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LONG-TERM DEBT AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
6 Months Ended
Nov. 24, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

5. LONG-TERM DEBT AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

Revolving Credit Facility

At November 24, 2019, we had a revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") with a syndicate of financial institutions providing for a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time of $1.6 billion (subject to increase to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $2.1 billion with the consent of the lenders). The Revolving Credit Facility matures on July 11, 2024 and is unsecured. The term of the Revolving Credit Facility may be extended for additional one-year or two-year periods from the then-applicable maturity date on an annual basis. As of November 24, 2019, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Pinnacle Acquisition Financing

In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, in connection with the announcement of the Pinnacle acquisition, we secured $9.0 billion in fully committed bridge financing. Prior to the acquisition, we capitalized financing costs related to the bridge financing of $45.7 million to be amortized over the commitment period. Our net interest expense included $6.3 million and $11.9 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2019, respectively, as a result of this amortization. The bridge facility was terminated in connection with the acquisition, and we recognized $33.8 million of expense within SG&A expenses in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 for the remaining unamortized financing costs.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, to finance a portion of our acquisition of Pinnacle, we issued senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of $7.025 billion. We issued the notes in seven tranches: floating rate senior notes due October 22, 2020 in an aggregate principal amount of $525.0 million with interest equal to three-month LIBOR plus 0.75%, 3.8% senior notes due October 22, 2021 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.20 billion; 4.3% senior notes due May 1, 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion; 4.6% senior notes due November 1, 2025 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion; 4.85% senior notes due November 1, 2028 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.30 billion; 5.3% senior notes due November 1, 2038 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion; and 5.4% senior notes due November 1, 2048 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, to finance a portion of our acquisition of Pinnacle, we also borrowed $1.30 billion under a term loan agreement (the "Term Loan Agreement") with a syndicate of financial institutions providing for term loans to the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.30 billion. Our borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement consisted of a $650.0 million tranche of three-year term loans and a $650.0 million tranche of five-year term loans. The three-year tranche loans mature on October 26, 2021 and the five-year tranche loans mature on October 26, 2023.

These term loans will bear interest at, at the Company's election, either (a) LIBOR plus a percentage spread (ranging from 1% to 1.625% for three-year tranche loans and 1.125% to 1.75% for five-year tranche loans) based on the Company's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness ratings or (b) the alternate base rate, described in the Term Loan Agreement as the greatest of (i) Bank of America's prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and (iii) one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%, plus a percentage spread (ranging from 0% to 0.625% for three-year tranche loans and 0.125% to 0.75% for five-year tranche loans) based on the Company's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness ratings. The Company may voluntarily prepay term loans under the Term Loan Agreement, in whole or in part, without penalty, subject to certain conditions.

In connection with our acquisition of Pinnacle, we prepaid in full $2.40 billion of obligations and liabilities of Pinnacle under or in respect of Pinnacle's credit agreement and other debt agreements. We also redeemed $350.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Pinnacle's outstanding 5.875% senior notes due January 15, 2024 and recognized a charge of $3.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 as a cost of early retirement of debt.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we repaid $200.0 million of our borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement, which repayment consisted of $100.0 million of the three-year tranche loans and $100.0 million of the five-year tranche loans. The remaining balance under the Term Loan Agreement as of November 24, 2019 was $200.0 million, which consisted of $100.0 million of the three-year tranche loans and $100.0 million of the five-year tranche loans. Subsequent to the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we repaid the remaining principal balance of $200.0 million of our borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, we entered into deal-contingent forward starting interest rate swap contracts (see Note 7) to hedge a portion of the interest rate risk related to our anticipated issuance of long-term debt to help finance the Pinnacle acquisition. During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we terminated the interest rate swap contracts and received proceeds of $47.5 million. This gain was deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income and is being amortized as a reduction of interest expense over the lives of the related debt instruments. Our net interest expense was reduced by $0.8 million and $1.7 million during the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2020, respectively, and $0.2 million for both the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2019 due to the impact of these interest rate swap contracts.

General

The Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Agreement generally require our ratio of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") to interest expense not to be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and our ratio of funded debt to EBITDA not to exceed certain decreasing specified levels, ranging from 5.5 for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 to 3.75 from the second quarter of fiscal 2023 and thereafter, with each ratio to be calculated on a rolling four-quarter basis. As of November 24, 2019, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Agreement.

Net interest expense consists of:

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

Twenty-six weeks ended

 

 

 

November 24,

2019

 

 

November 25,

2018

 

 

November 24,

2019

 

 

November 25,

2018

 

Long-term debt

 

$

123.2

 

 

$

76.2

 

 

$

247.5

 

 

$

119.1

 

Short-term debt

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

7.5

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

15.0

 

Interest income

 

 

(0.4

)

 

 

(2.5

)

 

 

(1.0

)

 

 

(3.1

)

Interest capitalized

 

 

(1.8

)

 

 

(0.6

)

 

 

(3.3

)

 

 

(1.4

)

 

 

$

121.4

 

 

$

80.6

 

 

$

244.1

 

 

$

129.6

 

 

Our accrued interest was $56.8 million and $61.3 million as of November 24, 2019 and May 26, 2019, respectively.