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Debt and Short-Term Borrowings
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Short-Term Borrowings Debt and Short-Term Borrowings

Total debt was as follows: 
 
December 31,
(In thousands)
2019
 
2018
Senior Secured Credit Facility (2023 Term A) due on November 27, 2023 paying interest at a variable interest rate (LIBOR plus applicable margin(1)(2))
$
207,261

 
$
217,791

Senior Secured Credit Facility (2024 Term B) due on November 27, 2024 paying interest at a variable interest rate (LIBOR plus applicable margin(1)(3))
317,936

 
320,515

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility(2)

 

Note Payable due on April 30, 2021(1)
175

 
300

Notes Payable due on January 1, 2022(1)
2,231

 

Total debt
$
527,603

 
$
538,606

 
(1)
Net of unaccreted discount and unamortized debt issue costs, as applicable.
(2)
Applicable margin of 2.00% and 2.25% at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
(3)
Subject to a minimum rate (“LIBOR floor”) of 0.0% plus applicable margin of 3.50% at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

The following table presents contractual principal payments for the next five years:
(In thousands)
 
 
2020
 
$
15,311

2021
 
15,053

2022
 
20,508

2023
 
173,750

2024
 
308,750


  
2018 Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On November 27, 2018, EVERTEC and EVERTEC Group (“Borrower”) entered into a credit agreement governing the senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a $220.0 million term loan A facility that matures on November 27, 2023 ("2023 Term A"), a $325.0 million term loan B facility that matures on November 27, 2024 ("2024 Term B") and a $125.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Facility") that matures on November 27, 2023, with a syndicate of lenders and Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and line of credit issuer (collectively the “2018 Credit Agreement”). The material terms and conditions of the senior secured credit facilities are summarized below.

Scheduled Amortization Payments

The 2023 Term A provides for amortization in the amount of 1.25% of the original principal amount of the 2023 Term A during
each of the first twelve quarters starting from the quarter ending March 31, 2019, 1.875% during each of the four subsequent quarters and 2.50% during each of the final three quarters, with the balance payable on the final maturity date.

The 2024 Term B provides for quarterly amortization payments totaling 1.00% per annum of the original principal amount of the 2024 Term B, with the balance payable on the final maturity date.

Voluntary Prepayments and Reduction and Termination of Commitments

The terms of the 2018 senior secured credit facilities allow EVERTEC Group to prepay loans and permanently reduce the loan commitments under the senior secured credit facilities at any time, subject to the payment of customary LIBOR breakage costs, if any, provided that, in connection with certain refinancing or repricing of the 2024 Term B on or prior to the date which is six months after the closing date of the 2018 Credit Agreement, a prepayment premium of 1.00% will be required.

Additionally, the terms of the facilities require mandatory repayment of outstanding principal balances based on a percentage of excess cash flow provided that no such prepayment shall be due if the resulting amount of the excess cash flow times the applicable percentage is less than $10 million.

Interest

The interest rates under the 2023 Term A and revolving credit facility are based on, at EVERTEC Group’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus an interest margin of 2.25% or (b) the greater of (i) Bank of America’s “prime rate,” (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% and (iii) adjusted LIBOR plus 1.0% (“ABR”) plus an interest margin of 1.25%. The interest rates under the 2024 Term B are based on, at EVERTEC Group’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus an interest margin of 3.50% or (b) ABR plus an interest margin of 2.50%. The interest margins under the 2023 Term A and Revolving Facility are subject to reduction based on achievement of specified total secured net leverage ratio.

Guarantees and Collateral

EVERTEC Group’s obligations under the senior secured credit facilities and under any cash management, interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a lender or any affiliate thereof are guaranteed by EVERTEC and each of EVERTEC’s existing wholly-owned subsidiaries (other than EVERTEC Group) and subsequently acquired or organized subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

Subject to certain exceptions, the senior secured credit facilities are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of (1) EVERTEC, including a perfected pledge of all of the limited liability company interests of EVERTEC Intermediate Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), (2) Holdings, including a perfected pledge of all of the limited liability company interests of EVERTEC Group and (3) EVERTEC Group and the subsidiary guarantors, including but not limited to: (a) a pledge of substantially all capital stock held by EVERTEC Group or any guarantor and (b) a perfected security interest in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of EVERTEC Group and each guarantor.

Covenants
 
The senior secured credit facilities contain affirmative and negative covenants that the Company believes are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants in the senior secured credit facilities include, among other things, limitations (subject to exceptions) on the ability of EVERTEC and its restricted subsidiaries to:

declare dividends and make other distributions;
redeem or repurchase capital stock;
grant liens;
make loans or investments (including acquisitions);
merge or enter into acquisitions;
sell assets;
enter into any sale or lease-back transactions;
incur additional indebtedness;
prepay, redeem or repurchase certain indebtedness;
modify the terms of certain debt;
restrict dividends from subsidiaries;
change the business of EVERTEC or its subsidiaries; and
enter into transactions with their affiliates.
 
In addition, the 2023 Term A and the Revolving Facility require EVERTEC to maintain a maximum total secured net leverage ratio of 4.25 to 1.00 for any quarter ending on or prior to September 30, 2020 and for fiscal quarters ending thereafter, 4.00 to 1.00.

Concurrently with the execution of the 2018 Credit Agreement, the Company terminated the existing senior secured credit facilities. The net proceeds received by EVERTEC Group from the senior secured credit facilities under the 2018 Credit Agreement, together with other cash available to EVERTEC Group, were used, among other things, to refinance EVERTEC Group’s previous senior secured credit facilities, which consisted of a $191.4 million 2020 Term A and a $379.0 million Term B, under the credit agreement, dated as of April 17, 2013 and as subsequently amended, among EVERTEC Intermediate Holdings, LLC, EVERTEC Group, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer, and the lenders party thereto. In connection with this transaction, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of $2.6 million.

The unpaid principal balance at December 31, 2019 of the 2023 Term A Loan and the 2024 Term B Loan was $209.0 million, and $321.8 million, respectively. The additional borrowing capacity for the Revolving Facility loan at December 31, 2019 was $116.9 million. The Company issues letters of credit against the revolving credit facility which reduce the additional borrowing capacity of the revolving credit facility.

Events of Default

The events of default under the senior secured credit facilities include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentation, breach of covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, change of control (as defined in the 2018 Credit Agreement) and cross-events of default on material indebtedness.

Notes payable

In May 2016, EVERTEC Group entered into a non-interest bearing financing agreement amounting to $0.7 million to purchase software. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the outstanding principal balance of the note payable was $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The current portion of this note is recorded as part of accounts payable and the long-term portion is included in other long-term liabilities.

In December 2019, EVERTEC Group entered into two non-interest bearing financing agreements amounting to $2.4 million to purchase software and maintenance. As of December 31, 2019, the outstanding principal balance of the notes payable was $2.4 million, recorded as part of accounts payable and the long-term portion is included in other long-term liabilities.

Interest Rate Swaps

At December 31, 2019, the Company had two interest rate swap agreements, entered into in December 2015 and December 2018, which convert a portion of the interest rate payments on the Company's 2023 Term B Loan from variable to fixed: 
Swap Agreement
 
Effective date
  
Maturity Date
  
Notional Amount
  
Variable Rate
  
Fixed Rate
2015 Swap
 
January 2017
  
April 2020
  
$200 million
  
1-month LIBOR
  
1.9225%
2018 Swap
 
April 2020
  
November 2024
  
$250 million
  
1-month LIBOR
  
2.89%


The Company has accounted for these transactions as cash flow hedges.

At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying amount of the derivatives on the Company’s balance sheets is as follows:
(In thousands)
 
December 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Other long-term assets
 
$

 
$
1,683

Other long-term liabilities
 
14,452

 
4,059



For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized gains related to hedging activities on the Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income that offset the Company's interest expense as follows:
(In thousands)
 
December 31, 2019
Interest expense
 
$
677



During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company reclassified gains of $0.7 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income through interest expense. Based on current LIBOR rates, the Company expects to reclassify losses of $2.2 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income through interest expense over the next 12 months. Refer to Note 13 for tabular disclosure of the fair value of the derivative and to Note 15 for tabular disclosure of gains (losses) recorded on cash flow hedging activities.

The cash flow hedges are considered highly effective.