Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SENIOR AND CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES, NET

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SENIOR AND CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES, NET
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
SENIOR AND CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES, NET
SENIOR AND CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES, NET
Senior and convertible senior notes, net consist of the following (in thousands):
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
4.50% senior notes due 2018
 
$
175,000

 
$
175,000

7.15% senior notes due 2020. At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 there was approximately $1,280 and $1,849 in net unamortized premium, respectively
 
301,280

 
301,849

7.00% senior notes due 2022
 
300,000

 
300,000

6.00% senior notes due 2025
 
200,000

 
200,000

5.125% senior notes due 2027
 
300,000

 

1.875% convertible senior notes due 2032
 

 
126,500

Net debt issuance costs
 
(9,830
)
 
(8,230
)
Total
 
$
1,266,450

 
$
1,095,119



The indentures for all of our 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. We believe we are in compliance with all such covenants as of December 31, 2017.
Obligations to pay principal and interest on the senior notes are guaranteed by substantially 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 will 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.
During 2010, we completed an offering of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.15% senior notes due 2020. The notes were issued at 97.567% of par value to yield 7.50%. In the fourth quarter of 2013, we completed a $100.0 million add-on offering to the existing 7.50% senior notes due 2020. The add-on was issued at 106.699% of par value to yield 5.875%.
In April 2012, we completed an offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2022. Concurrent with this offering, we repurchased all $285.0 million outstanding of our 6.25% Senior Notes due 2015. We also repurchased the remaining aggregate principal amount of approximately $26.1 million of our 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017.
In March 2013, we issued $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.50% senior notes due 2018. These notes were issued at par and the proceeds were partially used to pay off the remaining $99.8 million balance of our 7.731% senior subordinated notes due 2017.
In June 2015, we completed an offering of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes"). The 2025 Notes were issued at par, and the proceeds were used for general corporate obligations and future land spend.
In June 2017, we completed an offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 (the "2027 Notes"). The 2027 notes were issued at par. Using the proceeds from the 2027 Notes offering, we retired all $126.5 million of our convertible senior notes through a repurchase of $51.9 million in privately negotiated transactions and a redemption of the remaining $74.6 million through a combination of holder redemptions and an exercise of our call option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest. As a result, we incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.3 million included in Other income/(expense), net, in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017.

Scheduled principal maturities of our senior and notes as of December 31, 2017 follow (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
 
2018
$
175,000

2019

2020
300,000

2021

2022
300,000

Thereafter
500,000

Total
$
1,275,000