Northwest Farm Credit Upsizes Pope Resources Facility to $144MM

Pope Resources has expanded its credit facilities with Northwest Farm Credit Services, increasing its borrowing capacity from $105 million to $144 million and providing a weighted average net interest rate of 3.6% at closing.

The amended facilities include an accordion of up to $50 million that increases the partnership’s capacity to $194 million. The accordion provides an additional financing option should the partnership identify value-adding investment opportunities. Before and after closing on the amended facilities, the partnership had $89.9 million of debt outstanding.

“We are pleased to secure these new facilities as an attractively priced source of capital to finance future growth for the Partnership,” said Tom Ringo, president and CEO. ”

• The expanded credit facilities include the following components:

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• Five-year, $30.0 million revolving line of credit priced at 160 basis points (bps) over LIBOR, of which $15.7 million was drawn at closing.

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• 10-year, $40.0 million delayed-draw facility with both variable- and fixed-rate pricing options available at spreads of 160 bps over LIBOR for variable-rate pricing and 160-165 bps over reference rates for fixed-rate pricing. No amounts were outstanding on this component at closing.

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• $71.8 million fully funded, long-term facility that consists of:

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• 41.8 million of existing fixed-rate notes held with NWFCS with maturities in 2019, 2025, 2026, and 2028.

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• $30.0 million of variable-rate notes priced at 160 bps over LIBOR with maturities in 2024, 2034, 2035, and 2036 that will refinance the same amount of variable-rate notes held with NWFCS. The Partnership has the option to convert the variable-rate notes to fixed-rate pricing at spreads of 160-165 bps over reference rates.

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• Accordion of up to $50.0 million that can be exercised in the future should the partnership identify value-adding investment opportunities.

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• $2.4 million outstanding on a fixed-rate, amortizing loan drawn in 2012 and maturing in 2023 with NWFCS that is still in place.

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Pope Resouces is a publicly traded master limited partnership.