Debt Obligations, net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

The Company's debt obligations were as follows ($ in thousands):


	Carrying Value as of				Stated Interest Rates		Scheduled Maturity Date
	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Secured credit facilities and mortgages:
Revolving Credit Facility	$	20,000	$	—	LIBOR + 2.00%	(1)	September 2022
Senior Term Loan	491,875		491,875		LIBOR + 2.75%	(2)	June 2023

Mortgages collateralized by net lease assets(3)	724,836		721,118		1.70% - 7.26%	(3)

Total secured credit facilities and mortgages	1,236,711		1,212,993
Unsecured notes:













6.00% senior notes(4)	—		110,545		6.00%		—
5.25% senior notes(5)	—		400,000		5.25%		—
3.125% senior convertible notes(6)	287,500		287,500		3.125%		September 2022
4.75% senior notes(7)	775,000		775,000		4.75%		October 2024
4.25% senior notes(8)	550,000		550,000		4.25%		August 2025
5.50% senior notes(9)	400,000		—		5.50%		February 2026
Total unsecured notes	2,012,500		2,123,045
Other debt obligations:
Trust preferred securities	100,000		100,000		LIBOR + 1.50%		October 2035
Total debt obligations	3,349,211		3,436,038
Debt discounts and deferred financing costs, net	(41,528)		(48,958)
Total debt obligations, net(10)	$	3,307,683	$	3,387,080

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(1)The Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at the Company's election of either: (i) a base rate, which is the greater of (a) prime, (b) federal funds plus 0.50% or (c) LIBOR plus 1.0% and subject to a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50%; or (ii) LIBOR subject to a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50%. At maturity, the Company may convert outstanding borrowings to a one year term loan which matures in quarterly installments through September 2023.

(2)The loan bears interest at the Company's election of either: (i) a base rate, which is the greater of (a) prime, (b) federal funds plus 0.50% or (c) LIBOR plus 1.0% and subject to a margin of 1.75%; or (ii) LIBOR subject to a margin of 2.75%.

(3)As of September 30, 2020, the weighted average interest rate of these loans is 4.4%, inclusive of the effect of interest rate swaps.

(4)The Company repaid these senior notes in January 2020.

(5)The Company repaid these senior notes in September 2020.

(6)The Company's 3.125% senior convertible fixed rate notes due September 2022 ("3.125% Convertible Notes") are convertible at the option of the holders at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding September 15, 2022. The conversion rate as of September 30, 2020 was 69.7134 shares per $1,000 principal amount of 3.125% Convertible Notes, which equals a conversion price of $14.34 per share. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment from time to time for specified events. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, a combination of cash and shares of its common stock. At issuance in September 2017, the Company valued the liability component at $221.8 million, net of fees, and the equity component of the conversion feature at $22.5 million, net of fees, and recorded the equity component in "Additional paid-in capital" on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. In October 2017, the initial purchasers of the 3.125% Convertible Notes exercised their option to purchase an additional $37.5 million aggregate principal amount of the 3.125% Convertible Notes. At issuance, the Company valued the liability component at $34.0 million, net of fees, and the equity component of the conversion feature at $3.4 million, net of fees, and recorded the equity component in "Additional paid-in capital" on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2020, the carrying value of the 3.125% Convertible Notes was $273.5 million, net of fees, and the unamortized discount of the 3.125% Convertible Notes was $11.6 million, net of fees. As of December 31, 2019, the carrying value of the 3.125% Convertible Notes was $268.7 million, net of fees, and the unamortized discount of the 3.125% Convertible Notes was $15.5 million, net of fees. During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $2.2 million and $2.2 million, respectively, of contractual interest and $1.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of discount amortization on the 3.125% Convertible Notes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $6.7 million and $6.7 million, respectively, of contractual interest and $3.9 million and $3.7 million, respectively, of discount amortization on the 3.125% Convertible Notes. The effective interest rate was 5.2%.

(7)The Company can prepay these senior notes without penalty beginning July 1, 2024.

(8)The Company can prepay these senior notes without penalty beginning May 1, 2025.

(9)The Company can prepay these senior notes without penalty beginning August 15, 2024.

(10)The Company capitalized interest relating to development activities of $0.5 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $1.6 million and $6.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Future Scheduled Maturities—As of September 30, 2020, future scheduled maturities of outstanding debt obligations are as follows ($ in thousands):


	Unsecured Debt		Secured Debt		Total
2020 (remaining three months)	$	—	$	—	$	—
2021	—		156,891		156,891
2022	287,500		67,074		354,574
2023	—		491,875		491,875
2024	775,000		—		775,000
Thereafter	1,050,000		520,871		1,570,871
Total principal maturities	2,112,500		1,236,711		3,349,211
Unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs, net	(35,081)		(6,447)		(41,528)
Total debt obligations, net	$	2,077,419	$	1,230,264	$	3,307,683

Senior Term Loan—In June 2018, the Company amended its senior term loan (the "Senior Term Loan") to increase the amount of the loan to $650.0 million, reduce the interest rate to LIBOR plus 2.75% and extend its maturity to June 2023. The Senior Term Loan is secured by pledges of equity of certain subsidiaries that own a defined pool of assets. The Senior Term Loan permits substitution of collateral, subject to overall collateral pool coverage and concentration limits, over the life of the facility. The Company may make optional prepayments, subject to prepayment fees, and is required to repay 0.25% of the principal amount each quarter.

Revolving Credit Facility—In September 2019, the Company amended its secured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") to increase the maximum capacity to $350.0 million, extend the maturity date to September 2022 and make certain other changes. Outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are secured by a pledge of the equity interests in the Company's subsidiaries that own a defined pool of assets. Borrowings under this credit facility bear interest at a floating rate indexed to one of several base rates plus a margin which adjusts upward or downward based upon the Company's corporate credit rating, ranging from 1.0% to 1.5% in the case of base rate loans and from 2.0% to 2.5% in the case of LIBOR loans. In addition, there is an undrawn credit facility commitment fee that ranges from 0.25% to 0.45%, based on corporate credit ratings. At maturity, the Company may convert outstanding borrowings to a one year term loan which matures in quarterly installments through September 2023. As of September 30, 2020, based on the Company's borrowing base of assets, had the ability to draw $330.0 million without pledging any additional assets to the facility.

Unsecured Notes—In August 2020, the Company issued $400.0 million principal amount of 5.50% senior unsecured notes due February 2026. Proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, were used to repay in full the $400.0 million principal amount outstanding of the 5.25% senior unsecured notes due September 2022.

In September 2019, the Company issued $675.0 million principal amount of 4.75% senior unsecured notes due October 2024. Proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, were used to repay in full the $400.0 million principal amount outstanding of the 4.625% senior unsecured notes due September 2020 and the $275.0 million principal amount outstanding of the 6.50% senior unsecured notes due July 2021. In November 2019, the Company issued an additional $100.0 million principal amount of 4.75% senior unsecured notes due October 2024 at 102% of par, representing a yield to maturity of 4.29%.

In December 2019, the Company issued $550.0 million principal amount of 4.25% senior unsecured notes due August 2025. Proceeds from the offering were used to redeem the $375.0 million principal amount outstanding ($110.5 million was redeemed in January 2020) of the 6.00% senior unsecured notes due April 2022, repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under the Senior Term Loan and pay related premiums and expenses in connection with the transaction.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, repayments of unsecured notes prior to maturity resulted in losses on early extinguishment of debt of $12.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

Debt Covenants—The Company's outstanding unsecured debt securities contain corporate level covenants that include a covenant to maintain a ratio of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness, as such terms are defined in the indentures governing the debt securities, of at least 1.2x and a covenant restricting certain incurrences of debt based on a fixed charge coverage ratio. If any of the Company's covenants are breached and not cured within applicable cure periods, the breach could result in acceleration of its debt securities unless a waiver or modification is agreed upon with the requisite percentage of the bondholders.

The Company's Senior Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility contain certain covenants, including covenants relating to collateral coverage, restrictions on fundamental changes, transactions with affiliates, matters relating to the liens granted to the lenders and the delivery of information to the lenders. In particular, the Senior Term Loan requires the Company to maintain collateral coverage of at least 1.25x outstanding borrowings on the facility. The Revolving Credit Facility is secured by a borrowing base of assets and requires the Company to maintain both borrowing base asset value of at least 1.5x outstanding borrowings on the facility and a consolidated ratio of cash flow to fixed charges of at least 1.5x. The Revolving Credit Facility does not require that proceeds from the borrowing base be used to pay down outstanding borrowings provided the borrowing base asset value remains at least 1.5x outstanding borrowings on the facility. To satisfy this covenant, the Company has the option to pay down outstanding borrowings or substitute assets in the borrowing base. Under both the Senior Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility the Company is permitted to pay dividends provided that no material default (as defined in the relevant agreement) has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and the Company remains in compliance with its financial covenants after giving effect to the dividend.

The Company's Senior Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility contain cross default provisions that would allow the lenders to declare an event of default and accelerate the Company's indebtedness to them if the Company fails to pay amounts due in respect of its other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds or if the lenders under such other indebtedness are otherwise permitted to accelerate such indebtedness for any reason. The indentures governing the Company's unsecured public debt securities permit the bondholders to declare an event of default and accelerate the Company's indebtedness to them if the Company's other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds is not paid at final maturity or if such indebtedness is accelerated.