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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following:
 
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
Principal
Amount
 
Unamortized
Premium,
Discount
and Debt
Issuance
Costs
 
Net
Long-term
Debt
 
Principal
Amount
 
Unamortized
Premium,
Discount
and Debt
Issuance
Costs
 
Net
Long-term
Debt
Revolving credit facility
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
325,000

 
$

 
$
325,000

4.625% senior notes due 2021 (the
   "4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior
   Notes")
 
624,793

 
21,881

 
646,674

 
624,793

 
26,837

 
651,630

4.625% senior notes due 2021
   (the "4.625% Subsidiary 2021 Senior
   Notes")
 
63,207

 
2,343

 
65,550

 
63,207

 
2,862

 
66,069

3.60% senior notes due 2022
 
250,000

 
(1,635
)
 
248,365

 
250,000

 
(1,891
)
 
248,109

4.875% senior notes due 2023 (the
   "4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior
   Notes")
 
433,793

 
11,791

 
445,584

 
433,793

 
13,431

 
447,224

4.875% senior notes due 2023
   (the "4.875% Subsidiary 2023 Senior
   Notes")
 
16,207

 
477

 
16,684

 
16,207

 
540

 
16,747

3.60% senior notes due 2026
   (the "3.60% 2026 Senior Notes")
 
750,000

 
(10,031
)
 
739,969

 
750,000

 
(10,757
)
 
739,243

Loan related to tax-exempt waste
   disposal revenue bonds due 2027
 
10,889

 

 
10,889

 
10,889

 

 
10,889

6 ½% tax-exempt senior notes due 2029
 
100,000

 
(861
)
 
99,139

 
100,000

 
(916
)
 
99,084

6 ¾% tax-exempt senior notes due 2032
 
250,000

 
(605
)
 
249,395

 
250,000

 
(1,883
)
 
248,117

6 ½% tax-exempt senior notes due 2035
   (the "6 ½% 2035 GO Zone Senior
   Notes")
 
89,000

 
(806
)
 
88,194

 
89,000

 
(839
)
 
88,161

6 ½% tax-exempt senior notes due 2035
   (the "6 ½% 2035 IKE Zone Senior
   Notes")
 
65,000

 
(578
)
 
64,422

 
65,000

 
(602
)
 
64,398

5.0% senior notes due 2046 (the "5.0%
   2046 Senior Notes")
 
700,000

 
(25,463
)
 
674,537

 
700,000

 
(26,017
)
 
673,983

Long-term debt, net
 
$
3,352,889

 
$
(3,487
)
 
$
3,349,402

 
$
3,677,889

 
$
765

 
$
3,678,654

Credit Agreement
The Company has a $1,000,000 revolving credit facility that matures on August 23, 2021 (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement bears interest at either (a) LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 1.00% to 1.75% or (b) Alternate Base Rate plus a spread ranging from 0.00% to 0.75% depending on the credit rating of the Company. At September 30, 2017, the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding letters of credit totaling $45,414 and borrowing availability of $954,586 under the Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with the total leverage ratio financial maintenance covenant.
3.60% Senior Notes due 2026 and 5.0% Senior Notes due 2046
In August 2016, the Company issued $750,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.60% senior notes due 2026 (the "3.60% 2026 Senior Notes") and $700,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.0% senior notes due 2046 (the "5.0% 2046 Senior Notes"). On March 27, 2017, the Company commenced registered exchange offers to exchange the 3.60% 2026 Senior Notes and the 5.0% 2046 Senior Notes for new notes that are identical in all material respects to the 3.60% 2026 Senior Notes and the 5.0% 2046 Senior Notes, except that the offer and issuance of the new SEC-registered notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The exchange offers expired on April 24, 2017, and approximately 99.97% of the 3.60% 2026 Senior Notes and 100.00% of the 5.0% 2046 Senior Notes were exchanged. The 3.60% 2026 Senior Notes that were not exchanged pursuant to the exchange offers have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities law.
4.625% Senior Notes due 2021 and 4.875% Senior Notes due 2023
In September 2016, the Company issued $624,793 aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior notes due 2021 (the “4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes”) and $433,793 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2023 (the “4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes”) upon the closing of the Company's offers to exchange any and all of the $688,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 4.625% senior notes due 2021 issued by Eagle Spinco Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axiall (“Eagle Spinco”), and the $450,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 4.875% senior notes due 2023 issued by Axiall. In the exchange offers, $624,793 aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes and $433,793 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes were issued by the Company, leaving outstanding $63,207 aggregate principal amount of the 4.625% 2021 senior notes (the "4.625% Subsidiary 2021 Senior Notes") and $16,207 aggregate principal amount of the 4.875% 2023 senior notes (the " 4.875% Subsidiary 2023 Senior Notes"). On March 27, 2017, the Company commenced registered exchange offers to exchange the 4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes and the 4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes for new SEC-registered notes that are identical in all material respects to the 4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes and the 4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes, except that the offer and issuance of the new notes have been registered under the Securities Act. The exchange offers expired on April 24, 2017, and 100.00% of both the 4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes and the 4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes were exchanged.
GO Zone Bonds
During September 2017, the Company directed the Louisiana Local Government Authority Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority (the “Authority”) to optionally redeem in full $250,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2007 Series revenue bonds (the “GO Zone Bonds”) on November 1, 2017. The GO Zone Bonds were issued by the Authority in December 2007 under the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (GO Zone Act) for the benefit of the Company and were subject to optional redemption by the Authority upon the direction of the Company at any time on or after November 1, 2017 for 100% of the principal plus accrued interest. In connection with the redemption of the Go Zone Bonds, the Authority is required to cause the GO Zone Bonds trustee to surrender the 6 ¾% tax exempt senior notes due November 2032 to the Senior Notes trustee for cancellation. The Company used cash on hand to fund the redemption of the GO Zone Bonds.
As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants with respect to the Credit Agreement, 3.60% 2026 Senior Notes5.0% 2046 Senior Notes4.625% Westlake 2021 Senior Notes4.875% Westlake 2023 Senior Notes, 3.60% Senior Notes Due 2022, 6 ½% tax-exempt senior notes due 2029, the 6 ¾% tax-exempt senior notes due 2032, the 6 ½% 2035 GO Zone Senior Notes, the 6 ½% 2035 IKE Zone Senior Notes and the waste disposal revenue bonds.
Unamortized debt issuance costs on Long-term debt were $21,547 and $24,113 at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.