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Long-term Debt and Borrowing Arrangements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Long-term Debt and Borrowing Arrangements
10. Long-term Debt and Borrowing Arrangements

Long-term and other borrowing arrangements consisted of:

 

    

Maturity

Dates

   As of
June  30,

2012
     As of
December  31,

2011
 

Floating rate term loan (a)

   April 2014    $ —         $ 267   

Floating rate notes (b)

   May 2014      250         250   

7 5/8% notes

   May 2014      —           200   

3 1/2% convertible notes (c)

   October 2014      144         345   

Floating rate term loan (a) (d)

   May 2016      50         20   

7 3/4% notes

   May 2016      375         375   

9 5/8% notes

   March 2018      445         445   

Floating rate term loan (a) (d)

   September 2018      234         412   

8 1/4% notes

   January 2019      731         602   

Floating rate term loan (a) (e)

   March 2019      494         —     

9 3/4% notes

   March 2020      250         250   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
        2,973         3,166   

Other

        38         39   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

        3,011         3,205   

Less: Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt

        39         37   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt

      $ 2,972       $ 3,168   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

The floating rate term loans are part of the Company’s senior credit facility, which include its revolving credit facility maturing 2016, and are secured by pledges of all of the capital stock of all of the Company’s direct or indirect domestic subsidiaries and up to 66% of the capital stock of each direct foreign subsidiary, subject to certain exceptions, and liens on substantially all of the Company’s intellectual property and certain other real and personal property.

(b) 

As of June 30, 2012, the floating rate notes due 2014 bear interest at three-month LIBOR plus 250 basis points, for an aggregate rate of 2.97%.

(c) 

As of June 30, 2012, the 3 1/2% convertible notes are convertible by the holders into approximately 9 million shares of our common stock.

(d) 

As of June 30, 2012, the floating rate term loan due 2016 bears interest at three-month LIBOR plus 300 basis points, for an aggregate rate of 3.47% and the floating rate term loan due 2018 bears interest at the greater of three-month LIBOR or 1.25%, plus 500 basis points, for an aggregate rate of 6.25%.

(e) 

As of June 30, 2012, the floating term rate loan due 2019 bears interest at the greater of three-month LIBOR or 1.0%, plus 325 basis points, for an aggregate rate of 4.25%.

During March 2012, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”) to issue a $500 million term loan, at 99.0% of par, that will mature in March 2019.

During March 2012, the Company issued $125 million aggregate principal amount of 8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2019. The notes constitute a further issuance of the $600 million aggregate principal amount issued in fourth quarter 2010. The notes pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 2012. The notes are unsecured obligations of Avis Budget Car Rental and are guaranteed on a senior basis by the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries. These notes were issued at 103.5% of par. The notes rank equally with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and are senior to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The Company has the right to redeem these notes in whole or in part at any time after October 15, 2014 at the applicable redemption price, plus any accrued and unpaid interest through the redemption date.

During the three months ended June 30, 2012, the Company also borrowed an additional $30 million under its floating rate term loan due 2016, with the proceeds used primarily to repay a portion of the principal of its floating rate term loan due 2018.

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company (i) repurchased approximately $201 million of its 3 1/2% convertible notes for approximately $239 million, plus accrued interest, (ii) repaid the $267 million outstanding principal balance of its floating rate term loan due 2014, (iii) repaid $180 million of its floating rate term loan due 2018 and (iv) repaid $200 million of its 7 5/8% notes due 2014. The Company incurred $50 million in expenses related to the early extinguishment of this debt.

Committed Credit Facilities and Available Funding Arrangements

At June 30, 2012, the committed credit facilities available to the Company and/or its subsidiaries included:

 

     Total
Capacity
     Outstanding
Borrowings
     Letters of
Credit Issued
     Available
Capacity
 

Revolving credit facility maturing 2016 (a)

   $ 1,435       $ —         $ 1,026       $ 409   

Other facilities (b)

     13         6         —           7   

 

(a) 

This revolving credit facility matures in 2016 and bears interest of one-month LIBOR plus 300 basis points. The senior credit facility, which encompasses the floating rate term loans due 2016, 2018 and 2019 and the revolving credit facility, is secured by pledges of all of the capital stock of all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and up to 66% of the capital stock of each foreign subsidiary directly owned by the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, and liens on substantially all of the Company’s intellectual property and certain other real and personal property.

(b) 

These facilities encompass bank overdraft lines of credit, bearing interest of 4.75% to 5.69% as of June 30, 2012.

At June 30, 2012 the Company had various uncommitted credit facilities available, under which it had drawn approximately $19 million, which bear interest at rates between 0.68% and 9.00%.

The agreements governing the Company’s indebtedness contain restrictive covenants, including restrictions on dividends paid to the Company by certain of its subsidiaries, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, acquisitions, mergers, liquidations, and sale and leaseback transactions. The Company’s senior credit facility contains maximum leverage and minimum interest coverage ratio requirements. As of June 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants of its senior credit facility.