NOTE 13 - BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS

The following is a summary of our long-term borrowings:


		Annual
		Interest Rate
		as of
		December 31,		December 31,
	Maturity	2018		2018		2017
				(in thousands)
Secured borrowings:
HUD mortgages assumed December 2011	—	—		$	—	$	53,666
Deferred financing costs – net					—		(568)
Total secured borrowings – net(1)					—		53,098

Unsecured borrowings:
Revolving line of credit	2021	3.67	%		313,000		290,000

U.S. term loan	2022	3.97	%		425,000		425,000
Sterling term loan (2)	2022	2.18	%		127,990		135,130
Omega OP term loan(1)	2022	3.97	%		100,000		100,000
2015 term loan	2022	3.80	%		250,000		250,000
Discounts and deferred financing costs – net(3)					(4,264)		(5,460)
Total term loans – net					898,726		904,670

2023 notes	2023	4.375	%		700,000		700,000
2024 notes	2024	4.950	%		400,000		400,000
2025 notes	2025	4.500	%		400,000		400,000
2026 notes	2026	5.250	%		600,000		600,000
2027 notes	2027	4.500	%		700,000		700,000
2028 notes	2028	4.750	%		550,000		550,000
Other	2018	—			—		1,500
Subordinated debt	2021	9.000	%		20,000		20,000
Discount – net					(18,523)		(21,073)
Deferred financing costs – net					(22,581)		(26,037)
Total senior notes and other unsecured borrowings – net					3,328,896		3,324,390

Total unsecured borrowings – net					4,540,622		4,519,060

Total secured and unsecured borrowings – net(4)				$	4,540,622	$	4,572,158

(1)

These amounts represent borrowings that were incurred by Omega OP or wholly owned subsidiaries of Omega OP.

(2)

This borrowing is denominated in GBP.

(3)

The amount includes $0.4 million of net deferred financing costs related to the Omega OP term loan as of December 31, 2018.

(4)

All borrowing are direct borrowings of Omega unless otherwise noted.

HUD Mortgage Disposition

On June 1, 2018, subsidiaries of an existing operator assumed approximately $53 million of our indebtedness guaranteed by HUD that secured 12 separate facilities located in Arkansas. In connection with our disposition of the mortgages, we wrote-off approximately $0.6 million of unamortized deferred costs that are recorded in Gain on assets sold – net on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. These fixed rate mortgages had a weighted average interest rate of approximately 3.06% per annum and matured in July 2044. See Note 3 – Properties.

Unsecured Borrowings

2017 Omega Credit Facilities

On May 25, 2017, Omega entered into a credit agreement (the “2017 Omega Credit Agreement”) providing us with a new $1.8 billion senior unsecured revolving and term loan credit facility, consisting of a $1.25 billion senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), a $425 million senior unsecured U.S. Dollar term loan facility (the “U.S. Term Loan Facility”), and a £100 million senior unsecured British Pound Sterling term loan facility (the “Sterling Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility and the U.S. Term Loan Facility, collectively, the “2017 Omega Credit Facilities”). The 2017 Omega Credit Agreement contains an accordion feature permitting us, subject to compliance with customary conditions, to increase the maximum aggregate commitments under the 2017 Omega Credit Facilities to $2.5 billion.

The 2017 Omega Credit Facilities replaced the previous $1.25 billion senior unsecured 2014 revolving credit facility, the previous $200 million Tranche A‑1 senior unsecured term loan facility, and the previous $350 million Tranche A‑3 senior unsecured incremental term loan facility established under our 2014 credit agreement, which has been terminated (the “2014 Omega Credit Agreement”). We had previously repaid and terminated the $200 million Tranche A‑2 senior unsecured term loan facility established under the 2014 Omega Credit Agreement, with proceeds from our $550 million and $150 million unsecured senior notes issued in April 2017.

The Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus an applicable percentage (with a range of 100 to 195 basis points) based on our ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and/or Fitch Ratings. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on May 25, 2021, subject to an option by us to extend such maturity date for two, six month periods. The 2017 Omega Credit Agreement provides for the Revolving Credit Facility to be drawn in Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars (collectively, “Alternative Currencies”) or U.S. Dollars, with a $900 million tranche available in U.S. Dollars and a $350 million tranche available in U.S. Dollars or Alternative Currencies. For purposes of the 2017 Omega Credit Facilities, references to LIBOR include the Canadian dealer offered rates for amounts offered in Canadian Dollars and any other Alternative Currency rate approved in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Omega Credit Agreement for amounts offered in any other non-London interbank offered rate quoted currency, as applicable.

The U.S. Term Loan Facility and the Sterling Term Loan Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable percentage (with a range of 90 to 190 basis points) based on our ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and/or Fitch Ratings. The U.S. Term Loan Facility and the Sterling Term Loan Facility each mature on May 25, 2022.

We recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $5.5 million relating to the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the termination of the 2014 Omega Credit Agreement.

2017 Omega OP Term Loan Facility

On May 25, 2017, Omega OP entered into a credit agreement (the “2017 Omega OP Credit Agreement”) providing it with a new $100 million senior unsecured term loan facility (the “2017 Omega OP Term Loan Facility”). The 2017 Omega OP Credit Agreement replaced the $100 million senior unsecured term loan facility obtained in 2015 (the “2015 Omega OP Term Loan Facility”) and the related credit agreement (the “2015 Omega OP Credit Agreement”). The 2017 Omega OP Term Loan Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus an applicable percentage (with a range of 90 to 190 basis points) based on our ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and/or Fitch Ratings. The 2017 Omega OP Term Loan Facility matures on May 25, 2022.

Omega OP’s obligations in connection with the 2017 Omega OP Term Loan Facility are not currently guaranteed, but will be jointly and severally guaranteed by any domestic subsidiary of Omega OP that provides a guaranty of any unsecured indebtedness of Omega or Omega OP for borrowed money evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments in an amount of at least $50 million individually or in the aggregate.

Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility

On May 25, 2017, Omega entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the “Amended 2015 Credit Agreement”), which amended and restated our previous $250 million senior unsecured term loan facility (the “Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility”). The Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus an applicable percentage (with a range of 140 to 235 basis points) based on our ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and/or Fitch Ratings. The Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility continues to mature on December 16, 2022. The Amended 2015 Credit Agreement permits us, subject to compliance with customary conditions, to add one or more incremental tranches to the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $150 million.

Omega’s obligations under the 2017 Omega Credit Facilities and the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility are jointly and severally guaranteed by Omega OP and any domestic subsidiary of Omega that provides a guaranty of any unsecured indebtedness of Omega for borrowed money evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments in an amount of at least $50 million individually or in the aggregate.

As a result of exposure to interest rate movements associated with the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility, on December 16, 2015, we entered into various forward-starting interest rate swap arrangements, which effectively converted $250 million of our variable-rate debt based on one-month LIBOR to an aggregate fixed rate of approximately 3.8005% effective December 30, 2016. The effective fixed rate achieved by the combination of the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility and the interest rate swaps could fluctuate up by 55 basis points or down by 40 basis points based on future changes to our credit ratings. Each of these swaps began on December 30, 2016 and mature on December 15, 2022. On the date of inception, we designated the interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedges and linked the interest rate swaps to the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility. Because the critical terms of the interest rate swaps and Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility coincided, the hedges are expected to exactly offset changes in expected cash flows as a result of fluctuations in 1‑month LIBOR over the term of the hedges. The purpose of entering into the swaps was to reduce our exposure to future changes in variable interest rates. The interest rate swaps settle on a monthly basis when interest payments are made. These settlements will occur through the maturity date of the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility. The interest rate for the Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility was not hedged for the portion of the term prior to December 30, 2016.

$700 Million 4.375% Senior Notes due 2023

On July 12, 2016, we issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.375% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”). The 2023 Notes were sold at an issue price of 99.739% of their face value before the underwriters’ discount. Our net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses, were approximately $692.0 million. The net proceeds from the offering were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, to purchase the $180.0 million mortgage term loan and for general corporate purposes. The 2023 Notes mature on August 1, 2023 and pay interest semi-annually.

$400 Million 4.95% Senior Notes due 2024

On March 11, 2014, we sold $400 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.95% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”). These notes were sold at an issue price of 98.58% of the principal amount of the notes, before the initial purchasers’ discount resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $394.3 million. The 2024 Notes mature on April 1, 2024 and pay interest semi-annually.

$400 Million 4.50% Senior Notes due 2025

On September 11, 2014, we sold $250 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.50% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). The 2025 Notes were sold at an issue price of 99.131% of their face value before the initial purchasers’ discount resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $247.8 million. The 2025 Notes mature on January 15, 2025 and pay interest semi-annually.

On April 4, 2017, we issued an additional $150 million aggregate principal amount of our existing 2025 Notes (the “additional $150 million 2025 Notes”). The additional $150 million 2025 Notes were sold at an issue price of 99.540% of their face value before the underwriters’ discount. Our net proceeds from the additional $150 million 2025 Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses, were approximately $149.9 million (inclusive of accrued interest). See $550 Million 4.75% Senior Notes due 2028 below for the use of these proceeds.

$600 Million 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026

On September 23, 2015, we sold $600 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”). The 2026 Notes were sold at an issue price of 99.717% of their face value before the initial purchasers’ discount. Our total net proceeds from the offering, after deducting initial purchasers’ discounts and other offering expenses, were approximately $594.4 million. The 2026 Notes mature on January 15, 2026 and pay interest semi-annually.

$700 Million 4.50% Senior Notes due 2027

On March 18, 2015, we sold $700 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.50% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”). The 2027 Notes were sold at an issue price of 98.546% of their face value before the initial purchasers’ discount. Our total net proceeds from the offering, after deducting initial purchasers’ discounts and other offering expenses, were approximately $683 million. The 2027 Notes mature on April 1, 2027 and pay interest semi-annually.

$550 Million 4.75% Senior Notes due 2028

On April 4, 2017, we issued $550 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.75% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”). The 2028 Notes mature on January 15, 2028. The 2028 Notes were sold at an issue price of 98.978% of their face value before the underwriters’ discount. Our net proceeds from the 2028 Notes offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses, were approximately $540.8 million. The net proceeds from the 2028 Notes offering and the additional $150 million 2025 Notes offering were used to (i) redeem all of our outstanding $400 million 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “5.875% Notes”) on April 28, 2017, (ii) prepay the $200 million Tranche A‑2 Term Loan Facility on April 5, 2017 that otherwise would have become due on June 27, 2017, and (iii) repay outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

General

Certain of our other secured and unsecured borrowings are subject to customary affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we were in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants, for our secured and unsecured borrowings. Omega OP, the guarantor of Parent’s outstanding senior notes, does not directly own any substantive assets other than its interest in non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The required principal payments, excluding the premium or discount and deferred financing costs on our secured and unsecured borrowings, for each of the five years following December 31, 2018 and the aggregate due thereafter are set forth below:


	(in thousands)
2019	$	—
2020		—
2021		333,000
2022		902,990
2023		700,000
Thereafter		2,650,000
Total	$	4,585,990

The following summarizes the refinancing related costs:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Write off of deferred financing costs and unamortized premiums due to refinancing (1)(2)	$	—	$	10,195	$	301
Prepayment and other costs associated with refinancing (3)		—		11,770		1,812
Total debt extinguishment costs	$	—	$	21,965	$	2,113

(1)

In 2017, we recorded (a) $4.7 million of write-offs of unamortized deferred costs associated with the early redemption of our 5.875% Notes and (b) $5.5 million of write-offs of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the termination of the 2014 Omega Credit Agreement.

(2)

In 2016, we recorded $0.3 million of write-offs of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with three facilities that were acquired via a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

(3)

In 2017, we paid $11.8 million of prepayment penalties associated with the early redemption of our 5.875% Notes. In 2016, we purchased a $180 million mortgage term loan and paid a 1% premium of approximately $1.8 million to purchase the debt.