Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We face market risk exposure in the form of interest rate risk. These market risks arise from our debt obligations. We have no international operations. Our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations is not significant to our financial condition or results of operations.
GLPI’s primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk with respect to its indebtedness of $5,799.9 million at December 31, 2020. Furthermore, $5,375.0 million of our obligations are the senior unsecured notes that have fixed interest rates with maturity dates ranging from two and one-half years to ten years. An increase in interest rates could make the financing of any acquisition by GLPI more costly, as well as increase the costs of its variable rate debt obligations. Rising interest rates could also limit GLPI’s ability to refinance its debt when it matures or cause GLPI to pay higher interest rates upon refinancing and increase interest expense on refinanced indebtedness. GLPI may manage, or hedge, interest rate risks related to its borrowings by means of interest rate swap agreements. GLPI also expects to manage its exposure to interest rate risk by maintaining a mix of fixed and variable rates for its indebtedness. However, the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs substantially limit GLPI’s ability to hedge its assets and liabilities.
The table below provides information at December 31, 2020 about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations, the table presents notional amounts maturing in each fiscal year and the related weighted-average interest rates by maturity dates. Notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged by maturity date and the weighted-average interest rates for our variable rate debt are based on implied forward LIBOR rates at December 31, 2020.
1/01/21- 12/31/21 1/01/22- 12/31/22 1/01/23- 12/31/23 1/01/24- 12/31/24 1/01/25 12/31/25 Thereafter Total Fair Value at 12/31/2020
(in thousands)
Long-term debt:
Fixed rate $ — $ — $ 500,000 $ 400,000 $ 850,000 $ 3,625,000 $ 5,375,000 $ 6,026,840
Average interest rate 5.38 % 3.35 % 5.25 % 4.88 %
Variable rate $ — $ — $ 424,019 $ — $ — $ — $ 424,019 $ 424,019
Average interest rate (1)
2.02 %
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(1) Estimated rate, reflective of forward LIBOR plus the spread over LIBOR applicable to variable-rate borrowing. For considerations surrounding the phase out of LIBOR refer to the Liquidity and Capital Resources discussion in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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