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DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2012
DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS  
DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

NOTE 5—DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

        The following are the components of debt and financing arrangements:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
  January 28,
2012
  January 29,
2011
 

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes, due December 2014

  $ 147,565   $ 147,565  

Senior Secured Term Loan, due October 2013

    147,557     148,636  

Revolving Credit Agreement, through July 2016

         
           

Long-term debt

    295,122     296,201  

Current maturities

    (1,079 )   (1,079 )
           

Long-term debt less current maturities

  $ 294,043   $ 295,122  
           

7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes, due December 2014

        On December 14, 2004, the Company issued $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "Notes") due December 2014. The Company did not repurchase Notes in fiscal 2011. During fiscal 2010, the Company repurchased Notes in the principal amount of $10.0 million, resulting in a loss from debt repurchases of $0.2 million.

  • Senior Secured Term Loan Facility, due October 2013

        The Company has a Senior Secured Term Loan facility (the "Term Loan") due October 2013. This facility is secured by a collateral pool consisting of real property and improvements associated with stores, which is adjusted periodically based upon real estate values and borrowing levels. Interest accrues at the three month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 2.0% on this facility. As of January 28, 2012, 126 stores collateralized the Term Loan.

  • Revolving Credit Agreement, through July 2016

        On January 16, 2009, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") with available borrowings up to $300.0 million and a maturity of January 2014. Total incurred fees of $6.8 million were capitalized and are being amortized over the original five year life of the facility. On July 26, 2011, the Company amended and restated the Agreement to reduce its interest rate by 75 basis points and to extend its maturity to July 2016. The related refinancing fees of $2.4 million are being amortized over the new five year life. The Company's ability to borrow under the Agreement is based on a specific borrowing base consisting of inventory and accounts receivable. The interest rate on this credit line is daily LIBOR plus 2.00% to 2.50% based upon the then current availability under the Agreement. Fees based on the unused portion of the Agreement range from 37.5 to 75.0 basis points. As of January 28, 2012, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Agreement.

        The weighted average interest rate on all debt borrowings during fiscal 2011 and 2010 was 6.3%.

  • Other Matters

        Several of the Company's debt agreements require compliance with covenants. The most restrictive of these covenants, an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") requirement, is triggered if the Company's availability under its credit agreement drops below $50.0 million. The failure to satisfy this covenant would constitute an event of default under the Revolving Credit Agreement, which would result in a cross-default under the Notes and Term Loan.

        As of January 28, 2012, the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement, additional availability of approximately $194.9 million and was in compliance with all financial covenants contained in its debt agreements.

  • Other Contractual Obligations

        The Company has a vendor financing program with availability up to $125.0 million which is funded by various bank participants who have the ability, but not the obligation, to purchase account receivables owed by the Company directly from vendors. The Company, in turn, makes the regularly scheduled full vendor payments to the bank participants. There was an outstanding balance of $85.2 million and $56.3 million under the program as of January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively.

        The Company has letter of credit arrangements in connection with its risk management, import merchandising and vendor financing programs. The Company had no outstanding commercial letters of credit as of January 28, 2012 and was contingently liable for $0.3 million in outstanding commercial letters of credit as of January 29, 2011. The Company was contingently liable for $31.7 million and $107.6 million in outstanding standby letters of credit as of January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively.

        The Company is also contingently liable for surety bonds in the amount of approximately $8.3 million and $10.3 million as of January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively. The surety bonds guarantee certain payments (for example utilities, easement repairs, licensing requirements and customs fees).

        The annual maturities of all long-term debt for the next five fiscal years are:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Fiscal Year
  Long-Term Debt  

2012 Senior Secured Term Loan, due October 2013

  $ 1,079  

2013 Senior Secured Term Loan, due October 2013

    146,478  

2014 7.50% Senior Subordinated Notes, due December 2014

    147,565  

2015

     

Thereafter

     
       

Total

  $ 295,122  
       

        Interest rates that are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities are used to estimate fair value for debt issues that are not quoted on an exchange. The estimated fair value of long-term debt including current maturities was $293.6 million and $298.3 million as of January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011.