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Note 9 - Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
9.
Debt
 
Bond
Payable
 
(In thousands)
 
December 31, 2019
   
December 31, 2018
 
                 
8.00% Senior Notes due 2023
  $
-
    $
36,000
 
7.25% Senior Notes due 2027
   
50,000
     
50,000
 
6.875% Senior Notes due 2029    
36,000
     
-
 
Total outstanding principal
  $
86,000
    $
86,000
 
Less: Debt issuance costs
   
(3,416
)    
(2,428
)
Less: Consolidation elimination
   
-
     
(75
)
Total bond payable, net
  $
82,584
    $
83,497
 
 
On
September 
26,
 
2019,
the Company issued
$36.0
million of
6.875%
senior notes (the
“2019
 Senior Notes”). The
2019
 Senior Notes will mature on
September 30, 2029,
may
be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at JMP Group LLC’s option on or after
September 30, 2021,
at a redemption price equal to the principal amount redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest. The notes bear interest at a rate of
6.875%
per year, payable quarterly on
March 30,
June 30,
September 30,
and
December 30 
of each year, and commencing on
December 30, 2019.
 
On
September 27, 2019,
the Company announced JMP Group Inc.'s intention to redeem the JMP Group Inc. outstanding
$25.0
million principal amount of
8.00%
senior notes (the
“2013
Senior Notes”) on
October 28, 2019.
The Company opted to pay the principal and contractually owed interest to the trustee, U.S. Bank National Association, in order to satisfy and discharge the debt as of
September 27, 2019.
On
September 27, 2019,
the Company deposited sufficient funds with the trustee to satisfy and discharge the
2013
Senior Notes and the trustee acknowledged such satisfaction and discharge. In connection with the redemption, the Company recorded losses on early retirement of debt related to unamortized bond issuance costs of
$0.5
 million and recognized an additional
$0.2
million of interest expense on the accelerated repayment during the year ended
December 31, 2019.
 
On
July 18, 2019,
JMP Group Inc. redeemed
$11.0
million principal amount of its issued and outstanding
2013
Senior Notes due
2023.
The redemption price was
$25
per unit plus accrued and unpaid interest. 
 
The 
7.25%
senior notes due
2027
(the
“2017
Senior Notes”) and the
2019
Senior Notes (collectively with the
2017
Senior Notes the “Senior Notes”) were issued by JMP Group Inc. and JMP Group LLC, respectively, pursuant to indentures with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Senior Notes indentures contain customary event of default and cure provisions. If an uncured default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least
25%
in principal amount of the Senior Notes
may
declare the Senior Notes immediately due and payable. The Senior Notes are JMP Group Inc.’s and JMP Group LLC's general unsecured senior obligations, and rank equally with all existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and are senior to any other indebtedness expressly made subordinate to the notes. At both 
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
the Company was in compliance with the debt covenants in the indentures.
 
The future scheduled principal payments of the bond payable as of 
December 31, 2019
 are as follows:
 
(In thousands)
     
 
         
2020
  $
-
 
2021
   
-
 
2022
   
-
 
2023
   
-
 
2024
   
-
 
Thereafter
   
86,000
 
Total
  $
86,000
 
 
Note Payable, 
Lines of Credit and CLO Warehouse Credit Facility
 
(In thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance
 
   
December 31, 2019
   
December 31, 2018
 
                 
$100 million, CLO VI warehouse credit facility through October 11, 2021
  $
-
    $
22,500
 
$25 million, JMP Holding credit agreement through December 31, 2020
   
5,983
     
-
 
Note payable
   
829
     
829
 
Total note payable, lines of credit and CLO warehouse credit facility
  $
6,812
    $
23,329
 
 
The Company's Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") dated as of
April 30, 2014,
was entered by and between JMP Holding LLC (“JMP Holding”) and City National Bank (“CNB”). The Credit Agreement contains financial and other covenants, including, but
not
limited to, limitations on debt, liens and investments, as well as the maintenance of certain financial covenants. A violation of any
one
of these covenants could result in a default under the Credit Agreement, which would permit CNB to terminate the Company’s note and require the immediate repayment of any outstanding principal and interest. The Credit Agreement has been amended throughout its life to make various updates, clarifications and conforming changes to reflect the corporate structure and business changes of the Company since the Credit Agreements execution. The Credit Agreement provides a
$25.0
million revolving line of credit (the “Revolver”) through
December 31, 2020.
On such date, if the revolving period has
not
been previously extended, any outstanding amounts under the Revolver would convert to a term loan (the “Converted Term Loan”). The Converted Term Loan must be repaid in
12
quarterly installments commencing on
January 1, 2021,
with each of the
first
six
installments being equal to
3.75%
of the principal amount of the Converted Term Loan and each of the next
six
installments being equal to
5.0%
of the principal amount of the Converted Term Loan. A final payment of all remaining principal and interest due under the Converted Term Loan must be made at the earlier of: (a)
December 31, 2023;
or (b) if certain liquidity requirements are
not
satisfied by the Company, the date that is last day of the fiscal quarter ending most recently (but
no
less than
60
days) prior to the earliest maturity date of any senior unsecured notes issued by JMP Group Inc. or JMP Group LLC then outstanding. The Revolver bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus
225
bps and the Company’s outstanding balance on the Credit Agreement was
$6.0
million and
zero
as of
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
respectively. As of
December 31, 2019,
the Company had letters of credit outstanding under the Revolver supporting office lease obligations of approximately
$1.1
million in the aggregate.
 
The Credit Agreement provides that the Revolver
may
be used, on a revolving basis, to fund specified permitted investments in collateralized loan obligation vehicles. In addition, up to
$5.0
million of the Revolver
may
be used, on a revolving basis, to fund other types of permitted investments and acquisitions and for working capital. The Credit Agreement contains financial and other covenants, including, but
not
limited to, limitations on debt, liens and investments, as well as the maintenance of certain financial covenants. The Credit Agreement also includes an event of default for a “change of control” that tests, in part, the composition of our ownership and an event of default if
three
or more of the members of the Company’s executive committee fail to be involved actively on an ongoing basis in the management of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  A violation of any
one
of these covenants could result in a default under the Credit Agreement, which would permit CNB to terminate our Revolver or Converted Term Loan and require the immediate repayment of any outstanding principal and interest. In addition, our subsidiaries are restricted under the Credit Agreement under certain circumstances from making distributions to us if an event of default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.  As of
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
we were in compliance with the loan covenants.
 
JMP Holding's obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by all of its wholly owned subsidiaries (other than JMP Securities and certain dormant subsidiaries) and are secured by substantially all of its and the guarantors' assets. In addition, we have entered into a limited recourse pledge agreement whereby we have granted a lien on all of our equity interests in JMP Investment Holdings and JMPAM to secure JMP Holding's obligations under the Credit Agreement.
 
Separately, under a Revolving Note and Cash Subordinate Agreement, JMP Securities holds a
$20.0
million revolving line of credit with CNB to be used for regulatory capital purposes during its securities underwriting activities. The unused portion of the line accrued an unused fee at the rate of
0.25%
per annum, payable monthly. On
June 6, 2020,
any outstanding amount under the line will convert to a term loan maturing the following year. There was
no
borrowing on this line of credit as of
December 31, 2019
or
December 31, 2018.
The line of credit bears interest at a rate to be agreed upon at the time of advance between the Company and CNB.
 
The borrowing under the CLO VI warehouse facility were
zero
 and
$22.5
million as of
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. As of
December 31, 2018,
the CLO VI warehouse facility had a market standard advance rate and the outstanding balances bear interest at LIBOR plus
1.250%
until
October 11, 2021,
which marks the end of the revolving period on the facility. The facility has a
12
 months amortization period after the revolving period in which the outstanding balances bear standard market interest rate based on LIBOR. In
March 2019,
the Company deconsolidated its investments in the CLO VI warehouse and as a result,
no
longer has the CLO VI warehouse credit facility on its Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of
December 31 2019.
See Note
1
 for additional information on deconsolidation.
 
On
January 9, 2018,
an affiliate purchased a
$0.8
million note issued by the Company. The note bears interest at a rate of
12.5%
per annum and matures
November 20, 2022.
As of
December 31, 2019,
the carrying value of the note payable was
$0.8
 million.