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UNSECURED BANK CREDIT FACILITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]  
UNSECURED BANK CREDIT FACILITIES
The Company has a $350 million unsecured bank credit facility with a group of nine banks; the facility has a maturity date of July 30, 2022. The credit facility contains options for two six-month extensions (at the Company's election) and a $150 million accordion (with agreement by all parties). The interest rate on each tranche is usually reset on a monthly basis and as of December 31, 2020, was LIBOR plus 100 basis points with an annual facility fee of 20 basis points. The margin and facility fee are subject to changes in the Company's credit ratings. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $125,000,000 of variable rate borrowings outstanding on this unsecured bank credit facility with a weighted average interest rate of 1.152%. The Company has a standby letter of credit of $674,000 pledged on this facility.

The Company also has a $45 million unsecured bank credit facility with a maturity date of July 30, 2022, or such later date as designated by the bank; the Company also has two six-month extensions available if the extension options in the $350 million facility are exercised. The interest rate is reset on a daily basis and as of December 31, 2020, was LIBOR plus 100 basis points with an annual facility fee of 20 basis points. The margin and facility fee are subject to changes in the Company's credit ratings. As of December 31, 2020, the interest rate was 1.144% with no outstanding balance.

Average unsecured bank credit facilities borrowings were $87,095,000 in 2020, $172,175,000 in 2019 and $141,223,000 in 2018, with weighted average interest rates (excluding amortization of facility fees and debt issuance costs) of 1.86% in 2020, 3.34% in 2019 and 2.64% in 2018.  Amortization of facility fees was $790,000, $790,000 and $736,000 for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  Amortization of debt issuance costs for the Company's unsecured bank credit facilities was $561,000, $556,000 and $508,000 for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The Company’s unsecured bank credit facilities have certain restrictive covenants, such as maintaining debt service coverage and leverage ratios and maintaining insurance coverage, and the Company was in compliance with all of its financial debt covenants at December 31, 2020.

See Note 7 for a detail of the outstanding balances of the Company's Unsecured bank credit facilities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.