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Indebtedness and Credit Agreements
6 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2013
Indebtedness and Credit Agreements  
Indebtedness and Credit Agreements

7. Indebtedness and Credit Agreements

        Following is a summary of indebtedness and lease financing obligations at August 31, 2013 and March 2, 2013:

 
  August 31,
2013
  March 2,
2013
 

Secured Debt:

             

Senior secured revolving credit facility due February 2018

  $ 677,000   $ 665,000  

Tranche 6 Term Loan due February 2020

    1,158,098     1,161,000  

7.5% senior secured notes (second lien) due March 2017

        500,000  

10.25% senior secured notes (second lien) due October 2019 ($270,000 face value less unamortized discount of $1,262 and $1,364)

    268,738     268,636  

8.00% senior secured notes (senior lien) due August 2020

    650,000     650,000  

Tranche 1 Term Loan (second lien) due August 2020

    470,000     470,000  

Tranche 2 Term Loan (second lien) due June 2021

    500,000      

Other secured

    5,268     5,298  
           

 

    3,729,104     3,719,934  

Guaranteed Unsecured Debt:

             

9.5% senior notes due June 2017 ($810,000 face value less unamortized discount of $5,529)

        804,471  

9.25% senior notes due March 2020 ($902,000 face value plus unamortized premium of $4,423 and $4,759)

    906,423     906,759  

6.75% senior notes due June 2021

   
810,000
   
 
           

 

    1,716,423     1,711,230  

Unguaranteed Unsecured Debt:

             

8.5% convertible notes due May 2015

    64,188     64,188  

7.7% notes due February 2027

    295,000     295,000  

6.875% fixed-rate senior notes due December 2028

    128,000     128,000  
           

 

    487,188     487,188  

Lease financing obligations

    118,844     115,179  
           

Total debt

    6,051,559     6,033,531  

Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations

    (47,213 )   (37,311 )
           

Long-term debt and lease financing obligations, less current maturities

  $ 6,004,346   $ 5,996,220  
           

Credit Facility

        The Company has a senior secured credit facility that consists of a $1,795,000 revolving credit facility and a $1,158,098 senior secured term loan (the "Tranche 6 Term Loan"). Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at a rate per annum between LIBOR plus 2.25% and LIBOR plus 2.75%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or between Citibank's base rate plus 1.25% and Citibank's base rate plus 1.75% in each case based upon the amount of revolver availability as defined in the senior secured credit facility. The Company is required to pay fees between 0.375% and 0.50% per annum on the daily unused amount of the revolver, depending on the amount of revolver availability. Amounts drawn under the revolver become due and payable on February 21, 2018. The Tranche 6 Term Loan matures on February 21, 2020 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 3.00%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 2.00%. The Tranche 6 Term Loan is subject to a 1.00% LIBOR floor per annum.

        The Company's ability to borrow under the revolver is based upon a specified borrowing base consisting of accounts receivable, inventory and prescription files. At August 31, 2013, the Company had $677,000 of borrowings outstanding under the revolver and had letters of credit outstanding against the revolver of $90,319, which resulted in additional borrowing capacity of $1,027,681.

        The senior secured credit facility contains certain restrictions on the ability of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors to accumulate cash on hand, and under certain circumstances, requires the funds in the Company's deposit accounts to be applied first to the repayment of outstanding revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility and then to be held as collateral for the senior obligations.

        The senior credit facility restricts the amount of secured and unsecured debt the Company may have outstanding. The senior secured credit facility allows the Company to incur an unlimited amount of unsecured debt with a maturity beyond May 21, 2020. However, the Company's second priority secured term loan facilities and the indentures that govern the Company's secured and guaranteed unsecured notes contain restrictions on the amount of additional secured and unsecured debt that can be incurred by the Company. Pursuant to certain of the Company's existing indentures, the Company could not incur any additional secured debt assuming a fully drawn revolver and the outstanding letters of credit. The ability to issue additional unsecured debt under the second priority secured term loan facilities and the indentures is generally governed by an interest coverage ratio test. As of August 31, 2013, the Company had the ability to issue additional unsecured debt under the second lien credit facility and other indentures.

        The senior secured credit facility contains additional covenants which place restrictions on the incurrence of debt, the payments of dividends, sale of assets, mergers and acquisitions and the granting of liens. The credit facility has a financial covenant, which is the maintenance of a fixed charge coverage ratio. The covenant requires that, if availability on the revolving credit facility is less than $150,000, the Company must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00 to 1.00. As of August 31, 2013, availability under the revolving credit facility was in excess of $150,000 and, therefore, the financial covenant was not applicable. The senior secured credit facility also provides for customary events of default.

        The Company also has a second priority secured term loan facility, which includes a $470,000 second priority secured term loan (the "Tranche 1 Term Loan"). The Tranche 1 Term Loan matures on August 21, 2020 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 4.75%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 3.75%. The Tranche 1 Term Loan is subject to a 1.00% LIBOR floor per annum.

        On June 21, 2013, the Company entered into a new second priority secured term loan facility, which includes a $500,000 second priority secured term loan (the "Tranche 2 Term Loan"). The Tranche 2 Term Loan matures on June 21, 2021 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 3.875% with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 2.875%.

        Substantially all of Rite Aid Corporation's 100 percent owned subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the senior secured credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities, secured guaranteed notes and unsecured guaranteed notes. The senior secured credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities and secured guaranteed notes are secured, on a senior or second priority basis, as applicable, by a lien on, among other things, accounts receivable, inventory and prescription files of the subsidiary guarantors. The subsidiary guarantees related to the Company's senior secured credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities and secured guaranteed notes and, on an unsecured basis, the unsecured guaranteed notes are full and unconditional and joint and several, and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Company to obtain funds from its subsidiaries. Also, the Company has no independent assets or operations, and subsidiaries not guaranteeing the credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities and applicable notes are minor. Accordingly, condensed consolidating financial information for the Company and subsidiaries is not presented.

Other Transactions

        In June 2013, the Company completed a tender offer for its 7.5% senior secured notes due 2017 in which $419,237 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 7.5% notes were tendered and repurchased. In July 2013, the Company redeemed the remaining 7.5% notes for $85,154, which included the call premium and interest to the redemption date. The tender offer for, and redemption of, the 7.5% notes were funded using the proceeds from the Tranche 2 Term Loan, borrowings under the Company's revolving credit facility and available cash.

        On July 2, 2013, the Company issued $810,000 of its 6.75% senior notes due 2021. The Company's obligations under the notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsubordinated basis, by all of its subsidiaries that guarantee the Company's obligations under the senior secured credit facility, the second priority secured term loan facilities and the outstanding 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020, 10.25% senior secured notes due 2019 and 9.25% senior notes due 2020. The Company used the net proceeds of the 6.75% notes, borrowings under its revolving credit facility and available cash to repurchase and repay all of the Company's outstanding $810,000 aggregate principal of 9.5% senior notes due 2017.

        In July 2013, the Company completed a tender offer for its 9.5% notes in which $739,642 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 9.5% notes were tendered and repurchased. In August 2013, the Company redeemed the remaining 9.5% notes for $73,440, which included the call premium and interest to the redemption date.

        In connection with these refinancing transactions, the Company recorded a loss on debt retirement, including tender and call premium and interest, unamortized debt issue costs and unamortized discount of $62,172.

Maturities

        The aggregate annual principal payments of long-term debt for the remainder of fiscal 2014 and thereafter are as follows: 2014—$11,073; 2015—$11,610; 2016—$75,798; 2017—$11,610; 2018—$688,610 and $5,130,853 thereafter.