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LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS
Long-term debt consists of the following for the periods indicated (amounts in millions):
September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
$450.0 million Term Loan; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.6% at September 30, 2022); due July 30, 2026
$438.7 $447.2 
$550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility; interest only payments; interest rate at Base Rate plus Applicable Rate or Eurodollar Rate plus Applicable Rate (4.6% at September 30, 2022); due July 30, 2026
18.5 — 
Promissory notes0.2 0.8 
Finance leases2.4 1.6 
Principal amount of long-term obligations459.8 449.6 
Deferred debt issuance costs(3.8)(4.5)
456.0 445.1 
Current portion of long-term obligations(12.6)(13.0)
Total$443.4 $432.1 

Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement
On July 30, 2021, we entered into the Second Amendment to our Credit Agreement (as amended by the Second Amendment, the "Second Amended Credit Agreement"). The Second Amended Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $1.0 billion, which includes a $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility and a term loan facility with a principal amount of up to $450.0 million (the "Amended Term Loan Facility" and collectively with the Revolving Credit Facility, the "Amended Credit Facility").
Net proceeds from the $450.0 million Amended Term Loan Facility were used to fund the Contessa acquisition.
The loans issued under the Amended Credit Facility bear interest on a per annum basis, at our election, at either: (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The “Base Rate” means a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, (b) the prime rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1% per annum. The “Eurodollar Rate” means the quoted rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable successor rate approved by the Administrative Agent for an interest period of one, three or six months (as selected by us). The “Applicable Rate” is based on the consolidated leverage ratio and is presented in the table below. As of September 30, 2022, the Applicable Rate is 0.50% per annum for Base Rate loans and 1.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans. We are also subject to a commitment fee and letter of credit fee under the terms of the Second Amended Credit Agreement, as presented in the table below.
Pricing TierConsolidated Leverage RatioBase Rate LoansEurodollar Rate Loans and Daily Floating LIBOR Rate LoansCommitment FeeLetter of Credit Fee
I
> 3.00 to 1.0
1.00%2.00%0.30%1.75%
II
< 3.00 to 1.0 but > 2.00 to 1.0
0.75%1.75%0.25%1.50%
III
< 2.00 to 1.0 but > 0.75 to 1.0
0.50%1.50%0.20%1.25%
IV
< 0.75 to 1.0
0.25%1.25%0.15%1.00%
The final maturity date of the Amended Credit Facility is July 30, 2026. The Revolving Credit Facility will terminate and be due and payable as of the final maturity date. The Amended Term Loan Facility, however, is subject to quarterly amortization of principal in the amount of (i) 0.625% for the period commencing on July 30, 2021 and ending on September 30, 2023, and (ii) 1.250% for the period commencing on October 1, 2023 and ending on July 30, 2026. The remaining balance of the Amended Term Loan Facility must be paid upon the final maturity date. In addition to the scheduled amortization of the Amended Term Loan Facility, and subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights, we are required to prepay the Amended Term Loan Facility first and the Revolving Credit Facility second with 100% of all net cash proceeds received by any
loan party or any subsidiary thereof in connection with (a) any asset sale or disposition where such loan party receives net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million or (b) any debt issuance that is not permitted under the Second Amended Credit Agreement.
The Second Amended Credit Agreement requires maintenance of two financial covenants: (i) a consolidated leverage ratio of funded indebtedness to Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA"), as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement, and (ii) a consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to cash interest charges, as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement. Each of these covenants is calculated over rolling four-quarter periods and also is subject to certain exceptions and baskets. The Second Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on: incurrence of liens, incurrence of additional debt, sales of assets and other fundamental corporate changes, investments and declarations of dividends. These covenants contain customary exclusions and baskets as detailed in the Second Amended Credit Agreement. In connection with our entry into the Second Amended Credit Agreement, we recorded $2.8 million in deferred debt issuance costs as long-term obligations, less current portion within our condensed consolidated balance sheet during the three-month period ended September 30, 2021.
The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Second Amended Credit Agreement requires at all times that we (i) provide guarantees from wholly-owned subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 95% of our consolidated net revenues and adjusted EBITDA from all wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) provide guarantees from subsidiaries that in the aggregate represent not less than 70% of consolidated adjusted EBITDA, subject to certain exceptions.
Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was 4.2% and 3.2% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and 2.9% and 1.9% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Our weighted average interest rate for borrowings under our Amended Term Loan Facility was 3.8% and 2.6% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and 1.6% and 1.5% for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021, respectively.
As of September 30, 2022, our consolidated leverage ratio was 1.8, our consolidated interest coverage ratio was 13.3 and we are in compliance with our covenants under the Second Amended Credit Agreement. In the event we are not in compliance with our debt covenants in the future, we would pursue various alternatives in an attempt to successfully resolve the non-compliance, which might include, among other things, seeking debt covenant waivers or amendments.
As of September 30, 2022, our availability under our $550.0 million Revolving Credit Facility was $503.7 million as we have $18.5 million outstanding in borrowings and $27.8 million outstanding in letters of credit.
Joinder Agreements
In connection with the Compassionate Care Hospice ("CCH") acquisition, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2019 (the “CCH Joinder”), pursuant to which CCH and its subsidiaries were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement (now the Second Amended Credit Agreement), the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018 (the “Amended and Restated Security Agreement”), and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018 (the “Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement”). In connection with the AseraCare acquisition, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2020, pursuant to which the AseraCare entities were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Amended Credit Agreement (now the Second Amended Credit Agreement), the Amended and Restated Security Agreement and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement (the “AseraCare Joinder"). In connection with the Contessa acquisition and the Second Amendment, we entered into a Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2021, pursuant to which Contessa and its subsidiaries and Asana Hospice ("Asana"), which we acquired on January 1, 2020, and its subsidiaries were made parties to, and became subject to the terms and conditions of, the Second Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement (the “Contessa and Asana Joinder,” and together with the CCH Joinder and the AseraCare Joinder, the “Joinders”).
Pursuant to the Joinders, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, CCH and its subsidiaries, the AseraCare entities, Contessa and its subsidiaries and Asana and its subsidiaries granted in favor of the Administrative Agent a first lien security interest in substantially all of their personal property assets and pledged to the Administrative Agent each of their respective subsidiaries' issued and outstanding equity interests. CCH and its subsidiaries, the AseraCare entities, Contessa and its subsidiaries and Asana and its subsidiaries also guaranteed our obligations, whether now existing or arising after the respective effective dates of the Joinders, under the Second Amended Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Joinders and the Second Amended Credit Agreement.