Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000921825-25-000019
Chunk: 87

Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 87
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 The use of derivative financial instruments allows us to manage risks of increases in interest rates with respect to the effect these fluctuations would have on our earnings and cash flows. We designated all of the swaps related to our Unsecured Term Loans as cash flow hedges. Currently, we do not enter into financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. See Material Cash Requirements for further details on the derivative instruments. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the estimated fair value of our debt was approximately $2,125.3 million and $2,135.7 million, respectively, based on our estimate of the then-current market interest rates.

For fixed rate debt, changes in interest rates generally affect the fair value of the debt, but not our earnings or cash flows. Conversely, for variable rate debt, changes in the base interest rate used to calculate the all-in interest rate generally do not impact the fair value of the debt, but would affect our future earnings and cash flows. The interest rate risk and changes in fair market value of fixed rate debt generally do not have a significant impact on us until we are required to refinance such debt. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the maturity dates of our various fixed rate debt.

Our variable rate debt is subject to risk based upon prevailing market interest rates. If the SOFR rate component relevant to our variable rate debt were to have increased 10%, we estimate that our interest expense during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 would have increased by approximately $1.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively, based on our average outstanding floating-rate debt during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Additionally, if weighted average interest rates on our weighted average fixed rate debt were to have increased by 10% due to refinancing, interest expense would have increased by approximately $7.5 million and $7.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Supplemental Earnings Measure

Investors and analysts in the real estate industry commonly use funds from operations ("FFO") and net operating income ("NOI") as supplemental performance measures of an equity REIT. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time through depreciation. Since real estate values instead have historically