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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
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6. DEBT

Listed below is information regarding our indebtedness.  All indebtedness owed under our Senior Notes as of June 30, 2019 is classified as subject to compromise, and as of December 31, 2018 was classified as short-term debt on our balance sheet.  The Thirty-Two, LLC and Blue Torch term loans are classified as long-term debt as of June 30, 2019, except for the amount due within the next twelve months.

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

Unamortized

Debt

Issuance

Debt Cost

 

 

Principal

 

 

Unamortized

Debt

Issuance

Debt Cost

 

Unsecured

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

Senior Notes issued March 17, 2014, interest only payable semi-annually at 5.25%, matured March 15, 2019

 

$

500,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

500,000

 

 

$

260

 

Secured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan - Blue Torch Finance, LLC, interest payable quarterly at LIBOR plus 6%, maturing March 13, 2023

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

5,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related Party Term Loan - Thirty Two L.L.C., interest payable quarterly at 6%, due September 28, 2020

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

546

 

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

765

 

Total indebtedness

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

5,800

 

 

 

630,000

 

 

 

1,025

 

Less: Current maturities

 

 

(1,750

)

 

 

 

 

 

(500,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

$

698,250

 

 

$

5,800

 

 

$

130,000

 

 

$

1,025

 

 

Senior Notes - Subject to the automatic stay of the Bankruptcy Code, our 5.25% Senior Notes (the “Senior Notes”) matured on March 15, 2019.  These notes are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by each of PHI, Inc.’s wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. These notes and related guarantees are the general, unsecured obligations of PHI, Inc. and the guarantors. For more information regarding the impact of our bankruptcy proceedings on the Senior Notes, see Note 2.

Blue Torch Loan Agreement - On March 13, 2019, we entered into a Loan Agreement, dated the same date (the “Blue Torch Agreement”), by and among the Company, as borrower, certain of our subsidiaries as guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Blue Torch Finance, LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, for a first lien term loan of up to $70.0 million (the “Blue Torch Loan”). Immediately upon entering into the Blue Torch Agreement, and prior to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, we borrowed $70.0 million thereunder, the net proceeds of which (after the payment of transaction expenses and fees thereunder) we have used to continue to fund our working capital and liquidity requirements during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases. For additional information regarding our Chapter 11 Cases, see Notes 2 and 7 herein and Notes 1 and 19 to our filed 2018 10-K.

The remaining principal amount of the Blue Torch Loan is due March 13, 2023. At our election, borrowings under the Blue Torch Loan bear interest at either the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Blue Torch Agreement) plus 6% or the Base Rate (as defined in the Blue Torch Agreement) plus 5%. The Blue Torch Loan is secured by a first lien on 91 aircraft registered and located in Australia, Canada, and the United States (which are currently deployed primarily in our oil and gas and technical services operations), the related spare parts for such aircraft, and certain other non-working capital assets, as well as a second lien on all working capital assets (second in priority to the liens granted under our below-described term loan agreement, dated as of September 28, 2018, with Thirty Two, L.L.C.). The Blue Torch Agreement contains customary pre-payment requirements. In addition, we paid on March 13, 2019 a funding fee, which is subject to forgiveness based on certain future events.

The Blue Torch Agreement contains certain customary negative covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the Company’s and each guarantor’s incurrence of additional indebtedness or liens, mergers, dispositions of assets, investments, restricted payments, modifications to material agreements, sale and leasebacks, transactions with affiliates, fundamental changes, locations of certain aircraft and acquisitions of assets. In addition, the financial covenants under the Blue Torch Agreement require us to maintain certain specified minimum levels of liquidity, fixed charge coverage and appraised collateral values, and certain specified maximum levels of secured leverage, all of which are explained in greater detail of our prior SEC reports.          The Blue Torch Agreement also contains customary affirmative covenants and customary representations and warranties.  As of the date of the financial statements, included in this report, we believe we were in compliance with these covenants.

The Blue Torch Agreement specifies certain customary events of default, including, among others,   certain change of control events. The filings of the Chapter 11 Cases neither constituted an event of default nor accelerated payment of the Company’s indebtedness under the Blue Torch Agreement. As noted in Note 2, we plan to repay the Blue Torch Loan in full upon emergence from bankruptcy, assuming we consummate our Plan on the terms confirmed by order of the Bankruptcy Court on August 2, 2019.

Related Party Term Loan - On September 28, 2018, we entered into a term loan agreement with Thirty Two L.L.C., which provided   us with a term loan of $130.0 million maturing on September 28, 2020. This loan bears interest at an annual fixed rate of 6% payable quarterly, with all principal due on maturity. Thirty Two L.L.C., an entity wholly-owned by our current CEO and controlling shareholder, is a related party.

   

Obligations under the term loan are guaranteed by PHI Air Medical, L.L.C. and PHI Tech Services, Inc., both of which are wholly-owned by us. Our obligations and the guarantors’ obligations are secured primarily by all of their respective inventory, spare parts and accounts receivable located in the U.S.

The related party term loan agreement contains customary restrictive covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, limit or restrict our ability to, among other things, (i) purchase, retire or redeem any shares of our capital stock; (ii) incur indebtedness; (iii) mortgage or encumber our assets; (iv) make loans to, or guarantee the indebtedness of, any individual or entity; (v) effect a change of control of PHI; (vi) consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, or permit any other corporation to merge into us; (vii) sell or lease all or substantially all of our assets; or (viii) acquire all or a substantial part of the assets or capital stock of another entity.  The term loan agreement contains no financial covenants. The term loan agreement contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default.  As noted in Note 2, we plan to repay all of the principal and a portion of the accrued and unpaid interest under the related party term loan in full upon emergence from bankruptcy, assuming we consummate our Plan on the terms confirmed by order of the Bankruptcy Court on August 2, 2019.

Letter of Credit - At June 30, 2019, we had $19.7 million of outstanding letters of credit secured by a like amount of restricted cash, $12.1 million of which secured certain domestic operations or insurance policies and $7.6 million of which guaranteed our performance under an international contract.  At December 31, 2018, we had $19.8 million of outstanding letters of credit issued for the same purposes.

Other - PHI, Inc. has cash management arrangements with certain of its principal subsidiaries, in which substantial portions of the subsidiaries’ cash is regularly advanced to PHI, Inc.  Although PHI, Inc. periodically repays these advances to fund the subsidiaries’ cash requirements throughout the year, at any given point in time PHI, Inc. may owe a substantial sum to its subsidiaries under these advances, which, in accordance with GAAP, are eliminated in consolidation and therefore not recognized on our consolidated balance sheets.  For additional information, see Note 15.

Acceleration of Certain Debt Obligations - The commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default that accelerated the obligations under the indenture governing our 5.25% Senior Notes due 2019 and our term loan agreement with Thirty Two, L.L.C. Any efforts to enforce payment of such financial obligations under such instruments and agreements are automatically stayed as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases and the holders’ rights of enforcement in respect of such financial obligations are subject to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

Subsequent Event

As described in greater detail in Note 2, we have received binding commitments from lenders to fund on the Emergence Date the full amount of a $225 million first lien senior secured term loan that would mature in five years (the “Exit Term Loan”), subject to the finalization, execution and delivery of definitive documentation and the satisfaction of various other conditions described below in this Note 6. The following description of the terms of the Exit Term Loan is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of term loan credit agreement that we filed with the SEC as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 22, 2019.

Borrower. All borrowings under the Exit Term Loan are expected to be incurred by a new parent holding company (the “Borrower”) to be formed under the Debtors’ plan of reorganization, which is expected to own directly or indirectly all of the outstanding equity interests of the Debtors upon their emergence from the bankruptcy proceedings.

Maturity. The Exit Term Loan would mature five years after the closing of the Exit Term Loan.

Guarantees and Security. The Borrower’s obligations under the Exit Term Loan are expected to be guaranteed, subject to certain exceptions, by all of its existing and future material domestic subsidiaries.

The Exit Term Loan is expected to be secured by a first-priority security interest on substantially all of assets of the Borrower and the guarantors party to the Exit Term Loan, excluding certain assets reserved to potentially collateralize a future asset-backed revolving credit facility.

 

 

Use of Proceeds. The borrowings under the Exit Term Loan would be used (i) to pay in full and discharge all of the Company’s indebtedness under debt agreements with Thirty Two, L.L.C. and Blue Torch Finance L.L.C., (ii) to pay various transaction expenses, and (iii) for general corporate purposes.

Interest Rates and Fees. Borrowings under the Exit Term Loan are expected to be subject to a 2.0% original issuance discount.

The Exit Term Loan will bear interest on the unpaid principal amount at a rate equal to, at our option, either:

 

 

a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) the prime rate in effect for such day as determined by Credit Suisse as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5% and (iii) one-month LIBOR, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements, plus 1.0%, in each case, plus an applicable margin; or

 

 

A LIBOR rate determined by reference to the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars for the relevant interest period, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements, plus the applicable margin. The LIBOR rate will be subject to a 1.00% floor.

The applicable margin for borrowings under the Exit Term Loan would be 6.0% with respect to the base rate borrowings and 7.0% with respect to LIBOR borrowings.

We will pay customary fees and expenses in connection with obtaining funding commitments, including certain additional fees if the term loan is not funded by the end of August 30, 2019.

Prepayments. Amounts borrowed under the Exit Term Loan would amortize quarterly at an annual rate of 2.50% in the first and second years of the facility, 5.00% in the third year, and 7.50% thereafter, with the balance payable on the maturity date of the Exit Term Loan.

The Borrower would be required to prepay the Exit Term Loan, subject to exceptions and limitations, with:

 

 

100% of the net cash proceeds from any issuance or incurrence of indebtedness (other than indebtedness to be permitted by the Exit Term Loan);

 

 

The net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, subject to certain exceptions and limitations; and

 

 

The net cash proceeds from the sale of our Air Medical segment of the business.

Beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, the Borrower will be required to prepay the Exit Term Loan in an amount equal to a certain percentage of its excess cash flow for each fiscal year, which percentage is based on the Borrower’s consolidated net total leverage ratio for the applicable fiscal year.

The Borrower may voluntarily prepay loans outstanding under the Exit Term Loan, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as described below) in minimum amounts to be determined, at any time, subject to customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR rate loans.

The Borrower would be required to pay a “prepayment premium” in connection with certain prepayments of the Exit Term Loan equal to a percentage of the principal amount so prepaid as follows:

 

 

during the first year following the closing date of the Exit Term Loan – the greater of (x) 1.0% of the principal amount prepaid and (y) the excess of: (i) the present value at such date of prepayment of (A) 2.0% of the principal amount so prepaid plus (B) the aggregate interest that would have accrued on such amount from the date of prepayment through the first anniversary of the closing of the Term Loan Facility, computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate plus 50 basis points discounted to the prepayment on a semi-annual basis, over (ii) the principal amount such loans;

 

 

during the second year following the closing date of the Exit Term Loan – 2.0%;

 

 

during the third year following the closing date of the Exit Term Loan – 1.0%; and

 

 

during the fourth year following the closing date of the Exit Term Loan and thereafter – 0%.

 

 

Covenants and Events of Default. The Exit Term Loan will contain customary restrictive covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, will limit or restrict the ability of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (as defined in the Exit Term Loan) to, among other things, (i) purchase, retire or redeem any shares of their capital stock; (ii) incur indebtedness; (iii) mortgage or encumber their assets; (iv) make loans to, or guarantee the indebtedness of, any individual or entity; (v) effect a change of control; (vi) consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, or permit any other corporation to merge into the Borrower or the restricted subsidiaries; (vii) sell or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries; or (viii) acquire all or a substantial part of the assets or capital stock of another entity. The Exit Term Loan will also contain a $20.0 million minimum liquidity financial covenant.

In addition, the Exit Term Loan will contain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default. Upon an event of default, the lenders (as defined in the Exit Term Loan) are entitled, subject to certain limitations, to declare the term loan, any other loans and all other obligations of the Borrower or its subsidiaries to the lenders immediately due and payable and to take all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.

Conditions to Term Loan Facility. The obligations of the initial lenders to provide the Exit Term Loan is subject to certain conditions, including without limitation, the absence at the closing of any material breach of the representations, warranties and covenants made by the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries.