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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
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Commitments and contingencies

Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies

The following table illustrates our contractual obligations and commercial commitments by due date as of June 30, 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Total

 

 

year

 

 

1-3 years

 

 

3-5 years

 

 

5 years

 

Construction holdbacks (1)

 

 

412,751

 

 

 

292,787

 

 

 

119,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations

 

$

11,327

 

 

$

926

 

 

$

1,852

 

 

$

2,048

 

 

$

6,501

 

Total

 

$

424,078

 

 

$

293,713

 

 

$

121,816

 

 

$

2,048

 

 

$

6,501

 

 

 

(1)
Includes construction holdbacks of $34.7 million on participating interests sold to the Private REIT as of June 30, 2021. The funding timing and amounts of construction holdbacks are uncertain as these commitments relate to loans for construction costs and depend on the progress and performance of the underlying projects.

Construction Loans

Our commitments and contingencies include usual obligations incurred by real estate lending companies in the normal course of business, including construction holdbacks as disclosed in Note 3.

Lease Commitments

On March 18, 2020, we entered into a non-cancelable operating lease agreement for our office space in Seattle with an original lease period expiring in 2032. The lease commencement date was in the first quarter of 2021. The total cash payments included in the measurement of our operating lease liabilities, net of lease incentives was $11.7 million. The right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for the new operating lease obligation and the tenant improvements were $6.4 and $2.0 million, respectively. The discount rate for the operating lease was 6.0%, resulting in an imputed interest amount of $3.3 million.

Credit Facility

On February 19, 2021, we entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, providing for a $135.0 million revolving credit facility.

Our obligations under the revolving credit facility are secured by substantially all of our Company’s assets. The revolving credit facility contains covenants customary for financings of this type, including limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness, liens, asset dispositions, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, certain dividends, distributions and other payments, advances and investments, payments to affiliates, optional prepayments and other modifications of certain other indebtedness, and amendments, terminations and waivers of certain material agreements, as well as a minimum tangible net worth and a total debt to equity ratio requirement. Among other things, the credit agreement provides that we may not pay cash dividends that would result in non-compliance with the financial covenants under the credit agreement or during an event of default under the credit agreement, except in the case of defaults other than payment defaults, for dividends in amounts necessary to maintain our REIT status. The revolving credit facility contains events of default customary for financings of this type, including failure to pay principal, interest and other amounts, materially incorrect representations or warranties, failure to observe covenants and other terms of the revolving credit facility, cross-defaults to other indebtedness, bankruptcy, insolvency, material judgments, certain ERISA violations, changes in control and failure to maintain REIT status, in some cases subject to customary grace periods.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are named as a defendant in legal actions relating to transactions conducted in the ordinary course of business. Although there can be no assurance of the outcome of such legal actions, in the opinion of management, we do not have a potential liability related to any current legal proceeding or claim that would individually or in the aggregate materially affect our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Concentration Risk

Our portfolio of active loans is primarily secured by first deed of trust liens on residential and commercial real estate located in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Our loan portfolio is also concentrated within ten counties, the largest being Utah county in Utah. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the top ten counties make up 42.0% and 43.2% of the total committed amount of loans in our total portfolio.