Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
−Removed: We are exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of our credit facility, term loans, mortgages payable, and long-term notes and bonds used to maintain liquidity and expand our real estate investment portfolio and operations.
+Added: We are exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of our credit facility and commercial paper program, term loan, mortgages payable, and long-term notes and bonds used to maintain liquidity and expand our real estate investment portfolio and operations.
Our interest rate risk management objective is to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flow and to lower our overall borrowing costs.
To achieve these objectives, we issue long-term notes and bonds, primarily at fixed rates.
−Removed: In order to mitigate and manage the effects of interest rate risks on our operations, we may utilize a variety of financial instruments, including interest rate swaps and caps.
+Added: In order to mitigate and manage the effects of interest rate risks on our operations, we may utilize a variety of financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, interest rate locks and caps.
The use of these types of instruments to hedge our exposure to changes in interest rates carries additional risks, including counterparty credit risk, the enforceability of hedging contracts and the risk that unanticipated and significant changes in interest rates will cause a significant loss of basis in the contract.
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We do not enter into any derivative transactions for speculative or trading purposes.
−Removed: The following table presents by year of expected maturity, the principal amounts, average interest rates and estimated fair values of our fixed and variable rate debt as of December 31, 2019.
+Added: The following table presents, by year of expected maturity, the principal amounts, average interest rates and estimated fair values of our fixed rate debt as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: There was no variable rate debt or debt that was not swapped to fixed at December 31, 2020.
This information is presented to evaluate the expected cash flows and sensitivity to interest rate changes (dollars in millions):
Expected Maturity Data
−Removed: Year of maturity
−Removed: Fixed rate debt
−Removed: Weighted average rate on fixed rate debt
−Removed: Variable rate debt
−Removed: Weighted average rate on variable rate debt
+Added: Year of maturity Fixed rate debt Weighted average rate on fixed rate debt
+Added: 2021 $ 44.2 5.55 %
+Added: 2022 1,061.8 3.43
+Added: 2023 770.6 4.64
+Added: 2024 712.2 3.97
+Added: 2025 500.7 3.88
+Added: Thereafter 5,762.5 3.18
+Added: $ 8,852.0 3.45 %
Fair Value (2)
−Removed: (1) Excludes net premiums recorded on mortgages payable, net original issuance premiums recorded on notes payable and deferred financing costs on mortgages payable, notes payable, and term loans.
−Removed: At December 31, 2019, the unamortized balance of net premiums on mortgages payable is $3.0 million , the unamortized balance of net original issuance premiums on notes payable is $6.3 million , and the balance of deferred financing costs on mortgages payable is $1.3 million , on notes payable is $35.9 million , and on term loans is $956,000 .
−Removed: (2) We base the estimated fair value of the fixed rate senior notes and bonds at December 31, 2019 on the indicative market prices and recent trading activity of our senior notes and bonds payable.
−Removed: We base the estimated fair value of our fixed rate and variable rate mortgages at December 31, 2019 on the relevant forward interest rate curve, plus an applicable credit-adjusted spread.
−Removed: We believe that the carrying value of the credit facility balance and term loans balance reasonably approximate their estimated fair values at December 31, 2019.
+Added: (1) Excludes net premiums recorded on mortgages payable, net original issuance premiums recorded on notes payable and deferred financing costs on mortgages payable, notes payable, and our term loan.
+Added: At December 31, 2020, the unamortized balance of net premiums on mortgages payable is $1.7 million, the unamortized balance of net original issuance premiums on notes payable is $14.6 million, and the balance of deferred financing costs on mortgages payable is $973,000, on notes payable is $49.2 million, and on our term loan is $642,000.
+Added: (2) We base the estimated fair value of the publicly-traded fixed rate senior notes and bonds at December 31, 2020 on the indicative market prices and recent trading activity of our senior notes and bonds payable.
+Added: We base the estimated fair value of our fixed rate mortgages at December 31, 2020 on the relevant forward interest rate curve, plus an applicable credit-adjusted spread.
+Added: We believe that the carrying value of the term loan balance reasonably approximates its estimated fair value at December 31, 2020.
The table incorporates only those exposures that exist as of December 31, 2020.
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As a result, our ultimate realized gain or loss, with respect to interest rate fluctuations, would depend on the exposures that arise during the period, our hedging strategies at the time, and interest rates.
−Removed: All of our outstanding notes and bonds have fixed interest rates.
−Removed: At December 31, 2019 all of our mortgages payable had fixed interest rates, except one variable rate mortgage on one property totaling $7.1 million , which has been swapped to a fixed interest rate.
−Removed: Interest on our credit facility and term loan balances is variable.
−Removed: However, the variable interest rate feature on our term loans has been mitigated by interest rate swap agreements.
−Removed: Based on our credit facility balance of $704.3 million at December 31, 2019, a 1% change in interest rates would change our interest rate costs by $7.0 million per year.
−Removed: During the second quarter of 2019, we commenced foreign operations and acquired real property in the U.K.
+Added: At December 31, 2020, our outstanding notes, bonds and mortgages payable had fixed interest rates.
+Added: Interest on our revolving credit facility and term loan balance is variable.
+Added: However, the variable interest rate feature on our term loan has been mitigated by an interest rate swap agreement.
+Added: At December 31, 2020, our credit facility balance was zero;
+Added: however, we intend to borrow funds on our credit facility in the future.
+Added: Based on a hypothetical credit facility borrowing of $50 million, a 1% change in interest rate would change our interest costs by $500,000 annually.
+Added: During 2019, we commenced foreign operations and acquired real property in the U.K.
+Added: and have continued to acquire U.K.
+Added: properties in 2020.
As a result, we are subject to currency fluctuations that may, from time to time, affect our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Increases or decreases in the value of the Great British Pound (Sterling) relative to the U.S.
+Added: Increases or decreases in the value of Sterling relative to the U.S.
dollar impact the amount of net income we earn from our investments in the U.K.
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