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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 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 additional available credit upon our request and subject to the participating lenders electing to increase their commitments or new lenders being added to the Facility.

Certain financial covenants under the Facility require 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 sets forth negative covenants that restrict indebtedness, liens, investments, sales of assets, fundamental changes and other matters.

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. To provide additional financial flexibility, on May 1, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), we entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Facility (as amended by the Amendment, the “Amended Facility”). The Amended Facility provides for, among other things, (i) a covenant relief period (the “Covenant Relief Period”) from the Effective Date until we demonstrate compliance with our financial covenants as of the quarter ending on or after June 29, 2021, during which we are not required to comply with financial covenants requiring maintenance of the maximum Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio and minimum EBITDAR Ratio, (ii) a substitution of the Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio and EBITDAR Ratio covenants with a liquidity covenant for the calendar month ending May 31, 2020 and continuing through the

calendar month ending February 28, 2021 that requires our Liquidity to be at least $65,000,000 at the end of each calendar month (with Liquidity being the sum of (a) unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and (b) the unused portion of the revolving facility) (and solely for the fiscal quarter ending March 30, 2021, we can meet either (x) both the Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio test and the EBITDAR Ratio test or (y) meet the minimum Liquidity test), with the minimum Liquidity covenant to be tested again from the calendar month ending April 30, 2021 until we demonstrate compliance with the Net Adjusted Leverage Ratio and EBITDAR Ratio for a fiscal quarter ending on or after March 30, 2021, (iii) a lowered amount of permitted increases to revolving loan commitments under the Amended Facility during the Covenant Relief Period from $200,000,000 to $125,000,000, (iv) a limit on capital expenditures not to exceed $90,000,000 during the Covenant Relief Period, and (v) increased limitations on our ability to make restricted payments, incur debt, and consummate acquisitions during the Covenant Relief Period.

Borrowings under the Amended Facility during the Covenant Relief Period bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either: (i) the adjusted LIBO Rate (as customarily defined, the “Adjusted LIBO Rate”) plus 2.5%, 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) 1.50%. We also pay a fee of 0.4% on the daily amount of unused commitments under the Amended Facility.

Subsequent to the Covenant Relief period, borrowings under the Amended Facility will bear 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 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. We paid certain customary loan origination fees in conjunction with both the Facility and Amendment.

Our obligations under the Amended Facility are unsecured, and certain of our material subsidiaries have guaranteed these obligations. At September 29, 2020, we had net availability for borrowings of $0.6 million, based on a $376.0 million outstanding debt balance and $23.4 million in standby letters of credit. Our Liquidity balance was $242.7 million at September 29, 2020, and we were in compliance with all covenants under the Amended Facility in effect at that date.