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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

NOTE 15. DEBT

As of June 30, 2019, total principal debt outstanding under our $1,050.0 million variable rate senior credit facility was $525.0 million under Term Loan A and $241.9 million under Term Loan B, with no borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility. On July 3, 2019, we used cash on hand to make a voluntary prepayment of $100.0 million of the debt outstanding under Term Loan B. On September 30, 2019, we refinanced our $1,050.0 million variable rate senior credit facility, using cash on hand to pay down a portion of the debt outstanding, including the debt outstanding under Term Loan B. The $1,000.0 million amended senior credit facility is composed of a $500.0 million revolving credit facility (with a $150.0 million sublimit for letters of credit) and a $500.0 million Term Loan A.  The terms of the amended credit facility resulted in a lower interest rate spread for both the revolving credit facility (2.00% to 1.50%) and Term Loan A (1.75% to 1.50%). We also extended the maturity of both the revolving credit facility and Term Loan A from April 2021 to September 2024. In connection with the refinancing, we paid $3.0 million of bank, legal and other fees, of which $2.9 million were capitalized. These fees are reflected as a component of long-term debt and amortized into interest expense over the lives of the underlying debt. Additionally, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we wrote off $2.7 million of unamortized debt financing costs, included as a component of interest expense, related to our previous credit facility. Finally, in connection with the refinancing, we settled a $100.0 million notional interest rate swap as of September 30, 2019. See Note 18 for additional details.

As of September 30, 2019, there was $120.0 million outstanding on our revolving credit facility. As of December 31, 2018, there were no borrowings outstanding on our revolving credit facility. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our outstanding long-term debt included a $35.0 million variable rate, tax-exempt industrial development bond that financed the construction of a U.S. plant in prior years. We also have a $25.0 million letter of credit facility, also known as our bi-lateral facility. 

We utilize lines of credit and other commercial commitments in order to ensure that adequate funds are available to meet operating requirements.  Letters of credit are currently arranged through our revolving credit facility, our bi-lateral facility and our securitization facility described below. Letters of credit are issued to third party suppliers, insurance institutions and financial institutions and typically can only be drawn upon in the event of AWI’s failure to pay its obligations to the beneficiary. The following table presents details related to our letters of credit facilities:

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Financing Arrangements

 

Limit

 

 

Used

 

 

Available

 

Accounts receivable securitization facility

 

$

33.7

 

 

$

36.2

 

 

$

(2.5

)

Bi-lateral facility

 

 

25.0

 

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

13.5

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

150.0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

150.0

 

Total

 

$

208.7

 

 

$

47.7

 

 

$

161.0

 

 

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, $2.5 million and $6.0 million, respectively, of letters of credit issued under our accounts receivable securitization facility in excess of our maximum limit were classified as restricted cash and reported as a component of Cash and cash equivalents on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. 

 

As of September 30, 2019, we had a $36.2 million Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia (the “funding entity”) that matures in March 2020. Under this facility, we sell accounts receivables to Armstrong Receivables Company,

LLC (“ARC”), a Delaware entity that is consolidated in these financial statements.  ARC is a 100% wholly owned single member LLC special purpose entity created specifically for this transaction; therefore, any receivables sold to ARC are not available to the general creditors of AWI.  ARC then sells an undivided interest in the purchased accounts receivables to the funding entity.  This undivided interest acts as collateral for drawings on the facility.  Any borrowings under this facility are obligations of ARC and not AWI.  ARC contracts with and pays a servicing fee to AWI to manage, collect and service the purchased accounts receivables.  All new receivables under the program are continuously purchased by ARC with the proceeds from collections of receivables previously purchased.