Total deferred financing costs, net, of $2.8 million and $3.5 million related to the Revolving Credit Facility were included within rent receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had $400.0 million and $354.0 million of unused borrowing capacity related to the Revolving Credit Facility.
November 2019 Term Loan
On November 26, 2019, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into a new $430 million term loan credit facility (the “November 2019 Term Loan”) with a group of lenders. The November 2019 Term Loan provides for term loans to be drawn up to an aggregate amount of $430 million with a maturity of November 26, 2026.
Borrowings under the November 2019 Term Loan bear interest at an annual rate of applicable LIBOR plus the applicable margin. The applicable LIBOR will be the rate with a term equivalent to the interest period applicable to the relevant borrowing. The applicable margin will initially be a spread set according to a leverage-based pricing grid. At the operating Partnership’s irrevocable election, on and after receipt of an investment grade corporate credit rating from S&P or Moody’s, the applicable margin will be a spread set according to the Company’s corporate credit ratings provided by S&P and/or Moody’s.
The November 2019 Term Loan is pre-payable at any time by the Operating Partnership (as borrower), provided, that if the loans under the November 2019 Term Loan are repaid on or before November 26, 2020,they are subject to a two percent prepayment premium, and if repaid thereafter but on or before November 26, 2021, they are subject to a one percent prepayment premium. After November 26, 2021 the loans may be repaid without penalty. The Operating Partnership may not re-borrow amounts paid down on the November 2019 Term Loan. The Operating Partnership was required to pay a ticking fee on any undrawn portion of the November 2019 Term Loan for the period from November 26, 2019 through March 26, 2020, the date that the November 2019 Term Loan was fully drawn. The November 2019 Term Loan has an accordion feature to increase, subject to certain conditions, the maximum availability of the facility up to an aggregate of $500 million.
The Operating Partnership is the borrower under the November 2019 Term Loan, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries that owns a direct or indirect interest in an eligible real property asset are guarantors under the facility. Under the terms of the November 2019 Term Loan, the Company is subject to various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios, secured borrowing ratios and a minimum level of tangible net worth.
Additionally, the November 2019 Term Loan restricts the Company’s ability to pay distributions to its stockholders under certain circumstances. However, the Company may make distributions to the extent necessary to maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The facility contains certain covenants that, subject to exceptions, limit or restrict the Company’s incurrence of indebtedness and liens, disposition of assets, transactions with affiliates, mergers and fundamental changes, modification of organizational documents, changes to fiscal periods, making of investments, negative pledge clauses and lines of business and REIT qualification.
The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants and was not in default of any other provisions under the November 2019 Term Loan as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
The following table presents information about aggregate interest expense related to the April 2019 and November 2019 Term Loan Facilities:
Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)2020201920202019
Interest expense$2,620 $1,834 $9,109 $2,832 
Amortization of deferred financing costs178 47 534 89 
Total$2,798 $1,881 $9,643 $2,921 
Total deferred financing costs, net, of $3.9 million and $4.4 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to the Term Loan Facilities are included as a component of unsecured term loans, net of deferred financing costs on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020.
The Company fixed the interest rates on its term loan facilities’ variable-rate debt through the use of interest rate swap agreements. See Note 6—Derivative and Hedging Activities for additional information.
Secured Borrowings
In the normal course of business, the Company transfers financial assets in various transactions with Special Purpose Entities (“SPE”) determined to be VIEs, which primarily consist of securitization trusts established for a limited purpose (the “Master Trust Funding Program”). These SPEs are formed for the purpose of securitization transactions in which the Company transfers assets to an SPE, which then issues to investors various forms of debt obligations supported by those assets. In these securitization transactions, the Company typically receives cash from the SPE as proceeds for the transferred assets and retains the rights and obligations to service the transferred assets in accordance with servicing guidelines. All debt obligations issued from the SPEs are non-recourse to the Company.
In accordance with the accounting guidance for asset transfers, the Company considers any ongoing involvement with transferred assets in determining whether the assets can be derecognized from the balance sheets. For transactions that do not meet the requirements for derecognition and remain on the consolidated balance sheets, the transferred assets may not be pledged or exchanged by the Company.
The Company evaluates its interest in certain entities to determine if these entities meet the definition of a VIE and whether the Company is the primary beneficiary and, therefore, should consolidate the entity based on the variable interests it held both at inception and when there was a change in circumstances that required a reconsideration. The Company has determined that the SPEs created in connection with its Master Trust Funding Program should be consolidated as the Company is the primary beneficiary of each of these entities. Tenant rentals received on assets transferred to SPEs under the Master Trust Funding Program are sent to the trustee and used to pay monthly principal and interest payments.
Series 2016-1 Notes
In December 2016, the Company issued its first series of notes under the Master Trust Funding Program, consisting of $263.5 million of Class A Notes and $17.3 million of Class B Notes (together, the “Series 2016-1 Notes”). These notes were issued to an affiliate of Eldridge Industries, LLC (“Eldridge”) through underwriting agents. The Series 2016-1 Notes were issued by two SPEs formed to hold assets and issue the secured borrowings associated with the securitization.
The Series 2016-1 Notes were scheduled to mature in November 2046, but the terms of the Class A Notes required principal to be paid monthly through November 2021, with a balloon repayment at that time, and the terms of the Class B Notes required no monthly principal payments but required the full principal balance to be paid in November 2021.
In May 2019, the Company repurchased a portion of its Class A Series 2016-1 Notes with a face value of $200 million for $201.4 million from an affiliate of Eldridge. On November 12, 2019, the Company cancelled all $200 million of these repurchased Class A Series 2016-1 Notes.
In November 2019, the Company prepaid all $70.4 million of the then outstanding Series 2016-1 Notes (consisting of the remaining $53.2 million Class A Series 2016-1 Notes and $17.2 million Class B Series 2016-1 Notes) at par plus accrued interest pursuant to the terms of the agreements related to such securities.
Series 2017-1 Notes
In July 2017, the Company issued its second series of notes under the Master Trust Funding Program, consisting of $232.4 million of Class A Notes and $15.7 million of Class B Notes (together, the “Series 2017-1 Notes”). The Series 2017-1 Notes were issued by three SPEs formed to hold assets and issue the secured borrowings associated with the securitization.
The Series 2017-1 Notes mature in June 2047 and have a weighted average interest rate of 4.19% as of September 30, 2020. If the notes are not repaid in full on or before such anticipated repayment date, additional interest will begin to accrue on the notes. The anticipated repayment date for the Series 2017-1 Notes is June 2024.
The Series 2017-1 Notes may be voluntarily prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time on or after the date that is 31 months prior to the anticipated repayment date in June 2024 without the payment of a make whole amount. Voluntary prepayments may be made before 31 months prior to the anticipated repayment date.
In February 2020, the Company voluntarily prepaid $62.3 million of the Class A Series 2017-1 Notes at par plus accrued interest pursuant to the terms of the agreements related to such securities. The Company was not subject to the payment of a make whole amount in connection with this prepayment. The Company accounted for this prepayment as a debt extinguishment.
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had notes with $174.2 million and $239.1 million, respectively, of combined principal outstanding through its Master Trust Funding Program.
The following table presents information about interest expense related to the Master Trust Funding Program:
Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)2020201920202019
Interest expense$1,831 $3,804 $5,778 $13,299 
Amortization of deferred financing costs156 308 500 1,300 
Total$1,987 $4,112 $6,278 $14,599 
Total deferred financing costs, net, of $2.3 million and $3.8 million related to the Master Trust Funding Program were included within secured borrowings, net of deferred financing costs on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
The Company recorded a $0.9 million of loss on repayment of secured borrowings related to the amortization of deferred financing costs on the $62.3 million voluntary prepayment of the Class A Series 2017-1 Notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, other than scheduled amortizing principal payments, the Company recorded a $4.3 million loss on the repurchase of a portion of the Class A Series 2016-1 Notes, which includes the write-off of unamortized deferred financing charges.