floating-rate debt to a fixed rate of 3.664%, thus reducing the impact of interest-rate changes on future interest expense. The agreements involve the receipt of floating-rate amounts in exchange for fixed-rate interest payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount.
In the future, we may attempt to manage our interest rate risk by entering into further interest rate swaps or other hedging arrangements. Under these agreements, we will receive monthly payments from the counterparties equal to the related variable interest rates multiplied by the outstanding notional amounts. In turn, we pay the counterparties each month an amount equal to a fixed interest rate multiplied by the related outstanding notional amounts. The intended net impact of these transactions is that we pay a fixed interest rate on our variable-rate borrowings. We have not entered, and do not intend to enter, into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
Cash Flows
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $8.4 million as of June 30, 2025, as compared to $16.6 million as of June 30, 2024. The table below shows information concerning cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024:
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17,359 |
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3,269 |
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The change in net cash provided by operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to six months ended June 30, 2024 was mainly due to growth in our real estate portfolio and increase in rental receipts offset by a decrease in interest expense of approximately $4.1 million. The remainder of the change in net cash provided by operating activities relates to timing of payment of payables and accrued liabilities.
The change in net cash (used in) provided by investing activities was due to 22 properties acquired and 10 properties sold during the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to no properties acquired and five properties sold during the six months ended June 30, 2024.
The increase in net cash provided by (used in) financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024 is mainly due to the proceeds from debt of $50.0 million offset by distributions paid of $12.3 million compared to the $10.7 million of repayment of debt and $4.7 million of distributions paid, respectively.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Our reported results and net earnings per diluted share are presented in accordance with GAAP. We also disclose FFO, AFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, Annualized Adjusted EBITDAre, Adjusted NOI, Annualized Adjusted NOI, Adjusted Cash NOI, Annualized Adjusted Cash NOI, Net Debt and Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, each of which are non-GAAP measures. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are industry measures used by analysts and investors to compare the operating performance of REITs.
We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”). Nareit defines FFO as GAAP net income or loss adjusted to exclude net gains (losses) from sales of certain depreciated real estate assets, depreciation and amortization expense from real estate assets, gains and losses from change in control, and impairment charges related to certain previously depreciated real estate assets. To derive AFFO, we modify the Nareit computation of FFO to include other adjustments to GAAP net income related to certain non-cash or non-recurring revenues and expenses, including straight-line rents, cost of debt extinguishments, amortization of lease intangibles, amortization of debt issuance costs, amortization of net mortgage premiums, (gain) loss on interest rate swaps and other non-cash interest expense, realized gains or losses on foreign currency transactions, Internalization expenses, structuring and public company readiness costs, extraordinary items, and other specified non-cash items. We believe that such items are not a result of normal operations and thus we believe excluding such items assists management and investors in distinguishing whether changes in our operations are due to growth or decline of operations at our properties or from other factors.
Our leases typically include cash rents that increase through lease escalations over the term of the lease. Our leases do not typically include significant front-loading or back-loading of payments, or significant rent-free periods. Therefore, we find it useful to evaluate rent on a contractual basis as it allows for comparison of existing rental rates to market rental rates. We further exclude costs or gains recorded on the extinguishment of debt, non-cash interest expense and gains, the amortization of debt issuance costs, net mortgage premiums, and lease intangibles, realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions, Internalization expenses, and structuring and public company