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9 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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The following summarizes the Company’s long-term debt as of January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021:

	January 2, 2022				March 31, 2021
	Principal		Unamortized Issuance Costs		Principal		Unamortized Issuance Costs
Senior Notes	$	600,000	$	4,205	$	600,000	$	5,106
Second Amended Credit Facility, due 2026	599,222		3,548		376,039		1,315
	$	1,199,222	$	7,753	$	976,039	$	6,421
Less: Unamortized issuance costs	7,753				6,421
Long-term debt, net of unamortized issuance costs	$	1,191,469			$	969,618

The Company's Senior Notes comprise the following:

4.375% Senior Notes due 2027

On December 11, 2019, the Company issued $300,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% Senior Notes due December 15, 2027 (the “2027 Notes”). Proceeds from this offering, net of debt issuance costs were $296,250 and were utilized to pay down the Amended 2017 Revolver (defined below). The 2027 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.375% per annum accruing from December 11, 2019. Interest is payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2020. The 2027 Notes mature on December 15, 2027, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in full and are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company. They are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by certain of its subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Second Amended Credit Facility (defined below). These guarantees are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such guarantors.

The Company may redeem, prior to September 15, 2027, all or a portion of the 2027 Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and a “make whole” premium to, but excluding, the redemption date. The Company may redeem, on or after September 15, 2027, all or a portion of the 2027 Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. If a change of control triggering event occurs, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase the 2027 Notes at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. The 2027 Notes rank pari passu with the 2023 Notes (defined below).

5.00% Senior Notes due 2023

The 5% Senior Notes due April 30, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) bear interest at a rate of 5.00% per annum and have an original face value of $300,000. Interest is payable semiannually in arrears on April 30 and October 30 of each year and commenced on October 30, 2015. The 2023 Notes will mature on April 30, 2023, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in full. The 2023 Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company. The 2023 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by certain of its subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Second Amended Credit Facility. These guarantees are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of such guarantors.

2017 Credit Facility and Subsequent Amendments

In fiscal 2018, the Company entered into a credit facility (the “2017 Credit Facility”). The 2017 Credit Facility was scheduled to mature on September 30, 2022, initially comprised a $600,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (“2017 Revolver”) and a $150,000 senior secured term loan (“2017 Term Loan”). The Company utilized the borrowings from the 2017 Credit Facility to repay its pre-existing credit facility.

In fiscal 2019, the Company amended the 2017 Credit Facility (as amended, the “Amended Credit Facility”) to fund the Alpha acquisition. The Amended Credit Facility consisted of $449,105 senior secured term loans (the “Amended Term Loan”), including a CAD 133,050 ($99,105) senior secured term loan and a $700,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Amended Revolver”). The amendment resulted in an increase of the 2017 Term Loan and the 2017 Revolver by $299,105 and $100,000, respectively.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company entered into a second amendment to the Amended Credit Facility (as amended, the “Second Amended Credit Facility”). The Second Amended Credit Facility, scheduled to mature on September 30, 2026, consists of a $130,000 senior secured term loan (the “Second Amended Term Loan”), a CAD 106,440 ($84,229) senior secured term loan and an $850,000 senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Second Amended Revolver”). The second amendment resulted in a decrease of the Amended Term Loan by $150,000 and an increase of the Amended Revolver by $150,000.

Subsequent to the second amendment, the quarterly installments payable on the Second Amended Term Loan are $2,678 beginning December 31, 2022, $4,017 beginning December 31, 2024 and $5,356 beginning December 31, 2025 with a final payment of $160,672 on September 30, 2026. The Second Amended Credit Facility may be increased by an aggregate amount of $350,000 in revolving commitments and / or one or more new tranches of term loans, under certain conditions. Both the Second Amended Revolver and the Second Amended Term Loan bear interest, at the Company's option, at a rate per annum equal to either (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDOR”) plus (i) LIBOR plus between 1.125% and 2.00% (currently 1.50% and based on the Company's consolidated net leverage ratio) or (ii) the U.S. Dollar Base Rate (which equals, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50%, (b) Bank of America “Prime Rate” and (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus 1%; provided that, if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero) (iii) the CDOR Base Rate equal to the higher of (a) Bank of America “Prime Rate” and (b) average 30-day CDOR rate plus 0.50%. The Second Amended Credit Facility provides for alternate benchmark rates such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) to replace LIBOR when it is phased out.

Obligations under the Second Amended Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the Company’s existing and future acquired assets, including substantially all of the capital stock of the Company’s United States subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Second Amended Credit Facility and up to 65% of the capital stock of certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries that are owned by the Company’s United States subsidiaries.

The Second Amended Credit Facility allows for up to two temporary increases in the maximum leverage ratio from 3.50x to 4.00x for a four quarter period following an acquisition larger than $250,000.

As of January 2, 2022, the Company had $385,000 outstanding under the Second Amended Revolver and $214,222 under the Second Amended Term Loan.

The current portion of the Second Amended Term Loan is $2,678.

Short-Term Debt

As of January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021, the Company had $33,503 and $34,153, respectively, of short-term borrowings. The weighted average interest rate on these borrowings was approximately 2% at both January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021.

Letters of Credit

As of January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021, the Company had $2,959 of standby letters of credit.

Debt Issuance Costs

In connection with the Second Amended Credit Facility, the Company capitalized $2,952 in debt issuance costs and wrote off $128 of unamortized debt issuance costs. Amortization expense, relating to debt issuance costs, included in interest expense was $487 and $518, respectively, for the third quarter ended January 2, 2022 and January 3, 2021 and $1,620 and $1,554 for the nine months of fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021, respectively. Debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization, totaled $7,753 and $6,421, respectively, at January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021.

Available Lines of Credit

As of January 2, 2022 and March 31, 2021, the Company had available and undrawn, under all its lines of credit, $570,731 and $697,875, respectively, including $107,856 and $122,303, respectively, of uncommitted lines of credit.