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Borrowings
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings
Borrowings
As of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, we had the following debt, net of discounts:
(In thousands)
Maturity Date
 
December 31, 2015
 
September 30, 2015
8 1/8% Senior Notes
June 2016
 
$
148,004

 
$
170,879

6 5/8% Senior Secured Notes
April 2018
 
300,000

 
300,000

9 1/8% Senior Notes
May 2019
 
235,000

 
235,000

5 3/4% Senior Notes
June 2019
 
325,000

 
325,000

7 1/2% Senior Notes
September 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

7 1/4% Senior Notes
February 2023
 
200,000

 
200,000

Unamortized debt discounts
 
 
(3,449
)
 
(3,639
)
Total Senior Notes, net
 
 
$
1,404,555

 
$
1,427,240

Junior Subordinated Notes
July 2036
 
58,320

 
57,803

Cash Secured Loans
November 2017
 
22,368

 
22,368

Other Secured Notes payable
Various Dates
 
16,813

 
20,864

Total debt, net
 
 
$
1,502,056

 
$
1,528,275


Secured Revolving Credit Facility. Our Secured Revolving Credit Facility (the Facility) provides us with working capital and letter of credit capacity. On November 6, 2015, we executed a Second Amendment (the Second Amendment) to our Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement originally dated September 24, 2012. The Second Amendment, among other things, increased the maximum aggregate amount of the Facility from $130.0 million to $145.0 million and extended its termination date to January 15, 2018. The Facility continues to be with the three lenders. As of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, we had no borrowings outstanding under the Facility.
The Facility allows us to issue letters of credit against the undrawn capacity. Subject to our option to cash collateralize our obligations under the Facility upon certain conditions, our obligations under the Facility are secured by liens on substantially all of our personal property and a significant portion of our owned real properties. We have also pledged approximately $1 billion of inventory assets to the Facility to collateralize potential future borrowings or letters of credit (in addition to the letters of credit already issued under the Facility). As of December 31, 2015, we had $28.6 million in letters of credit outstanding under the Facility, leaving us with $116.4 million in remaining capacity. The Facility contains certain covenants, including negative covenants and financial maintenance covenants, with which we are required to comply. As of December 31, 2015, we were in compliance with all such covenants.
Letter of Credit Facilities. We have entered into stand-alone, cash-secured letter of credit agreements with banks to maintain our pre-existing letters of credit and to provide for the issuance of new letters of credit (in addition to the letters of credit issued under the Facility). As of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, we had letters of credit outstanding under these additional facilities of $14.6 million and $14.4 million, respectively, all of which are secured by cash collateral in restricted accounts. The Company may enter into additional arrangements to provide further letter of credit capacity.
Senior Notes. The majority of our Senior Notes are unsecured or secured obligations ranking pari passu with all other existing and future senior indebtedness. Substantially all of our significant subsidiaries are full and unconditional guarantors of the Senior Notes and are jointly and severally liable for obligations under the Senior Notes and the Facility. Each guarantor subsidiary is a 100% owned subsidiary of Beazer Homes.
The Company's Senior Notes are issued under indentures that contain certain restrictive covenants which, among other things, restrict our ability to pay dividends, repurchase our common stock, incur additional indebtedness and to make certain investments. Specifically, all of our Senior Notes contain covenants that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness unless it is refinancing indebtedness or non-recourse indebtedness. The incurrence of refinancing indebtedness and non-recourse indebtedness, as defined in the applicable indentures, is exempted from the covenant test. Compliance with our Senior Note covenants does not significantly impact our operations. We were in compliance with the covenants contained in the indentures of all of our Senior Notes as of December 31, 2015.
Our Senior Notes due 2016 (the 2016 Notes) contain the most restrictive covenants, including a consolidated tangible net worth covenant, which states that should our consolidated tangible net worth fall below $85 million for two consecutive quarters, the Company is required to make an offer to purchase 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the original 2016 Notes. If triggered and fully subscribed, this could result in our having to purchase $27.5 million of the 2016 Notes, which may be reduced by certain 2016 Note repurchases (potentially at less than par) made in the open market after the triggering date. As of December 31, 2015, our consolidated tangible net worth was $615.8 million, well in excess of the minimum covenant requirement. During the current quarter, we paid down $22.9 million of the 2016 Notes, leaving us $148.0 million in remaining liability. This early payment resulted in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.8 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2015, we paid down an additional $5.0 million of these notes.
All unsecured Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured obligations, senior to all of the Company's existing and future subordinated indebtedness and effectively subordinated to the Company's existing and future secured indebtedness, including indebtedness under the Facility and our 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due April 2018, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The unsecured Senior Notes and related guarantees are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of all of the Company's subsidiaries that do not guarantee these notes. The unsecured Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior basis by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries party to each applicable Indenture.
The table below summarizes the redemption terms for our Senior Notes:
Senior Note Description
 
Issuance Date
 
Maturity Date
 
Redemption Terms
8 1/8% Senior Notes
 
June 2006
 
June 2016
 
Callable at any time, in whole or in part, based on a customary make-whole premium amount
6 5/8% Senior Secured Notes
 
July 2012
 
April 2018
 
Callable at any time, in whole or in part, at a set redemption price; redemption price is currently equal to 103.313% of the principal amount and resets on July 15, 2016 to a redemption price equal to 101.656% of the principal amount
9 1/8% Senior Notes
 
November 2010
 
May 2019
 
Callable at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 102.281% of the principal amount
5 3/4% Senior Notes
 
April 2014
 
June 2019
 
Callable at any time before March 15, 2019, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus a customary make-whole premium
7 1/2% Senior Notes
 
February 2013
 
September 2021
 
Callable at any time prior to September 15, 2016, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus a customary make-whole premium; after September 15, 2016, callable at a redemption price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount; after September 15, 2017, callable at a redemption price equal to 103.75% of the principal amount; after September 15, 2018, callable at a redemption price equal to 101.875% of the principal amount
7 1/4% Senior Notes
 
September 2013
 
February 2023
 
Callable at any time prior to February 1, 2018, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus a customary make-whole premium; after February 1, 2018, callable at a redemption price equal to 103.625% of the principal amount; after February 1, 2019, callable at a redemption price equal to 102.41% of the principal amount; after February 1, 2020, callable at a redemption price equal to 101.208% of the principal amount

Junior Subordinated Notes. Our unsecured junior subordinated notes (Junior Subordinated Notes) in the amount of $103.1 million mature on July 30, 2036. The Junior Subordinated Notes are redeemable at par and pay interest at a fixed rate of 7.987% for the first 10 years ending July 30, 2016. Thereafter, the securities have a floating interest rate as defined in the Junior Subordinated Notes Indenture; based on current interest rates, we expect the floating interest rate to be lower than our current fixed rate. The obligations relating to these notes are subordinated to the Facility and Senior Notes. In January 2010, we modified the terms of $75.0 million of these notes and recorded them at their then estimated fair value. Over the remaining life of the Junior Subordinated Notes, we will increase their carrying value until this carrying value equals the face value of the notes. As of December 31, 2015, the unamortized accretion was $42.5 million and will be amortized over the remaining life of the notes. As of December 31, 2015, we were in compliance with all covenants under our Junior Subordinated Notes.
Cash Secured Loans. We have two separate cash secured loan facilities with $22.4 million outstanding as of December 31, 2015. Borrowing under the cash secured loan facilities will replenish cash used to repay or repurchase the Company’s debt and would be considered “refinancing indebtedness” under certain of the Company’s existing indentures and debt covenants. However, because the loans are fully collateralized by cash equal to the loan amount, the loans do not provide liquidity to the Company.
The loans mature in November 2017; however, the lenders of these facilities may put the outstanding loan balances to the Company at the two- or four-year anniversaries of the loans. Borrowings under the facilities are fully secured by cash held by the lender or its affiliates. This secured cash is reflected as restricted cash on our unaudited consolidated balance sheets. The cash secured loans have a maximum interest rate equivalent to LIBOR plus 0.4% per annum, which is paid every three months following the effective date of each borrowing.
Other Secured Notes Payable. We periodically acquire land through the issuance of notes payable. As of December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, we had outstanding notes payable of $16.8 million and $20.9 million, respectively, primarily related to land acquisitions. These notes payable have varying expiration dates between 2016 and 2019 and have a weighted average fixed interest rate of 4.50% as of December 31, 2015. These notes are secured by the real estate to which they relate.
The agreements governing these secured notes payable contain various affirmative and negative covenants. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any future waivers or amendments that may become necessary without significant additional cost or at all. In each instance, however, a covenant default can be cured by repayment of the indebtedness.