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LONG-TERM DEBT
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
LONG-TERM DEBT  
LONG-TERM DEBT

4.  LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Our long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

 

Face Value at
March 31,

 

March 31,

 

December 30,

 

(in thousands)

 

2013

 

2013

 

2012

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00% senior secured notes due in 2022

 

$

910,000

 

$

910,000

 

$

910,000

 

11.50% senior secured notes due in 2017

 

—    

 

—    

 

83,016

 

4.625% notes due in 2014

 

28,965

 

28,170

 

64,326

 

5.750% notes due in 2017

 

261,298

 

250,423

 

273,559

 

7.150% debentures due in 2027

 

89,188

 

83,389

 

83,291

 

6.875% debentures due in 2029

 

276,230

 

256,460

 

256,154

 

Long-term debt

 

$

1,565,681

 

$

1,528,442

 

$

1,670,346

 

Less current portion

 

 

 

—    

 

83,016

 

Total long-term debt, net of current

 

 

 

$

1,528,442

 

$

1,587,330

 

 

Our outstanding notes are stated net of unamortized discounts, if applicable, totaling $37.2 million and $41.2 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 30, 2012, respectively.

 

Debt Repurchases

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, we redeemed or repurchased a total of $145.9 million of notes through the completion of our debt refinancing described below and through privately negotiated transactions, as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

Face Value

 

11.50% senior secured notes due in 2017

 

$

83,595

 

4.625% notes due in 2014

 

37,473

 

5.750% notes due in 2017

 

24,840

 

Total notes repurchased

 

$

145,908

 

 

We redeemed and repurchased all of these notes at a price greater than par value and wrote off historical discounts related to the notes we purchased, which resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $12.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. During the quarter ended March 25, 2012, we repurchased $35.5 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes. We repurchased most of these notes at a price lower than par value and wrote off historical discounts related to the notes we purchased, resulting in a net gain on the extinguishment of debt of $4.4 million for the quarter ended March 25, 2012.

 

Credit Agreement

 

In connection with the issuance of the 9.00% Senior Secured Notes due in 2022 (“9.00% Notes”) discussed below, we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”), dated as of December 18, 2012. The Credit Agreement provides for $75.0 million in revolving credit commitments, with a $50.0 million letter of credit subfacility, and has a maturity date of December 18, 2017. Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a first-priority security interest in certain of our assets as described below. As of March 31, 2013, there were no outstanding draw downs and $33.6 million face amount of letters of credit were outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

 

Under the Credit Agreement, we may borrow at either the London Interbank Offered Rate plus a spread ranging from 275 basis points to 425 basis points, or at a base rate plus a spread ranging from 175 basis points to 325 basis points, in each case based upon our consolidated total leverage ratio. The Credit Agreement provides for a commitment fee payable on the unused revolving credit ranging from 50 basis points to 62.5 basis points, based upon our consolidated total leverage ratio.

 

Senior Secured Notes and Indenture

 

On December 18, 2012, we issued $910 million aggregate principal amount of 9.00% Notes. We received approximately $889 million net of financing costs in the offering and used the net proceeds, as well as cash on hand, to repurchase all of our outstanding $846 million in aggregate principal amount of the 11.50% Senior Secured Notes due in 2017 (“11.50% Notes”) in two separate transactions. On December 18, 2012, we repurchased $762.4 million of the 11.50% Notes pursuant to a cash tender offer done in connection with the issuance of the 9.00% Notes. In connection with the tender offer of the 11.50% Notes, we recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $94.5 million. In the quarter ended March 31, 2013, we redeemed the remaining $83.6 million aggregate principal amount of 11.50% Notes not tendered in the tender offer and we recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of approximately $9.6 million related to the refinancing.

 

Substantially all of our subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the 9.00% Notes and the Credit Agreement. The guarantees provided by the guarantor subsidiaries are full and unconditional and joint and several, and the assets of any of our subsidiaries, other than the subsidiary guarantors, are minor.

 

In addition, we have granted a security interest to the banks that are a party to the Credit Agreement and the trustee under the indenture governing the 9.00% Notes that include, but are not limited to, intangible assets, inventory, receivables and certain minority investments as collateral for the debt. The security interest does not include any property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”), leasehold interests and improvements with respect to such PP&E which would be reflected on our consolidated balance sheet or shares of stock and indebtedness of our subsidiaries.

 

Covenants under the Senior Debt Agreements

 

The financial covenants under the Credit Agreement require us to comply with a maximum consolidated total leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio, each measured quarterly. As of March 31, 2013 and for the remainder of the term of the Credit Agreement, we are required to maintain a consolidated total leverage ratio of not more than 6.00 to 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio of at least 1.50 to 1.00. As of March 31, 2013, we were in compliance with all financial debt covenants.

 

The Credit Agreement also prohibits the payment of a dividend if a payment would not be permitted under the indenture for the 9.00% Notes (discussed below). Dividends under the indenture for the 9.00% Notes are allowed if the consolidated leverage ratio (as defined in the indenture) is less than 5.25 to 1.00 and we have sufficient amounts under our restricted payments basket (as defined in the indenture).

 

The indenture for the 9.00% Notes includes a number of restrictive covenants that are applicable to us and our restricted subsidiaries. The covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the indenture for the 9.00% Notes. These covenants include, among other things, restrictions on our ability to incur additional debt; make investments and other restricted payments; pay dividends on capital stock or redeem or repurchase capital stock or certain of our outstanding notes or debentures prior to stated maturity; sell assets or enter into sale/leaseback transactions; create specified liens; create or permit restrictions on the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and consolidate or merge with or into other companies or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s and our subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole.