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Debt Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Instruments
NOTE 9 — DEBT INSTRUMENTS

Debt instruments, excluding finance leases, which are discussed in Note 15 — Leases, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 31,
20192018
Asset-Based Financing:
Floor Plan Facility$515,487  $196,963  
Finance Receivable Facilities53,353  —  
Financing of beneficial interests in securitizations84,982  —  
Notes payable31,757  33,015  
Real estate financing177,221  44,956  
Total asset-based financing862,800  274,934  
Senior Notes (1)
600,000  350,000  
Total debt1,462,800  624,934  
Less: current portion(606,644) (208,096) 
Less: unamortized premium and debt issuance costs (2)
(13,642) (7,643) 
Total long-term debt, net$842,514  $409,195  
(1) As of both December 31, 2019 and 2018, Verde held $15.0 million of the Senior Notes.
(2) The unamortized debt issuance costs related to long-term debt are presented as a reduction of the carrying amount of the corresponding liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Unamortized debt issuance costs related to revolving debt arrangements are presented within other current assets and other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The unamortized premium is presented as an increase to the carrying amount of the Senior Notes on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Short-Term Revolving Facilities

Floor Plan Facility

The Company has a floor plan facility with a lender to finance its used vehicle inventory, which is secured by substantially all of its assets, other than the Company's interests in real property (the "Floor Plan Facility"). The facility has a maturity date of October 31, 2020 and requires monthly interest payments on borrowings under the Floor Plan Facility. The Company most recently amended the Floor Plan Facility in November 2019 to, among other things, increase the available capacity to $950.0 million from $650.0 million, adding flexibility to acquire more vehicles from customers. The annual interest rate was reduced to one-month LIBOR plus 3.15% if the average outstanding balance on the Floor Plan Facility in the previous calendar month is greater than $500.0 million and otherwise remains unchanged from one-month LIBOR plus 3.40%. The amendment also requires that at least 7.5% of the total principal amount owed to the lender is held as restricted cash, a change from 5%.

Repayment in an amount equal to the amount of the advance or loan must be made within five business days of selling or otherwise disposing of the underlying vehicle inventory, unless customers financed the purchase by originating an automotive finance receivable. For used vehicle sales involving financing originated by the Company and sold or pledged under either the
MPSA or the Finance Receivable Facilities (as defined below), the lender has extended repayment to the earlier of fifteen business days after the sale of the used vehicle or one day following the sale or pledge of the related finance receivable. With respect to such used vehicle sales involving financing that are not sold or pledged under either the MPSA or the Finance Receivable Facilities, the lender agreed to extend repayment of the advance or the loan for such vehicles to the earlier of fifteen business days after the sale of the vehicle or two business days following the funding of the related finance receivable. Outstanding balances related to vehicles held in inventory for more than 180 days require monthly principal payments equal to 10% of the original principal amount of that vehicle until the remaining outstanding balance is the lesser of (i) 50% of the original principal amount or (ii) 50% of the wholesale value. Prepayments may be made without incurring a premium or penalty. Additionally, the Company is permitted to make prepayments to the lender to be held as principal payments under the Floor Plan Facility and subsequently reborrow such amounts.

As of December 31, 2019, the interest rate on the Floor Plan Facility was approximately 4.91%, the Company had an outstanding balance under this facility of approximately $515.5 million, unused capacity of approximately $434.5 million, and held approximately $38.7 million in restricted cash related to this facility. As of December 31, 2018, the interest rate on the Floor Plan Facility was 5.90%, the Company had an outstanding balance of approximately $197.0 million, and held approximately $9.8 million in restricted cash related to this facility.

Finance Receivable Facilities

In April 2019, the Company and Ally Bank entered in a Loan and Security Agreement pursuant to which Ally Bank agreed to provide a $300.0 million revolving credit facility (the "DART I Credit Facility") to fund certain automotive finance receivables originated by the Company. The Company can draw upon the DART I Credit Facility until April 17, 2020, and it has an annual interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 1.00% to 1.80%.

In May 2019, the Company and Ally Bank entered into the A&R Loan and Security Agreement in connection with the $350.0 million SART 2017-1 Credit Facility to fund certain automotive finance receivables originated by the Company. The Company can draw upon the SART 2017-1 Credit Facility until April 17, 2020, and it has an annual interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus 1.95%.

The DART I Credit Facility and the SART 2017-1 Credit Facility (collectively, the "Finance Receivable Facilities") each require that at least 2% of the outstanding pledged finance receivables principal balances, plus any undistributed amounts collected on the pledged finance receivables amount, is held as restricted cash.

Interest payments on the Finance Receivable Facilities are payable monthly on each draw date. Principal repayments will occur on the fifteenth day of each calendar month in an amount equal to the undistributed receivables collected. The lender will receive repayment in accordance with its respective commitment. Prepayment of the entire aggregate outstanding principal and any accrued unpaid interest through the next draw date is permitted twice per calendar quarter.

As of December 31, 2019, the DART I Credit Facility had an interest rate ranging between approximately 2.76% and 3.56% and the SART 2017-1 Credit Facility had an interest rate of approximately 3.71%. The Company had an outstanding balance under the Finance Receivable Facilities of approximately $53.4 million, unused capacity of $596.6 million, and held approximately $3.7 million in restricted cash related to these facilities.

Long-Term Debt

Senior Unsecured Notes

On September 21, 2018, the Company issued an aggregate of $350.0 million in senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the "Existing Notes") under an indenture entered into by and among the Company, each of the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Indenture"). On May 24, 2019, the Company issued $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of additional notes (the "New Notes") under the Indenture, at a 100.5% premium. The Existing Notes and New Notes (together the "Senior Notes") are treated as a single class for all purposes and have the same terms. The Senior Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8.875% per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year beginning April 1, 2019. The Senior Notes mature on October 1, 2023, unless earlier repurchased or redeemed, and are guaranteed by the Company's existing domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than the subsidiaries formed solely for the purpose of facilitating the Company's sales of its finance receivables, if any). The Company may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes on or after October 1, 2020 at redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date. Prior to October 1, 2020, the Company may redeem up to 35.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 108.875%, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings. In addition, the Company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the Senior Notes prior to October 1, 2020, by paying a make-whole premium plus any accrued and unpaid interest, to, but not including, the redemption date. If the Company experiences certain change of control events, it must make an offer to purchase all of the Senior Notes at 101.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, to the repurchase date.

The Indenture governing the Senior Notes contains restrictive covenants that limit the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional debt or issue preferred stock, create new liens, make intercompany payments, pay dividends and make other distributions in respect of the Company's capital stock, redeem or repurchase the Company’s capital stock or prepay subordinated indebtedness, make certain investments or certain other restricted payments, guarantee indebtedness, designate unrestricted subsidiaries, sell certain kinds of assets, enter into certain types of transactions with affiliates, and effect mergers or consolidations. Certain of these covenants will be suspended if the Senior Notes are assigned an investment grade rating from any two of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, and Fitch Ratings, Inc., and there is no continuing default. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

In connection with the issuance of these Senior Notes, Carvana Group amended its LLC agreement to create a class of non-convertible preferred units, which Carvana Co. purchased with its net proceeds from the issuance of these Senior Notes, as further discussed in Note 10 — Stockholders' Equity.

The outstanding principal of the Senior Notes, net of debt issuance costs and including the premium, was approximately $591.1 million and $342.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, of which $15.0 million of principal was held by Verde as of both periods, and is included in long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Notes Payable

The Company has entered into promissory note and disbursement agreements to finance certain equipment for its transportation fleet and building improvements. The assets financed with the proceeds from these notes serve as the collateral for each note and certain security agreements related to these assets have cross collateralization and cross default provisions with respect to one another. Each note has a fixed annual interest rate, a two- to five-year term and requires monthly payments. As of December 31, 2019, the outstanding principal of these notes had a weighted-average interest rate of 6.6% and totaled approximately $31.8 million, of which approximately $10.9 million is due within the next twelve months and is included as current portion of long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Financing of Beneficial Interests in Securitizations

In June 2019, the Company entered into a secured borrowing facility through which it finances certain retained beneficial interests in securitizations whereby the Company sells such interests and agrees to repurchase them for their fair value at a stated time of repurchase. As discussed in Note 8 — Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities, the Company has retained certain beneficial interests in securitizations pursuant to the Company’s obligations as a sponsor under Risk Retention Rules.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company has pledged approximately $85.0 million of its beneficial interests in securitizations as collateral under the repurchase agreement with expected repurchases ranging from January 2026 to October 2026. The securitization trusts distribute payments related to the Company's pledged beneficial interests in securitizations directly to the lender, which reduces the beneficial interests in securitizations and the related debt balance. Pledged collateral levels are monitored daily and are generally maintained at an agreed-upon percentage of the fair value of the amounts borrowed during the life of the transaction. In the event of a decline in the fair value of the pledged collateral, the repurchase price of the pledged collateral will be increased by the amount of the decline.

The outstanding balance of this facility, net of debt issuance costs, was approximately $82.7 million as of December 31, 2019, of which approximately $26.4 million is included in current portion of long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities due in each period for notes payable, Senior Notes, and financing of beneficial interests in securitizations as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands). Maturities related to financing of beneficial interests in securitizations are estimated based on expected timing of payments from the securitization trusts to the lender.

2020$37,804  
202136,624  
202223,198  
2023613,347  
20245,766  
Thereafter—  
Total$716,739  

Real Estate Financing

The Company finances certain purchases and construction of its property and equipment through various sale and leaseback transactions. As of December 31, 2019, none of these transactions have qualified for sale accounting due to meeting the criteria for finance leases, or forms of continuing involvement, such as repurchase options or renewal periods that extend the lease for substantially all of the asset's remaining useful life, and are therefore accounted for as financing transactions. These arrangements require monthly payments and have initial terms of 20 to 25 years. Some of the agreements are subject to renewal options of up to 25 years and some are subject to base rent increases throughout the term. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the outstanding liability associated with these sale and leaseback arrangements, net of unamortized debt issuance costs, was approximately $174.7 million and $44.4 million, respectively, and was included in long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

In November 2017, the Company entered into a master sale-leaseback agreement (the "Master Sale-Leaseback Agreement" or "MSLA"), which was amended in November 2018, pursuant to which it may sell and lease back certain of its owned or leased properties and construction improvements. Under the MSLA, at any time the Company may elect to, and beginning in November 2020 or until a property owner of a leased site consents to the sale-leaseback, the purchaser has the right to demand that the Company repurchase one or more properties sold and leased back pursuant to the MSLA for an amount equal to the repurchase price. Repurchase prices are defined in each of the applicable leases and are generally the original purchase prices plus any accrued and unpaid rent. Under the MSLA, the total sales price of properties the Company has sold and is leasing back at any point in time is limited to $75.0 million. By December 31, 2018, the Company repurchased all properties it had previously sold under the MSLA for a price of approximately $28.8 million. As of December 31, 2019, the Company may sell and lease back approximately $75.0 million of its property and equipment under the MSLA.