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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

NOTE 17. DEBT

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Revolving credit facility due 2024

 

$

115.0

 

 

$

-

 

Term loan A due 2021

 

 

-

 

 

 

547.5

 

Term loan A due 2024

 

 

500.0

 

 

 

-

 

Term loan B due 2023

 

 

-

 

 

 

243.1

 

Tax exempt bonds due 2041

 

 

-

 

 

 

35.0

 

Principal debt outstanding

 

 

615.0

 

 

 

825.6

 

Unamortized debt financing costs

 

 

(4.2

)

 

 

(5.8

)

Long-term debt

 

 

610.8

 

 

 

819.8

 

Less current portion and short-term debt

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

55.0

 

Total long-term debt, less current portion

 

$

604.5

 

 

$

764.8

 

 

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. Term Loan B was priced at 2.75% over the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). 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% over LIBOR) and Term Loan A (1.75% to 1.50% over LIBOR). 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 third quarter of 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 20 for additional details.

The refinanced senior credit facility includes two financial covenants that require the ratio of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to consolidated cash interest expense minus cash consolidated interest income to be greater than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0 and requires the ratio of consolidated funded indebtedness, minus AWI and domestic subsidiary unrestricted cash and cash equivalents up to $100 million, to EBITDA to be less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0.  As of December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with all covenants of the senior credit facility.

Our debt agreements include other restrictions, including restrictions pertaining to the acquisition of additional debt, the redemption, repurchase or retirement of our capital stock, payment of dividends, and certain financial transactions as it relates to specified assets.  We currently believe that default under these covenants is unlikely.

During the fourth quarter of 2019, we used proceeds from our revolving credit facility to pay off a $35.0 million variable rate, tax exempt industrial development bond that financed the construction of a plant in prior years. The bond was remarketed by an agent on a regular basis at a market-clearing interest rate.

As of December 31, 2019, we had a $25.0 million letter of credit facility, also known as our bi-lateral facility, and 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 limited liability company 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. During the first quarter of 2020, we expect to amend the facility to reduce the purchase limit from $36.2 million to $30.0 million and to extend its maturity to March 2021.

None of our remaining outstanding debt as of December 31, 2019 was secured with buildings and other assets.  The credit lines under our revolving credit facility are subject to immaterial annual commitment fees.

Scheduled payments of long-term debt:

 

2020

 

$

6.3

 

2021

 

 

25.0

 

2022

 

 

25.0

 

2023

 

 

25.0

 

2024

 

 

533.7

 

2025 and later

 

 

-

 

 

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.  Letters of credit may be issued to third party suppliers, insurance 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:

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Financing Arrangements

 

Limit

 

 

Used

 

 

Available

 

Accounts receivable securitization facility

 

$

36.2

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

36.2

 

Bi-lateral facility

 

 

25.0

 

 

 

11.4

 

 

 

13.6

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

150.0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

150.0

 

Total

 

$

211.2

 

 

$

11.4

 

 

$

199.8

 

 

The maximum limit for letters of credit availability under our accounts receivable securitization facility is subject to securitized accounts receivable balances and other collateral adjustments.  As of December 31, 2019 we had no letters of credit issued under our accounts receivable securitization facility. As of December 31, 2018, $6.0 million of letters of credit issued under our accounts receivable securitization facility in excess of our maximum limit was classified as restricted cash and reported as a component of Cash and cash equivalents on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.