Long-Term Debt

On March 10, 2015, we entered into a secured credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with Jefferies Finance, LLC and certain other lenders for purposes of funding, in part, our acquisition of Silicon Image. The Credit Agreement provided for a $350 million term loan (the "Term Loan") maturing on March 10, 2021 (the "Term Loan Maturity Date"). We received $346.5 million net of an original issue discount of $3.5 million and we paid debt issuance costs of $8.3 million. The Term Loan bears variable interest equal to the one-month LIBOR, subject to a 1.00% floor, plus a spread of 4.25%. The current effective interest rate on the Term Loan is 6.59%.

The Term Loan is payable through a combination of (i) quarterly installments of approximately $0.9 million, (ii) annual excess cash flow payments as defined in the Credit Agreement, which are due 95 days after the last day of our fiscal year, and (iii) any payments due upon certain issuances of additional indebtedness and certain asset dispositions, with any remaining outstanding principal amount due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The percentage of excess cash flow we are required to pay ranges from 0% to 75%, depending on our leverage and other factors as defined in the Credit Agreement. Currently, the Credit Agreement would require a 75% excess cash flow payment.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2018, we made a required quarterly installment payment of $0.9 million. Over the next twelve months, our principal payments will be comprised mainly of regular quarterly installments and a required annual excess cash flow payment.

While the Credit Agreement does not contain financial covenants, it does contain informational covenants and certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on liens, mergers and consolidations, sales of assets, payment of dividends, and indebtedness. We were in compliance with all such covenants in all material respects at March 31, 2018.

The original issue discount and the debt issuance costs have been accounted for as a reduction to the carrying value of the Term Loan on our Consolidated Balance Sheets and are being amortized to Interest expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations over the contractual term, using the effective interest method.

The fair value of the Term Loan approximates the carrying value, which is reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:



(In thousands)	March 31, 2018			December 30, 2017
Principal amount	$	305,917		$	306,791
Unamortized original issue discount and debt costs	(5,109		)	(5,616		)
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(1,813		)	(1,508		)
Long-term debt	$	298,995		$	299,667

Interest expense related to the Term Loan was included in Interest expense on our Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:



	Three Months Ended
(In thousands)	March 31, 2018		April 1, 2017
Contractual interest	$	4,528	$	4,543
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount	507		933
Total Interest expense related to the Term Loan	$	5,035	$	5,476

As of March 31, 2018, expected future principal payments on the Term Loan were as follows:



Fiscal year	(in thousands)

2018 (remaining 9 months)	$	2,884
2019	31,580
2020	54,115
2021	217,338
	$	305,917