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Debt (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Long-term Debt 
The Company’s total indebtedness as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 consisted of the following:
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
(Dollars in millions)
Term Loan due June 2015
$

 
$
418.8

2011 Term Loan Facility due October 2016

 
912.5

2013 Term Loan Facility due September 2020
1,188.0

 

7.375% Senior Notes due November 2016
650.0

 
650.0

6.00% Senior Notes due November 2018
1,518.8

 
1,518.8

6.50% Senior Notes due September 2020
650.0

 
650.0

6.25% Senior Notes due November 2021
1,339.6

 
1,339.6

7.875% Senior Notes due November 2026
247.5

 
247.4

Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures due December 2066
379.1

 
377.4

Capital lease obligations
33.5

 
104.6

Other
1.0

 
33.8

Total Debt
$
6,007.5

 
$
6,252.9


The carrying amounts of the 2013 Term Loan Facility due September 2020, the 7.875% Senior Notes due December 2026 and the Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures due December 2066 (the Debentures) have been presented above net of the respective unamortized original issue discounts.
2013 Credit Agreement
On September 24, 2013, the Company entered into a secured credit agreement (the 2013 Credit Facility), which provides for a $1.65 billion revolving credit facility (the 2013 Revolver) and a $1.20 billion term loan facility (the 2013 Term Loan Facility). In connection with the closing of the 2013 Credit Facility, the Company borrowed $1.19 billion under the 2013 Term Loan Facility, net of original issue discount of $12.0 million that will be amortized over its seven year term, and transferred $94.7 million of existing letters of credit from its unsecured credit agreement dated as of June 18, 2010 (as amended, the 2010 Credit Agreement). The 2013 Revolver commitment will mature on September 24, 2018, or on August 15, 2018 if the Company’s 6.00% Senior Notes due 2018 are still in existence on such date. The 2013 Term Loan Facility matures on September 24, 2020. The Company has total capitalized deferred financing costs of $18.3 million and $10.1 million related to the 2013 Revolver and 2013 Term Loan Facility, respectively, which will be amortized over the respective five and seven year terms of those facilities.
Proceeds of the 2013 Term Loan Facility were used primarily to pay off the 2010 Credit Agreement and the Company's unsecured credit agreement dated October 28, 2011 (as amended, the 2011 Credit Agreement), which had then-outstanding principal amounts of $301.8 million and $862.5 million, respectively. The Company recognized expense of $11.5 million on the write-off of previously deferred financing costs related to those facilities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, which was classified in "Interest expense" in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for those periods.
The obligations under the 2013 Credit Facility are guaranteed by the Company and substantially all of its domestic subsidiaries and are secured by a pledge of 65% of the stock of Peabody Investments (Gibraltar) Limited, a holding company for the Australian operations of the Company, and a pledge of the stock of Peabody IC Funding Corp., whose sole asset is intercompany debt owed to it by the top-level Gibraltar holding company of the Company’s Australian operations.
All borrowings under the 2013 Credit Facility (other than swingline borrowings and borrowings denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars) bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either a base rate (subject to a floor of 2.00% for borrowings under the 2013 Term Loan Facility) or a eurocurrency rate (subject to a floor of 1.00% for borrowings under the 2013 Term Loan Facility), each as defined in the 2013 Credit Agreement, plus: in the case of the 2013 Term Loan Facility, a margin of 2.25% and 3.25% per year for borrowings bearing interest at the base rate and the eurocurrency rate, respectively; or in the case of the 2013 Revolver, a margin dependent on the Company's consolidated net leverage ratio, as defined in the 2013 Credit Agreement, ranging from 0.75% to 1.50% and 1.75% to 2.50% per year for borrowings bearing interest at the base rate and eurocurrency rate, respectively.
The Company pays a usage-dependent commitment fee under the 2013 Revolver, which is dependent upon the Company's consolidated net leverage ratio, as defined in the 2013 Credit Agreement, and ranges from 0.375% to 0.500% of the available unused commitment. In addition, the Company pays a letter of credit fee, which is also dependent upon the Company's leverage ratio and ranges from 1.75% to 2.50% per year of the undrawn amount of each letter of credit, and a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per year of the face amount drawn under each letter of credit.
The 2013 Term Loan Facility is subject to quarterly amortization of 0.25% per quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter beginning October 1, 2013, with the final payment of all amounts outstanding (including accrued interest) being due on September 24, 2020. It is also subject to a repayment premium of 1.0% during the six-month period after the execution of the 2013 Credit Agreement and a requirement to prepay the term loan borrowing thereunder with proceeds from dispositions made by foreign subsidiaries, subject to thresholds and customary reinvestment rights.
Under the 2013 Revolver, the Company must comply with two financial covenants on a quarterly basis, which are a maximum net secured leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with those covenants as of September 30, 2013. The Company is permitted to pay dividends, buy and sell assets and make redemptions or repurchases of capital stock when in compliance with its financial covenants (including compliance on a pro forma basis giving effect to such transactions), subject to certain restrictions imposed by the 2013 Credit Facility. That agreement also imposes certain restrictions on the Company's ability to incur liens, incur debt, make investments (including acquisitions), engage in fundamental changes such as mergers and dissolutions, dispose of assets, change the nature of its business, enter into transactions with affiliates, enter into agreements that restrict the Company's ability to make dividends or distributions, enter into agreements with negative pledge clauses and make dividends from the top-level Gibraltar holding company of the Company's Australian operations to the Company's domestic subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $500 million per year. It also contains customary events of default.
As of September 30, 2013, the Company had no borrowings under the 2013 Revolver, but had $94.7 million of letters of credit outstanding. The remaining capacity under the 2013 Revolver at September 30, 2013 was $1,555.3 million.
2013 Voluntary Prepayments and Debt Repurchases
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, prior to the execution of the 2013 Credit Agreement, the Company voluntarily prepaid $167.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its Term Loan and 2011 Term Loan Facility with existing cash on hand.
Additionally, the Company repurchased $32.4 million of certain Australian private placement bonds (previously presented in "Other" in the above schedule) with existing cash on hand during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
In connection with the foregoing, the Company recognized losses on debt extinguishment of $5.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, which is classified in "Interest expense" in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for those periods.
Capital Lease Obligations
In June 2013, the Company executed an amendment to its master equipment hire agreement with an unconsolidated equity affiliate in Australia to allow for the legal right of offset of receivables and payables due between parties. The operations of that equity affiliate are funded through equity interests and shareholder loans for the purpose of purchasing on behalf of and leasing equipment to its shareholders. Because the Company intends to use the right of offset provided by that amendment, $55.9 million of capital lease obligations due to that equity affiliate have been presented on a net basis in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2013 and offset against the related shareholder loans due from that equity affiliate included in "Investments and other assets." Prior to the amendment, such amounts were presented on a gross basis in the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
Other Long-Term Debt
Other than the foregoing, there were no significant changes to the Company's long-term debt subsequent to December 31, 2012. Information regarding the Company's debt is outlined in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.