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Debt
3 Months Ended
Feb. 24, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT
DEBT 
 
 
February 24,
2013
 
November 25,
2012
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
 
 
 
 
Unsecured:
 
 
 
 
 
Senior term loan due 2014
$
249,636

 
$
324,424

 
 
4.25% Yen-denominated Eurobonds due 2016
42,964

 
48,508

 
 
7.75% Euro senior notes due 2018
395,670

 
386,520

 
 
7.625% senior notes due 2020
525,000

 
525,000

 
 
6.875% senior notes due 2022
385,000

 
385,000

 
 
Total unsecured
1,598,270

 
1,669,452

 
 
Total long-term debt
$
1,598,270

 
$
1,669,452

 
 
Short-term debt
 
 
 
 
 
Senior term loan due 2014
$
24,964

 
$

 
 
Short-term borrowings
56,460

 
59,759

 
 
Total short-term debt
$
81,424

 
$
59,759

 
 
Total long-term and short-term debt
$
1,679,694

 
$
1,729,211

 


Senior Term Loan due 2014

During the three months ended February 24, 2013, the Company prepaid $50.0 million of the Senior Term Loan due 2014. After the quarter-end, the Company prepaid another $25.0 million bringing the aggregate year-to-date prepayment amount to $75.0 million. Subsequently, the remaining balance of the Senior Term Loan due 2014 was repaid in full with the proceeds of the notes issued on March 14, 2013, and cash on hand. See “Subsequent Event – Additional Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022” below.

Subsequent Event – Additional Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022

Additional Senior Notes due 2022. On March 14, 2013, the Company issued an additional $140.0 million in 6.875% senior notes due 2022 (the “Additional Senior Notes due 2022”) to qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Additional Senior Notes due 2022 are treated as a single series with the $385.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2022 the Company issued in May 2012 (the “Existing Senior Notes due 2022”) and have substantially the same terms as those of the Existing Senior Notes due 2022, except that the Additional Senior Notes due 2022 are subject to a registration rights agreement and until they are registered and exchanged for registered notes, the Additional Senior Notes due 2022 will not be fungible with the Existing Senior Notes due 2022.

Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company is required to conduct an exchange offer in order to allow holders of the Additional Senior Notes due 2022 to exchange their notes for exchange notes in the same principal amount and with substantially identical terms, except that the exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act.

The Additional Senior Notes due 2022, the Existing Senior Notes due 2022, and the exchange notes will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the indenture governing the Company's Existing Senior Notes due 2022, including without limitation, the covenants, events of default, asset sale, change of control, covenant suspension and other terms. The Additional Senior Notes due 2022 were offered at a premium of $11.2 million, which will be amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes. Costs of approximately $2.6 million associated with the issuance of the notes, representing underwriting fees and other expenses, will also be amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes.

Use of Proceeds. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to prepay in full its Senior Term Loan due 2014.
Senior Revolving Credit Facility
The Company’s unused availability under its senior secured revolving credit facility was $573.7 million at February 24, 2013, as the Company’s total availability of $656.0 million was reduced by $82.3 million of letters of credit and other credit usage allocated under the facility.
Interest Rates on Borrowings
The Company’s weighted-average interest rate on average borrowings outstanding during the three months ended February 24, 2013, was 6.91% as compared to 6.99% in the same period of 2012.