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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SENIOR NOTES, NET

SENIOR NOTES, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Senior notes, net consist of the following (in thousands):



	As of
	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
4.50% senior notes due 2018	$	—		$	175,000
7.15% senior notes due 2020. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 there was approximately $1,138 and $1,280 in net unamortized premium, respectively.	301,138			301,280
7.00% senior notes due 2022	300,000			300,000
6.00% senior notes due 2025. At March 31, 2018 there was approximately $5,932 in net unamortized premium. ⁽¹⁾	405,932			200,000
5.125% senior notes due 2027	300,000			300,000
Net debt issuance costs	(12,576		)	(9,830		)
Total	$	1,294,494		$	1,266,450


(1)	The $200.0 million 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025 outstanding at December 31, 2017 were issued at par and had no unamortized premium.

In March 2018, the Company completed an offering of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Additional Notes"). The Additional Notes were issued as an add-on to the existing $200.0 million of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025 that were issued in June 2015 which resulted in a combined $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2025 outstanding as of March 31, 2018. The Additional Notes were issued at a premium of 103% of the principal amount and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, which included borrowings used for the redemption of the Company's $175.0 million of 4.50% Senior Notes that were due to mature on March 1, 2018.

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 March 31, 2018.

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 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 non-guarantor subsidiaries are, individually and in the aggregate, minor.