Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Debt

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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT
DEBT
The following is a summary of the Company's debt facilities and balances as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
 
Total Commitment
 or Original Principal
 
Quarterly Principal Payments
 
 
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
Maturity
Date
 
Amount Outstanding
 
Interest
Rate
 
Amount Outstanding
 
Interest
Rate
CorEnergy Secured Credit Facility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CorEnergy Revolver
$
105,000,000

 
$

 
12/15/2019
 
$

 
4.23
%
 
$
44,000,000

 
3.76
%
CorEnergy Term Loan
45,000,000

 
1,615,000

 
12/15/2019
 
33,510,000

 
4.22
%
 
36,740,000

 
3.74
%
MoGas Revolver
3,000,000

 

 
12/15/2019
 

 
4.23
%
 

 
3.77
%
Omega Line of Credit
1,500,000

 

 
7/31/2017
 

 
5.23
%
 

 
4.77
%
Pinedale Secured Credit Facility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$58.5M Term Loan – related party (1)
11,085,750

 
167,139

 
3/30/2021
 
7,701,316

 
8.08
%
 
8,860,577

 
8.00
%
7.00% Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes
115,000,000

 

 
6/15/2020
 
114,000,000

 
7.00
%
 
114,000,000

 
7.00
%
Total Debt
 
$
155,211,316

 
 
 
$
203,600,577

 
 
Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unamortized deferred financing costs (2)
 
$
320,421

 
 
 
$
381,531

 
 
Unamortized discount on 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes
 
2,216,711

 
 
 
2,586,166

 
 
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs
 
$
152,674,184

 
 
 
$
200,632,880

 
 
Debt due within one year
 
$
7,128,556

 
 
 
$
7,128,556

 
 
(1) $47.4 million of the original $58.5 million term loan is payable to CorEnergy under the same terms and eliminates in consolidation.
(2) A portion of the unamortized deferred financing costs, related to our revolving credit facilities, are included in Deferred Costs in the Assets section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to the "Deferred Financing Costs" paragraph below.

CorEnergy Credit Facility
The Company maintains a credit facility with Regions Bank (as lender and administrative agent for the other participating lenders) to provide borrowing commitments of $153.0 million, consisting of (i) a $105.0 million revolver at the CorEnergy parent entity level (the "CorEnergy Revolver"), (ii) a $45.0 million term loan at the CorEnergy parent entity level (the "CorEnergy Term Loan") and (iii) a $3.0 million revolving credit facility at the MoGas subsidiary entity level (the "MoGas Revolver" and, collectively with the CorEnergy Revolver and the CorEnergy Term Loan, the "CorEnergy Credit Facility").
The CorEnergy Credit Facility has a maturity date of December 15, 2019. Borrowings under the credit facility will generally bear interest on the outstanding principal amount using a LIBOR pricing grid that is expected to equal a LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 2.75 percent to 3.75 percent, based on the Company's senior secured recourse leverage ratio. Total availability is subject to a borrowing base. The CorEnergy Credit Facility contains, among other restrictions, certain financial covenants including the maintenance of certain financial ratios, as well as default and cross-default provisions customary for transactions of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods). As of June 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all covenants of the CorEnergy Credit Facility.
On April 18, 2017, the Company repaid the $44.0 million in outstanding borrowings on the CorEnergy Revolver with a portion of the proceeds from a follow-on offering of its 7.375% Series A Preferred Stock, as discussed further in Note 11 ("Stockholder's Equity"). As of June 30, 2017, the Company had approximately $98.2 million and $3.0 million of availability under the CorEnergy Revolver and MoGas Revolver, respectively.
On July 28, 2017, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of the CorEnergy Credit Facility with Regions Bank (as lender and administrative agent for other participating lenders). See Note 13 ("Subsequent Events") for further discussion of the amended and restated credit facility.
Pinedale Credit Facility
On December 20, 2012, Pinedale LP closed on a $70.0 million secured term credit facility. Outstanding balances under the original facility generally accrued interest at a variable annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25 percent. This credit facility was secured by the Pinedale LGS asset. The credit facility remained in effect until December 31, 2015, with an option to extend through December 31, 2016. Although the Company elected not to extend the facility for an additional one-year period, it did amend the facility to extend the maturity date to March 30, 2016. During the extension period, the company made principal payments of $3.2 million and the credit facility bore interest on the outstanding principal amount at LIBOR plus 4.25 percent.
On March 4, 2016, the Company obtained a consent from its lenders under the CorEnergy Credit Facility, which permitted the Company to utilize the CorEnergy Revolving Credit Facility to refinance the Company's pro rata share of the remaining balance of the Pinedale secured term credit facility. On March 30, 2016, the Company and Prudential ("the Refinancing Lenders"), refinanced the remaining $58.5 million principal balance of the $70.0 million credit facility (on a pro rata basis equal to their respective equity interests in Pinedale LP, with the Company’s 81.05 percent share being approximately $47.4 million) and executed a series of agreements assigning the credit facility to CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. as Agent for the Refinancing Lenders. The facility was further modified to extend the maturity date to March 30, 2021; to increase the LIBOR Rate to the greater of (i) 1.00 percent and (ii) the one-month LIBOR rate; and to increase the LIBOR Rate Spread to 7.00 percent per annum. The Company's portion of the debt and interest is eliminated in consolidation and Prudential's portion of the debt is shown as a related-party liability. The Company also terminated one of two related interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $26.3 million.
Pinedale LP's credit facility with the Refinancing Lenders limits distributions by Pinedale LP to the Company. Such distributions are permitted to the extent required for the Company to maintain its REIT qualification, so long as Pinedale LP's obligations under the credit facility have not been accelerated following an Event of Default (as defined in the credit facility). Pinedale LP automatically entered into a Cash Control Period (as defined in the credit facility) with the Refinancing Lenders upon the April 29, 2016 bankruptcy filing by Ultra Wyoming and its parent guarantor, Ultra Petroleum. During the Cash Control Period, the Company as Agent swept all funds for the repayment of accrued interest, scheduled principal payments and principal prepayments on the loans. Ultra Petroleum emerged from bankruptcy in April 2017, resulting in the end of the Cash Control Period and, in May 2017, Pinedale LP resumed distributions.
The Company has provided to Prudential a guarantee against certain inappropriate conduct by or on behalf of Pinedale LP or us. The credit facility also requires Pinedale LP to maintain minimum net worth levels and certain leverage ratios, which along with other provisions of the credit facility limit cash dividends and loans to the Company. At June 30, 2017, the net assets of Pinedale LP were $146.1 million and Pinedale LP was in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Pinedale Credit Facility.
Deferred Financing Costs
The CorEnergy Credit Facility's deferred financing costs, net, as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $1.7 million and $2.2 million, respectively. This portion of deferred financing costs relate to a revolving credit facility and are not presented as a reduction to long-term debt but rather as deferred costs in the assets section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
A summary of deferred financing cost amortization expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2017
 
June 30, 2016
 
June 30, 2017
 
June 30, 2016
CorEnergy Credit Facility
$
272,074

 
$
272,076

 
$
544,148

 
$
534,378

Pinedale Credit Facility

 

 

 
156,330

Total Deferred Debt Cost Amortization Expense (1)(2)
$
272,074

 
$
272,076

 
$
544,148

 
$
690,708

(1) Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
(2) For the amount of deferred debt cost amortization relating to the Convertible Notes included in the Consolidated Statements of Income, refer to the Convertible Note Interest Expense table below.

Contractual Payments
The remaining contractual principal payments as of June 30, 2017 under the CorEnergy and Pinedale credit facilities are as follows:
Year
 
CorEnergy Term Loan
 
Pinedale Credit Facility
 
Total
2017
 
$
3,230,000

 
$
334,278

 
$
3,564,278

2018
 
6,460,000

 
668,556

 
7,128,556

2019
 
23,820,000

 
668,556

 
24,488,556

2020
 

 
668,556

 
668,556

2021
 

 
5,361,370

 
5,361,370

Thereafter
 

 

 

Total Remaining Contractual Payments
 
$
33,510,000

 
$
7,701,316

 
$
41,211,316


Convertible Debt
On June 29, 2015, the Company completed a public offering of $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2020 (the "Convertible Notes"). The Convertible Notes mature on June 15, 2020 and bear interest at a rate of 7.00 percent per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2015. On May 23, 2016, the Company repurchased $1.0 million of its convertible bonds on the open market.
The following is a summary of the impact of Convertible Notes on interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:
Convertible Note Interest Expense
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2017
 
June 30, 2016
 
June 30, 2017
 
June 30, 2016
7.00% Convertible Notes
$
1,995,000

 
$
1,983,528

 
$
3,990,000

 
$
3,996,028

Discount Amortization
184,728

 
185,727

 
369,456

 
373,962

Deferred Debt Issuance Amortization
12,069

 
12,703

 
24,138

 
24,958

Total Convertible Note Interest Expense
$
2,191,797

 
$
2,181,958

 
$
4,383,594

 
$
4,394,948


The Convertible Notes were initially issued with an underwriters' discount of $3.7 million which is being amortized over the life of the Convertible Notes. Including the impact of the convertible debt discount and related deferred debt issuance costs, the effective interest rate on the Convertible Notes is approximately 7.7 percent for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.