Meritage Homes Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Loans Payable and Other Borrowings

Loans Payable and Other Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Loans Payable and Other Borrowings [Abstract]

Loans payable and other borrowings consist of the following (in thousands):



	At March 31, 2015		At December 31, 2014
Other borrowings, real estate note payable (1)	$	34,406	$	30,722
$500 million unsecured revolving credit facility, maturing June 2018, with interest approximating LIBOR (approximately 0.18% at March 31, 2015) plus 2.25% or Prime (3.25% at March 31, 2015) plus 1.25%	27,000		—
Total	$	61,406	$	30,722

(1) Reflects balance of non-recourse notes payable in connection with land purchases, with interest rates ranging from 0% to 6%.

In July 2012, we entered into an unsecured revolving $125.0 million credit facility ("Credit Facility"). In 2014, we amended and restated the Credit Facility, increasing the capacity as of December 31, 2014 to $400.0 million, increasing the amount available for letters of credit to $200.0 million and extending the maturity date to June 2018. In the first quarter of 2015, we further increased the capacity to $500.0 million. Borrowings under the Credit Facility are unsecured but availability is subject to, among other things, a borrowing base. The Credit Facility also contains certain financial covenants, including (a) a minimum tangible net worth requirement of $670.3 million (which amount is subject to increase over time based on subsequent earnings and proceeds from equity offerings), and (b) a maximum leverage covenant that prohibits the leverage ratio (as defined therein) from exceeding 60%. In addition, we are required to maintain either (i) an interest coverage ratio (EBITDA to interest expense, as defined therein) of at least 1.50 to 1.00 or (ii) liquidity (as defined therein) of an amount not less than our consolidated interest incurred during the trailing 12 months. During the first quarter of 2015, our maximum borrowings under the Credit Facility were $100.0 million. As of March 31, 2015 we had outstanding borrowings and letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility totaling $27.0 million and $19.7 million, respectively, leaving $453.3 million available under the Credit Facility to be drawn.

SENIOR AND CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES

Senior and convertible senior notes consist of the following (in thousands):



	At March 31, 2015		At December 31, 2014
4.50% senior notes due 2018	$	175,000	$	175,000
7.15% senior notes due 2020. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 there was approximately $2,844 and $2,986 in net unamortized premium, respectively	302,844		302,986
7.00% senior notes due 2022	300,000		300,000
1.875% convertible senior notes due 2032	126,500		126,500
Total	$	904,344	$	904,486

The indentures for our 4.50%, 7.15% and 7.00% senior notes contain covenants including, among others, limitations on the amount of secured debt we may incur, and limitations on sale and leaseback transactions and mergers. Our convertible senior notes do not have any financial covenants.

The convertible senior notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion rate of 17.1985 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of convertible senior notes. This corresponds to an initial conversion price of $58.14 per share and represents a 47.5% conversion premium based on the closing price of our common stock on September 12, 2012.

Obligations to pay principal and interest on the senior and convertible notes are guaranteed by all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”), each of which is directly or indirectly 100% owned by Meritage Homes Corporation. Such guarantees are full and unconditional, and joint and several. In the event of a sale or other disposition of all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the equity interests of any Guarantor then held by Meritage and its subsidiaries, then that Guarantor may be released and relieved of any obligations under its note guarantee. There are no significant restrictions on our ability or the ability of any Guarantor to obtain funds from their respective subsidiaries, as applicable, by dividend or loan. We do not provide separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries because Meritage (the parent company) has no independent assets or operations and the guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. Subsidiaries of Meritage Homes Corporation that are nonguarantor subsidiaries, if any, are, individually and in the aggregate, minor.

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