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Debt and Other Financing Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Other Financing Arrangements
10. Debt and Other Financing Arrangements

Long-Term Debt
A summary of the Company’s long-term debt obligations at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is set forth in the following table:
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Principal
Carrying Amount (a)
Principal
Carrying Amount (a)
Credit Facilities
Revolver Borrowings
Due 2023$— $— $— $— 
Term Loans
LIBOR plus 2.25% Term Loan A due 2019 through 2023(b)
1,498 1,490 1,530 1,520 
LIBOR plus 3.00% Term Loan B due 2019 through 2025
1,662 1,610 1,666 1,612 
Senior Unsecured Notes
$225 million of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2024
225 223 225 223 
$500 million of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026
500 495 500 494 
Senior Secured Notes
€300 million of Euribor plus 4.875% Euro Floating Rate Notes due 2024(c)
— — 366 370 
€350 million of 5.000% Euro Fixed Rate Notes due 2024(c)
— — 428 445 
$500 million of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
500 490 500 489 
$800 million of 5.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029(d)
800 786 — — 
Other debt, primarily foreign instruments24 23 24 23 
5,117 5,176 
Less - maturities classified as current
Total long-term debt$5,111 $5,171 
(a)Carrying amount is net of unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts or premiums. Total unamortized debt issuance costs were $92 million and $82 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Total unamortized debt (premium) discount, net was $1 million and $(20) million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
(b)The interest rate on Term Loan A at December 31, 2020 was LIBOR plus 2.50%.
(c)The Company satisfied and discharged all of its 4.875% Euro Floating Rate Notes due 2024 and 5.000% Euro Fixed Rate Notes due 2024 on March 17, 2021.
(d)On March 17, 2021, the Company issued $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior secured notes due April 15, 2029. Interest payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year beginning on October 15, 2021 with principal due at maturity.

The Company has a senior credit facility under the credit agreement dated October 1, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “New Credit Facility”) that provides $4.9 billion of total debt financing, consisting of a five-year $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, a five-year $1.7 billion term loan A facility (“Term Loan A”) and a seven-year $1.7 billion term loan B facility (“Term Loan B”). 

Short-Term Debt
The Company’s short-term debt at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consists of the following:
March 31,
2021
December 31,
2020
Maturities classified as current $$
Short-term borrowings(a)
118 157 
Total short-term debt$124 $162 
(a)Includes borrowings under both committed credit facilities and uncommitted lines of credit and similar arrangements.
Amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discounts (premiums)
Interest expense associated with the amortization of the debt issuance costs and original issue discounts (premiums) recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20212020
Amortization of debt issuance fees(a)
$$
Accretion of debt premium$(2)$(3)
(a)Included in the table above is the amortization of debt issuance costs on the revolver of $2 million and $1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Credit Facilities
Financing Arrangements
The table below shows the Company’s borrowing capacity on committed credit facilities at March 31, 2021 (in billions):
 March 31, 2021
 Term
Available(b)
Tenneco Inc. revolving credit facility(a)
2023$1.5 
Tenneco Inc. Term Loan A2023— 
Tenneco Inc. Term Loan B2025— 
Subsidiaries’ credit agreements2021 - 2028— 
$1.5 
(a)The Company is required to pay commitment fees under the revolving credit facility on the unused portion of the total commitment.
(b)At March 31, 2021, the Company had $28 million of outstanding letters of credit under the revolving credit facility, which reduces the available borrowings under the revolving credit facility. The Company also had $74 million of outstanding letters of credit under uncommitted facilities at March 31, 2021.

At March 31, 2021, the Company had liquidity of $2.1 billion comprised of $631 million of cash and $1.5 billion undrawn on its revolving credit facility. The Company had no outstanding borrowings on its revolving credit facility at March 31, 2021.

At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolver of $15 million and $17 million are included in “Other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Term Loans
New Credit Facility — Interest Rates and Fees
At March 31, 2021, after giving effect to the third amendment to the New Credit Facility dated May 5, 2020 (the “Third Amendment”), the interest rate on borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility was LIBOR plus 2.25% and, prior to the occurrence of certain covenant reset triggers (“Covenant Reset Triggers”), will remain at LIBOR plus 2.25% for each relevant period for which the Company's consolidated net leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility) is less than 6.0 to 1 and greater than 4.5 to 1. The interest rate on borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility are subject to step down as follows:
Consolidated net leverage ratioInterest rate
greater than 3.0 to 1
LIBOR plus 2.00%
less than 3.0 to 1 and greater than 2.5 to 1
LIBOR plus 1.75%
less than 2.5 to 1 and greater than 1.5 to 1
LIBOR plus 1.50%
less than 1.5 to 1
LIBOR plus 1.25%
The Third Amendment provides for an increase to the margin applicable to borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility at certain leverage levels as set forth below as one of several conditions for obtaining the less restrictive financial maintenance covenants described below under New Credit Facility — Other Terms and Conditions:
Consolidated net leverage ratioInterest rate
greater than 6.0 to 1
LIBOR plus 2.50%
less than 6.0 to 1 and greater than 4.5 to 1
LIBOR plus 2.25%

Initially, and so long as the Company’s corporate family rating is Ba3 (with a stable outlook) or higher from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and BB- (with a stable outlook) or higher from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”), the interest rate on borrowings under the Term Loan B facility will be LIBOR plus 2.75%; at any time the foregoing conditions are not satisfied, the interest rate on the Term Loan B facility will be LIBOR plus 3.00%. When the Term Loan B facility is no longer outstanding and the Company and its subsidiaries have no other secured indebtedness (with certain exceptions set forth in the New Credit Facility), and upon the Company achieving and maintaining two or more corporate credit and/or corporate family ratings higher than or equal to BBB- from S&P, BBB- from Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) and/or Baa3 from Moody’s (in each case, with a stable or positive outlook), the collateral under the New Credit Facility may be released. On June 3, 2019, Moody’s lowered our corporate family rating to B1 and the interest rate on borrowings under the term loan B was raised to LIBOR plus 3.00%.

New Credit Facility — Other Terms and Conditions
The New Credit Facility contains representations and warranties, and covenants which are customary for debt facilities of this type. The Third Amendment provided relief from the financial maintenance covenants for the revolving credit facility and Term Loan A facility subject to the non-occurrence of certain Covenant Reset Triggers that limit certain activities of the Company by implementing more restrictive affirmative and negative covenants. After giving effect to the Third Amendment, the financial maintenance covenants for the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility include (i) a requirement to have a senior secured leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility), with step-downs, as detailed in the table below; (ii) a requirement to have a consolidated net leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility), with step-downs, as follows:
(i) Senior secured net leverage ratio(ii) Consolidated net leverage ratio
not greater than 8.75 to 1
at December 31, 2020
not greater than 5.25 to 1
at March 31, 2022
not greater than 8.25 to 1
at March 31, 2021
not greater than 4.75 to 1
at June 30, 2022
not greater than 4.50 to 1
at June 30, 2021
not greater than 4.25 to 1
at September 30, 2022
not greater than 4.25 to 1
at September 30, 2021
not greater than 3.75 to 1
thereafter
not greater than 4.00 to 1
at December 31, 2021
and (iii) a requirement to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of not less than 1.50 to 1 through March 31, 2021, and 2.75 to 1 thereafter.

If a Covenant Reset Trigger occurs, the financial maintenance covenants for the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility revert back to the previous financial maintenance covenants in effect immediately prior to the Third Amendment (the “Prior Financial Covenants”), including (i) a requirement to have a consolidated net leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility), at the end of each fiscal quarter, with step-downs, as follows:
(i) Consolidated net leverage ratio
not greater than 4.50 to 1
through March 31, 2021
not greater than 4.25 to 1
through September 30, 2021
not greater than 4.00 to 1
through March 31, 2022
not greater than 3.75 to 1
through September 30, 2022
not greater than 3.50 to 1
thereafter

and (ii) a requirement to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Facility) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of not less than 2.75 to 1.

In addition, the Company may make a one-time election to revert back to the Prior Financial Covenants and terminate the applicability of the Covenant Reset Triggers upon delivery of a covenant reset certificate to the administrative agent under the New Credit Facility that attests to compliance with the Prior Financial Covenants as of the end of the relevant fiscal period (“Covenant Reset Certificate”).
At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all the financial covenants of the New Credit Facility.

Senior Notes
At March 31, 2021, the Company has outstanding 5.375% senior unsecured notes due December 15, 2024 (“2024 Senior Notes”) and 5.000% senior unsecured notes due July 15, 2026 (“2026 Senior Notes” and together with the 2024 Senior Notes, the “Senior Unsecured Notes”). The Company also has outstanding 7.875% senior secured notes due January 15, 2029 (“7.875% Senior Secured Notes”) which were issued on November 30, 2020, and 5.125% senior secured notes due April 15, 2029 (“5.125% Senior Secured Notes”) which were issued on March 17, 2021. The 7.875% Senior Secured Notes and 5.125% Senior Secured Notes (collectively, the “Senior Secured Notes”) were outstanding at March 31, 2021.

On March 3, 2021, the Company provided notice of its intention to redeem all of the outstanding 5.000% euro denominated senior secured notes due July 15, 2024 (the “2024 Fixed Rate Secured Notes”) and all of the outstanding floating rate euro denominated senior secured notes due April 15, 2024 (the “2024 Floating Rate Secured Notes” and, together with the 2024 Fixed Rate Secured Notes, the “2024 Secured Notes”). On March 17, 2021, the Company using the net proceeds of the offering of 5.125% Senior Secured Notes, together with cash on hand, satisfied and discharged each of the indentures governing the 2024 Secured Notes in accordance with their terms. As a result, the Company recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt of $8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Secured Notes — Other Terms and Conditions
The Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Secured Notes contain covenants that will, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to create liens and its subsidiaries to create liens on their assets and enter into sale and leaseback transactions. In addition, the indentures governing the Senior Secured Notes and the 2024 Senior Notes also require that, as a condition precedent to incurring certain types of indebtedness not otherwise permitted, the Company’s consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as calculated on a pro forma basis, be greater than 2.00, as well as containing restrictions on the Company’s operations, including limitations on: (i) incurring additional indebtedness; (ii) paying dividends; (iii) distributions and stock repurchases; (iv) investments; (v)  asset sales; (vi) entering into transactions with the Company’s affiliates; and (vii) undertaking mergers and consolidations.

Subject to limited exceptions, all of the Company’s existing and future material domestic wholly owned subsidiaries fully and unconditionally guarantee its Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Secured Notes on a joint and several basis. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries that have guaranteed the Company’s Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Secured Notes to make distributions to the Company.

At March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the indentures governing the Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Secured Notes.

Other Debt
Other debt consists primarily of subsidiary debt.

Factoring Arrangements
In the Company's accounts receivable factoring programs, accounts receivables are transferred in their entirety to the acquiring entities and are accounted for as a sale. The fair value of assets received as proceeds in exchange for the transfer of accounts receivable under these factoring programs approximates the fair value of such receivables. Some of these programs have deferred purchase price arrangements with the banks.

The Company is the servicer of the receivables under some of these arrangements and is responsible for performing all accounts receivable administration functions. Where the Company receives a fee to service and monitor these transferred accounts receivables, such fees are sufficient to offset the costs and as such, a servicing asset or liability is not recorded as a result of such activities.

At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the amount of accounts receivable outstanding and derecognized for factoring arrangements was $1.0 billion and $1.0 billion, of which $0.5 billion and $0.4 billion relate to accounts receivable where the Company has continuing involvement. In addition, the deferred purchase price receivable was $69 million and $51 million at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, proceeds from the factoring of accounts receivable qualifying as sales was $1.3 billion and $1.2 billion, of which $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion were received on accounts receivable where the Company has continuing involvement.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s financing charges associated with the factoring of receivables, which are included in “Interest expense” in the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss), was $4 million and $6 million.

If the Company were not able to factor receivables under these programs, its borrowings under its revolving credit agreement might increase. These programs provide the Company with access to cash at costs that are generally favorable to alternative sources of financing and allow the Company to reduce borrowings under its revolving credit agreement.