Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The following supplements the risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report
Our failure to comply with our obligations under our debt instruments may reduce our stockholders’ equity, and adversely affect our net income and ability to pay dividends.
Our debt instruments includes covenants that require us to maintain certain financial ratios, including various coverage ratios, and comply with other requirements. Failure to meet interest and other payment obligations under our debt instruments or a breach by us of the covenants to comply with certain financial ratios would place us in non-compliance under such instruments. If the lender called a default and required us to repay the full amount outstanding under such instrument, we might be required to rapidly dispose of our properties, including properties securing such debt instruments, which could have an adverse impact on the amounts we receive on such disposition. Commercial real estate mortgage loans tend to be non-amortizing as to principal, and as a result, acceleration of the debt under any debt instrument many result in a “balloon” payment for the entire principal amount. In 2021, a lender notified us that we were not in compliance with a financial covenant under a debt instrument and subsequently waived such non-compliance for the applicable reporting period. If we are unable to dispose of our properties in a timely fashion to the satisfaction of the lender or if the net operating income from the properties decreases during the measured period to an extent that applicable target coverage ratios cannot be met, such lender could exercise remedies available to it under the applicable debt instrument and as otherwise provided by law, including the possible appointment of a receiver to manage the property, application of deposits or reserves maintained under the debt instrument for payment of the debt, or foreclose and/or cause the forced sale of the property or asset securing such debt. A foreclosure or other forced disposition of our assets could result in the disposition of same at below the carrying value of such asset. The disposition of our properties or assets at below our carrying value may adversely affect our net income, reduce our stockholders’ equity and adversely affect our ability to pay dividends.
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