Emergence From Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Chapter Eleven Cases And Ability To Continue As Going Concern [Abstract]
Emergence From Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11	NOTE 2. EMERGENCE FROM VOLUNTARY REORGANIZATION UNDER CHAPTER 11 Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11 On August 18, 2020, the Company entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement, (the “Original RSA”) with certain beneficial owners and/or investment advisors or managers of discretionary funds, accounts or other entities for the holders of beneficial owners (the “Consenting Noteholders”) representing in excess of 62%, including joining noteholders pursuant to joinder agreements, of the aggregate principal amount of the $450,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in November 2013 that bear interest at 5.25% and mature on December 1, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), the $300,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in October 2014 that bear interest at 4.60% and mature on October 15, 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and the $625,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in December 2016 and September 2017 that bear interest at 5.95% and mature on December 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes” and, collectively with the 2023 Notes and 2024 Notes, the "Notes"). On October 28, 2020, the Operating Partnership was notified by the administrative agent and lenders that they elected to exercise their rights pursuant to the terms of the secured credit facility to (i) require that rents payable by tenants at the properties that are collateral to the secured credit facility be paid directly to the administrative agent and (ii) exercise all voting rights and other ownership rights in respect of all the equity interests in the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership that are guarantors of the secured credit facility. Beginning on November 1, 2020, CBL and the Operating Partnership, together with certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) under chapter 11 of title 11 (“Chapter 11”) of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Bankruptcy Court authorized the Debtors to continue to operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered for procedural purposes only under the caption In re CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-35226. The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default with respect to certain property-level debt of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries, which may result in acceleration of the outstanding principal and other sums due. See Note 9 and Note 10 for further discussion. In connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, on August 11, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order, Docket No.1397 (Confirmation Order), confirming the Debtors’ Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors (With Technical Modifications) (as modified at Docket No. 1521, the “Plan”). On November 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the conditions to effectiveness of the Plan were satisfied and the Debtors emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. The Company filed a notice of the Effective Date of the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court on November 1, 2021. Following the Effective Date, certain of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases remain open to administer claims pursuant to the Plan. On the Effective Date, in exchange for their approximately $1,375,000 in principal amount of senior unsecured notes and $133,000 in principal amount of the secured credit facility, Consenting Noteholders, other noteholders, and certain holders of unsecured claims against the Company received, in the aggregate, $95,000 in cash, $455,000 of new senior secured notes, $100,000 of new exchangeable secured notes, based upon the election by certain Consenting Noteholders, and 89% in common equity of the newly reorganized company (subject to dilution, as set forth in the Plan). Certain Consenting Noteholders also provided $50,000 of new money in exchange for additional new exchangeable secured notes. Pursuant to the Plan the remaining lenders of the senior secured credit facility, holding $983,700 in principal amount, received $100,000 in cash and a new $883,700 secured term loan. Existing common and preferred shareholders each received 5.5% of common equity in the newly reorganized company. On the Effective Date, the Company had an aggregate 20,000,000 shares of new common stock and units issued and outstanding. In November 2021, CBL & Associates HoldCo II, LLC (“HoldCo II”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, redeemed $60,000 in principal amount of the new senior secured notes, which are included in the Successor balance sheet as of the Effective Date. On the Effective Date, the Company reserved an additional (i) approximately 9,000,000 shares of new common stock for issuance upon the potential exercise of the new exchangeable notes and (ii) 3,222,222 shares of new common stock for issuance under an equity incentive plan. On the Effective Date, all prior equity interests of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, including (1) CBL’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share and CBL’s preferred stock and related depositary shares and (2) the Operating Partnership’s limited partnership common interests and the limited partnership preferred interests related to CBL’s preferred stock, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, were deemed cancelled, discharged and of no force or effect. Exit Credit Agreement On the Effective Date, CBL & Associates HoldCo I, LLC (“HoldCo I”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the “Exit Credit Agreement”), providing for an $883,700 senior secured term loan that matures November 1, 2025. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions, the maturity date will automatically extend to November 1, 2026 and upon further satisfaction of certain conditions the maturity date will automatically extend to November 1, 2027. The Exit Credit Agreement bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for the applicable period plus 275 basis points, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.0%. The Exit Credit Agreement requires HoldCo I to comply with certain financial ratios in the aggregate for the collateral properties, including a covenant that it not permit the (i) interest coverage ratio (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2021, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00, (ii) minimum debt yield ratio (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending prior to the maturity date, to be less than eleven and a half percent (11.50%) and (iii) the occupancy rate (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending prior to the maturity date, to be less than seventy five percent (75%). The Operating Partnership provided a limited guaranty up to a maximum of $175,000 (the “Principal Liability Cap”). The Principal Liability Cap will be reduced by an amount equal to 100% of the first $2,500 in principal amortization made by HoldCo I each calendar year and will be reduced further by 50% of the principal amortization payments made by HoldCo I each calendar year in excess of the first $2,500 in principal amortization for such calendar year. As of December 31, 2021, the Principal Liability Cap had been reduced to $171,946. The Principal Liability Cap is eliminated when the loan balance is reduced below $650,000. The Exit Credit Agreement is secured by first-priority liens on substantially all the personal and real property assets of HoldCo I and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including without limitation, HoldCo I’s and the subsidiary guarantors’ ownership interests in the capital stock, membership interests or partnership interests in the subsidiary guarantors. HoldCo I consists of sixteen malls, three lifestyle centers, three open-air centers and various parcels adjacent to our properties. Secured Notes Indenture On the Effective Date, HoldCo II entered into a secured notes indenture relating to the issuance of 10% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Secured Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $455,000. The Secured Notes mature November 15, 2029 and bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum, payable semi-annually on November 15 and May 15, beginning May 15, 2022. The Secured Notes are secured by first priority perfected liens on certain personal and real property assets owned as of the Effective Date by HoldCo II and certain secured notes subsidiary guarantors and certain assets of HoldCo II and each secured notes subsidiary guarantor acquired after the Effective Date. Upon the occurrence of certain permitted asset sales or dispositions and certain collateral release trigger events, HoldCo II is required to make an offer to the holders of the Secured Notes to repurchase the Secured Notes (in the case of such asset sales) or redeem the Secured Notes (in the case of such trigger events) in an aggregate principal amount equal to a certain specified portion of the proceeds of such sale, financing transaction or other disposition. Additionally, HoldCo II may redeem the Secured Notes at its option, subject to satisfaction of customary conditions thereof, including payment of accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such optional redemption and any applicable premium. HoldCo II redeemed $60,000 aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes pursuant to an optional redemption on November 8, 2021, which left an outstanding balance of $395,000. As noted above, the $60,000 redemption is included in the Successor balance sheet as of the Effective Date. The secured notes indenture contains customary affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding the maintenance of insurance and reporting requirements, and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of Holdco II and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates and sell or dispose of assets. Exchangeable Notes Indenture On the Effective Date, HoldCo II entered into a secured exchangeable notes indenture relating to the issuance of 7.0% exchangeable senior secured notes due 2028 (the “Exchangeable Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000. The Exchangeable Notes mature November 15, 2028 and bear interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum, payable semi-annually on November 15 and May 15, beginning May 15, 2022. The Exchangeable Notes are secured by first priority perfected liens on certain personal and real property assets owned as of the Effective Date by Holdco II and certain of its subsidiaries and certain assets of HoldCo II and each of its subsidiaries acquired after the Effective Date. The Exchangeable Notes indenture contains customary affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding the maintenance of insurance and reporting requirements, and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of HoldCo II and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates and sell or dispose of assets. Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Exchangeable Notes were fully converted into shares of common stock. See Note 20 for additional information. Registration Rights Agreement Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Company and certain holders of the newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company executed a registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an initial shelf registration statement on Form S-11 as soon as practicable after the filing with the SEC of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021 (including any portions thereof that are incorporated by reference into such Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders), and to use reasonable best efforts to substitute this with a shelf registration on Form S-3 as soon as reasonably practicable following the Company’s becoming eligible to use such form. Any holder or group of holders will have the right to request that the Company include some or all the shares of new common stock held by them, including shares of new common stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchangeable Notes, in such initial shelf registration statement or shelf registration statement. The Company also agreed to file a “demand” shelf registration statement, or to facilitate a “takedown” of registrable securities in the form of an underwritten offering under any existing shelf registration statement, to the extent that (1) the registrable securities sought to be sold equal at least 5% of all outstanding shares of new common stock on the date of any such request or (2) the anticipated aggregate gross offering price of such registrable securities is at least $25,000 (prior to the deduction of any underwriting discounts and commissions). The Company shall also not be required to file a “demand” registration statement if (a) the registrable securities proposed to be sold are already covered by an existing and effective registration statement that may utilized for the offer and sale of such registrable securities, or (b) there have previously been more than 6 such demands in the aggregate. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan Following the Effective Date, the board of directors of the Company adopted the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “EIP”). See Note 18 for additional information. Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Partnership Agreement On the Effective Date, under the terms of the Plan, affiliates of the Company entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership for the Operating Partnership (the “New OP Agreement”) with CBL (solely for purposes of acknowledging the provisions thereof) and the remaining holders of the old limited partnership preferred interests (the “Old LP Interests”) who elected to remain limited partners of the Operating Partnership following emergence. Pursuant to the Plan, the New OP Agreement supersedes and replaces in its entirety the Operating Partnership’s Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended (the “Old OP Agreement”), and all of the common units, special common units and preferred units of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership outstanding under the Old OP Agreement were cancelled and new common units (which, as of the Effective Date, are the only class of equity of the Operating Partnership outstanding) were issued to certain holders, as described in Note 11. The New OP Agreement also eliminated the terms of all the classes of preferred units, as well as all the classes of special common units, that were defined in the Old OP Agreement. Board of Directors As of the Effective Date, the following directors were deemed to have resigned from the board of directors in connection with the Company’s emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases and pursuant to the Plan: A. Larry Chapman, Matthew S. Dominski, John D. Griffith, Kathleen M. Nelson, Carolyn B. Tiffany, Scott D. Vogel and Richard J. Lieb. Pursuant to the Plan, since the Effective Date the board of directors has consisted of the following eight members: Stephen D. Lebovitz, Charles B. Lebovitz, Marjorie L. Bowen, David J. Contis, David M. Fields, Robert G. Gifford, Jonathan M. Heller and Kaj Vazales. Jonathan Heller, Charles B. Lebovitz and Stephen D. Lebovitz are the only directors that served on the board of directors prior to emergence. As of the Effective Date, Jonathan M. Heller became the chairman of the board of directors and David J. Contis became the lead director. The audit committee following the Effective Date consists of Marjorie L. Bowen (chairperson), David J. Contis and Robert G. Gifford. The compensation committee following the Effective Date consists of Robert G. Gifford (chairperson), David J. Contis, David M. Fields and Kaj Vazales. The nominating/corporate governance committee following the Effective Date consists of David M. Fields (chairperson), Marjorie l. Bowen, Robert G. Gifford and Kaj Vazales. Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation In connection with the Company’s reorganization and emergence from its Chapter 11 Proceedings, as provided in the Plan, effective as of the Effective Date, CBL adopted a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Updated COI”), which replaced and superseded the CBL’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as it existed immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Prior COI”), and also adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws for CBL (the “Updated Bylaws”), which replaced and superseded CBL’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws as they existed immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Prior Bylaws”). Delisting of Common Stock and Depositary Shares On November 2, 2020, the NYSE announced that (i) it had suspended trading in the Company’s stock and (ii) it had determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s common stock, as well as the depositary shares each representing a 1/10th fractional share of the Company’s 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”) and the depositary shares each representing a 1/10th fractional share of the Company’s 6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), due to such securities no longer being suitable for listing based on “abnormally low” trading price levels, pursuant to Section 802.01D of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The Company appealed this decision in accordance with NYSE rules. In the meantime, effective November 3, 2020, the Company’s common stock and the depositary shares representing fractional interests in its Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock began trading on the OTC Markets, operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the symbols CBLAQ, CBLDQ and CBLEQ, respectively. On November 2, 2021, the newly issued common stock of the reorganized company commenced trading on the NYSE under the symbol CBL. Liquidity and Loan Defaults In accordance with the accounting guidance related to the presentation of financial statements, when preparing financial statements for each annual and interim reporting period, management evaluates whether there are conditions or events that, when considered in the aggregate, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. In making its assessment, management considered the Company’s current financial condition and liquidity sources. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $1.4 billion of property-level debt and related obligations, including consolidated debt and unconsolidated debt, maturing or callable within the next twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements. Subsequent to year-end and through the date of issuance of the financial statements, the Company obtained certain waivers and/or refinanced and extended the maturity dates for $0.2 billion of mortgage debt obligations. Accordingly, the Company still had $1.2 billion of property-level debt and related obligations maturing or callable within the next twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements, including $642 million reported within mortgage debt payable and $537 million related to unconsolidated affiliates, a portion of which is guaranteed by the Company, as disclosed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements. The properties serving as collateral for this property-level debt and related obligations represent approximately 10-20% of projected annual operating cash flows of the Company. The Company currently does not have sufficient liquidity to meet these obligations as they become due, which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to refinance and/or extend the maturity dates for such mortgage notes payable. In such instances where a refinancing and/or extension of maturity dates is unsuccessful the Company will repay certain of the mortgage notes based on the availability of liquidity and convey certain properties to the lender to satisfy the related debt obligations. As a result, the Company has concluded that management’s plans are probable of being achieved to alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has prepared its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets and satisfaction of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Reorganization Items Any expenses, gains and losses that are realized or incurred as of or subsequent to November 1, 2020, and as a direct result of the Chapter 11 Cases, are recorded in the line item “Reorganization items, net” in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. For the period from January 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021, the $435,162 of reorganization items, net, consists of $779,092 associated with remeasuring the value of the individual assets and liabilities of the Successor Company as of the Effective Date, $75,545 in professional fees and success fees, $1,211 in compensation associated with reorganization efforts and $1,741 of U.S. Trustee fees, offset by the gain on settlement of liabilities subject to compromise of $422,427. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the $35,977 of reorganization items consists of $10,347 in professional fees, $25,294 of unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts related to the secured credit facility and the senior unsecured notes, as well as $336 of U.S. Trustee fees.

Emergence From Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Chapter Eleven Cases And Ability To Continue As Going Concern [Abstract]

Emergence From Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11

NOTE 2. EMERGENCE FROM VOLUNTARY REORGANIZATION UNDER CHAPTER 11

Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11

On August 18, 2020, the Company entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement, (the “Original RSA”) with certain beneficial owners and/or investment advisors or managers of discretionary funds, accounts or other entities for the holders of beneficial owners (the “Consenting Noteholders”) representing in excess of 62%, including joining noteholders pursuant to joinder agreements, of the aggregate principal amount of the $450,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in November 2013 that bear interest at 5.25% and mature on December 1, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), the $300,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in October 2014 that bear interest at 4.60% and mature on October 15, 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and the $625,000 of senior unsecured notes issued by the Operating Partnership in December 2016 and September 2017 that bear interest at 5.95% and mature on December 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes” and, collectively with the 2023 Notes and 2024 Notes, the "Notes").

On October 28, 2020, the Operating Partnership was notified by the administrative agent and lenders that they elected to exercise their rights pursuant to the terms of the secured credit facility to (i) require that rents payable by tenants at the properties that are collateral to the secured credit facility be paid directly to the administrative agent and (ii) exercise all voting rights and other ownership rights in respect of all the equity interests in the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership that are guarantors of the secured credit facility.

Beginning on November 1, 2020, CBL and the Operating Partnership, together with certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) under chapter 11 of title 11 (“Chapter 11”) of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Bankruptcy Court authorized the Debtors to continue to operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered for procedural purposes only under the caption In re CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-35226.

The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default with respect to certain property-level debt of the Operating Partnership’s subsidiaries, which may result in acceleration of the outstanding principal and other sums due. See Note 9 and Note 10 for further discussion.

In connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, on August 11, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order, Docket No.1397 (Confirmation Order), confirming the Debtors’ Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors (With Technical Modifications) (as modified at Docket No. 1521, the “Plan”).

On November 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the conditions to effectiveness of the Plan were satisfied and the Debtors emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. The Company filed a notice of the Effective Date of the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court on November 1, 2021. Following the Effective Date, certain of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases remain open to administer claims pursuant to the Plan.

On the Effective Date, in exchange for their approximately $1,375,000 in principal amount of senior unsecured notes and $133,000 in principal amount of the secured credit facility, Consenting Noteholders, other noteholders, and certain holders of unsecured claims against the Company received, in the aggregate, $95,000 in cash, $455,000 of new senior secured notes, $100,000 of new exchangeable secured notes, based upon the election by certain Consenting Noteholders, and 89% in common equity of the newly reorganized company (subject to dilution, as set forth in the Plan). Certain Consenting Noteholders also provided $50,000 of new money in exchange for additional new exchangeable secured notes. Pursuant to the Plan the remaining lenders of the senior secured credit facility, holding $983,700 in principal amount, received $100,000 in cash and a new $883,700 secured term loan. Existing common and preferred shareholders each received 5.5% of common equity in the newly reorganized company. On the Effective Date, the Company had an aggregate 20,000,000 shares of new common stock and units issued and outstanding. In November 2021, CBL & Associates HoldCo II, LLC (“HoldCo II”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, redeemed $60,000 in principal amount of the new senior secured notes, which are included in the Successor balance sheet as of the Effective Date.

On the Effective Date, the Company reserved an additional (i) approximately 9,000,000 shares of new common stock for issuance upon the potential exercise of the new exchangeable notes and (ii) 3,222,222 shares of new common stock for issuance under an equity incentive plan.

On the Effective Date, all prior equity interests of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, including (1) CBL’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share and CBL’s preferred stock and related depositary shares and (2) the Operating Partnership’s limited partnership common interests and the limited partnership preferred interests related to CBL’s preferred stock, and any rights of any holder in respect thereof, were deemed cancelled, discharged and of no force or effect.

Exit Credit Agreement

On the Effective Date, CBL & Associates HoldCo I, LLC (“HoldCo I”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the “Exit Credit Agreement”), providing for an $883,700 senior secured term loan that matures November 1, 2025. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions, the maturity date will automatically extend to November 1, 2026 and upon further satisfaction of certain conditions the maturity date will automatically extend to November 1, 2027. The Exit Credit Agreement bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for the applicable period plus 275 basis points, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.0%.

The Exit Credit Agreement requires HoldCo I to comply with certain financial ratios in the aggregate for the collateral properties, including a covenant that it not permit the (i) interest coverage ratio (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2021, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00, (ii) minimum debt yield ratio (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending prior to the maturity date, to be less than eleven and a half percent (11.50%) and (iii) the occupancy rate (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending prior to the maturity date, to be less than seventy five percent (75%). The Operating Partnership provided a limited guaranty up to a maximum of $175,000 (the “Principal Liability Cap”). The Principal Liability Cap will be reduced by an amount equal to 100% of the first $2,500 in principal amortization made by HoldCo I each calendar year and will be reduced further by 50% of the principal amortization payments made by HoldCo I each calendar year in excess of the first $2,500 in principal amortization for such calendar year. As of December 31, 2021, the Principal Liability Cap had been reduced to $171,946. The Principal Liability Cap is eliminated when the loan balance is reduced below $650,000.

The Exit Credit Agreement is secured by first-priority liens on substantially all the personal and real property assets of HoldCo I and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including without limitation, HoldCo I’s and the subsidiary guarantors’ ownership interests in the capital stock, membership interests or partnership interests in the subsidiary guarantors. HoldCo I consists of sixteen malls, three lifestyle centers, three open-air centers and various parcels adjacent to our properties.

Secured Notes Indenture

On the Effective Date, HoldCo II entered into a secured notes indenture relating to the issuance of 10% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Secured Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $455,000. The Secured Notes mature November 15, 2029 and bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum, payable semi-annually on November 15 and May 15, beginning May 15, 2022.

The Secured Notes are secured by first priority perfected liens on certain personal and real property assets owned as of the Effective Date by HoldCo II and certain secured notes subsidiary guarantors and certain assets of HoldCo II and each secured notes subsidiary guarantor acquired after the Effective Date.

Upon the occurrence of certain permitted asset sales or dispositions and certain collateral release trigger events, HoldCo II is required to make an offer to the holders of the Secured Notes to repurchase the Secured Notes (in the case of such asset sales) or redeem the Secured Notes (in the case of such trigger events) in an aggregate principal amount equal to a certain specified portion of the proceeds of such sale, financing transaction or other disposition. Additionally, HoldCo II may redeem the Secured Notes at its option, subject to satisfaction of customary conditions thereof, including payment of accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such optional redemption and any applicable premium. HoldCo II redeemed $60,000 aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes pursuant to an optional redemption on November 8, 2021, which left an outstanding balance of $395,000. As noted above, the $60,000 redemption is included in the Successor balance sheet as of the Effective Date.

The secured notes indenture contains customary affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding the maintenance of insurance and reporting requirements, and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of Holdco II and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates and sell or dispose of assets.

Exchangeable Notes Indenture

On the Effective Date, HoldCo II entered into a secured exchangeable notes indenture relating to the issuance of 7.0% exchangeable senior secured notes due 2028 (the “Exchangeable Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000. The Exchangeable Notes mature November 15, 2028 and bear interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum, payable semi-annually on November 15 and May 15, beginning May 15, 2022.

The Exchangeable Notes are secured by first priority perfected liens on certain personal and real property assets owned as of the Effective Date by Holdco II and certain of its subsidiaries and certain assets of HoldCo II and each of its subsidiaries acquired after the Effective Date.

The Exchangeable Notes indenture contains customary affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding the maintenance of insurance and reporting requirements, and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of HoldCo II and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates and sell or dispose of assets.

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Exchangeable Notes were fully converted into shares of common stock. See Note 20 for additional information.

Registration Rights Agreement

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Company and certain holders of the newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company executed a registration rights agreement.

Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an initial shelf registration statement on Form S-11 as soon as practicable after the filing with the SEC of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021 (including any portions thereof that are incorporated by reference into such Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders), and to use reasonable best efforts to substitute this with a shelf registration on Form S-3 as soon as reasonably practicable following the Company’s becoming eligible to use such form. Any holder or group of holders will have the right to request that the Company include some or all the shares of new common stock held by them, including shares of new common stock issuable upon conversion of the Exchangeable Notes, in such initial shelf registration statement or shelf registration statement. The Company also agreed to file a “demand” shelf registration statement, or to facilitate a “takedown” of registrable securities in the form of an underwritten offering under any existing shelf registration statement, to the extent that (1) the registrable securities sought to be sold equal at least 5% of all outstanding shares of new common stock on the date of any such request or (2) the anticipated aggregate gross offering price of such registrable securities is at least $25,000 (prior to the deduction of any underwriting discounts and commissions). The Company shall also not be required to file a “demand” registration statement if (a) the registrable

securities proposed to be sold are already covered by an existing and effective registration statement that may utilized for the offer and sale of such registrable securities, or (b) there have previously been more than 6 such demands in the aggregate.

2021 Equity Incentive Plan

Following the Effective Date, the board of directors of the Company adopted the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “EIP”). See Note 18 for additional information.

Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Partnership Agreement

On the Effective Date, under the terms of the Plan, affiliates of the Company entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership for the Operating Partnership (the “New OP Agreement”) with CBL (solely for purposes of acknowledging the provisions thereof) and the remaining holders of the old limited partnership preferred interests (the “Old LP Interests”) who elected to remain limited partners of the Operating Partnership following emergence.

Pursuant to the Plan, the New OP Agreement supersedes and replaces in its entirety the Operating Partnership’s Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended (the “Old OP Agreement”), and all of the common units, special common units and preferred units of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership outstanding under the Old OP Agreement were cancelled and new common units (which, as of the Effective Date, are the only class of equity of the Operating Partnership outstanding) were issued to certain holders, as described in Note 11. The New OP Agreement also eliminated the terms of all the classes of preferred units, as well as all the classes of special common units, that were defined in the Old OP Agreement.

Board of Directors

As of the Effective Date, the following directors were deemed to have resigned from the board of directors in connection with the Company’s emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases and pursuant to the Plan: A. Larry Chapman, Matthew S. Dominski, John D. Griffith, Kathleen M. Nelson, Carolyn B. Tiffany, Scott D. Vogel and Richard J. Lieb.

Pursuant to the Plan, since the Effective Date the board of directors has consisted of the following eight members: Stephen D. Lebovitz, Charles B. Lebovitz, Marjorie L. Bowen, David J. Contis, David M. Fields, Robert G. Gifford, Jonathan M. Heller and Kaj Vazales. Jonathan Heller, Charles B. Lebovitz and Stephen D. Lebovitz are the only directors that served on the board of directors prior to emergence. As of the Effective Date, Jonathan M. Heller became the chairman of the board of directors and David J. Contis became the lead director. The audit committee following the Effective Date consists of Marjorie L. Bowen (chairperson), David J. Contis and Robert G. Gifford. The compensation committee following the Effective Date consists of Robert G. Gifford (chairperson), David J. Contis, David M. Fields and Kaj Vazales. The nominating/corporate governance committee following the Effective Date consists of David M. Fields (chairperson), Marjorie l. Bowen, Robert G. Gifford and Kaj Vazales.

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

In connection with the Company’s reorganization and emergence from its Chapter 11 Proceedings, as provided in the Plan, effective as of the Effective Date, CBL adopted a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Updated COI”), which replaced and superseded the CBL’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as it existed immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Prior COI”), and also adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws for CBL (the “Updated Bylaws”), which replaced and superseded CBL’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws as they existed immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Prior Bylaws”).

Delisting of Common Stock and Depositary Shares

On November 2, 2020, the NYSE announced that (i) it had suspended trading in the Company’s stock and (ii) it had determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s common stock, as well as the depositary shares each representing a 1/10th fractional share of the Company’s 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”) and the depositary shares each representing a 1/10th fractional share of the Company’s 6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), due to such securities no longer being suitable for listing based on “abnormally low” trading price levels, pursuant to Section 802.01D of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The Company appealed this decision in accordance with NYSE rules. In the meantime, effective November 3, 2020, the Company’s common stock and the depositary shares representing fractional interests in its Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock began trading on the OTC Markets, operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the symbols CBLAQ, CBLDQ and CBLEQ, respectively. On November 2, 2021, the newly issued common stock of the reorganized company commenced trading on the NYSE under the symbol CBL.

Liquidity and Loan Defaults

In accordance with the accounting guidance related to the presentation of financial statements, when preparing financial statements for each annual and interim reporting period, management evaluates whether there are conditions or events that, when considered in the aggregate, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. In making its assessment, management considered the Company’s current financial condition and liquidity sources.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $1.4 billion of property-level debt and related obligations, including consolidated debt and unconsolidated debt, maturing or callable within the next twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements. Subsequent to year-end and through the date of issuance of the financial statements, the Company obtained certain waivers and/or refinanced and extended the maturity dates for $0.2 billion of mortgage debt obligations.

Accordingly, the Company still had $1.2 billion of property-level debt and related obligations maturing or callable within the next twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements, including $642 million reported within mortgage debt payable and $537 million related to unconsolidated affiliates, a portion of which is guaranteed by the Company, as disclosed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements. The properties serving as collateral for this property-level debt and related obligations represent approximately 10-20% of projected annual operating cash flows of the Company. The Company currently does not have sufficient liquidity to meet these obligations as they become due, which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management intends to refinance and/or extend the maturity dates for such mortgage notes payable. In such instances where a refinancing and/or extension of maturity dates is unsuccessful the Company will repay certain of the mortgage notes based on the availability of liquidity and convey certain properties to the lender to satisfy the related debt obligations. As a result, the Company has concluded that management’s plans are probable of being achieved to alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company has prepared its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments related to the recoverability of assets and satisfaction of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Reorganization Items

Any expenses, gains and losses that are realized or incurred as of or subsequent to November 1, 2020, and as a direct result of the Chapter 11 Cases, are recorded in the line item “Reorganization items, net” in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. For the period from January 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021, the $435,162 of reorganization items, net, consists of $779,092 associated with remeasuring the value of the individual assets and liabilities of the Successor Company as of the Effective Date, $75,545 in professional fees and success fees, $1,211 in compensation associated with reorganization efforts and $1,741 of U.S. Trustee fees, offset by the gain on settlement of liabilities subject to compromise of $422,427. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the $35,977 of reorganization items consists of $10,347 in professional fees, $25,294 of unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts related to the secured credit facility and the senior unsecured notes, as well as $336 of U.S. Trustee fees.