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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

11. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt, net, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the following:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Term B-5 Loans (effective interest rate of 4.80% and 5.52%

   at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)

 

$

1,507,883

 

 

$

1,523,389

 

Revolving credit facility (effective interest rate of 4.35% and

   5.17% at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

30,000

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

1,557,883

 

 

 

1,553,389

 

Less discounts

 

 

(4,793

)

 

 

(6,564

)

Less debt issuance costs

 

 

(4,966

)

 

 

(6,641

)

Less current maturities, including revolving credit facility

 

 

(65,505

)

 

 

(45,505

)

Total long-term debt, net

 

$

1,482,619

 

 

$

1,494,679

 

SEA is the borrower under the senior secured credit facilities, as amended pursuant to a credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) dated as of December 1, 2009, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time (the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”).  

On October 31, 2018, SEA entered into a refinancing amendment, Amendment No. 9 (the “Amended Credit Agreement”), to its Existing Credit Agreement. In connection with the Amended Credit Agreement, SEA borrowed $543.9 million of additional term loans (the “Term B-5 Loans”) of which the proceeds, along with cash on hand, were used to redeem all of the then outstanding principal of the Term B-2 loans, and pay other fees, costs and expenses in connection with the Amended Credit Agreement and related transactions. Additionally, pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement, SEA terminated the then existing revolving credit commitments and replaced them with a new tranche of revolving credit commitments with an aggregate commitment amount of $210.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

In connection with the issuance of the Term B-5 Loans and as a result of the Amended Credit Agreement, SEA recorded a discount of $0.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. Additionally, SEA wrote-off debt issuance costs of $8.2 million, which is included in loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuances costs in the accompanying consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) during the year ended December 31, 2018.  

On March 31, 2017, SEA entered into Amendment No. 8 (the “Amendment No. 8”) to its Existing Credit Agreement, as a result of Amendment No. 8 in 2017, SEA recorded a discount of $5.0 million and immaterial debt issuance costs during the year ended December 31, 2017. Additionally, SEA wrote-off debt issuance costs of $8.0 million, which is included in loss on early extinguishment of debt and write-off of discounts and debt issuances costs in the accompanying consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) during the year ended December 31, 2017. See discussion in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities section which follows for further information.

As of December 31, 2019, SEA was in compliance with all covenants contained in the documents governing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

As of December 31, 2019, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities consisted of $1.508 billion in Term B-5 Loans which will mature on March 31, 2024 and a $210.0 million Revolving Credit Facility, of which $50.0 million was outstanding as of December 31, 2019.  The Revolving Credit Facility will mature on October 31, 2023. The outstanding balance on the Revolving Credit Facility was included in current maturities of long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 due to the Company’s intent to repay the borrowings within the following twelve month period. Subsequent to December 31, 2019, SEA borrowed an additional $45.0 million on the Revolving Credit Facility for general working capital purposes.

The Term B-5 Loans amortize in equal quarterly installments, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018, in aggregate annual amounts equal to 1.015% of the original principal amount of the Term B-5 Loans outstanding on the Effective Date, with the balance payable on the final maturity date. SEA may voluntarily repay amounts outstanding under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.

SEA is also required to prepay the outstanding Term B-5 Loans, subject to certain exceptions, with

 

(i)

50% of SEA’s annual “excess cash flow” (with step-downs to 25% and 0%, as applicable, based upon achievement by SEA of a certain secured total leverage ratio), subject to certain exceptions;

 

(ii)

100% of the net cash proceeds of certain non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions subject to reinvestment rights and certain exceptions; and

 

(iii)

100% of the net cash proceeds of any incurrence of debt by SEA or any of its restricted subsidiaries, other than debt permitted to be incurred or issued under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each lender of term loans has the right to reject its pro rata share of mandatory prepayments described above, in which case SEA may retain the amounts so rejected. The foregoing mandatory prepayments will be applied pro rata to installments of term loans in direct order of maturity. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company made a mandatory prepayment of approximately $6.3 million based on its excess cash flow calculation as of December 31, 2016. Approximately $3.5 million of the mandatory prepayment was accepted by the lenders and applied ratably to the then outstanding Term B-2 and Term B-3 loans prior to Amendment No. 8 on March 31, 2017, and the remainder of $2.8 million was applied as a voluntary prepayment to the then outstanding Term B-2 loans in the second quarter of 2017. There were no mandatory prepayments made during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

SEA may go to market to increase and/or add one or more incremental term loan facilities to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $350.0 million. SEA may also incur additional incremental term loans provided that, among other things, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such incremental term loans, the First Lien Secured Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, is no greater than 3.50 to 1.00.

The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company that directly or indirectly owns 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of SEA, and, subject to certain exceptions, each of SEA’s existing and future material domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Senior Secured Credit Facilities are collateralized by first priority or equivalent security interests, subject to certain exceptions, in (i) all the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, substantially all of SEA’s direct or indirect material domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any “first tier” foreign subsidiaries and (ii) certain tangible and intangible assets of SEA and the Company. Certain financial, affirmative and negative covenants are included in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. If an event of default occurs, the lenders under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will be entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.

Term B-5 Loans

Borrowings of the Term B-5 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to, at SEAs option, (i) a base rate equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate (provided that in no event shall such base rate with respect to the Term B-5 Loans be less than 1.75% per annum), in each case, plus an applicable margin of 2.00% or (ii) a LIBOR rate based on the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (or any successor thereto) for the applicable interest period (provided that in no event shall such LIBOR rate with respect to the Term B-5 Loans be less than 0.75% per annum) plus an applicable margin of 3.00%.

Revolving Credit Facility

Borrowings of the Revolving Credit Facility under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to, at SEAs option, (i) a base rate equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds rate plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin equal to 1.75%; or (ii) a LIBOR rate based on the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (or any successor thereto) for the applicable interest period (provided that in no event shall such LIBOR rate with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility be less than 0.0% per annum) plus an applicable margin equal to 2.75%.  The applicable margin for borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are subject to one 25 basis point step-down upon achievement by SEA of certain corporate credit ratings, which the Company did not achieve as of December 31, 2019.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, SEA is required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility in respect of the unutilized commitments thereunder at a rate of 0.50% per annum. SEA is also required to pay customary letter of credit fees.

As of December 31, 2019, SEA had approximately $20.4 million of outstanding letters of credit and $50.0 million outstanding on its Revolving Credit Facility, leaving approximately $139.6 million available for borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Restrictive Covenants

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain a number of customary negative covenants. Such covenants, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of SEA and its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; make guarantees; create liens on assets; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; engage in mergers or consolidations; sell assets; make fundamental changes; pay dividends and distributions or repurchase SEA’s capital stock; make investments, loans and advances, including acquisitions; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; make changes in the nature of the business; and make prepayments of junior debt. All of the net assets of SEA and its consolidated subsidiaries are restricted and there are no unconsolidated subsidiaries of SEA.

The Amended Credit Agreement removed all previous financial covenants on the Term B-5 Loans. The Revolving Credit Facility requires that SEA comply with a springing maximum first lien secured net leverage ratio of 6.25x to be tested as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, solely to the extent that on such date the aggregate amount of funded loans and letters of credit (excluding undrawn letters of credit in an amount not to exceed $30.0 million and cash collateralized letters of credit) under the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds an amount equal to 35% of the then outstanding commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility.    

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities permit restricted payments in an aggregate amount per annum equal to the sum of (A) $25.0 million plus (B) an amount, if any, equal to (1) if the total net leverage ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such restricted payment, is no greater than 3.50 to 1.00, an unlimited amount, (2) if the total net leverage ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such restricted payment is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and greater than 3.50 to 1.00, the greater of (a) $95.0 million and (b) 7.50% of Market Capitalization (as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities), (3) if the total net leverage ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such restricted payment is no greater than 4.50 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00, $95.0 million and (4) if the total net leverage ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the payment of any such restricted payment is no greater than 5.00 to 1.00 and greater than 4.50 to 1.00, $65.0 million.

As of December 31, 2019, the total net leverage ratio as calculated under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities was 3.24 to 1.00.  The available capacity for restricted payments is recalculated at the beginning of each quarter, or upon declaration of a restricted payment, as set forth in the credit agreement.  During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company used approximately $150.0 million of its then available restricted payments capacity for a share repurchase (see Note 17–Related-Party Transactions and Note 20–Stockholders’ Equity for further details).

Long-term debt at December 31, 2019, is repayable as follows and does not include the impact of any future voluntary prepayments.  The outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility is included below based on the Company’s intent to repay the borrowings within the next twelve months:

 

Years Ending December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

$

65,505

 

2021

 

 

15,505

 

2022

 

 

15,505

 

2023

 

 

15,505

 

2024

 

 

1,445,863

 

Total

 

$

1,557,883

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

As of December 31, 2019, the Company has five interest rate swap agreements (“the Interest Rate Swap Agreements”) which effectively fix the interest rate on the LIBOR-indexed interest payments associated with $1.0 billion of SEA’s outstanding long-term debt through May 14, 2020. The Interest Rate Swap Agreements became effective on September 30, 2016; have a total notional amount of $1.0 billion; mature on May 14, 2020; require the Company to pay a weighted-average fixed rate of 2.45% per annum to swap counterparties; provide that the Company receives a variable rate of interest based upon the greater of 0.75% or the BBA LIBOR; and have interest settlement dates occurring on the last day of December, March, June and September through maturity.

 SEA designated the Interest Rate Swap Agreements above as qualifying cash flow hedge accounting relationships as further discussed in Note 12–Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities which follows.

Cash paid for interest relating to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and Interest Rate Swap Agreements, net of amounts capitalized, as applicable, was $80.5 million, $82.5 million and $80.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Cash paid for interest during the year ended December 31, 2017 excludes $5.1 million related to the fourth quarter interest payment on its Senior Secured Credit Facilities which was paid on January 5, 2018. See Note 10–Other Accrued Liabilities for accrued interest included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.