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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Long-Term Debt  
Long-Term Debt

7.  Long-Term Debt

On July 30, 2019, we entered into a Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Facility”), which amends and restates in its entirety our prior Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 22, 2015. The Facility, which terminates on July 30, 2024, provides us with revolving loan commitments that total $400 million (of which $40 million may be used for issuances of letters of credit). The Facility contains a commitment increase feature that could provide for an additional $200 million in available credit upon our request and subject to the participating lenders electing to increase their commitments or new lenders being added to the Facility. At March 31, 2020, we had net availability for borrowings of $0.6 million, based on a $380.0 million outstanding debt balance and $19.4 million in standby letters of credit. During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we increased our borrowings under the Facility to bolster our cash position and enhance financial flexibility given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations.

At March 31, 2020, we were subject to certain financial covenants under the Facility requiring us to maintain (i) a maximum "Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio" of 4.75 and (ii) a minimum ratio of EBITDAR to interest and rent expense of 1.9 ("EBITDAR Ratio"), as well as customary events of default that, if triggered, could result in acceleration of the maturity of the Facility. The Facility also limits cash distributions with respect to our equity interests, such as cash dividends and share repurchases, based on a defined ratio, and also sets forth negative covenants that restrict indebtedness, liens, investments, sales of assets, fundamental changes and other matters.

At March 31, 2020. borrowings under the Facility bore interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either: (i) the adjusted LIBO Rate (as customarily defined) (the “Adjusted LIBO Rate”) plus a margin that is based on our net adjusted leverage ratio, or (ii) the sum of (a) the highest of (1) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the prime rate in effect in the United States, (2) the greater of the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the effective federal funds rate or the rate that is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as an overnight bank funding rate, in either case plus 0.5%, and (3) the one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate plus 1.0%, plus (b) a margin that is based on our net adjusted leverage ratio. Letters of credit issued under the Facility bear fees that are equivalent to the interest rate margin that is applicable to revolving loans that bear interest at the adjusted LIBO Rate plus other customary fees charged by the issuing bank. Under the Facility, we paid certain customary loan origination fees and will pay an unused fee on the unused portion of the Facility that is also based on our Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio. Our Net Adjusted Leverage and EBITDAR Ratios were 4.3 and 2.3, respectively, at March 31, 2020, and we were in compliance with all covenants in effect at that date.

Our obligations under the Facility are unsecured. Certain of our material subsidiaries have guaranteed our obligations under the Facility. The Facility will be used for our general corporate purposes, including for the issuance of standby letters of credit to support our self-insurance programs, and to fund dividends, stock repurchases and permitted acquisitions.

As further discussed in Note 15, on May 1, 2020, we amended the Facility to provide additional financial flexibility, including relief of certain of the covenants discussed above.

On March 13, 2020, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement to manage our exposure to interest rate movements on our Facility. The agreement became effective on April 1, 2020 and matures on April 1, 2025. The interest rate swap entitles us to receive a variable rate of interest based on the one-month LIBO rate in exchange for the payment of a fixed interest rate of 0.802%. The notional amount of the swap agreement is $280.0 million through March 31, 2023 and $140.0 million from April 1, 2023 through April 1, 2025. The differences between the variable LIBO rate and the interest rate swap rate are settled monthly. We did not make any payments to settle the interest rate swap during the three months ended March 31, 2020. At March 31, 2020, the fair value of our interest rate swap was a liability of $3.1 million and was included in long-term other liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Changes in the valuation of the interest rate swap were included as a component of other comprehensive income and will be reclassified to earnings as realized.

We classified this interest rate swap within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy described in Note 8. Our counterparty under this arrangement provided monthly statements of the market values of these instruments based on significant inputs that were observable or could be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. The impact on the derivative liabilities for the Company’s and the counterparty’s non-performance risk to the derivative trades was considered when measuring the fair value of derivative liabilities.