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Debt

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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT
DEBT
The following is a summary of the Company's debt facilities and balances as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
 
Total Commitment
 or Original Principal
 
Quarterly Principal Payments
 
 
 
September 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 
Maturity
Date
 
Amount Outstanding
 
Interest
Rate
 
Amount Outstanding
 
Interest
Rate
CorEnergy Secured Credit Facility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CorEnergy Revolver
$
160,000,000

 
$

 
7/28/2022
 
$

 
4.77
%
 
$

 
5.25
%
MoGas Revolver
1,000,000

 

 
7/28/2022
 

 
4.77
%
 

 
5.25
%
Omega Line of Credit
1,500,000

 

 
7/31/2020
 

 
6.02
%
 

 
6.50
%
Pinedale Secured Credit Facility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility
41,000,000

 
882,000

 
12/29/2022
 
34,826,000

 
6.50
%
 
37,472,000

 
6.50
%
7.00% Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes
115,000,000

 

 
6/15/2020
 
5,526,000

 
7.00
%
 
113,958,000

 
7.00
%
5.875% Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes
120,000,000

 

 
8/15/2025
 
120,000,000

 
5.875
%
 

 

Total Debt
 
$
160,352,000

 
 
 
$
151,430,000

 
 
Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unamortized deferred financing costs (1)
 
$
656,479

 
 
 
$
283,278

 
 
Unamortized discount on 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes
 
26,986

 
 
 
1,108,342

 
 
Unamortized discount on 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes
 
3,430,522

 
 
 

 
 
Total Debt, net of deferred financing costs
 
$
156,238,013

 
 
 
$
150,038,380

 
 
Debt due within one year
 
$
9,025,251

 
 
 
$
3,528,000

 
 
(1) Unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Company's 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
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). The amended facility provides for borrowing commitments of up to $161.0 million, consisting of (i) $160.0 million on the CorEnergy Revolver, subject to borrowing base limitations, and (ii) $1.0 million on the MoGas Revolver.
The amended facility has a 5-year term maturing on July 28, 2022, and provides for a springing maturity on February 28, 2020, and thereafter, if the Company fails to meet certain liquidity requirements from the springing maturity date through the maturity of the Company's 7.00% Convertible Notes on June 15, 2020. This springing maturity would have been triggered on the first date on or after February 28, 2020 that both (i) the outstanding principal amount of the 7.00% Convertible Notes exceeded $28,750,000 and (ii) the Company's unrestricted cash liquidity (including, for purposes of this calculation, the undrawn portion of the Borrowing Base then available for borrowing under the CorEnergy Credit Facility) was less than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount of the 7.00% Convertible Notes plus (y) $5,000,000. The Company will not trigger the springing maturity as a result of the 7.00% Convertible Notes exchange completed in August 2019, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of the 7.00% Convertible Notes below the springing maturity threshold. Refer to "Convertible Debt" section below for further details on convertible debt transactions during the third quarter of 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 September 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all covenants of the CorEnergy Credit Facility.
As of September 30, 2019, the Company had approximately $136.8 million and $1.0 million of availability under the CorEnergy Revolver and MoGas Revolver, respectively.
Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility
On December 29, 2017, Pinedale LP entered into the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility with Prudential and a group of lenders affiliated with Prudential as the sole lenders and Prudential serving as administrative agent. Under the terms of the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility, Pinedale LP was provided with a 5-year $41.0 million term loan facility, bearing interest at a fixed rate of 6.5 percent, which matures on December 29, 2022. Principal payments of $294 thousand, plus accrued interest, are payable monthly.
Outstanding balances under the facility are secured by the Pinedale LGS assets. The Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility contains, among other restrictions, specific financial covenants including the maintenance of certain financial coverage ratios and a minimum net worth requirement which, along with other provisions of the credit facility, limit cash dividends and loans by Pinedale LP to the Company. At September 30, 2019, the net assets of Pinedale LP were $133.1 million and Pinedale LP was in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility.
Deferred Financing Costs
A summary of deferred financing cost amortization expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Nine Months Ended
 
September 30, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
September 30, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
CorEnergy Credit Facility
$
143,635

 
$
143,636

 
$
430,906

 
$
430,906

Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility
13,205

 
13,206

 
39,616

 
39,523

Total Deferred Debt Cost Amortization Expense (1)(2)
$
156,840

 
$
156,842

 
$
470,522

 
$
470,429

(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.

CorEnergy Credit Facilities
Prior to the July 28, 2017 credit facility amendment and restatement, previously existing deferred financing costs related to the CorEnergy Credit Facility were approximately $1.8 million, of which approximately $1.6 million continue to be deferred and amortized under the amended and restated facility. Additionally, the Company incurred approximately $1.3 million in new debt issuance costs which have been deferred and are being amortized over the term of the new facility. Total deferred financing costs of $2.9 million are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the 5-year term of the amended and restated CorEnergy Credit Facility.
Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility
In connection with entering into the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility, Pinedale LP incurred approximately $367 thousand in new debt issuance costs, of which $264 thousand were deferred and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the 5-year term of the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility.
Contractual Payments
The remaining contractual principal payments as of September 30, 2019 under the Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility are as follows:
Year
 
Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility
2019
 
$
882,000

2020
 
3,528,000

2021
 
3,528,000

2022
 
26,888,000

2023
 

Thereafter
 

Total Remaining Contractual Payments
 
$
34,826,000


Convertible Debt
7.00% Convertible Notes
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 "7.00% Convertible Notes"). The 7.00% 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. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had $114.0 million 7.00% Convertible Notes outstanding following certain repurchases and conversions. The conversion rate for the 7.00% Convertible Notes is 30.3030 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 7.00% Convertible Notes, equivalent to a conversion price of $33.00 per share of common stock.
On January 16, 2019, the Company agreed with three holders of its 7.00% Convertible Notes, pursuant to privately negotiated agreements, to exchange $43.8 million face amount of such notes for an aggregate of 837,040 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, plus aggregate cash consideration of $19.8 million, including $315 thousand of interest expense. The Company's agent and lenders under the CorEnergy Credit Facility provided a consent for the convertible note exchange. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $5.0 million in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The loss on extinguishment of debt included the write-off of a portion of the underwriter's discount and deferred debt costs of $409 thousand and $27 thousand, respectively.
On August 15, 2019, the Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering of the 5.875% Convertible Notes discussed further below, together with shares of its common stock, to exchange $63.9 million face amount of its 7.00% Convertible Notes pursuant to privately negotiated agreements with three holders. The total cash and stock consideration for the exchange was valued at approximately $93.2 million. This included an aggregate of 703,432 shares of common stock plus cash consideration of approximately $60.2 million, including $733 thousand of interest expense. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately $28.9 million in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The loss on extinguishment of debt included the write-off of a portion of the underwriter's discount and deferred debt costs of $360 thousand and $24 thousand, respectively. Collectively, for the two exchange transactions described above, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $34.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Additionally, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, certain holders elected to convert (i) $178 thousand of 7.00% Convertible Notes for approximately 5,393 shares of common stock and (ii) $762 thousand of 7.00% Convertible Notes for approximately 23,083 shares of common stock, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, the Company has $5.5 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Convertible Notes outstanding.
5.875% Convertible Notes
On August 12, 2019, the Company completed a private placement offering of $120.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the "5.875% Convertible Notes") to the initial purchasers of such notes for cash in reliance on an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The initial purchasers then resold the 5.875% Convertible Notes for cash equal to 100 percent of the aggregate principal amount thereof to qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, in reliance on an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. The 5.875% Convertible Notes mature on August 15, 2025 and bear interest at a rate of 5.875 percent per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2020.
The 5.875% Convertible Notes were issued with an initial purchasers' discount of $3.5 million, which is being amortized over the life of the notes. The Company also incurred approximately $494 thousand of deferred debt costs in issuing the 5.875% Convertible Notes, which are also being amortized over the life of the notes.
Holders may convert all or any portion of their 5.875% Convertible Notes into shares of the Company's common stock at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date. The initial conversion rate for the 5.875% Convertible Notes is 20.0 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 5.875% Convertible Notes, equivalent to an initial conversion price of $50.00 per share of the Company's common stock. Such conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events as specified in the Indenture.
Upon the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their 5.875% Convertible Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the 5.875% Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date as prescribed in the Indenture. Following the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change, or if the Company delivers a notice of redemption (as discussed below), the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or notice of redemption.
The Company may not redeem the 5.875% Convertible Notes prior to August 15, 2023. On or after August 15, 2023, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the 5.875% Convertible Notes, at its option, if the last reported sale price of its common stock has been at least 125 percent of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption. The redemption price will equal 100 percent of the principal amount of the 5.875% Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The 5.875% Convertible Notes rank equal in right of payment to any other current and future unsecured obligations, including the 7.00% Convertible Notes, of the Company and senior in right of payment to any other current and future indebtedness of the Company that is contractually subordinated to the 5.875% Convertible Notes. The 5.875% Convertible Notes are structurally subordinated to all liabilities (including trade payables) of the Company’s subsidiaries. The 5.875% Convertible Notes are effectively junior to all of the Company’s existing or future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such debt.
Convertible Note Interest Expense
The following is a summary of the impact of convertible notes on interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:
Convertible Note Interest Expense
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Nine Months Ended
 
September 30, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
September 30, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
7.00% Convertible Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Expense
$
632,189

 
$
1,994,853

 
$
3,265,626

 
$
5,984,853

Discount Amortization
62,030

 
184,728

 
312,079

 
554,184

Deferred Debt Issuance Amortization
4,051

 
12,069

 
20,382

 
36,207

Total 7.00% Convertible Notes
$
698,270

 
$
2,191,650

 
$
3,598,087

 
$
6,575,244

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.875% Convertible Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Expense
$
959,583

 
$

 
$
959,583

 
$

Discount Amortization
79,478

 

 
79,478

 

Deferred Debt Issuance Amortization
10,623

 

 
10,623

 

Total 5.875% Convertible Notes
$
1,049,684

 
$

 
$
1,049,684

 
$

Total Convertible Note Interest Expense
$
1,747,954

 
$
2,191,650

 
$
4,647,771

 
$
6,575,244


Including the impact of the convertible debt discount and related deferred debt issuance costs, (i) the effective interest rate on the 7.00% Convertible Notes is approximately 7.7 percent for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively and (ii) the effective interest rate on the 5.875% Convertible Notes is approximately 6.4 percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.