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LONG-TERM DEBT
6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2014
LONG-TERM DEBT  
LONG-TERM DEBT

4.  LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Our long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Face Value

 

Carrying Value

 

 

 

June 29,

 

June 29,

 

December 29,

 

(in thousands)

 

2014

 

2014

 

2013

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00% senior secured notes due in 2022

 

$

900,000

 

$

900,000

 

$

900,000

 

4.625% notes due in 2014

 

28,965

 

28,800

 

28,548

 

5.750% notes due in 2017

 

261,298

 

253,483

 

252,259

 

7.150% debentures due in 2027

 

89,188

 

83,880

 

83,684

 

6.875% debentures due in 2029

 

276,230

 

257,994

 

257,380

 

Long-term debt

 

$

1,555,681

 

$

1,524,157

 

$

1,521,871

 

Less current portion

 

 

 

28,800

 

28,548

 

Total long-term debt, net of current

 

 

 

$

1,495,357

 

$

1,493,323

 

 

Our outstanding notes are stated net of unamortized discounts, if applicable, totaling $31.5 million and $33.8 million as of June 29, 2014, and December 29, 2013, respectively.

 

Debt Repurchases

 

We had no debt repurchases during the quarter or six months ended June 29, 2014, or during the quarter ended June 30, 2013. During the six months ended June 30, 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. We redeemed or 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 in the six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

Credit Agreement

 

Our Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”), dated as of December 18, 2012, is secured by a first-priority security interest in certain of our assets as described below. As of June 29, 2014, there were $39.9 million face amounts of standby letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement. There were no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement as of June 29, 2014.

 

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

 

In December 2012, we issued $910 million aggregate principal amount of 9.00% Senior Secured Notes due in 2022 (“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. In December 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 the quarter ended June 30, 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 primarily related to the premiums paid for the notes during the redemption.

 

Our 9.00% Notes were issued in a private placement.  In July 2013, the original 9.00% Notes (and associated guarantees) were exchanged, in a registered exchange, for new 9.00% Notes (and associated guarantees) that have terms substantially identical to the original notes except that the 9.00% Notes issued in the exchange are not subject to transfer restrictions and do not contain registration rights.

 

Substantially all of our subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the 9.00% Notes and the Credit Agreement. We own 100% of each of the guarantor subsidiaries and we have no significant independent assets or operations separate from the subsidiaries that guarantee our 9.00% Notes and the Credit Agreement. The guarantees provided by the guarantor subsidiaries are full and unconditional and joint and several, and the 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 PP&E, leasehold interests or improvements with respect to such PP&E which would be reflected on our condensed consolidated balance sheets 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 June 29, 2014, 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 June 29, 2014, 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 and the Credit Agreement include 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 those agreements. 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.