DEBT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

The Company’s debt is detailed below. EastGroup presents debt issuance costs as reductions of Unsecured bank credit facilities, Unsecured debt and Secured debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.



	June 30, 2020			December 31, 2019
	(In thousands)
Unsecured bank credit facilities - variable rate, carrying amount	$	67,038		112,710
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,061		)	(1,316	)
Unsecured bank credit facilities	65,977			111,394

Unsecured debt - fixed rate, carrying amount ⁽¹⁾	1,040,000			940,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(2,146		)	(1,885	)
Unsecured debt	1,037,854			938,115

Secured debt - fixed rate, carrying amount ⁽¹⁾	128,947			133,422
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(214		)	(329	)
Secured debt	128,733			133,093

Total debt	$	1,232,564		1,182,602


(1)	These loans have a fixed interest rate or an effectively fixed interest rate due to interest rate swaps.

The Company has a $350 million unsecured bank credit facility with a group of nine banks; the facility has a maturity date of July 30, 2022. The credit facility contains options for two six-month extensions (at the Company’s election) and a $150 million accordion (with agreement by all parties). The interest rate on each tranche is usually reset on a monthly basis and as of June 30, 2020, was LIBOR plus 100 basis points with an annual facility fee of 20 basis points. The margin and facility fee are subject to changes in the Company’s credit ratings. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $45,000,000 of variable rate borrowings on this unsecured bank credit facility with a weighted average interest rate of 1.184%. The Company has a standby letter of credit of $674,000 pledged on this facility.

The Company also has a $45 million unsecured bank credit facility with a maturity date of July 30, 2022, or such later date as designated by the bank; the Company also has two six-month extensions available if the extension options in the $350 million facility are exercised. The interest rate is reset on a daily basis and as of June 30, 2020, was LIBOR plus 100 basis points with an annual facility fee of 20 basis points. The margin and facility fee are subject to changes in the Company’s credit ratings. As of June 30, 2020, the interest rate was 1.162% on a balance of $22,038,000.

In March 2020, the Company closed a $100 million senior unsecured term loan with a seven-year term and interest only payments. It bears interest at the annual rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin (1.45% as of June 30, 2020) based on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt rating. The Company also entered into an interest rate swap agreement to convert the loan’s LIBOR rate component to a fixed interest rate for the entire term of the loan providing a total effective fixed interest rate of 2.39%.

Scheduled principal payments on long-term debt, including Unsecured debt and Secured debt (not including Unsecured bank credit facilities), as of June 30, 2020, are as follows:



Years Ending December 31,	(In thousands)
2020 - Remainder of year	$	109,572
2021	129,562
2022	107,770
2023	115,119
2024	120,122
2025 and beyond	586,802
Total	$	1,168,947