MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT [Abstract]

MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT

NOTE 9 • MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT

Most of the properties owned by the Company serve as collateral for separate mortgage loans on single properties or groups of properties. The majority of these mortgages payable are non-recourse to the Company, other than for standard carve-out obligations such as fraud, waste, failure to insure, environmental conditions and failure to pay real estate taxes.As of January 31, 2014, the management of the Company believes there are no defaults or material compliance issues in regard to any mortgages payable. Interest rates on mortgages payable range from 2.53% to 8.25%, and the mortgages have varying maturity dates from the current fiscal year through July 1, 2036.

Of the mortgages payable, the balances of fixed rate mortgages totaled $1.0 billion at January 31, 2014 and April 30, 2013. The balances of variable rate mortgages totaled $8.3 million and $26.2 million as of January 31, 2014 and April 30, 2013, respectively. The Company does not utilize derivative financial instruments to mitigate its exposure to changes in market interest rates. Most of the fixed rate mortgages have substantial pre-payment penalties. As of January 31, 2014, the weighted average rate of interest on the Company's mortgage debt was 5.48%, compared to 5.55% on April 30, 2013. The aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable as of January 31, 2014, is as follows:

Fiscal year ended April 30,	(in thousands)
2014 (remainder)	$	22,791
2015		91,980
2016		92,444
2017		216,310
2018		64,401
Thereafter		520,598
Total payments	$	1,008,524

In addition to the individual first mortgage loans comprising the Company's $1.0 billion of mortgage indebtedness, the Company also has a revolving, multi-bank line of credit with First International Bank and Trust, Watford City, North Dakota, as lead bank, which had, as of January 31, 2014, lending commitments of $72.0 million. This facility is not included in the Company's mortgage indebtedness total. As of January 31, 2014, the line of credit was secured by mortgages on 14 properties; under the terms of the line of credit, properties may be added and removed from the collateral pool with the agreement of the lenders. Participants in this credit facility as of January 31, 2014 included, in addition to First International Bank, the following financial institutions: The Bank of North Dakota; First Western Bank and Trust; Dacotah Bank; MidCountry Bank; Highland Bank; American State Bank & Trust Company; Town & Country Credit Union and United Community Bank. As of January 31, 2014, the line of credit had an interest rate of 4.75% and a minimum outstanding principal balance requirement of $12.5 million, and as of January 31, 2014 and April 30, 2013, the Company had borrowed $22.5 million and $10.0 million, respectively. The facility includes covenants and restrictions requiring the Company to achieve on a fiscal and calendar quarter basis a debt service coverage ratio on borrowing base collateral of 1.25x in the

aggregate and 1.00x on individual assets in the collateral pool, and the Company is also required to maintain minimum depository account(s) totaling $6.0 million with First International, of which $1.5 million is to be held in a non-interest bearing account. As of January 31, 2014, the Company believes it was in compliance with the facility covenants.