LINE OF CREDIT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

LINE OF CREDIT

4. LINE OF CREDIT

The Company executed an Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement (as amended on January 31, 2023, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), with Webster Business Credit Corporation (“Webster”), Flushing Bank (“Flushing”) and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd (“Mizrahi” and together with Webster and Flushing, the “Lenders”), which established the Company’s credit line (the “Webster Credit Line”). Currently, the Webster Credit Line provides the Company with a credit line of $32.5 million in the aggregate until February 28, 2026, secured by assignments of mortgages and other collateral. The interest rates relating to the Webster Credit Line equal (i) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a premium, which rate aggregated approximately 8.7%, including a 0.5% agency fee, as of June 30, 2023, or (ii) a Base Rate (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) plus 2.00% and a 0.5% agency fee, as chosen by the Company for each drawdown.

The Webster Credit Line contains various covenants and restrictions including, among other covenants and restrictions, limiting the amount that the Company can borrow relative to the value of the underlying collateral, maintaining various financial ratios and limitations on the terms of loans the Company makes to its customers, limiting the Company’s ability to pay dividends under certain circumstances, and limiting the Company’s ability to repurchase its common shares, sell assets, engage in mergers or consolidations, grant liens, and enter into transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Webster Credit Line contains a cross default provision which will deem any default under any indebtedness owed by us or our subsidiary, MBC Funding II, as a default under the credit line. Under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company may repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire its equity securities in an amount not to exceed ten percent of our annual net income from the prior fiscal year. Further, the Company may issue up to $20 million in bonds through its subsidiary, of which not more than $10 million of such bonds may be secured by mortgage notes receivable, and provided that the terms and conditions of such bonds are approved by Webster, subject to its reasonable discretion.

On January 31, 2023, the Company entered into another amendment, effective as of January 2, 2023, with respect to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the Lenders and Mr. Ran, as guarantor, to (i) extend the maturity date of the credit line by three years to February 28, 2026; (ii) transition the applicable benchmark from LIBOR to SOFR and adjust the applicable margin with respect to Base Rate Loans and SOFR Loans; (iii) update the required calculation with respect to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant; (iv) further increase the limit on individual loans and the concentration of any mortgagor (together with guarantors and other related entities and affiliates); and (v) eliminate the requirement to pledge additional mortgage loans as collateral for the credit line. In addition, the terms of the personal guaranty provided by Mr. Ran were amended such that the potential sums owed under such guaranty will not exceed the sum of $1,000,000 plus any costs relating to the enforcement of the personal guaranty.

The Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Webster Credit Line, as amended, as of June 30, 2023. At June 30, 2023, the outstanding amount under the Amended Credit Agreement was $20,670,721. The interest rate on the amount outstanding fluctuates daily. The rate, including a 0.5% agency fee, was approximately 8.7% as of June 30, 2023.