Convertible Senior Notes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2022

Convertible Senior Notes 2025 Notes - On May 25, 2022, the Company entered into exchange agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) with certain holders (the “Noteholders”) of the 2025 Notes. The Noteholders agreed to exchange $125.0 million in

aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2025 Notes for $196.9 million in cash, plus accrued interest, and approximately 2.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2025 Notes Partial Repurchase”). Under the Exchange Agreements, the total amount of cash paid and number of shares of common stock issued by the Company were based upon the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company’s common stock during a ten-trading day averaging period ending on June 14, 2022. Upon entering into the Exchange Agreements, the conversion feature related to the 2025 Notes repurchased, as well as the settlements of the related convertible senior note hedges and warrants, were subject to derivative accounting. In connection with the 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $104.7 million and a loss on fair value adjustment of derivatives, net of $17.7 million, and recorded a $48.5 million increase to Additional paid-in capital during the thirteen weeks ended June 26, 2022.

The initial conversion rate applicable to the 2025 Notes was 84.122 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes, or a total of approximately 19.348 million shares for the total $230.0 million principal amount. This initial conversion rate was equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $11.89 per share. In connection with dividends paid during the twenty-six weeks ended June 26, 2022, the conversion rate for the remaining 2025 Notes decreased to approximately $11.74 per share, which represents 85.185 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes, or a total of approximately 8.944 million shares.

The following table includes the outstanding principal amount and carrying value of the 2025 Notes as of the periods indicated:


(dollars in thousands)	JUNE 26, 2022		DECEMBER 26, 2021
Long-term debt, net
Principal	$	105,000	$	230,000
Less: debt issuance costs (1)	(2,321)		(5,898)
Net carrying amount	$	102,679	$	224,102

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(1)Debt issuance costs are amortized to Interest expense, net using the effective interest method over the 2025 Notes’ expected life. During the thirteen weeks ended June 26, 2022, the Company wrote off $2.8 million of debt issuance costs as a result of the 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase.

Following is a summary of interest expense for the 2025 Notes, by component, for the periods indicated:


	THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDED				TWENTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED
(dollars in thousands)	JUNE 26, 2022		JUNE 27, 2021		JUNE 26, 2022		JUNE 27, 2021
Coupon interest	$	2,597	$	2,875	$	5,472	$	5,750
Debt issuance cost amortization	370		386		774		767
Total interest expense (1)	$	2,967	$	3,261	$	6,246	$	6,517

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(1)The effective rate of the 2025 Notes over their expected life is 5.85%.

Based on the daily closing prices of the Company’s stock during the quarter ended June 26, 2022, the remaining holders of the 2025 Notes are eligible to convert their 2025 Notes during the third quarter of 2022.

Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions - In connection with the 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company entered into partial unwind agreements with certain financial institutions relating to a portion of the convertible note hedge transactions (the “Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements”) and a portion of the Warrant Transactions (the “Warrant Early Termination Agreements”) that were previously entered into by the Company in connection with the issuance of the 2025 Notes. Upon settlement, the Company received $131.9 million for the Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements and paid $114.8 million for the Warrant Early Termination Agreements during the thirteen weeks ended June 26, 2022. In connection with the Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements and the Warrant Early Termination Agreements the Company recorded a $113.0 million increase and a $97.6 million decrease, respectively, to Additional paid-in capital during the thirteen weeks ended June 26, 2022.

The remaining Warrant Transactions have a dilutive effect on the Company’s common stock to the extent that the price of its common stock exceeds the strike price of the Warrant Transactions. The strike price was initially $16.64 per share and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Warrant Transactions. In connection with dividends paid during the twenty-six weeks ended June 26, 2022, the strike price for the remaining Warrant Transactions decreased to $16.43.