DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

NOTE 8. DEBT

Debt consists of the following:

	December 31,		December 25,
(In millions)	2022		2021
Short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt:
Finance lease obligations	$	14	$	17
Other current maturities of long-term debt		2		3
Total	$	16	$	20
Long-term debt, net of current maturities:
New Facilities loans under the Third Amended Credit Agreement, due 2025		57		100
Revenue bonds, due in varying amounts periodically through 2029		75		75
American & Foreign Power Company, Inc. 5% debentures, due 2030		15		15
Finance lease obligations		24		35
Other financing obligations		1		3
Total	$	172	$	228

The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants of existing loan agreements at December 31, 2022.

THIRD AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT

On April 17, 2020, the Company entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Third Amended Credit Agreement”), which provided for a $1.2 billion asset-based revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Loan Facility”) and a $100 million asset-based first-in, last-out term loan facility (the “FILO Term Loan Facility”), for an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.3 billion (the “New Facilities”). The New Facilities mature on April 17, 2025. The Third Amended Credit Agreement replaced the Company’s then existing Amended Credit Agreement that was due to mature in May 2021. The Third Amended Credit Agreement also provides that the Revolving Loan Facility may be increased by up to $250 million, subject to certain terms and conditions, including increased commitments from existing or new lenders. As provided by the Third Amended Credit Agreement, available amounts that can be borrowed at any given time are based on percentages of certain outstanding accounts receivable, credit card receivables, inventory, cash value of company-owned life insurance policies, and certain specific real estate of the Company (the “Borrowing Base”). The Revolving Loan Facility included two sub-facilities of: (1) up to $1.150 billion which is available to the Company and certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries (which includes a letter of credit sub-facility of up to $400 million and a swingline loan sub-facility of up to $115 million); and (2) up to $50 million which is available to certain of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries (which included a letter of credit sub-facility of up to $25 million and a swingline loan sub-facility of up to $5 million). Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the New Facilities (the “Guarantors”). All loans borrowed under the Revolving Loan Facility may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time until the maturity date of April 17,

2025 as provided in the Third Amended Credit Agreement. The FILO Term Loan Facility, once repaid, may not be reborrowed. During the first quarter of 2022, the Company reduced its asset-based revolving credit facility by $200 million to $1.0 billion and retired $43 million of outstanding FILO Term Loan Facility loans under the Third Amended Credit Agreement.

All amounts borrowed under the New Facilities, as well as the obligations of the Guarantors, are secured by a first priority lien on the Company’s and such Guarantors’ accounts receivables, inventory, cash, cash equivalents, deposit accounts, intercompany loan rights, certain pledged notes, certain life insurance policies, certain related assets, certain real estate and the proceeds thereof in each case. At the Company’s option, borrowings made pursuant to the Third Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at either, (i) the alternate base rate (defined as the higher of the Prime Rate (as announced by the agent), the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and the one month Adjusted LIBOR (defined below) plus 1%) or (ii) the Adjusted LIBOR (defined as the LIBOR as adjusted for statutory reserves) plus, in either case, a certain margin based on the aggregate average availability under the Third Amended Credit Agreement.

The Third Amended Credit Agreement contains representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, and default provisions which are conditions precedent to borrowing. The most significant of these covenants and default provisions include limitations in certain circumstances on acquisitions, dispositions, share repurchases and the payment of cash dividends.

The New Facilities also include provisions whereby if the global availability is less than 12.5% of the Borrowing Base, the Company’s cash collections go first to the agent to satisfy outstanding borrowings. Further, if total availability falls below 10% of the Borrowing Base, a fixed charge coverage ratio test is required. Any event of default that is not cured within the permitted period, including non-payment of amounts when due, any debt in excess of $25 million becoming due before the scheduled maturity date, or the acquisition of more than 40% of the ownership of the Company by any person or group, within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, could result in a termination of the New Facilities and all amounts outstanding becoming immediately due and payable.

In 2020, the Company incurred approximately $6 million of new debt issuance costs under the Third Amended Credit Agreement, which will be recognized in interest expense through April 17, 2025, the maturity date of the New Facilities.

At December 31, 2022, the Company had no revolving loans outstanding, $57 million of outstanding FILO Term Loan Facility loans, $41 million of outstanding standby letters of credit, and $856 million of available credit under the Third Amended Credit Agreement.

OTHER SHORT- AND LONG-TERM DEBT

As a result of the OfficeMax merger, the Company assumed the liability for the amounts in the table above on page 82 related to the (i) Revenue bonds, due in varying amounts periodically through 2029, and (ii) American & Foreign Power Company, Inc. 5% debentures, due 2030. Also, the Company has finance lease obligations which relate to buildings and equipment, and various other financing obligations for the amounts included in the table above on page 82.

SCHEDULE OF DEBT MATURITIES

Aggregate annual maturities of recourse debt, finance lease, and other financing obligations are as follows:

(In millions)
2023	$	18
2024		10
2025		64
2026		36
2027		33
Thereafter		30
Total		191
Less interest on finance leases		(3	)
Total		188
Less:
Current portion		(16	)
Total long-term debt	$	172