Current and long-term obligations

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2022

Current and long-term obligations

Current and long-term obligations

5.Current and long-term obligations

Consolidated current and long-term obligations consist of the following:

	January 28,		January 29,
(In thousands)	2022		2021
Revolving Facility	$	—	$	—
3.250% Senior Notes due April 15, 2023 (net of discount of $319 and $583)		899,681		899,417
4.150% Senior Notes due November 1, 2025 (net of discount of $332 and $412)		499,668		499,588
3.875% Senior Notes due April 15, 2027 (net of discount of $251 and $294)		599,749		599,706
4.125% Senior Notes due May 1, 2028 (net of discount of $336 and $383)		499,664		499,617
3.500% Senior Notes due April 3, 2030 (net of discount of $564 and $623)		988,990		999,377
4.125% Senior Notes due April 3, 2050 (net of discount of $4,857 and $4,945)		495,143		495,055
Unsecured commercial paper notes		54,300		—
Other		159,525		164,365
Debt issuance costs, net		(24,652)		(26,150)
	$	4,172,068	$	4,130,975

The Company amended and extended its existing senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) on December 2, 2021. At January 28, 2022, the Revolving Facility had a commitment of $2.0 billion that provides for the issuance of letters of credit up to $100.0 million and is scheduled to mature on December 2, 2026.

Borrowings under the Revolving Facility bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable interest rate margin plus, at the Company’s option, either (a) LIBOR or (b) a base rate (which is usually equal to the prime rate). The Revolving Facility includes customary LIBOR replacement provisions. The applicable interest rate margin for borrowings as of January 28, 2022 was 1.015% for LIBOR borrowings and 0.015% for base-rate borrowings. The Company is also required to pay a facility fee, payable on any used and unused commitment amounts of the Revolving Facility, and customary fees on letters of credit issued under the Revolving Facility. As of January 28, 2022, the facility fee rate was 0.11%. The applicable interest rate margins for borrowings, the facility fees and the letter of credit fees under the Revolving Facility are subject to adjustment from time to time based on the Company’s long-term senior unsecured debt ratings.

The Revolving Facility contains a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the Company’s ability to: incur additional liens; sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; consummate certain fundamental changes or change in the Company’s lines of business; and incur additional subsidiary indebtedness. The Revolving Facility also contains financial covenants which require the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and a maximum leverage ratio. As of January 28, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants. The Revolving Facility also contains customary events of default.

As of January 28, 2022, the Company had no outstanding borrowings, outstanding letters of credit of $1.9 million, and borrowing availability of $2.0 billion under the Revolving Facility that, due to its intention to maintain borrowing availability related to the commercial paper program described below, could contribute incremental liquidity of $1.76 billion. In addition, the Company had outstanding letters of credit of $48.6 million which were issued pursuant to separate agreements.

As of January 28, 2022, the Company had a commercial paper program under which the Company may issue unsecured commercial paper notes (the “CP Notes”) from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2.0 billion outstanding at any time. The CP Notes may have maturities of up to 364 days from the date of issue and rank equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company intends to maintain available commitments under the Revolving Facility in an amount at least equal to the amount of CP Notes outstanding at any time. As of January 28, 2022, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet reflected outstanding CP Notes of $54.3 million. CP Notes totaling $181.0 million were held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and are therefore not reflected on the consolidated balance sheets.

On April 3, 2020, the Company issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.5% senior notes due 2030 (the “2030 Senior Notes”), net of discount of $0.7 million, and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due 2050 (the “2050 Senior Notes”), net of discount of $5.0 million. The 2030 Senior Notes are scheduled to mature on April 3, 2030 and the 2050 Senior Notes are scheduled to mature on April 3, 2050. Interest on the 2030 Senior Notes and the 2050 Senior Notes is payable in cash on April 3 and October 3 of each year. The Company incurred $13.6 million of debt issuance costs associated with the issuance of the 2030 Senior Notes and the 2050 Senior Notes.

Collectively, the Company’s Senior Notes due 2023, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2030 and 2050 comprise the “Senior Notes”, each of which were issued pursuant to an indenture as supplemented and amended by supplemental indentures relating to each series of Senior Notes (as so supplemented and amended, the “Senior Indenture”). The Company may redeem some or all of its Senior Notes at any time at redemption prices set forth in the Senior Indenture. Upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event, which is defined in the Senior Indenture, each holder of the Senior Notes has the right to require the Company to repurchase some or all of such holder’s Senior Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

The Senior Indenture contains covenants limiting, among other things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to (subject to certain exceptions): consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and to incur or guarantee indebtedness secured by liens on any shares of voting stock of significant subsidiaries.

The Senior Indenture also provides for events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Senior Notes to become or to be declared due and payable, as applicable.

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company entered into interest rate swaps on a portion of the 2030 Senior Notes. These interest rate swaps are being accounted for as fair value hedges, with the derivative asset or liability offset by a corresponding adjustment to the carrying value of the 2030 Senior Notes. Such arrangements are not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Scheduled debt maturities at January 28, 2022 for the Company’s fiscal years listed below are as follows (in thousands): 2022 - $61,774; 2023 - $906,564; 2024 - $6,714; 2025 - $506,263; 2026 - $6,437; thereafter - $2,726,074.