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Notes Payable
 3 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable Notes Payable
Notes payable consisted of the following (in thousands):
February 29,
2024		November 30,
2023
Senior unsecured term loan due August 25, 2026$358,323 $358,156 
6.875% Senior notes due June 15, 2027
298,183 298,062 
4.80% Senior notes due November 15, 2029
297,660 297,572 
7.25% Senior notes due July 15, 2030
346,216 346,101 
4.00% Senior notes due June 15, 2031
386,307 386,199 
Mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans6,040 3,808 
Total
$1,692,729 $1,689,898 
The carrying amounts of our senior notes listed above are net of unamortized debt issuance costs, which totaled $13.3 million at February 29, 2024 and $13.9 million at November 30, 2023.
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. We have a $1.09 billion Credit Facility that will mature on February 18, 2027. The Credit Facility contains an uncommitted accordion feature under which its aggregate principal amount of available loans can be increased to a maximum of $1.29 billion under certain conditions, including obtaining additional bank commitments. The Credit Facility also contains a sublimit of $250.0 million for the issuance of letters of credit. Interest on amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility accrues at an adjusted term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or a base rate, plus a spread that depends on our consolidated leverage ratio (“Leverage Ratio”), as defined under the Credit Facility. Interest is payable quarterly (base rate) or each month or three months (adjusted term SOFR). The Credit Facility also requires the payment of a commitment fee at a per annum rate ranging from .15% to .35% of the unused commitment, based on our Leverage Ratio. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, we are required, among other things, to maintain compliance with various covenants, including financial covenants relating to our consolidated tangible net worth, Leverage Ratio, and either a consolidated interest coverage ratio (“Interest Coverage Ratio”) or minimum level of liquidity, each as defined therein. Our obligations to pay borrowings under the Credit Facility are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by our Guarantor Subsidiaries. The amount of the Credit Facility available for cash borrowings and the issuance of letters of credit depends on the total cash borrowings and letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility and the maximum available amount under the terms of the Credit Facility. As of February 29, 2024, we had no cash borrowings and $6.7 million of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. Therefore, as of February 29, 2024, we had $1.08 billion available for cash borrowings under the Credit Facility, with up to $243.3 million of that amount available for the issuance of letters of credit.
Senior Unsecured Term Loan. We have a $360.0 million Term Loan with the lenders party thereto. The Term Loan will mature on August 25, 2026, or earlier if we secure borrowings under the Credit Facility without similarly securing the Term Loan (subject to certain exceptions). Interest under the Term Loan accrues at an adjusted term SOFR or a base rate, plus a spread that depends on our Leverage Ratio. Interest is payable quarterly (base rate) or each month or three months (adjusted term SOFR). The Term Loan contains various covenants that are substantially the same as those under the Credit Facility. Proceeds drawn under the Term Loan are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by our Guarantor Subsidiaries. As of February 29, 2024, the weighted average annual interest rate on our outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan was 6.8%.
Letter of Credit Facility. We maintain an unsecured letter of credit agreement with a financial institution (“LOC Facility”) to obtain letters of credit from time to time in the ordinary course of operating our business. Under the LOC Facility, which expires on February 18, 2027, we may issue up to $75.0 million of letters of credit. As of February 29, 2024 and November 30, 2023, we had letters of credit outstanding under the LOC Facility of $25.5 million and $12.5 million, respectively.
Senior Notes. All the senior notes outstanding at February 29, 2024 and November 30, 2023 represent senior unsecured obligations that are guaranteed by our Guarantor Subsidiaries and rank equally in right of payment with all of our and our Guarantor Subsidiaries’ existing unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. All of our senior notes were issued in underwritten public offerings. Interest on each of these senior notes is payable semi-annually.
The indenture governing our senior notes does not contain any financial covenants. Subject to specified exceptions, the indenture contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur secured indebtedness, or
engage in sale and leaseback transactions involving property above a certain specified value. In addition, the indenture contains certain limitations related to mergers, consolidations, and sales of assets.
As of February 29, 2024, we were in compliance with all of our covenants and other requirements under the Credit Facility, the Term Loan, the senior notes, the indenture, the LOC Facility, and the mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans. Our ability to access the Credit Facility for cash borrowings and letters of credit and our ability to secure future debt financing depend, in part, on our ability to remain in such compliance. Our ability to access the Credit Facility’s full borrowing capacity, as well as the LOC Facility’s full issuance capacity, also depends on the ability and willingness of the applicable lenders and financial institutions, including any substitute or additional lenders and financial institutions, to meet their commitments to fund loans, extend credit or provide payment guarantees to or for us under those instruments.
Mortgages and Land Contracts Due to Land Sellers and Other Loans. As of February 29, 2024, inventories having a carrying value of $19.6 million were pledged to collateralize mortgages and land contracts due to land sellers and other loans.
As of February 29, 2024, principal payments on our notes payable are due during each year ending November 30 as follows: 2024 – $2.9 million; 2025 – $.5 million; 2026 – $360.6 million; 2027 – $300.8 million; 2028 – $.8 million and thereafter – $1.04 billion.