Debt (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

NOTE 5 — DEBT

The carrying value of the Company's outstanding debt consists of the following (in thousands):



As of:	April 30, 2020			January 31, 2020
Senior Notes, interest at 3.70% payable semi-annually, due February 15, 2022	$	500,000		$	500,000
Senior Notes, interest at 4.95% payable semi-annually, due February 15, 2027	500,000			500,000
Term Loan, interest rate of 1.45% and 2.70% at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively	300,000			300,000
Other committed and uncommitted revolving credit facilities, average interest rate of 6.17% and 6.79% at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020, respectively	104,563			108,449
Other long-term debt	46,681			48,547
Less—unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs	(5,546		)	(5,978		)
	1,445,698			1,451,018
Less—current maturities (included as “revolving credit loans and current maturities of long-term debt, net”)	(108,157		)	(112,882		)
Total long-term debt	$	1,337,541		$	1,338,136

Senior Notes

In January 2017, the Company issued $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% Senior Notes due February 15, 2022 (the "3.70% Senior Notes") and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.95% Senior Notes due February 15, 2027 (the "4.95% Senior Notes") (collectively the "2017 Senior Notes"). The Company pays interest on the 2017 Senior Notes semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The interest rate payable on the 2017 Senior Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if the credit rating assigned to such series of notes changes. At no point will the interest rate be reduced below the interest rate payable on the notes on the date of the initial issuance or increase more than 2.00% above the interest rate payable on the notes of the series on the date of their initial issuance. The 2017 Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.

The Company, at its option, may redeem the 3.70% Senior Notes at any time prior to January 15, 2022 and the 4.95% Senior Notes at any time prior to November 15, 2026, in each case in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2017 Senior Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2017 Senior Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points for the 3.70% Senior Notes and 40 basis points for the 4.95% Senior Notes, plus the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed up to the date of redemption. The Company may also redeem the 2017 Senior Notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, on or after January 15, 2022 for the 3.70% Senior Notes and November 15, 2026 for the 4.95% Senior Notes, in each case, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2017 Senior Notes to be redeemed.

On March 10, 2020, Tiger Merger Sub Co., an affiliate of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, launched an offer to purchase for cash any and all of the Company’s outstanding 3.70% Senior Notes and any and all of the Company’s outstanding 4.95% Senior Notes and a consent solicitation to amend the indenture and global securities establishing the 3.70% Senior Notes and the 4.95% Senior Notes to (i) eliminate the requirement to make a “change of control” offer in connection with the proposed merger of Tiger Merger Sub Co. into the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement and (ii) make certain other customary changes for a privately-held company to the “change of control” provisions (the “Proposed Amendments”). Concurrently with, but separate from, the aforementioned offer to purchase and consent solicitation, Tiger Merger Sub Co. launched a consent solicitation for the Proposed Amendments for holders of the 4.95% Senior Notes. On March 24, 2020, Tiger Merger Sub Co. announced that the requisite more than 50% of consents were received to adopt the Proposed Amendments. The aforementioned consent solicitations were conducted by Tiger Merger Sub Co. pursuant to the terms of, and subject to the conditions set forth in, the offer to purchase and consent solicitation statement, dated March 10, 2020 (the “Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation”), and the separate consent solicitation statement, dated March 10, 2020 (the “4.95% Consent Solicitation” and, together with the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation, the “Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statements”). On March 24, 2020, the Company entered into a Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Indenture and Global Security for the 3.70% Senior Notes (the “3.70% Supplemental Indenture”) and a Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Indenture and Global Security for the 4.95% Senior Notes (the “4.95% Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the 3.70% Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures”) effecting the Proposed Amendments.

The Proposed Amendments implemented by the Supplemental Indentures will become operative with respect to the 2017 Senior Notes only at such time as the following conditions are satisfied or otherwise waived, if applicable, by Tiger Merger Sub Co.: (1) the 2017 Senior Notes that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) have been accepted for purchase by Tiger Merger Sub Co. in accordance with the terms of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statements (and, in the case of the 4.95% Senior Notes, when Tiger Merger Sub Co. provides notice that it will pay the consent fee as part of the 4.95% Consent Solicitation) and (2) the other conditions to the consent solicitations set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statements, including the substantially concurrent consummation of the Merger, have been satisfied.

Other Credit Facilities

The Company has a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks (the “Credit Agreement”) which, among other things, provides for (i) a maturity date of May 15, 2024, (ii) an interest rate on borrowings, facility fees and letter of credit fees based on the Company’s debt rating, (iii) the ability to increase the facility to a maximum of $1.75 billion, subject to certain conditions and (iv) certain subsidiaries of the Company to be designated as borrowers. The applicable borrower will pay interest on advances under the Credit Agreement based on LIBOR (or similar interbank offered rates depending on currency draw) plus a predetermined margin that is based on the Company’s debt rating. There were no amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020.

On August 2, 2019, the Company entered into a term loan credit agreement (the “2019 Term Loan Credit Agreement”) which, among other things, (i) provides for a $300 million term loan credit facility with a maturity date of August 2, 2021, (ii) provides for an interest rate on the outstanding principal amount of the loan that is based on LIBOR plus a predetermined margin, and (iii) may be increased up to a total of $500 million, subject to certain conditions. The Company had $300 million outstanding under the 2019 Term Loan Credit Agreement at both April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020.

The Company also has an agreement with a syndicate of banks (the “Receivables Securitization Program”) that allows the Company to transfer an undivided interest in a designated pool of U.S. accounts receivable, on an ongoing basis, to provide collateral for borrowings up to a maximum of $1.0 billion. The scheduled termination date of the agreement is April 16, 2021. Under this program, the Company transfers certain U.S. trade receivables into a wholly-owned bankruptcy remote special purpose entity. Such receivables, which are recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet, totaled approximately $1.6 billion at both April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020. As collections reduce accounts receivable balances included in the collateral pool, the Company may transfer interests in new receivables to bring the amount available to be borrowed up to the maximum. Interest is to be paid on advances under the Receivables Securitization Program at the applicable commercial paper or LIBOR rate plus an agreed-upon margin. There were no amounts outstanding under the Receivables Securitization Program at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020.

In addition to the facilities described above, the Company has various other committed and uncommitted lines of credit, short-term loans and overdraft facilities totaling approximately $458.2 million at April 30, 2020 to support its operations. Most of these facilities are provided on an unsecured, short-term basis and are reviewed periodically for renewal. There was $104.6 million outstanding on these facilities at April 30, 2020, at a weighted average interest rate of 6.17%, and there was $108.4 million outstanding at January 31, 2020, at a weighted average interest rate of 6.79%.

At April 30, 2020, the Company had also issued standby letters of credit of $39.6 million. These letters of credit typically act as a guarantee of payment to certain third parties in accordance with specified terms and conditions. The issuance of certain of these letters of credit reduces the Company's borrowing availability under certain of the above-mentioned credit facilities.

Certain of the Company’s credit facilities contain limitations on the amounts of annual dividends and repurchases of common stock and require compliance with other obligations, warranties and covenants. The financial ratio covenants under these credit facilities include a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio. At April 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all such financial covenants.