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Borrowings
9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2013
Borrowings [Abstract]  
Borrowings

 

7.    Borrowings  

  

Borrowings consist of the following:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in 000s)

As of

 

January 31, 2013

 

 

April 30, 2012

 

 

January 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial paper outstanding

$

424,967 

 

$

 -

 

$

230,947 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 5.500%, due November 2022

$

497,260 

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

Senior Notes, 5.125%, due October 2014

 

399,588 

 

 

399,412 

 

 

399,364 

Senior Notes, 7.875%, due January 2013

 

 -

 

 

599,913 

 

 

599,871 

Other

 

9,877 

 

 

41,224 

 

 

41,002 

Total long-term debt

 

906,725 

 

 

1,040,549 

 

 

1,040,237 

Less: Current portion

 

(713)

 

 

(631,434)

 

 

(630,996)

 

$

906,012 

 

$

409,115 

 

$

409,241 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

We had commercial paper borrowings of $425.0 million at January 31, 2013, compared to $230.9 million at the same time last year. These borrowings were used to fund our off-season losses and cover our seasonal working capital needs.

On October 25, 2012, we issued $500.0 million of 5.50% Senior Notes. The Senior Notes are due November 1, 2022, and are not redeemable by the bondholders prior to maturity, although we have the right to redeem some or all of these notes at any time, at specified redemption prices. On October 25, 2012, we provided notice to the trustee of our intention to redeem the entire principal amount of the $600.0 million Senior Notes due in January 2013. The redemption settled on November 26, 2012 at a price of $623.0 million, which included full payment of principal, a make-whole premium of $5.8 million and interest accrued up to the redemption date of $17.2 million. Proceeds of the $500.0 million Senior Notes and other cash balances were used to repay the $600.0 million Senior Notes. We recognized a loss on the extinguishment of this debt of $5.8 million during the three months ended January 31, 2013, which primarily represents the interest that would have been paid on these notes if they had not been redeemed prior to maturity. This loss is included in other income (expense), net on our consolidated statements of operations.

In August 2012, we terminated our previous committed line of credit (CLOC) agreement and we entered into a new five-year, $1.5 billion Credit and Guarantee Agreement (2012 CLOC). Funds available under the 2012 CLOC may be used for general corporate purposes or for working capital needs. The 2012 CLOC bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus an applicable rate ranging from 0.750% to 1.45% or PRIME plus an applicable rate ranging from 0.000% to 0.450% (depending on the type of borrowing and our then current credit ratings) and includes an annual facility fee ranging from 0.125% to 0.300% of the committed amounts (also depending on our then current credit ratings). The 2012 CLOC is subject to various conditions, triggers, events or occurrences that could result in earlier termination and contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default, including, without limitation: (1) a covenant requiring the Company to maintain a debt-to-EBITDA ratio calculated on a consolidated basis of no greater than (a) 3.50 for the fiscal quarters ending on April 30, July 31, and October 31 of each year and (b) 3.75 for the fiscal quarter ending on January 31 of each year; (2) a covenant requiring us to maintain an interest coverage (EBITDA-to-interest expense) ratio calculated on a consolidated basis of not less than 2.50 as of the last date of any fiscal quarter; and (3) covenants restricting our ability to incur additional debt, incur liens, merge or consolidate with other companies, sell or dispose of their respective assets (including equity interests), liquidate or dissolve, make investments, loans, advances, guarantees and acquisitions, and engage in certain transactions with affiliates or certain restrictive agreements. The 2012 CLOC includes provisions for an equity cure which could potentially allow us to independently cure a default. We had no balances outstanding under the 2012 CLOC at January 31, 2013. However, we may borrow amounts under the 2012 CLOC from time to time in the future to support working capital requirements or for other general corporate purposes.