
7.	LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following:



	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(in millions)

Revolving Credit Facility	$	—	$	—
Term Loan A Facility	83.8		92.5
Term Loan B Facility	1,511.2		1,526.8
7.75% Notes due 2019	200.0		200.0
6.625% Notes due 2022	450.0		550.0
6.50% Notes due 2027	500.0		500.0
6.25% Notes due 2026	400.0		—
6.25% Notes due 2025	700.0		700.0
6.25% Notes due 2021	—		400.0
Foreign credit facilities	107.6		53.2
Capital lease obligations	8.5		28.3
Total debt	3,961.1		4,050.8
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	16.5		5.9
Long-term debt	3,944.6		4,044.9
Less: Debt issuance costs	70.3		75.6
Long-term debt, net	$	3,874.3	$	3,969.3

Senior Secured Credit Facilities In 2017, Holdings and American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM, Inc.) entered into a credit agreement (the Credit Agreement). In connection with the Credit Agreement, Holdings, AAM, Inc. and certain of their restricted subsidiaries entered into a Collateral Agreement and Guarantee Agreement with the financial institutions party thereto as collateral agent and administrative agent. The Credit Agreement includes a $100.0 million term loan A facility (the Term Loan A Facility), a $1.55 billion term loan B facility (the Term Loan B Facility) and a $932 million multi-currency revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility, and together with the Term Loan A Facility and the Term Loan B Facility, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities). The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility are used for general corporate purposes.

As of September 30, 2018 we have prepaid $10.0 million of the outstanding principal on our Term Loan A Facility and $19.4 million of the outstanding principal on our Term Loan B Facility. These payments satisfy our obligation for principal payments under the Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility through the end of 2019. As such there are no amounts related to the Term Loan A Facility and Term Loan B Facility presented in the Current portion of long-term debt line item in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.

At September 30, 2018, we had $895.7 million available under the Revolving Credit Facility. This availability reflects a reduction of $36.3 million for standby letters of credit issued against the facility.

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities provide back-up liquidity for our foreign credit facilities. We intend to use the availability of long-term financing under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to refinance any current maturities related to such debt agreements that are not otherwise refinanced on a long-term basis in their local markets, except where otherwise reclassified to Current portion of long-term debt on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

6.25% Notes due 2026 In March 2018, we issued $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.25% senior notes due 2026 (the 6.25% Notes due 2026). Proceeds from the 6.25% Notes due 2026 were used primarily to fund the tender offer for the 6.25% senior notes due 2021 (the 6.25% Notes due 2021) described below. We paid debt issuance costs of $6.6 million in the first nine months of 2018 related to the 6.25% Notes due 2026.

Tender Offer of 6.25% Notes due 2021 Also in March 2018, we made a tender offer for our 6.25% Notes due 2021. Under this tender offer, we retired $383.1 million of the 6.25% Notes due 2021 in the first quarter of 2018. We redeemed the remaining $16.9 million of the 6.25% Notes due 2021 during the second quarter of 2018. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we expensed $2.5 million for the write-off of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing and $8.0 million in tender premiums.

Redemption of 6.625% Notes due 2022 In May 2018, we voluntarily redeemed a portion of our 6.625% Notes due 2022. This resulted in a principal payment of $100.0 million, and a payment of $0.8 million in accrued interest. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we expensed $0.8 million for the write-off of a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing and $3.3 million for an early redemption premium.

Settlement of Capital Lease Obligation In the second quarter of 2018, we reached a settlement agreement related to a capital lease obligation that we had recognized as a result of the acquisition of MPG. In the third quarter of 2018, we paid $6.6 million related to this settlement agreement. As of September 30, 2018, $4.8 million is presented in the Current portion of long-term debt in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet related to this capital lease obligation, which we expect to pay in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Foreign credit facilities We utilize local currency credit facilities to finance the operations of certain foreign subsidiaries. At September 30, 2018, $107.6 million was outstanding under our foreign credit facilities as compared to $53.2 million at December 31, 2017. The increase in outstanding borrowings under our foreign credit facilities primarily relate to our operations in China as we prepare for program launch activity. At September 30, 2018, an additional $95.1 million was available under our foreign credit facilities.

Redemption of 7.75% Notes due 2019 In October 2018, we issued an irrevocable notice to the holders of our 7.75% Notes due 2019 to voluntarily redeem a portion of our 7.75% Notes due 2019 in the fourth quarter of 2018. This will result in a principal payment of $100 million and $3.9 million in accrued interest. We will also expense approximately $0.3 million for the write-off of a portion of the unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing, and approximately $4.5 million for an early redemption premium. As the irrevocable notice of redemption was issued subsequent to September 30, 2018, we have presented the $100 million amount of 7.75% Notes due 2019 to be redeemed as Long-term debt, net on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.

The weighted-average interest rate of our long-term debt outstanding was 5.9% at September 30, 2018 and 5.7% at December 31, 2017.