Non-Recourse Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

6. Non-recourse debt:

At March 31, 2022, non-recourse debt consists of a note payable to a financial institution. The note payments are due in monthly installments. Interest on the note is 3.40% per annum. The note is secured by assignments of lease payments and pledges of assets. At March 31, 2022, gross operating lease rentals totaled approximately $2.0 million over the remaining lease term and the carrying value of the pledged asset is $6.1 million. The note matures in 2024.

The non-recourse debt does not contain any material financial covenants. The debt is secured by a specific lien granted by the Company to the non-recourse lender on (and only on) the discounted lease transactions. The lender has recourse only to the following collateral: the leased equipment; the related lease chattel paper; the lease receivables; and proceeds of the foregoing items. The non-recourse obligation is payable solely out of the respective specific security and the Company does not guarantee (nor is the Company otherwise contractually responsible for) the payment of the non-recourse debt as a general obligation or liability of the Company. Although the Company does not have any direct or general liability in connection with the non-recourse debt apart from the security granted, the Company is directly and generally liable and responsible for certain representations, warranties, and covenants made to the lender, such as warranties as to genuineness of the transaction parties’ signatures, as to the genuineness of the respective lease chattel paper or the transaction as a whole, or as to the Company’s good title to or perfected interest in the secured collateral, as well as similar representations, warranties and covenants typically provided by non-recourse borrowers and customary in the equipment finance industry, and are viewed by such industry as being consistent with non-recourse discount financing obligations. Accordingly, as there are no financial covenants or ratios imposed on the Company in connection with the non-recourse debt, the Company has determined that there are no material covenants with respect to the non-recourse debt that warrant footnote disclosure.

Future minimum payments of non-recourse debt are as follows (in thousands):


	Principal		Interest		Total
Nine months ending December 31, 2022	$	737	$	41	$	778
Year ending December 31, 2023		1,012		24		1,036
2024		172		1		173
Total	$	1,921	$	66	$	1,987

The non-recourse debt balance represents the remaining portion of half of a $9.2 million non-recourse promissory note executed on May 20, 2019. The non-recourse promissory note was split evenly between the Fund and its affiliate, ATEL 14, LLC, and was used to pay off the senior long-term debt. The non-recourse promissory note is to be serviced by the cash flows generated under a renewed bareboat charter.

ATEL 15, LLC 10-Q