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Debt
9 Months Ended
May 30, 2020
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt Note 6. Debt

Debt at May 30, 2020 and August 31, 2019 consisted of the following:

May 30,

August 31,

2020

2019

(Dollars in thousands)

Revolving credit facility

$

588,000

$

-

Uncommitted credit facilities

1,200

155,000

Private Placement Debt:

2.65% Senior notes, series A, due July 28, 2023

75,000

75,000

2.90% Senior notes, series B, due July 28, 2026

100,000

100,000

3.79% Senior notes, due June 11, 2025

20,000

20,000

2.60% Senior notes, due March 5, 2027

50,000

-

3.04% Senior notes due January 12, 2023(2)

50,000

50,000

3.22% Series 2018A notes, due June 11, 2020(2)

20,000

20,000

3.42% Series 2018B notes, due June 11, 2021(2)

20,000

20,000

2.40% Series 2019A notes, due March 5, 2024(2)

50,000

-

Financing arrangements

437

82

Less: unamortized debt issuance costs

(954)

(1,169)

Total debt, excluding obligations under finance leases

$

973,683

$

438,913

Less: current portion(1)

(309,229)

(174,688)

Total long-term debt, excluding obligations under finance leases

$

664,454

$

264,225

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(1)Net of unamortized debt issuance costs expected to be amortized in the next twelve months.

(2)Represents private placement debt issued under Shelf Facility Agreements, discussed in further detail below.

Revolving Credit Facility and Uncommitted Credit Facilities

The Company has a $600,000 committed credit facility (the “Committed Facility”). The Committed Facility, which matures on April 14, 2022, provides for a five year unsecured revolving loan facility. The interest rate is based on either the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a base rate, plus in either case a spread based on the Company’s leverage ratio at the end of each fiscal reporting quarter. Based on the interest period the Company selects, interest may be payable every one, two, or three months. Interest is reset at the end of each interest period. The Company currently elects to have loans under the Committed Facility bear interest based on LIBOR with one-month interest periods.

In March 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $300,000 on the Committed Facility to increase its cash position as a precautionary measure and to preserve financial flexibility in consideration of the disruption and uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This amount is reported as Long-term debt including obligations under financing leases and the remaining outstanding balance of $288,000 is reported as Current portion of debt including obligations under financing leases within the condensed consolidated balance sheets at May 30, 2020.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company entered into six unsecured credit facilities that are uncommitted (the “Uncommitted Facilities”), totaling $440,000 of maximum uncommitted availability. During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company extended, and in some cases amended, five of the Uncommitted Facilities (the “Amended Uncommitted Facilities”), totaling $410,000 of maximum uncommitted availability. Borrowings under the Amended Uncommitted Facilities are generally due at the end of the applicable agreed interest period, but, in any event, no later than the one-year anniversary of the entrance into the applicable Amended Uncommitted Facility. The Amended Uncommitted Facilities contain limited covenants. As of May 30, 2020, the Company did not have an outstanding balance on the Amended Uncommitted Facilities.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company entered into an additional uncommitted credit facility (“New Uncommitted Credit Facility”), totaling $5,000 of maximum uncommitted availability. As of May 30, 2020, the Company had an outstanding balance of $1,200 on the New Uncommitted Credit Facility.

An event of default under the Company’s Committed Facility is an event of default under the Amended Uncommitted Facilities and the New Uncommitted Credit Facility. The interest rate on the Amended Uncommitted Facilities and the New Uncommitted Credit Facility is based on LIBOR or the bank’s cost of funds or as otherwise agreed upon by the applicable bank and the Company. The $1,200 outstanding balance at the end of the fiscal third quarter of 2020 under the Amended Uncommitted Facilities and the New Uncommitted Credit Facility is classified as short-term in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

During the thirty-nine-week period ended May 30, 2020, the Company borrowed $1,012,200 and repaid $578,000 under all of its credit facilities. As of May 30, 2020 and August 31, 2019, the weighted average interest rates on borrowings under all of its credit facilities were 1.36% and 3.01%, respectively.

Shelf Facility Agreements

In January 2018, the Company entered into Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreements with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“Met Life Note Purchase Agreement”) and PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential Note Purchase Agreement”), and together referred to as the “Shelf Facility Agreements”. The Met Life Note Purchase Agreement provides for an uncommitted facility for the issuance and sale of up to an aggregate total of $250,000 of senior notes, at either fixed or floating rates. The Prudential Note Purchase Agreement provides for an uncommitted facility for the issuance and sale of up to an aggregate total of $250,000 of senior notes, at a fixed rate. As of May 30, 2020, the uncommitted availability under the Met Life Note Purchase Agreement and the Prudential Note Purchase Agreement is $160,000 and $200,000, respectively.

Each of the credit facilities, Private Placement Debt, and Shelf Facility Agreements impose several restrictive covenants including the requirement that the Company maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation) of no more than 3.00 to 1.00 (or, at the election of the Company after it consummates a material acquisition, a four-quarter temporary increase to 3.50 to 1.00), and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to total interest expense of at least 3.00 to 1.00, during the terms of the credit facilities, Private Placement Debt, and Shelf Facility Agreements. At May 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with the operating and financial covenants of the credit facilities, Private Placement Debt, and Shelf Facility Agreements.

Financing Arrangements

From time to time, the Company enters into financing arrangements with vendors to purchase certain information technology equipment or software. The equipment or software acquired from these vendors is paid for over a specified period of time based on the terms agreed upon. During the thirty-nine-week period ended May 30, 2020, the Company entered into financing arrangements related to certain IT equipment and software totaling $1,164. The gross amount of property and equipment acquired under the financing arrangements and its accumulated amortization at May 30, 2020 was $1,328 and $809, respectively.