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Financing Activity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financing Activity

4. FINANCING ACTIVITY

 

Credit Agreements

 

As of March 31, 2020, we have entered into two credit agreements (collectively, as amended, the “Credit Agreements”): (1) the 2018 Credit Agreement, which, as described in more detail below, includes (a) the $375 million 2018 Revolving Facility, and (b) the $300 million 2018 Term Loan Facility, and (2) the $250 million 2014 7-Year Term Loan. The 2018 Term Loan Facility and the 2014 7-Year Term Loan are collectively referred to as the “Term Loans.” As discussed further below and in Note 1 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements, on March 30, 2020, we entered into amendments of our Credit Agreements. Among other things, the amendments reduced the aggregate Revolving Commitment under the 2018 Revolving Facility by $25 million to $375 million.

 

As of March 31, 2020, we had borrowed the full $550.0 million available under the Term Loans and $289.0 million under the 2018 Revolving Facility. The carrying value of the Term Loans on our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2020 is net of $1.8 million of unamortized debt issuance costs. The net operating income (“NOI”) from our unencumbered properties is at a level such that within the Unencumbered Debt Yield covenant (as described below) under the Credit Agreements, the maximum unsecured amount that was available to us as of March 31, 2020 was $65.3 million, which is not reduced by any usage of the borrowing capacity to fulfill our unrestricted cash liquidity requirement of $25 million as described further below.

 

Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreements, either under the 2018 Revolving Facility or the Term Loans, which may be either LIBOR Loans or Base Rate Loans, bear interest at the rate specified below per annum, depending on our leverage, unless and until we receive an investment grade credit rating and provide notice to the Administrative Agent, as defined therein (the “Rating Date”), after which alternative rates would apply, as described in the Credit Agreements. In determining our leverage (the ratio of Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value), the capitalization rate used to calculate Gross Asset Value is (a) 6.50% for each property having an average sales per square foot of more than $500 for the most recent period of 12 consecutive months, and (b) 7.50% for any other property. The 2018 Revolving Facility is subject to a facility fee, which depends on leverage and was 0.35% as of March 31, 2020, which is recorded in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

 

 

 

Applicable Margin

 

Level

Ratio of Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value

 

Revolving

Loans that are

LIBOR Loans

 

 

Revolving

Loans

that are Base

Rate Loans

 

 

Term Loans

that are

LIBOR Loans

 

 

Term Loans

that are Base

Rate Loans

 

1

Less than 0.450 to 1.00

 

 

1.20

%

 

 

0.20

%

 

 

1.35

%

 

 

0.35

%

2

Equal to or greater than 0.450 to 1.00 but less than 0.500

   to 1.00

 

 

1.25

%

 

 

0.25

%

 

 

1.45

%

 

 

0.45

%

3

Equal to or greater than 0.500 to 1.00 but less than 0.550

   to 1.00

 

 

1.30

%

 

 

0.30

%

 

 

1.60

%

 

 

0.60

%

4

Equal to or greater than 0.550 to but less than 0.600 to 1.000

 

 

1.55

%

 

 

0.55

%

 

 

1.90

%

 

 

0.90

%

5

Equal to or greater than 0.600 to 1.000 (1)

 

 

1.90

%

 

 

0.90

%

 

 

2.25

%

 

 

1.25

%

 

(1)

The rates in effect under the Credit Agreements were based upon the Level 5 Ratio of Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value as of March 31, 2020.

 

The Credit Agreements contain certain affirmative and negative covenants, several of which were amended on March 30, 2020. The affirmative and negative covenants, as amended, include, without limitation, requirements that PREIT maintain, on a consolidated basis: (1) Minimum Tangible Net Worth of $1,463.2 million, plus 75% of the Net Proceeds of all Equity Issuances effected at any time after March 31, 2018; (2) maximum ratio of Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value of 0.65:1 at any time prior to and including September 30, 2020, or 0.60:1 at any time thereafter, provided that it will not be a Default if after September 30, 2020, the ratio exceeds 0.60:1 but does not exceed 0.625:1 for more than two consecutive quarters on more than two occasions during the remainder of the term; (3) minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges of 1.40 to 1.00 for any period ending on or before September 30, 2020, or 1.50:1 for any period ending thereafter; (4) minimum Unencumbered Debt Yield of (a) 10.0% at any time prior to and including September 30, 2020, (b) 11.25% any time after September 30, 2020 through and including June 30, 2021, and (c) 11.50% any time thereafter; (5) minimum Unencumbered NOI to Unsecured Interest Expense of 1.75:1; (6) maximum ratio of Secured Indebtedness to Gross Asset Value of 0.60:1; and (7) Distributions may not exceed (a) with respect to our preferred shares, the amounts required by the terms of the preferred shares, and (b) with respect to our common shares, the greater of (i) 95.0% of Funds From Operations (FFO), and (ii) 110% of REIT taxable income for a fiscal year. Our Credit Agreements also require us to maintain unrestricted cash liquidity of $25 million at all times prior to September 30, 2020, such liquidity to be comprised of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents plus undrawn availability under the 2018 Revolving Facility. The covenants and restrictions in the Credit Agreements limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens on assets and enter into negative pledge agreements, merge, consolidate or sell all or substantially all of its assets, and enter into transactions with affiliates and the amendments dated March 30, 2020 limit our ability to enter into sale-leaseback transactions with respect to Unencumbered Properties. The Credit Agreements are subject to customary events of default and are cross-defaulted with one another.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the Borrower was in compliance with all financial covenants in the Credit Agreements.

 

We may prepay the amounts due under the Credit Agreements at any time without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement obligations for the lenders’ breakage costs for LIBOR borrowings. We must make prepayments under the 2018 Term Loan Facility in an amount equal to 54.55% of any Net Cash Proceeds received from certain Capital Events (provided that any Net Cash Proceeds from Capital Events in excess of $150 million must be applied 50% toward repayment of outstanding amounts under the 2018 Revolving Facility with 54.55% of the remaining 50% applied to prepay amounts under the 2018 Term Loan Facility), subject to certain exceptions. If we have more than $50 million of unrestricted cash on our balance sheet for five consecutive days any time prior to September 30, 2020, we must prepay the 2018 Revolving Facility with our excess cash above $50 million. We must also make prepayments under the 7-Year Term Loan in an amount equal to 45.45% of any Net Cash Proceeds received from certain Capital Events (provided that any Net Cash Proceeds from Capital Events in excess of $150 million must be applied 50% toward repayment of outstanding amounts under the 2018 Revolving Facility with 45.45% of the remaining 50% applied to prepay the amounts outstanding under the 7-Year Term Loan), subject to certain exceptions. We also must make monthly principal amortization payments of $1.09 million of the term loan under the 2018 Credit Agreement and of $909 thousand of the term loan under the 7-Year Term Loan, in each case for the months of April, May, June, July, August and September of 2020.

 

Upon the expiration of any applicable cure period for an event of default (except with respect to bankruptcy as described in the next sentence), the lenders may declare all of the obligations in connection with the Credit Agreements immediately due and payable.

 

Upon the occurrence of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding of PREIT, PALP, PRI, any material subsidiary, any subsidiary that owns or leases an Unencumbered Property or certain other subsidiaries, all outstanding amounts would automatically become immediately due and payable. In the event of an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, we have a limited time period to obtain a dismissal of the involuntary bankruptcy prior to the occurrence of an event of default.

 

Interest expense and deferred financing fee amortization related to the Credit Agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Revolving Facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

2,483

 

 

$

1,234

 

 

Deferred financing amortization

 

 

274

 

 

 

274

 

 

Term Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

5,506

 

 

 

5,138

 

 

Deferred financing amortization

 

 

191

 

 

 

189

 

 

 

The aggregate carrying values and estimated fair values of mortgage loans based on interest rates and market conditions at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(in millions of dollars)

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

Mortgage loans(1)

 

$

896.5

 

 

$

895.2

 

 

$

899.8

 

 

$

873.9

 

 

 

 

(1)

The carrying value of mortgage loans is net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $1.6 million and $1.8 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

The mortgage loans contain various customary default provisions.

 

Mortgage Loan Activity

 

In March 2019, we defeased a $58.5 million mortgage loan including accrued interest, secured by Capital City Mall in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania using funds from our 2018 Revolving Facility and the balance from available working capital. We recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $4.8 million in March 2019 in connection with this defeasance.

In April 2020, we received a notice of transfer of servicing from the special servicer for the mortgage loan secured by Valley View Mall, which had a balance of $27.3 million as of March 31, 2020.

Interest Rate Risk

 

We follow established risk management policies designed to limit our interest rate risk on our interest bearing liabilities, as further discussed in Note 7 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.