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Debt
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt

The detail of long-term debt was as follows:
 
June 30, 2018
 
September 30, 2017
Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility, net of discount due 2022
$
389.0

 
$
392.0

5.50% Senior Notes due 2025
600.0

 
600.0

Total long-term debt, including current maturities
989.0

 
992.0

Less current portion
(4.0
)
 
(4.0
)
Less unamortized debt discount and debt issuance fees
(8.3
)
 
(9.5
)
Total long-term debt
$
976.7

 
$
978.5



The Company's $600.0 of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2025 (2025 Notes) were sold to qualified institutional buyers and will not be registered under federal or applicable state securities laws. Interest is payable semi-annually on the 2025 Notes in December and June. The 2025 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis by each of the Company's domestic restricted subsidiaries that is a borrower or guarantor under the Revolving Facility and Term Loan.

The Company has a credit agreement which provides for a five-year $350.0 senior secured revolving credit facility (Revolving Facility) which matures in June 2020 and a seven-year $400.0 senior secured term loan B facility (Term Loan) which is due in June 2022. Borrowings under the Revolving Facility will bear interest at LIBOR or the Base Rate (as defined) plus the applicable margin based on total Company leverage. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had $165.0 of outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Facility and had $6.7 of outstanding letters of credit. Taking into account outstanding letters of credit, $178.3 remains available as of June 30, 2018. As of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, our weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings was 4.15% and 2.98%, respectively.

The $400.0 Term Loan was issued at a $1.0 discount which is amortized with a corresponding charge to interest expense over the remaining life of the loan. The original interest rate was LIBOR subject to a 75 basis points floor, plus 250 basis points. In March 2017, the Company completed the repricing of its Term Loan reducing the interest to LIBOR plus 200 basis points and eliminating the 75 basis points floor. The loans and commitments under the Term Loan require quarterly principal payments at a rate of 0.25%, or $1.0, of the original principal balance.

Obligations under the Revolving Facility and Term Loan are jointly and severally guaranteed by certain of its existing and future direct and indirectly wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries. There is a first priority perfected lien on substantially all of the assets and property of the Company and guarantors and proceeds therefrom excluding certain excluded assets. No other terms were changed as result of the Term Loan repricing.

In March 2017, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with one major financial institution that fixed the variable benchmark component (LIBOR) on $200.0 of Energizer's variable rate debt through June 2022 at an interest rate of 2.03%.

The notes payable balance was $174.6 at June 30, 2018 and $104.1 at September 30, 2017. The June 30, 2018 balance was comprised of $165.0 outstanding borrowings on the Revolving Facility as well as $9.6 of other borrowings, including those from foreign affiliates. The September 30, 2017 balance was comprised of $95.0 outstanding borrowings on the Revolving facility as well as $9.1 of other borrowings, including those from foreign affiliates.

On June 21, 2018, the Company finalized the pricing of two senior note offerings due in 2026 of $500.0 at 6.375% (USD Notes) and €650.0 at 4.625% (Euro Notes and collectively with the USD Notes, the 2026 Notes), which were issued by wholly-owned subsidiaries. The 2026 Notes priced at 100% of the principal amount and the offering closed subsequent to the quarter on July 6, 2018, with the funds held in escrow until certain conditions are met.  Interest on the 2026 Notes began to accrue in July 2018.

If the escrow conditions (which include conditions relating to the completion of the Spectrum acquisition) are not satisfied on or prior to July 15, 2019 or in certain other circumstances, the 2026 Notes will be redeemed at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
The 2026 Notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by the Company's domestic restricted subsidiaries that guarantee indebtedness of the Company under its expected new revolving credit facility and the Euro Notes will also be guaranteed by the Company.

In connection with the closing of the Spectrum acquisition, the Company expects to enter into a new senior secured first lien credit agreement, which would include a new 5-year $400 undrawn revolving credit facility and also provide for $1,200 of borrowings under a $200 3-year term loan A facility and $1,000 7-year term loan B facility. The borrowings are expected to bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the option of the Company, LIBOR or the Base Rate (as defined) plus the applicable margin based on total Company leverage. The new credit agreement is expected to contain customary affirmative and restrictive covenants. The new term loans began to accrue financing fees in July 2018.

Energizer intends to use the net proceeds from the offerings of the 2026 Notes, together with borrowings under the new term loans, to fund the previously announced Spectrum acquisition, to repay the debt outstanding under its existing credit agreement, and to pay related fees, costs and expenses.

Debt Covenants

The agreements governing the Company's debt contain certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative, negative and financial covenants and provisions relating to events of default. If the Company fails to comply with these covenants or with other requirements of these debt agreements, the lenders may have the right to accelerate the maturity of the debt. Acceleration under one of these facilities would trigger cross defaults to other borrowings. As of June 30, 2018, the Company was, and expects to remain, in compliance with the provisions and covenants associated with its debt agreements.

Aggregate maturities of long-term debt, including current maturities, at June 30, 2018 were as follows: $4.0 in one year, $4.0 in two years, $4.0 in three years, $4.0 in four years, $373.0 in five years and $600.0 thereafter.

The counterparties to long-term committed borrowings consist of a number of major financial institutions. The Company consistently monitors positions with, and credit ratings of, counterparties both internally and by using outside ratings agencies.