Borrowings

6 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Borrowings

BORROWINGS

The following table provides details on the Company’s long-term borrowings, net, as of July 29, 2023 and January 28, 2023 :

(in thousands)	July 29, 2023		January 28, 2023
Long-term portion of borrowings, gross at carrying amount	$	299,730	$	299,730
Unamortized fees	(2,345)		(2,878)
Long-term borrowings, net	$	297,385	$	296,852

Senior Secured Notes

The terms of the Senior Secured Notes have remained unchanged from those disclosed in Note 12, “BORROWINGS,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of the Fiscal 2022 Form 10-K.

ABL Facility

The terms of the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility of up to $400.0 million (the “ABL Facility”) have remained unchanged from those disclosed in Note 12, “BORROWINGS,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of the Fiscal 2022 Form 10-K.

The Company did not have any borrowings outstanding under the ABL Facility as of July 29, 2023 or as of January 28, 2023.

As of July 29, 2023, availability under the ABL Facility was $396.7 million, net of $0.4 million in outstanding stand-by letters of credit. As the Company must maintain excess availability equal to the greater of 10% of the loan cap or $30 million under the ABL Facility, borrowing capacity available to the Company under the ABL Facility was $356.9 million as of July 29, 2023.

Representations, warranties and covenants

The agreements related to the Senior Secured Notes and the ABL Facility contain various representations, warranties and restrictive covenants that, among other things and subject to specified exceptions, restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to: grant or incur liens; incur, assume or guarantee additional indebtedness; sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; make investments in certain subsidiaries; pay dividends, make distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; change the nature of their business; and consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of the assets of the Company or Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co. (“A&F Management”) to another entity.

The Senior Secured Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis, jointly and severally, by A&F and each of the existing and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries of A&F that guarantee or will guarantee A&F Management’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) or certain future capital markets indebtedness.

Certain of the agreements related to the Senior Secured Notes and the ABL Facility also contain certain affirmative covenants, including reporting requirements such as delivery of financial statements, certificates and notices of certain events, maintaining insurance and providing additional guarantees and collateral in certain circumstances.

The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants under these agreements as of July 29, 2023.