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Debt
9 Months Ended
May 01, 2015
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt
4.Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following at:
 
  
May 1, 2015
  
August 1, 2014
 
Revolving credit facility expiring on January 8, 2020
 
$
400,000
  
$
--
 
Revolving credit facility expiring on July 8, 2016
  
--
   
212,500
 
Term loan payable on or before July 8, 2016
  
--
   
187,500
 
   
400,000
   
400,000
 
Current maturities
  
--
   
25,000
 
Long-term debt
 
$
400,000
  
$
375,000
 

On January 8, 2015, the Company entered into a five-year $750,000 revolving credit facility (the “2015 Revolving Credit Facility”). The 2015 Revolving Credit Facility replaced a term loan totaling $181,250 and a $218,750 revolving credit facility (“Prior Credit Facility”).  In the second quarter of 2015, loan acquisition costs associated with the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility were capitalized in the amount of $3,537 and will be amortized over the five-year term of the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility.  Loan acquisition costs of $412 associated with the Prior Credit Facility were written off in the second quarter of 2015 and are recorded in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income.
 
At May 1, 2015, the Company had $400,000 of outstanding borrowings under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility and $11,530 of standby letters of credit, which reduce the Company’s borrowing availability under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility (see Note 12 for more information on the Company’s standby letters of credit).  At May 1, 2015, the Company had $338,470 in borrowing availability under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility.
 
In accordance with the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility, outstanding borrowings bear interest, at the Company’s election, either at LIBOR or prime plus a percentage point spread based on certain specified financial ratios under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility.  As of May 1, 2015, the Company’s outstanding borrowings were swapped at a weighted average interest rate of 3.48% (see Note 5 for information on the Company’s interest rate swaps).
 
The 2015 Revolving Credit Facility contains customary financial covenants, which include maintenance of a maximum consolidated total leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio.  At May 1, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.
 
The 2015 Revolving Credit Facility also imposes restrictions on the amount of dividends the Company is permitted to pay and the amount of shares the Company is permitted to repurchase.  Under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility, provided there is no default existing and the total of the Company’s availability under the 2015 Revolving Credit Facility plus the Company’s cash and cash equivalents on hand is at least $100,000 (the “cash availability”), the Company may declare and pay cash dividends on shares of its common stock and repurchase shares of its common stock (1) in an unlimited amount if at the time such dividend or repurchase is made the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio is 3.00 to 1.00 or less and (2) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 in any fiscal year if the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00 at the time the dividend or repurchase is made; notwithstanding (1) and (2), so long as immediately after giving effect to the payment of any such dividends, cash availability is at least $100,000, the Company may declare and pay cash dividends on shares of its common stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed in any fiscal year the product of the aggregate amount of dividends declared in the fourth quarter of the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by four.