U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)             October 4, 2013                         

 

 

FIRST HARTFORD CORPORATION

(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

 

Maine

0-8862 01-00185800

[State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

     

            149 Colonial Road, Manchester, Connecticut

06042

(Address of principal executive offices)

 (Zip Code)

 

860-646-6555

(Company's telephone number)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 2.03         Financial Obligation Matter

 

On October 4, 2013, The Company refinanced a shopping center in Plainfield Connecticut in the amount of $6,200,000.

 

Terms

 

 

Interest Rate  

5.234% per annum

30 year Amortization

 

Due in 10 years

 

Principal and interest 

$34,175.21

Prepayment only with defeasance

 

Use as funds

 

Pay off of prior loan  

$4,298,694

Prepayment Penalty        

240,029

Pay off Kaplan Note   

1,457,705

Transaction Cost               

81,891

Escrows and Reserves    

155,044

 

Previously the Company was paying monthly principal and interest of $33,197 on the prior loan and $146,184 quarterly on the Kaplan Note.  As a result, the Kaplan Note has been paid off in full approximately two (2) years ahead of its maturity date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

(Company)

FIRST HARTFORD CORPORATION

 

 

By:  /s/ Neil H. Ellis                                     

          Neil H. Ellis, Chairman and President

 

Date:      October 8, 2013