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Debt | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt | Debt Debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
7.500% Senior Notes | $ | 595,183 |  |  | $ | — |
Credit Facility | 75,000 |  |  | — |
Delayed Draw Term Loan | — |  |  | 417,260 |
Cantor Credit Agreement | — |  |  | 130,000 |
Long-term debt | 670,183 |  |  | 547,260 |
Total corporate debt | $ | 670,183 |  |  | $ | 547,260 |
6.125% Senior Notes On November 6, 2018, Newmark closed its offering of $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due November 15, 2023. The 6.125% Senior Notes were priced on November 1, 2018 at 98.94% to yield 6.375%. The 6.125% Senior Notes were offered and sold by Newmark in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act. The 6.125% Senior Notes were subsequently exchanged for notes with substantially similar terms that were registered under the Securities Act. The 6.125% Senior Notes bore an interest rate of 6.125% per annum, payable on each May 15 and November 15, beginning on May 15, 2019, and matured on November 15, 2023, and were repaid prior to December 31, 2023. On August 10, 2023, Newmark entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement to repay a portion of the principal and interest related to the Company’s $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes. On November 15, 2023, Newmark repaid $566.8 million, including interest of $16.8 million, of 6.125% Senior Notes using $420.0 million of proceeds from the Delayed Draw Term Loan and $130.0 million of proceeds from the Credit Facility. See further discussion in the “Delayed Draw Term Loan” section below. Newmark uses the effective interest rate method to amortize debt discounts and uses the straight-line method to amortize debt issue costs over the life of the notes. Interest expense, amortization of debt issue costs and amortization of the debt discount of the 6.125% Senior Notes, included in “Interest expense, net” on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 8,422 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt issue cost amortization |  | — |  |  | 321 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt discount amortization |  | — |  |  | 328 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,071 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.500% Senior Notes On January 12, 2024, Newmark closed its offering of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% Senior Notes. The notes are general senior unsecured obligations of Newmark. The 7.500% Senior Notes were offered and sold in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act. Customary registration rights were provided to purchasers of the 7.500% Senior Notes. The Company received net proceeds from the offering of the 7.500% Senior Notes of approximately $594.7 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses. The notes bear interest at a rate of 7.500% per year, payable in cash on January 12 and July 12 of each year, commencing July 12, 2024. The 7.500% Senior Notes will mature on January 12, 2029. The Company used the net proceeds to repay all of the $420.0 million then-outstanding under its Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement. Additional net proceeds were used to repay $130.0 million of outstanding revolving debt under the Cantor Credit Agreement. In connection with this issuance of 7.500% Senior Notes, the Company recorded approximately $0.5 million in underwriting fees payable to CF&Co. These fees were recorded as a deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, which is amortized as interest expense over the term of the notes. Cantor purchased $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of such senior notes. The carrying amount of the 7.500% Senior Notes was determined as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Principal balance | $ | 600,000 |  |  | $ | — |
Less: debt issue cost | 4,817 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 595,183 |  |  | $ | — |
Newmark uses the straight-line method to amortize debt issue costs over the life of the notes. Interest expense, amortization of debt issue costs of the 7.500% Senior Notes, included in “Interest expense, net” on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | $ | 9,875 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt issue cost amortization |  | 221 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 10,096 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delayed Draw Term Loan On August 10, 2023, Newmark entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement, by and among the Company, the several financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as such terms are defined in the Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders committed to provide to the Company a senior unsecured Delayed Draw Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount of $420.0 million, which may be increased, subject to certain terms and conditions, to up to $550.0 million. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan could only be used to repay the 6.125% Senior Notes at their maturity. The Delayed Draw Term Loan will mature on November 14, 2026. As set forth in the Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Delayed Draw Term Loan bears interest at a per annum rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) Term SOFR for interest periods of one or three months (as selected by the Company) or upon the consent of all Lenders, such other period that is 12 months or less (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Company, plus an applicable margin or (b) a base rate equal to the greatest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate as established by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00%, in each case plus an applicable margin. Upon funding, the applicable margin was 2.625% with respect to Term SOFR borrowings in (a) above and 1.625% with respect to base rate borrowings in (b) above. Depending on the Company’s credit ratings, the applicable margin could range, with respect to Term SOFR borrowings, from 2.125% to 3.375% through and including August 10, 2024, and 2.5% to 3.875% thereafter; and base rate borrowings, from 1.125% to 2.375% through and including August 10, 2024, and 1.5% to 2.875% thereafter. The Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement contains financial covenants with respect to minimum interest coverage and maximum leverage ratio. The Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement also contains certain other customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. The covenants in the Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement are consistent with those within the Company’s existing $600.0 million Credit Facility, which remains available to the Company. On November 8, 2023, Newmark provided notice to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, to borrow the $420.0 million available under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Credit Agreement with the funds made available on November 14, 2023. The Company used the $420.0 million of proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loan draw to pay a portion of the matured principal and interest of the Company’s $550.0 million 6.125% Senior Notes due November 15, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, there was an outstanding balance of $420.0 million on the Delayed Draw Term Loan. On January 12, 2024, the outstanding balance under the Delayed Draw Term Loan was repaid with the proceeds of the offering of the 7.500% Senior Notes. The Delayed Draw Term Loan was terminated and the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs of $2.7 million were expensed. The carrying amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan was determined as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Principal balance | $ | — |  |  | $ | 420,000 |
Less: debt issue cost | — |  |  | 2,740 |
Total | $ | — |  |  | $ | 417,260 |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | $ | 1,038 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt issue cost amortization |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acceleration of debt issuance costs |  | 2,653 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 3,707 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Repurchase Program On June 16, 2020, the Board and Audit Committee authorized a debt repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $50.0 million of Company debt securities issued by the Company. As of March 31, 2024, Newmark had $50.0 million remaining under its debt repurchase authorization. Credit Facility On November 28, 2018, Newmark entered into the Credit Agreement by and among Newmark, the several financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, and Bank of America N.A., as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement provided for a $250.0 million three-year unsecured senior revolving credit facility. On February 26, 2020, Newmark entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement, increasing the size of the Credit Facility to $425.0 million and extending the maturity date to February 26, 2023. The annual interest rate on the Credit Facility was reduced to LIBOR plus 1.75%, subject to a pricing grid linked to Newmark’s credit ratings from S&P Global Ratings and Fitch. On March 16, 2020, Newmark entered into a second amendment to the Credit Agreement, increasing the size of the Credit Facility to $465.0 million. The annual interest rate on the Credit Facility was LIBOR plus 1.75%, subject to a pricing grid linked to Newmark’s credit ratings from S&P Global Ratings and Fitch. In July 2021, Newmark paid the $140.0 million outstanding on the Credit Facility. On March 10, 2022, Newmark amended and restated the Credit Agreement, as amended. Pursuant to the amended and restated Credit Agreement, the lenders agreed to: (a) increase the amount available to the Company under the Credit Facility to $600.0 million, (b) extend the maturity date of the Credit Facility to March 10, 2025, and (c) improve pricing to 1.50% per annum with respect to Term SOFR (as defined in the amended and restated Credit Agreement) borrowings. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) Term SOFR for interest periods of one or three months, as selected by the Company, or upon the consent of all lenders, such other period that is 12 months or less (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Company, plus an applicable margin, or (b) a base rate equal to the greatest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate as established by the Administrative Agent (as such term is defined in the amended and restated Credit Agreement), and (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00%, in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin was initially 1.50% with respect to Term SOFR borrowings in (a) above and 0.50% with respect to base rate borrowings in (b) above. The applicable margin with respect to Term SOFR borrowings in (a) above could range from 1.00% to 2.125% depending upon the Company’s credit rating, and with respect to base rate borrowings in (b) above could range from 0.00% to 1.125% depending upon the Company’s credit rating. The Credit Agreement also provides for certain upfront and arrangement fees and for an unused facility fee. As of March 31, 2024, there were $75.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2024, borrowings under the Credit Facility carried an interest rate of 6.92%, with a weighted-average interest rate of 6.92% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, there were no borrowings under the Credit Facility. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there were $100.0 million of borrowings and $25.0 million of repayments. Newmark uses the straight-line method to amortize debt issue costs over the life of the Credit Facility. Interest expense and amortization of debt issue costs of the Credit Facility, included in “Interest expense, net” on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | $ | 308 |  |  | $ | 1,259 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt issue cost amortization |  | 264 |  |  | 447 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unused facility fee |  | 312 |  |  | 271 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 884 |  |  | $ | 1,977 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cantor Credit Agreement On November 30, 2018, Newmark entered into an unsecured credit agreement with Cantor. The Cantor Credit Agreement provides for each party to issue loans to the other party in the lender’s discretion. Pursuant to the Cantor Credit Agreement, the parties and their respective subsidiaries (with respect to Cantor, other than BGC and its subsidiaries) may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million from each other from time to time at an interest rate which is the higher of Cantor or Newmark’s short-term borrowing rate then in effect, plus 1.0%. On December 20, 2023, Newmark entered into a first amendment to the Cantor Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the First Cantor Credit Agreement Amendment, Cantor agreed to make certain loans to Newmark from time to time in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of up to $150.0 million under the Cantor Credit Agreement. The Newmark Revolving Loans have substantially the same terms as other loans under the Cantor Credit Agreement, except that until April 15, 2024, the Newmark Revolving Loans will bear interest at a rate equal to 25 basis points less than the interest rate borne by the revolving loans made pursuant to the Credit Facility. Unlike other loans made under the Cantor Credit Agreement, Cantor may demand repayment of the Newmark Revolving Loans prior to the final maturity date of the Cantor Credit Agreement upon three business days’ prior written notice. Also on December 20, 2023, Newmark drew $130.0 million of Newmark Revolving Loans, and used the proceeds to repay the $130.0 million balance then outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2023, there were $130.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the Cantor Credit Agreement. On January 12, 2024, the outstanding balance under the Cantor Credit Agreement was repaid with the proceeds of the offering of the 7.500% Senior Notes. As of March 31, 2024, there was no outstanding balance under the Cantor Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the agreements described above, Newmark is required to meet several financial covenants. Newmark was in compliance with all such covenants as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

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