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This excerpt taken from the EQR 8-K filed Dec 15, 2008.

F-27


9. Notes

The following tables summarize the Company’s unsecured note balances and certain interest rate and maturity date information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively:

 

December 31, 2007

(Amounts are in thousands)

   Net
Principal
Balance
   Interest
Rate
Ranges
    Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
   

Maturity
Date

Ranges

Fixed Rate Public/Private Notes (1)

   $ 5,002,664    3.85% - 7.57 %   5.65 %   2008 - 2026

Floating Rate Public/Private Notes (1)

     649,708    (1)     6.15 %   2009 - 2010

Fixed Rate Tax-Exempt Bonds

     111,390    4.75% - 5.20 %   5.05 %   2028 - 2029
             

Totals

   $ 5,763,762       
             

December 31, 2006

(Amounts are in thousands)

   Net
Principal
Balance
   Interest
Rate
Ranges
    Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
   

Maturity
Date

Ranges

Fixed Rate Public/Private Notes (1)

   $ 4,158,043    3.85% - 7.625 %   5.90 %   2007 - 2026

Floating Rate Public Notes (1)

     150,000    (1)     6.13 %   2009

Fixed Rate Tax-Exempt Bonds

     111,390    4.75% - 5.20 %   5.06 %   2028 - 2029
             

Totals

   $ 4,419,433       
             

 

(1) $150.0 million in fair value interest rate swaps converts 50% of the $300.0 million 4.750% notes due June 15, 2009 to a floating interest rate.

The Company’s unsecured public debt contains certain financial and operating covenants including, among other things, maintenance of certain financial ratios. The Company was in compliance with its unsecured public debt covenants for both the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

As of February 6, 2008, an unlimited amount of debt securities remains available for issuance by the Operating Partnership under a registration statement that became automatically effective upon filing with the SEC in June 2006 (under SEC regulations enacted in 2005, the registration statement automatically expires on June 29, 2009 and does not contain a maximum issuance amount).

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company:

 

   

Issued $350.0 million of five-year 5.50% fixed rate public notes, receiving net proceeds of $346.1 million;

 

   

Issued $650.0 million of ten-year 5.75% fixed rate public notes, receiving net proceeds of $640.6 million;

 

   

Obtained a three-year $500.0 million floating rate term loan (see below);

 

   

Repaid $150.0 million of fixed-rate public notes at maturity; and

 

   

Repaid $4.3 million of other unsecured notes.

On October 11, 2007, the Operating Partnership closed on a new $500.0 million senior unsecured term loan. The new loan matures on October 5, 2010, subject to two one-year extension options exercisable by the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership has the ability to increase available borrowings by an additional $250.0 million under certain circumstances. Advances under the loan bear interest at variable rates based upon LIBOR plus a spread dependent upon the current credit rating on the Operating Partnership’s long-term senior unsecured debt. EQR has guaranteed the Operating Partnership’s term loan up to the maximum amount and for the full term of the loan.

 

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