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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
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2029 And 2031 Senior Unsecured Notes
On July 30, 2019, the operating partnership as issuer, and the Company, entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the "Note Purchase Agreement") which provides for the private placement of $100.0 million of 3.98% senior unsecured notes due August 30, 2029 (the "2029 Notes") and $50.0 million of 4.08% senior unsecured notes due August 30, 2031 (the "2031 Notes" and together with the 2029 Notes the "Senior Unsecured Notes") to certain institutional accredited investors. The Senior Unsecured Notes are governed by the Note Purchase Agreement and the sale and purchase of the Senior Unsecured Notes is expected to occur on August 30, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
Interest is payable semiannually, on August 30th and February 28th of each year, commencing on February 28, 2020. The Senior Unsecured Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will be jointly and severally guaranteed by certain of the Company's subsidiaries, as subsidiary guarantors, upon issuance. The Senior Unsecured Notes rank pari passu with the amended credit facility, the 2023 Term Loan Facility, 2028 Term Loan Facility, and the 2029 Term Loan Facility. The Note Purchase Agreement contains financial covenants that are substantially similar to those described under the heading "Credit Facility Amendment" below. In addition, the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement contain customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit the Company's ability to make distributions or certain investments, incur debt, incur liens and enter into certain transactions.
Credit Facility Amendment
 On July 29, 2019, the operating partnership, as borrower, the Company, and certain of the operating partnership's subsidiaries, as subsidiary guarantors, entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicated group of lenders, which extended the maturities, enhanced the terms in line with the current market and increased the total borrowing capacity under the credit facility by $255.0 million for a total credit facility of $1.275 billion (the "amended credit facility"). The amended credit facility consists of the following components: (i) a Revolver which provides for a total borrowing commitment up to $500.0 million, whereby the Company may borrow, repay and re-borrow amounts under the Revolver, (ii) a $125.0 million Term Loan A, (iii) a $250.0 million Term Loan B, (iv) a $225.0 million Term Loan C, and (v) a $175.0 million Term Loan D. The Company has an expansion option under the amended credit facility, which if exercised in full, would provide for a total borrowing capacity under the amended credit facility of $1.750 billion.
The Revolver matures in January 2024; provided that the Company may elect to extend the maturity to June 2024 by paying an extension fee of 0.075% of the total borrowing commitment thereunder at the time of extension and meeting other customary conditions with respect to compliance. The Term Loan A matures in January 2023, the Term Loan B matures in July 2024, the Term Loan C matures in January 2025 and the Term Loan D matures in July 2026. The amended credit facility is not subject to any scheduled reduction or amortization payments prior to maturity.
Interest rates applicable to loans under the amended credit facility are determined based on a 1, 2, 3 or 6 month LIBOR period (as elected by the Company at the beginning of any applicable interest period) plus an applicable margin or a base rate, determined by the greatest of the Key Bank prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or one month LIBOR plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins for the amended credit facility are leverage based and range from 1.15% to 2.20% for LIBOR loans and 0.15% to 1.20% for base rate loans; provided that after such time as the Company achieves an investment grade rating as defined in the amended credit facility, the Company may elect (but is not required to elect) (a "credit rating pricing election") that the amended credit facility be subject to applicable margins ranging from 0.78% to 2.25% for LIBOR loans and 0.00% to 1.25% for base rate loans. The Company is also required to pay usage based fees ranging from 0.15% to 0.20% with respect to the unused portion of the Revolver; provided that if the Company makes a credit rating pricing election as defined in the amended credit facility, the Company will be required to pay rating based fees ranging from 0.125% to 0.300% with respect to the entire Revolver in lieu of any usage based fees.
On July 29, 2019, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements which together with the Company's existing interest rate swap agreements, fix the interest rates through maturity for the Term Loan A, Term Loan B, Term Loan C and Term Loan D. As of August 1, 2019, the Term Loan A, Term Loan B, Term Loan C and Term Loan D had effective interest rates of 3.74%, 2.91%, 2.80% and 3.57%, respectively.
As of July 29, 2019, the Company had outstanding letters of credit totaling $5.7 million and would have had the capacity to borrow remaining Revolver commitments of $395.5 million while remaining in compliance with the amended credit facility's financial covenants described in the following paragraph.
The Company is required to comply with the following financial covenants under the amended credit facility:
Maximum total leverage ratio not to exceed 60%, provided, however, the Company is permitted to maintain a ratio of up to 65% up to two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the quarter in which a material acquisition (as defined in the amended credit facility) occurs
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.5x
Maximum unsecured debt to unencumbered asset value ratio not to exceed 60%, provided, however, the Company shall be permitted to maintain a ratio of up to 65% up to two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the quarter in which a material acquisition (as defined in the amended credit facility) occurs
Unencumbered adjusted net operating income to unsecured interest expense of at least 2.0x
On July 29, 2019, the financial covenants and certain other terms of each of the 2023 Term Loan Facility, 2028 Term Loan Facility, and the 2029 Term Loan Facility were amended to make such terms substantially similar to those in the amended credit facility.
In addition, the terms of the amended credit facility contain customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit the Company's ability to make distributions or certain investments, incur debt, incur liens and enter into certain transactions.