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

 
$
170,879

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

 
300,000

9 1/8% Senior Notes
May 2019
 
225,175

 
235,000

5 3/4% Senior Notes
June 2019
 
324,393

 
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
 
 
(3,259
)
 
(3,639
)
Total Senior Notes, net
 
 
$
1,246,309

 
$
1,427,240

Term Loan (net of unamortized discount of $2,013)
March 2018
 
137,987

 

Junior Subordinated Notes (net of unamortized accretion of $41,937 and $42,970, respectively)
July 2036
 
58,837

 
57,803

Cash Secured Loans
Not Applicable
 

 
22,368

Other Secured Notes payable
Various Dates
 
16,472

 
20,864

Total debt, net
 
 
$
1,459,605

 
$
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 March 31, 2016 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 March 31, 2016, we had $28.9 million in letters of credit outstanding under the Facility, leaving us with $116.1 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 March 31, 2016, 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 March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we had letters of credit outstanding under these additional facilities of $14.3 million and $14.4 million, respectively, all of which were secured by cash collateral in restricted accounts. The Company may enter into additional arrangements to provide further letter of credit capacity.
Senior Notes. 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. See Note 15 for further information.
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, the majority of our Senior Notes contain covenants that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness unless it is refinancing indebtedness, non-recourse indebtedness and certain other allowed 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 March 31, 2016.
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, the Term Loan (defined below) 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
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 prior to November 15, 2016, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 102.281% of the principal amount; redeemable after November 15, 2016 at par
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

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we redeemed our remaining Senior Notes due 2016 (the 2016 Notes) outstanding, mainly by utilizing the proceeds received from the term loan issued during the current quarter, which is discussed below. During the current quarter, we also redeemed $9.8 million and $0.6 million of our Senior Notes due May 2019 and June 2019, respectively. This debt repurchase activity resulted in a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2016, which when combined with the loss on extinguishment from our first fiscal quarter, resulted in a total loss on extinguishment of debt of $2.5 million for the six months ended March 31, 2016.
Term Loan. On March 11, 2016, we entered into a credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) that provided us with a $140 million, two-year secured term loan (the Term Loan). The Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments of $17.5 million starting on June 30, 2016, and bears interest at the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 550 basis points. The proceeds from the Term Loan were used to fund the redemption of the 2016 Notes. The Term Loan will mature and all remaining amounts outstanding thereunder will be due and payable on March 11, 2018, but can be pre-paid at any time without penalty.
Substantially all of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the obligations under the Credit Agreement. Collectively, we granted security interests and mortgage liens on substantially all of our tangible and intangible assets on a second lien basis, with such security interests and liens ranking equal in priority to those granted as security for our 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due April 2018.
The Credit Agreement contains covenants which, subject to certain exceptions, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, engage in certain asset sales, make certain types of restricted payments and create liens on assets of the Company or its restricted subsidiaries; these covenants are similar to existing covenants under our Senior Notes. In addition, the Credit Agreement requires that the Company’s inventory (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to be no less than $1.25 billion as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. The Credit Agreement also includes customary events of default, including, but not limited to, the failure to pay any interest, principal or fees when due, the failure to perform or the violation of any covenant or agreement, inaccurate or false representations or warranties, a default on other material indebtedness, insolvency or bankruptcy, a change of control and the occurrence of certain material judgments against the Company. As of March 31, 2016, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

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 the 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 March 31, 2016, the unamortized accretion was $41.9 million and will be amortized over the remaining life of the notes. As of March 31, 2016, we were in compliance with all covenants under our Junior Subordinated Notes.
Cash Secured Loans. In March 2016, we redeemed the entire balance of our cash secured loan facilities using the cash that fully secured the borrowings under these facilities. This secured cash was reflected as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheets.
Other Secured Notes Payable. We periodically acquire land through the issuance of notes payable. As of March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we had outstanding secured notes payable of $16.5 million and $20.9 million, respectively, primarily related to these land acquisitions. The secured notes payable related to land acquisitions have varying expiration dates between 2016 and 2019 and have a weighted average fixed interest rate of 4.51% as of March 31, 2016. 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.