Meritage Homes CORP 10-Q

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Our fixed rate debt is made up primarily of $1.8 billion in aggregate principal amount of our senior and convertible senior notes. All outstanding senior and convertible senior notes bear fixed rates of interest, and therefore, do not expose us to financial statement risk associated with changes in interest rates. The fair values of senior and convertible senior notes change primarily when interest rates change, and in the case of our convertible senior notes, when the market price of our stock fluctuates. Except in limited circumstances, we do not have an obligation to prepay our senior notes and, as a result, changes in fair value of our senior notes should not have a significant impact until we would be required to repay such debt and access the capital markets to issue new debt. Obligations to settle our convertible senior notes by conversion may be required upon the occurrence of certain limited conversion conditions that are closely related to the fair value of the convertible senior notes, and therefore changes in the fair value of our convertible senior notes should not have a significant impact as conversion is more likely to occur under favorable stock price conditions. Our Credit Facility is subject to interest rate changes as the borrowing rates are based on term SOFR or Prime (see Note 5 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this report).