Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

4. Borrowings

Long Term Debt

Long term debt was as follows:

										June 30,		March 31,
	2020 Rates (a)					Maturities				2019		2019
										(Unaudited)
										(In thousands)
Real estate loan (amortizing term)				3.91	%			2023	$	100,413	$	102,913
Senior mortgages	3.72	%	-	6.62	%	2021	-	2038		1,729,184		1,741,652
Real estate loans (revolving credit)	3.03	%	-	3.93	%	2021	-	2024		435,000		429,400
Fleet loans (amortizing term)	1.95	%	-	4.66	%	2019	-	2025		261,677		263,209
Fleet loans (revolving credit)				3.59	%	2021	-	2023		555,000		530,000
Finance/capital leases (rental equipment)	1.92	%	-	5.04	%	2019	-	2026		948,206		1,042,652
Finance liability (rental equipment)	3.21	%	-	4.22	%			2026		259,617		0
Other obligations	2.75	%	-	8.00	%	2019	-	2048		82,724		82,417
Notes, loans and finance/capital leases payable										4,371,821		4,192,243
Less: Debt issuance costs										(27,886)		(28,920)
Total notes, loans and finance/capital leases payable, net									$	4,343,935	$	4,163,323
(a) Interest rates as of June 30, 2019, including the effect of applicable hedging instruments.

Real Estate Backed Loans

Real Estate Loan

Real Estate and certain of its subsidiaries and U-Haul Company of Florida are borrowers under a real estate loan (the “Real Estate Loan”).  The Real Estate Loan requires monthly principal and interest payments, with the unpaid loan balance and accrued and unpaid interest due at maturity. The Real Estate Loan is secured by various properties owned by the borrowers. 

The interest rate, per the provisions of the amended loan agreement, is the applicable London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) plus the applicable margin. As of June 30, 2019, the applicable LIBOR was 2.41% and the applicable margin was 1.50%, the sum of which was 3.91%. The default provisions of the Real Estate Loan include non-payment of principal or interest and other standard reporting and change-in-control covenants. There are limited restrictions regarding our use of the funds.

Senior Mortgages

Various subsidiaries of Real Estate and U-Haul are borrowers under certain senior mortgages. The senior mortgages require monthly principal and interest payments. The senior mortgages are secured by certain properties owned by the borrowers. The fixed interest rates, per the provisions of the senior mortgages, range between 3.72% and 6.62%. Certain senior mortgages have an anticipated repayment date and a maturity date. If these senior mortgages are not repaid by the anticipated repayment date, the interest rate on these mortgages would increase from the current fixed rate. We are using the anticipated repayment date for our maturity schedule. Real Estate and U-Haul have provided limited guarantees of the senior mortgages. The default provisions of the senior mortgages include non-payment of principal or interest and other standard reporting and change-in-control covenants. There are limited restrictions regarding our use of the funds.

Real Estate Loans (Revolving Credit)

Various subsidiaries of Real Estate are borrowers under asset-backed real estate loans with an aggregate borrowing capacity of $335.0 million. As of June 30, 2019, the outstanding balance of these loans in the aggregate was $335.0 million. These loans are secured by certain properties owned by the borrowers. The loan agreements provide for term loans, subject to the terms of the loan agreements. The final maturity of the loans is between June 2022 and February 2024. The loans require monthly interest payments with the unpaid loan balance and accrued and unpaid interest due at maturity. The interest rate, per the provision of the loan agreements, is the applicable LIBOR plus the applicable margin. As of June 30, 2019, the applicable LIBOR was between 2.43% and 2.44% and the margin was between 1.25% and 1.50%, the sum of which was between 3.68% and 3.93%. Certain loans have interest rate swaps fixing the rate between 3.03% and 3.14% based on current margins. AMERCO is the guarantor of these loans. The default provisions of the loan include non-payment of principal or interest and other standard reporting and change-in-control covenants.

AMERCO is a borrower under a real estate loan. The current maximum credit commitment is $150.0 million, which can be increased to $300.0 million by bringing in other lenders. As of June 30, 2019, the outstanding balance was $100.0 million. This loan agreement provides for revolving loans, subject to the terms of the loan agreement. The final maturity of this loan is September 2021. This loan requires monthly interest payments with the unpaid loan balance and accrued and unpaid interest due at maturity. As of June 30, 2019, the applicable LIBOR was 2.44% and the margin was 1.38%, the sum of which was 3.82%. The default provisions of the loan include non-payment of principal or interest and other standard reporting and change-in-control covenants. There is a 0.30% fee charged for unused capacity.

Fleet Loans

Rental Truck Amortizing Loans

The amortizing loans require monthly principal and interest payments, with the unpaid loan balance and accrued and unpaid interest due at maturity. These loans were used to purchase new trucks. The interest rates, per the provision of the loan agreements, are carried at fixed rates ranging between 1.95% and 4.66%. Additionally, one of these loans is carried at a variable rate with the applicable LIBOR plus the applicable margins. As of June 30, 2019, the applicable LIBOR was 2.39% and applicable margin was 1.75% with a sum of 4.14%. The interest rate is hedged with an interest rate swap fixing the rate at 2.82% based on current margins.

AMERCO, and in some cases U-Haul, is guarantor of these loans. The default provisions of these loans include non-payment of principal or interest and other standard reporting and change-in-control covenants.

Rental Truck Revolvers

Various subsidiaries of U-Haul entered into three revolving fleet loans with an aggregate borrowing capacity of $580.0 million. The interest rates, per the provision of the loan agreements, are the applicable LIBOR plus the applicable margin. As of June 30, 2019, the applicable LIBOR was 2.44%, and the margin was 1.15%, the sum of which was 3.59%. Only interest is paid on the loans until the last nine months of the respective loan terms when principal becomes due monthly. In April 2019, the rental truck revolving loan that was scheduled to mature in January 2021 was extended to May 2024 and availability increased by $10.0 million.

Finance/Capital Leases

The Finance/Capital Lease balance represents our sale-leaseback transactions of rental equipment that were entered into and classified as capital leases prior to the adoption of ASC 842 on April 1, 2019. The historical capital lease balance was reclassified to ROU assets-finance, net and have an outstanding balance of $948.2 million as of June 30, 2019. The agreements are generally 7-year terms with interest rates ranging from 1.92% to 5.04%.  All of our finance leases and are collateralized by our rental fleet. There were no new financing leases, as assessed under the new leasing guidance, entered into during the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Finance Liability

Finance Liabilities represent our rental equipment financing transactions that have historically been accounted for as capital leases prior to the adoption of ASC 842 on April 1, 2019 which substantially changed the accounting for sale-leasebacks going forward. In accordance with the new leasing guidance, we assess if sale-leaseback transactions qualify as a sale at initiation by determining if a transfer of ownership occurs.  We have determined that our equipment sale-leasebacks do not qualify as a sale, as the buyer-lessors do not obtain control of the assets in our ongoing sale-leaseback arrangements. As a result, we expect future sale-leasebacks to be accounted for as a financial liability and the leased assets will be capitalized at cost.  As of June 30, 2019, we have failed sale-leasebacks transactions totaling $259.6 million.  Our finance liabilities have an average term of 7 years and interest rates ranging from 3.21% to 4.22%. These finance liabilities are collateralized by our rental fleet. 

Other Obligations

In February 2011, AMERCO and U.S. Bank, NA (the “Trustee”) entered into the U-Haul Investors Club® Indenture.  AMERCO and the Trustee entered into this indenture to provide for the issuance of notes by us directly to investors over our proprietary website, uhaulinvestorsclub.com (“U-Notes®”). The U-Notes® are secured by various types of collateral, including, but not limited to, rental equipment and real estate.  U-Notes® are issued in smaller series that vary as to principal amount, interest rate and maturity.  U-Notes® are obligations of the Company and secured by the associated collateral; they are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s affiliates or subsidiaries.

As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the U-Notes® issued was $85.8 million, of which $3.1 million is held by our insurance subsidiaries and eliminated in consolidation. Interest rates range between 2.75% and 8.00% and maturity dates range between 2019 and 2048.

Oxford is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) and, as such, the FHLB has made deposits with Oxford. As of December 31, 2019, the deposits had an aggregate balance of $60.0 million, for which Oxford pays fixed interest rates between 1.67% and 2.95% with maturities between September 29, 2019 and March 29, 2021. As of March 31, 2019, available-for-sale investments held with the FHLB totaled $127.9 million, of which $69.8 million were pledged as collateral to secure the outstanding deposits. The balances of these deposits are included within Liabilities from investment contracts on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Annual Maturities of Notes, Loans and Finance/Capital Leases Payable

The annual maturities of our notes, loans and finance/capital leases payable, as of June 30, 2019 for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

		Year Ended June 30,
		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter
		(Unaudited)
		(In thousands)
Notes, loans and finance/capital leases payable, secured	$	511,219	$	394,680	$	811,709	$	555,826	$	767,871	$	1,330,516

Interest on Borrowings

Interest Expense

Components of interest expense include the following:

		Quarter Ended June 30,
		2019		2018
		(Unaudited)
		(In thousands)
Interest expense	$	43,331	$	34,196
Capitalized interest		(5,499)		(419)
Amortization of transaction costs		1,053		961
Interest expense resulting from cash flow hedges		3		516
Total interest expense	$	38,888	$	35,254

Interest paid in cash, including payments related to derivative contracts, amounted to $40.5 million and $34.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Interest Rates

Interest rates and Company borrowings were as follows:

		Revolving Credit Activity
		Quarter Ended June 30,
		2019		2018
		(Unaudited)
		(In thousands, except interest rates)
Weighted average interest rate during the quarter		3.73	%	3.11	%
Interest rate at the end of the quarter		3.69	%	3.16	%
Maximum amount outstanding during the quarter	$	990,000	$	525,000
Average amount outstanding during the quarter	$	967,358	$	497,967
Facility fees	$	62	$	144