Borrowings

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Borrowings

6. Borrowings

The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding debt as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

	Balance			Weighted Average Effective Rate			Weighted Average Contract Maturity
Unsecured debt
Variable rate commercial paper program	$	25,000			0.2	%	10/1/2021
Fixed rate senior notes		4,175,000			3.3	%	3/4/2029
Debt issuance costs, discounts, premiums and fair market value adjustments		(24,744	)
Total unsecured debt	$	4,175,256			3.3	%
Secured debt
Fixed rate property mortgages	$	368,892			4.4	%	9/17/2048
Debt issuance costs		(3,261	)
Total secured debt	$	365,631			4.4	%
Total outstanding debt	$	4,540,887			3.4	%

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

In May 2019, MAALP entered into a $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or Wells Fargo, and fourteen other banks, which is referred to as the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility replaced MAALP’s previous unsecured revolving credit facility, and it includes an expansion option up to $1.5 billion. The Credit Facility bears an interest rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus a spread of 0.75% to 1.45% based on an investment grade pricing grid. The Credit Facility matures in May 2023 with an option to extend for two additional six-month periods. As of September 30, 2021, there was no outstanding balance under the Credit Facility, while $3.4 million of capacity was used to support outstanding letters of credit.

Unsecured Commercial Paper

In May 2019, MAALP established an unsecured commercial paper program whereby MAALP may issue unsecured commercial paper notes with varying maturities not to exceed 397 days up to a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding of $500.0 million. As of September 30, 2021, MAALP had $25.0 million outstanding under the commercial paper program. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, the average daily borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program were $161.5 million.

Unsecured Senior Notes

As of September 30, 2021, MAALP had $4.2 billion of publicly issued unsecured senior notes outstanding. The unsecured senior notes had maturities at issuance ranging from 5 to 30 years, with a weighted average of 7.4 years remaining until maturity as of September 30, 2021.

In July 2021, MAALP retired a $72.8 million tranche of privately placed unsecured senior notes at maturity.

In August 2021, MAALP publicly issued $300 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes maturing September 2026 with a coupon rate of 1.100% per annum, or the 2026 Notes. The purchase price paid by the purchasers of the 2026 Notes was 99.553% of the principal amount. The 2026 Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of MAALP and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured senior indebtedness of MAALP. Interest on the 2026 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year beginning March 15, 2022. The net proceeds of the offering were $296.9 million, after deducting the original issue discount, underwriting commissions and expenses totaling $3.1 million. The 2026 Notes have an effective interest rate of 1.191% and have been reflected net of discount and debt issuance costs in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021.

In August 2021, MAALP also publicly issued $300 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes maturing September 2051 with a coupon rate of 2.875% per annum, or the 2051 Notes. The purchase price paid by the purchasers of the 2051 Notes was 98.588% of the principal amount. The 2051 Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of MAALP and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured senior indebtedness of MAALP. Interest on the 2051 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year beginning March 15, 2022. The net proceeds of the offering were $293.1 million, after deducting the original issue discount, underwriting commissions and expenses totaling $6.9 million. The 2051 Notes have an effective interest rate of 2.946% and have been reflected net of discount and debt issuance costs in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021.

In September 2021, MAALP retired a $117.0 million tranche of privately placed unsecured senior notes due in November 2022, a $125.0 million portion of the $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of publicly issued unsecured senior notes due in December 2022, a $12.3 million tranche of privately placed unsecured senior notes due in July 2023, and a $20.0 million tranche of privately placed unsecured senior notes due in November 2024. MAALP incurred $13.4 million in prepayment penalties and write-offs of unamortized costs resulting from the debt retirements in the third quarter of 2021. These costs are included in “Other non-operating (income) expense” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Secured Property Mortgages

As of September 30, 2021, MAALP had $368.9 million of fixed rate conventional property mortgages with a weighted average interest rate of 4.4% and a weighted average maturity in 2048.

In February 2021, MAALP retired a $118.6 million mortgage associated with eight apartment communities prior to its June 2021 maturity.