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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Note 9: Long-Term Debt

The Company's long-term debt consists of the following (annualized interest rates, dollars in millions): 
As of
December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018
Amended Credit Agreement:   
Revolving Credit Facility due 2024, interest payable monthly at 3.30% and 3.77%, respectively
$ 800.0    $ 400.0   
Term Loan “B” Facility due 2026, interest payable monthly at 3.80% and 4.27%, respectively
1,630.9    1,134.5   
1.00% Notes due 2020 (1)
690.0    690.0   
1.625% Notes due 2023 (2)
575.0    575.0   
Other long-term debt (3) 53.3    139.5   
Gross long-term debt, including current maturities 3,749.2    2,939.0   
Less: Debt discount (4) (102.7)   (139.4)  
Less: Debt issuance costs (5) (34.0)   (33.5)  
Net long-term debt, including current maturities 3,612.5    2,766.1   
Less: Current maturities (736.0)   (138.5)  
 Net long-term debt $ 2,876.5    $ 2,627.6   
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(1)Interest is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year at 1.00% annually.
(2)Interest is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year at 1.625% annually.
(3)Consists of U.S. real estate mortgages, term loans, revolving lines of credit, notes payable and other facilities at certain international locations where interest is payable weekly, monthly or quarterly, with interest rates between 1.00% and 4.00% and maturity dates between 2019 and 2022.
(4)Debt discount of $20.4 million and $41.6 million for the 1.00% Notes, $71.8 million and $88.5 million for the 1.625% Notes and $10.5 million and $9.3 million for the Term Loan "B" Facility, in each case as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
(5)Debt issuance costs of $2.8 million and $5.8 million for the 1.00% Notes, $6.9 million and $8.5 million for the 1.625% Notes and $24.3 million and $19.2 million for the Term Loan "B" Facility, in each case as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
Maturities

Expected maturities relating to the Company’s gross long-term debt (including current maturities) as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions): 
    Annual
Maturities
2020   $ 759.6   
2021 16.4   
2022 16.4   
2023 591.4   
2024 816.3   
Thereafter 1,549.1   
Total $ 3,749.2   


Amended Credit Agreement

On April 15, 2016, the Company obtained capital for the acquisition of Fairchild and other general corporate purposes. The acquisition of Fairchild on September 19, 2016, was funded with cash on hand and by borrowings under a Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2016, by and among the Company, as borrower, the several lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain other parties (as subsequently amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”). The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a $1.97 billion revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a $2.4 billion term loan “B” facility (the “Term Loan “B” Facility”). The acquisition of Fairchild was funded with the proceeds from the Term Loan “B” Facility of $2.2 billion, Company-funded amounts previously deposited into escrow accounts of $67.7 million, proceeds from a $200.0 million draw against the Revolving Credit Facility and existing cash on hand.

Amendments to the Amended Credit Agreement

On September 30, 2016, the Company, and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), entered into the First Amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement (the “First Amendment”) with the several lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as the administrative agent (the “Agent”). Among other things, the First Amendment reduced the interest rates payable under the Term Loan “B” Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility and increased the Term Loan “B” Facility to $2.4 billion. The Company used the additional $200.0 million proceeds under the Term Loan “B” Facility to pay off the outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility. On March 31, 2017, November 30, 2017 and May 31, 2018, the Company, the Guarantors, the several lenders party thereto and the Agent entered into the Second Amendment, Third Amendment and Fourth Amendment, respectively, to the Amended Credit Agreement. These amendments, among other things, reduced the interest rates payable under the Term Loan “B” Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility. The Third Amendment also increased the amount that may be borrowed pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility to $1.0 billion.

On June 12, 2019, the Company entered into the Fifth Amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”), with the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, collateral agent and issuing lender, the “2019 Incremental Revolving Lenders” party thereto, and the “New Required Lenders” party thereto. The Fifth Amendment provided for, among other things, modifications to the Amended Credit Agreement to: (i) increase the amount that may be borrowed pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility to $1.9 billion; (ii) extend the maturity date of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility to the later of (x) December 30, 2022 or (y) June 12, 2024 so long as the borrowings under the Term Loan “B” Facility have been fully repaid or otherwise redeemed, discharged or defeased on or prior to December 30, 2022, or if the maturity date of borrowings under the Term Loan “B” Facility has been extended prior to December 30, 2022, to a date no earlier than June 12, 2024; and (iii) amend certain financial covenants, including deleting the minimum Interest Coverage Ratio and increasing the maximum Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as such terms are defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) from 4.00 to 1.00 to 4.50 to 1.00 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters commencing after a Permitted Acquisition (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) with consideration in excess of $250.0 million.
On August 15, 2019, the Company entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), which increased amounts that may be borrowed under the Revolving Credit Facility by $70.0 million to $1.97 billion.

On September 19, 2019, the Company entered into the Seventh Amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”). The Seventh Amendment provided for, among other things, modifications to the Amended Credit Agreement to (i) increase the amount that may be borrowed pursuant to the Term Loan “B” Facility by approximately $500.5 million, up to an aggregate principal amount of $1.635 billion; (ii) extend the maturity date of borrowings under the Term Loan “B” Facility to September 19, 2026; (iii) for any interest period ending after the date of the Seventh Amendment, increase the interest rate for borrowings under the Term Loan “B” Facility to (a) with respect to eurocurrency loans, a base rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin of 2.00% and (b) with respect to alternate base rate loans, a base rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin equal to 1.00%; and (iv) make certain amendments providing for the determination of an alternate interest rate to the Adjusted LIBO Rate and/or the LIBO Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) in the event of certain circumstances that result in the inability to adequately and reasonably determine such rates or such rates no longer adequately and fairly reflecting the cost of the applicable loans. In addition, pursuant to the Fifth Amendment, as a result of the extension described in (ii) above, the maturity date of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility was extended to June 12, 2024.

The Company utilized the additional borrowings pursuant to the Seventh Amendment to repay $500.0 million of the outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility.

The obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Guarantors and collateralized by a pledge of substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Guarantors, including a pledge of the equity interests in certain of the Company’s domestic and first tier foreign subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions. The obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are also collateralized by mortgage on certain real property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries.
The Amended Credit Agreement includes financial maintenance covenants, including, among others, a maximum total net leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio. It also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. The Company was in compliance with its covenants as of December 31, 2019.

Debt Refinancing and Prepayments

In connection with the Seventh Amendment, the Company incurred fees to lenders, third parties, legal and other costs amounting to $17.5 million, of which a significant portion was capitalized. Management performed an analysis and recorded a loss on debt refinancing amounting to $5.8 million related to the Seventh Amendment, which included a proportionate write-off of the unamortized debt discount and issuance costs represented by the exited lenders, and the third party fees incurred for the transaction. The remaining costs will be amortized over the term of the loan using the effective interest method. The Company did not incur significant costs in connection with the Sixth Amendment.

The Company incurred third party, legal and other fees of $6.6 million and recorded $0.4 million as loss on extinguishment of debt related to the Fifth Amendment. The remaining unamortized debt issuance costs along with the additional costs incurred for the Fifth Amendment will be amortized straight-line over the term of the Revolving Credit Facility.

The loss on debt refinancing and prepayment amounted to $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company incurred third-party, legal and other fees of $1.1 million related to the Fourth Amendment and recorded debt extinguishment charges of $2.6 million, which included a write-off of $1.5 million of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs and $1.1 million in third-party fees. The Company also prepaid $70.0 million of borrowings under the Term Loan “B” Facility during the year ended December 31, 2018 and expensed $2.0 million of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs attributed to the partial pay-down as loss on debt refinancing and prepayment.

The loss on debt refinancing and prepayment amounted to $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018.
The Company incurred third-party, legal and other fees of $3.3 million related to the Third Amendment and capitalized $1.9 million of closing costs relating to the Revolving Credit Facility which will be amortized straight-line over its term and expensed $1.4 million of third-party fees and expenses relating to the Term Loan “B” Facility. The Company also expensed $19.6 million of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs attributed to the partial pay down of $600.0 million of the Term Loan “B” Facility on multiple dates during the year ended December 31, 2017.

The Company incurred legal and other fees of $2.4 million related to the Second Amendment and recorded debt extinguishment charges of $5.6 million, which included a $3.2 million write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and $2.4 million in third-party fees. On March 31, 2017, the Company used the proceeds from the issuance of the 1.625% Notes, amounting to $562.1 million, and cash on hand of $12.9 million to prepay $575.0 million of the outstanding balance of the Term Loan “B” Facility and expensed $20.6 million of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs.

As a result of the above, the Company recorded debt refinancing and prepayment charges of $47.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

1.00% Notes due 2020

On June 8, 2015, the Company completed a private placement of $690.0 million of its 1.00% Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company was the sole issuer in the private unregistered offering of the 1.00% Notes. The notes bear interest at the rate of 1.00% per year from the date of issuance, payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2015. The 1.00% Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured obligation basis by certain existing subsidiaries of the Company.

The 1.00% Notes are convertible by holders into cash and shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion rate of 54.0643 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (subject to adjustment in certain events), which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $18.50 per share of common stock. The Company will settle conversion of all 1.00% Notes validly tendered for conversion in cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, if applicable, subject to the Company’s right to pay the share amount in additional cash. Holders may convert their 1.00% Notes only under the following circumstances: (i) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2015, if the last reported sale price of common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (ii) during the five business-day period immediately following any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 1.00% Notes for each day of such period was less than 98% of the product of the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate; (iii) upon occurrence of the specified transactions described in the 1.00% Indenture; or (iv) on and after September 1, 2020. Upon conversion of the 1.00% Notes, the Company will deliver cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company's election. For a discussion of the dilutive effects for earnings per share calculations, see Note 10: "Earnings Per Share and Equity."

The 1.00% Notes will mature on December 1, 2020 and has been reclassified as current portion of long-term debt along with the corresponding debt discount and issuance costs in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019. If a holder elects to convert its 1.00% Notes in connection with the occurrence of specified fundamental changes that occur prior to September 1, 2020, the holder will be entitled to receive, in addition to cash and shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate, an additional number of shares of common stock, in each case as described in the 1.00% Indenture. Notwithstanding these conversion rate adjustments, the 1.00% Notes contain an explicit limit on the number of shares issuable upon conversion.

1.625% Notes due 2023

On March 31, 2017, the Company completed a private placement of $575.0 million of its 1.625% Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company incurred issuance costs of $13.7 million in connection with the issuance of the 1.625% Notes, of which $11.1 million was capitalized as debt issuance costs and is being amortized using the effective interest method, and $2.6 million was allocated to the conversion option (as further described below) and was recorded as equity. The 1.625% Notes are governed by the 1.625% Indenture.
The net proceeds from the offering of the 1.625% Notes were used to repay $562.1 million of borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan “B” Facility. The 1.625% Notes bear interest at the rate of 1.625% per year from the date of issuance, payable semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2017. The 1.625% Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by each of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a borrower or guarantor under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The initial conversion rate of the 1.625% Notes is 48.2567 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 1.625% Notes (subject to adjustment in certain events), which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $20.72 per share of common stock. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding July 15, 2023, the 1.625% Notes will be convertible only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2017 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of the 1.625% Notes for each trading day of such period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; or (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions described in the 1.625% Indenture. On or after July 15, 2023, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the 1.625% Notes may convert all or a portion of their 1.625% Notes at any time. Upon conversion of the 1.625% Notes, the Company will deliver cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company’s election. For a discussion of the dilutive effects for earnings per share calculations, see Note 10: ''Earnings Per Share and Equity''.

The 1.625% Notes will mature on October 15, 2023. If a holder elects to convert its 1.625% Notes in connection with the occurrence of specified fundamental changes that occur prior to July 15, 2023, the holder will be entitled to receive, in addition to cash and/or shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate, an additional number of shares of common stock, as described in the 1.625% Indenture. Notwithstanding these conversion rate adjustments, the 1.625% Notes contain an explicit limit on the number of shares issuable upon conversion.
  
In connection with the occurrence of specified fundamental changes, holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their 1.625% Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.625% Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The 1.625% Notes, which are the Company’s unsecured obligations, rank equally in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness and are senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated obligations. The 1.625% Notes are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. ON Semiconductor was the sole issuer of the 1.625% Notes.

In accordance with accounting guidance on embedded conversion features, the Company valued and bifurcated the conversion option associated with the 1.625% Notes from the respective host debt instrument, which is referred to as the debt discount, and initially recorded the conversion option of $115.7 million in stockholders’ equity. The resulting debt discount is being amortized to interest expense at an effective interest rate of 5.38% over the contractual terms of the notes.

Concurrently with the offering of the 1.625% Notes, the Company used $59.5 million of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility to enter into convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with certain of the initial purchasers of the 1.625% Notes. Pursuant to these transactions, the Company has the option to purchase (subject to adjustment for certain specified transactions) an aggregate of 27.7 million shares of its common stock at a price of $20.72 per share. The total cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was $144.7 million. In addition, the Company sold warrants to certain bank counterparties whereby the holders of the warrants have the option to purchase initially (subject to adjustment for certain specified events) a total of 27.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $30.70 per share. The Company received $85.2 million in cash proceeds from the sale of these warrants. The tax impact of the conversion option and the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions amounted to $11.0 million and was recorded in stockholders' equity.

Together, the purchase of the convertible note hedges and the sale of the warrants are intended to reduce the potential dilution from the conversion of the 1.625% Notes. As these transactions meet certain accounting criteria, the convertible note hedges
and warrants are recorded in stockholders’ equity and are not accounted for as derivatives. The net cost incurred in connection with the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheet. All of the shares subject to the conversion of the 1.625% Notes and hedging transactions were reserved from the Company’s unallocated shares.

Other Long-term Debt

Note Payable to Fujitsu

On October 1, 2018, the Company assumed a yen-denominated non-collateralized loan obligation amounting to $50.6 million as a result of the Company acquiring a majority ownership in OSA. Amortization and maturity of the loan is at the request of the lender, FSL. The loan bears a variable interest rate which is payable monthly and the ending balance amounting to $52.3 million has been classified as current portion of long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019.

U.S. Real Estate Mortgages

During 2014, one of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries entered into an amended and restated loan agreement with a bank for approximately $49.4 million, which was collateralized by real estate, including certain of the Company's facilities in California, Oregon, and Idaho. The balance was paid in full during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Philippine Term Loans

During 2015, the Company borrowed $50.0 million under two non-collateralized term loans entered into by the Company's wholly-owned Philippine subsidiaries and ON Semiconductor, as guarantor. The balance was repaid in full during the year ended December 31, 2018.

Malaysia Revolving Line of Credit

During 2014, one of the Company’s wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiaries and ON Semiconductor, as guarantor, borrowed $25.0 million under a non-collateralized and uncommitted line of credit. The balance was repaid in full during the year ended December 31, 2019, and the facility was closed.

Vietnam Revolving Line of Credit

During 2014, one of the Company’s wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiaries and ON Semiconductor, as guarantor, entered into a non-collateralized and uncommitted $25.0 million line of credit. The balance was repaid in full during the year ended December 31, 2019, and the facility was closed.

Finance Lease Obligations

The Company has finance lease obligations primarily for buildings, which, as of December 31, 2019, totaled $0.1 million, with interest rates ranging from 1.0% to 5.2% and maturing in 2022. Future payments for the Company's finance lease obligations are included in the annual maturities table.