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LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT

12.  LONG-TERM DEBT

The Company has a five-year credit agreement, which was entered into on June 30, 2016 and matures on June 30, 2021. The agreement provides for a $500,000 asset-based revolving credit facility and a $100,000 expansion option, subject to certain conditions. There were no borrowings outstanding on this facility at July 31, 2018 and $145,000 of borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017. Borrowings are subject to a variable pricing structure which can result in increases or decreases to the interest rate. Under the terms of the credit agreement, the Company can elect to borrow funds under two different structures. The first option is a variable interest rate based upon the prime rate plus a pricing spread (“Base Rate”). The second option is a variable interest rate based upon the London Interbank Offered Rate plus a pricing spread (“LIBOR Rate”). Depending on the Company’s borrowing availability as a percentage of the revolving credit commitment, pricing spreads can range from 1.25% to 1.75% in the case of loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate, and from 0.25% to 0.75% for loans bearing interest at the Base Rate.

As of July 31, 2017, all of the $145,000 in outstanding borrowings were loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate, and the borrowing spread on those loans was 1.50%, resulting in a total rate of approximately 2.72%. The revolving credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets excluding real property, contains customary limits and restrictions concerning investments, sales of assets, liens on assets, stock repurchases and dividend and other payments depending on adjusted excess cash availability as defined in the agreement and summarized below. The terms of the facility permit prepayment without penalty at any time, subject to customary breakage costs relative to the LIBOR-based loans.

Borrowing availability under the credit agreement is limited to the lesser of the facility total and the monthly calculated borrowing base, which is based on stipulated loan percentages applied to specified assets of the Company. The credit agreement has no financial covenant restrictions for borrowings as long as the Company has adjusted excess availability under the facility that exceeds 10% of the lesser of the line commitment or the borrowing base total, with a floor of $40,000. As of July 31, 2018, the available and unused credit line under the revolver was $495,657, and the Company was in compliance with the financial covenant in the credit agreement.

In fiscal 2018, total LIBOR Rate and Base Rate interest expense on the facility was $1,939 and the weighted-average interest rate on borrowings from the facility was 2.82%. In fiscal 2017, total LIBOR Rate and Base Rate interest expense on the facility was $7,002 and the weighted-average interest rate on borrowings from the facility was 2.34%. The Company incurred fees to secure the facility of $7,850 in fiscal 2016, and those fees are being amortized ratably over the five-year term of the agreement, or a shorter period if the credit agreement period is shortened for any reason. The Company recorded charges related to the amortization of these fees, which are reflected in interest expense, of $1,570 in both fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017 and $131 in fiscal 2016. The unamortized balances of these facility fees were $4,579 at July 31, 2018 and $6,149 at July 31, 2017 and are included in Other long-term assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt at July 31, 2017 approximated fair value as the entire balance was subject to variable market interest rates that the Company believed were market rates for a similarly situated Company. The fair value of debt is largely estimated using level 2 inputs as defined by ASC 820 and discussed in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.