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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013
Long-Term Debt  
Long-Term Debt

10. Long-Term Debt

        Long-term debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands) as of:

 
  September 28, 2013   September 29, 2012  

Revolving credit facility, USD

  $   $ 120,000  

Revolving credit facility, multicurrency

        108,787  

Term loan A

    170,937     242,188  

Other

    2,213     2,700  
           

Total long-term debt

  $ 173,150   $ 473,675  

Less current portion

    12,929     6,691  
           

Long-term portion

  $ 160,221   $ 466,984  
           

        Under the Company's current credit facility ("Restated Credit Agreement"), the Company maintains senior secured credit facilities consisting of (i) an $800.0 million U.S. revolving credit facility, (ii) a $200.0 million alternative currency revolving credit facility, and (iii) a term loan A facility. The Restated Credit Agreement also provides for an increase option for an aggregate amount of up to $500.0 million.

        The term loan A facility requires quarterly principal repayments. The term loan and revolving credit borrowings bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at our option, either (a) a eurodollar rate determined by reference to the cost of funds for deposits for the interest period and currency relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain costs, or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (2) the prime rate announced by Bank of America, N.A. from time to time and (3) the eurodollar rate plus 1.00%. The applicable margin under the Restated Credit Agreement with respect to term loan A and revolving credit facilities is a percentage per annum varying from 0.5% to 1.0% for base rate loans and 1.5% to 2.0% for eurodollar loans, based upon the Company's leverage ratio. The Company's average effective interest rate as of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012 was 3.5% and 2.9%, respectively, excluding amortization of deferred financing charges and including the effect of interest swap agreements. The Company also pays a commitment fee of 0.2% on the average daily unused portion of the revolving credit facilities.

        All the assets of the Company and its domestic wholly-owned material subsidiaries are pledged as collateral under the Restated Credit Agreement. The Restated Credit Agreement contains customary negative covenants, subject to certain exceptions, including limitations on: liens; investments; indebtedness; merger and consolidations; asset sales; dividends and distributions or repurchases of the Company's capital stock; transactions with affiliates; certain burdensome agreements; and changes in the Company's lines of business.

        The Restated Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply on a quarterly basis with a consolidated leverage ratio and a consolidated interest coverage ratio. As of September 28, 2013 and throughout fiscal year 2013, the Company was in compliance with these covenants. In addition, the Restated Credit Agreement contains certain mandatory prepayment requirements and customary events of default.

        As of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, outstanding letters of credit under the Restated Credit Agreement, totaled $5.0 million and $3.7 million, respectively. No amounts have been drawn against the letters of credit as of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012.

        In connection with the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $46.0 million which were deferred and included in Other Long-Term Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and amortized as interest expense over the life of the respective loan using a method that approximates the effective interest rate method. The Company incurred a loss of $19.7 million in fiscal 2011 primarily on the extinguishment of the term loan B facility under the credit agreement that immediately preceded the Restated Credit Agreement ("Credit Agreement") and the extinguishment of a former credit facility that preceded the Credit Agreement resulting from the write-off of debt issuance costs and the original issue discount. The loss on the extinguishment of debt is included in Interest Expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to limit a portion of its exposure to variable interest rates by entering into interest rate swap agreements which effectively fix the rates. In accordance with the interest rate swap agreements and on a monthly basis, interest expense is calculated based on the floating 30-day Libor rate and the fixed rate. If interest expense as calculated is greater based on the 30-day Libor rate, the interest rate swap counterparty pays the difference to the Company; if interest expense as calculated is greater based on the fixed rate, the Company pays the difference to the interest rate swap counterparty. See Note 11, Derivative Financial Instruments.

        Below is a summary of the Company's derivative instruments in effect as of September 28, 2013 mitigating interest rate exposure of variable-rate borrowings (in thousands):

Derivative Instrument
  Hedged
Transaction
  Notional Amount of
Underlying Debt
  Fixed Rate
Received
  Maturity
(Fiscal Year)
 

Swap

  30-day Libor     20,000     2.54 %   2016  

Swap

  30-day Libor     30,000     2.54 %   2016  

Swap

  30-day Libor     50,000     2.54 %   2016  

Swap

  30-day Libor     30,000     2.54 %   2016  
                       

 

      $ 130,000              
                       

        In fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011 the Company paid approximately $3.4 million, $4.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively, in additional interest expense pursuant to the interest rate swap agreements.

Maturities

        Scheduled maturities of long-term debt are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year
   
 

2014

  $ 12,929  

2015

    19,165  

2016

    140,064  

2017

    377  

2018

    395  

Thereafter

    220  
       

 

  $ 173,150