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Debt
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Note 8 — Debt

On March 27, 2015, UGI Utilities entered into an unsecured revolving credit agreement (the “UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement”) with a group of banks providing for borrowings up to $300 (including a $100 sublimit for letters of credit). Concurrently with entering into the UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement, UGI Utilities terminated its then-existing $300 revolving credit agreement dated as of May 25, 2011. Under the UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement, UGI Utilities may borrow at various prevailing market interest rates, including LIBOR and the banks’ prime rate, plus a margin. The margin on such borrowings ranges from 0.0% to 1.75% and is based upon the credit ratings of certain indebtedness of UGI Utilities. The UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement requires UGI Utilities not to exceed a ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined, of 0.65 to 1.0. The UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement is currently scheduled to expire in March 2016, but may be extended by UGI Utilities to March 2020 if on or before March 25, 2016, UGI Utilities receives approval for the UGI Utilities 2015 Credit Agreement by the PUC. UGI Utilities filed to obtain such approval on June 30, 2015.
On May 29, 2015, UGI France, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI, borrowed €600 ($659.6) under its Senior Facilities Agreement with a consortium of banks (the “2015 Senior Facilities Agreement”). UGI France entered into the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement on April 30, 2015, in anticipation of its then-pending acquisition of Totalgaz, which was consummated on May 29, 2015 (see Note 15). The 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement consists of a €600 variable-rate term loan and a €60 revolving credit facility. The term loan proceeds were used (1) to fund a portion of the acquisition of Totalgaz, including related fees and expenses; (2) to make a capital contribution from UGI France to its wholly owned subsidiary, AGZ Holding, to prepay €342 principal amount, plus accrued interest, outstanding under Antargaz’ 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement due March 2016 (the “2011 Senior Facilities Agreement”); (3) to settle Antargaz’ existing pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps associated with the 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement; and (4) for general corporate purposes. As a result of prepaying the term loan outstanding under the 2011 Senior Facilities Agreement and concurrently settling the associated pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, we recorded a pre-tax loss of $10.3 comprising a $9.0 loss on interest rate swaps and the write-off of $1.3 of debt issuance costs. These amounts are included in interest expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Borrowings under the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement €600 term loan and the €60 revolving credit facility bear interest at rates per annum comprising the aggregate of the applicable margin and the associated euribor rate, which euribor rate has a floor of 0.0%. The margin on such borrowings (which ranges from 1.60% to 2.70% for the term loan, and 1.45% to 2.55% for the revolving credit facility) are dependent upon the ratio of UGI France’s consolidated total net debt to earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”), each as defined in the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement. Through March 31, 2016, the margin has been set at 2.50%. UGI France has entered into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps through April 30, 2019, to generally fix the underlying euribor rate at 0.18% (assuming such underlying euribor rate is not less than 0.0%). At June 30, 2015, the effective interest rate on the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement term loan was 2.68%. At June 30, 2015, there were no borrowings under the revolving credit facility.
Principal amounts outstanding under the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement term loan are due as follows: €60 due April 30, 2018; €60 due April 30, 2019; and €480 due April 30, 2020. The 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement restricts the ability of UGI France to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, make investments, incur liens, and effect mergers, consolidations and sales of assets, and requires UGI France and its consolidated subsidiaries to maintain a ratio of total net debt to EBITDA, each as defined in the 2015 Senior Facilities Agreement, that shall not exceed (a) 3.75 to 1.00 from the closing date of the Totalgaz acquisition to September 30, 2015, and (b) 3.50 to 1.00 from October 1, 2015, to the final maturity date. UGI France will generally be permitted to make restricted payments, such as dividends, if no event of default exists or would exist upon payment of such dividend.