Borrowings

Short-Term Credit Arrangements

The Company maintains uncommitted credit arrangements with several banks providingshort-term borrowing capacity and overdraft protection. There were borrowings of $5.0 million outstanding under these short-term credit facilities at a weighted average interest rate of 4.47% at September 28, 2018. There were borrowings of $3.1 million outstanding under these short-term credit facilities at September 29, 2017.

Long-term Debt

The following table presents certain information regarding the Company’s long-term debt at September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (dollars in thousands):



	Interest Rate	Maturity	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
Revolving Credit Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin(1)	February 2020	$	149,129		$	235,000
Term Loan Facility	LIBOR + applicable margin (2)	December 2020	1,500,000			—
Fixed-rate notes due:
Senior Notes, Series A	4.27%	May 2025	190,000			—
Senior Notes, Series B	4.42%	May 2028	180,000			—
Senior Notes, Series C	4.52%	May 2030	130,000			—
Less: Deferred Financing Fees			(4,998		)	—
Other	Varies	Varies	2,746			—
Total Long-term debt, net			$	2,146,877		$	235,000

(1)

Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility), borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 1.0% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rates at September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 were approximately 1.38% to 3.47% and 1.0% to 2.23%, respectively.


(2)	Depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Term Loan Facility), borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at either a eurocurrency rate plus a margin of between 1.0% and 1.5% or a base rate plus a margin of between 0% and 0.5%. The applicable LIBOR rate at September 28, 2018 was approximately 3.71%.

On February 7, 2014, Jacobs and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a $1.6 billion long-term unsecured, revolving credit facility (as amended, the “Revolving Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of large U.S. and international banks and financial institutions. The Revolving Credit Facility provides an accordion feature that allows the Company and the lenders to increase the facility amount to $2.1 billion. On September 28, 2017, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility, which provides for, among other things, an amendment to certain financial definitions used in the Revolving Credit Facility, including “Consolidated EBITDA” and increases the permitted leverage ratio on a short-term basis in relation to the acquisition of CH2M and future permitted material acquisitions. This Second Amendment was effective upon the consummation of the acquisition of CH2M in December 2017.

The Revolving Credit Facility permits the Company to borrow under two separate tranches in U.S. dollars, certain specified foreign currencies, and any other currency that may be approved in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility also provides for a financial letter of credit sub facility of $300 million, permits performance letters of credit, and provides for a $50 million sub facility for swing line loans. Letters of credit are subject to fees based on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the time any such letter of credit is issued. The Company pays a facility fee of between 0.10% and 0.25% per annum depending on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility may be prepaid at the option of the Company without premium or penalty, subject to customary breakage fees in connection with the prepayment of euro currency loans. Any prepayments made under the Revolving Credit Facility are available for re-borrowing subject to the terms and conditions therein. The Revolving Credit Facility contains affirmative, negative, and financial covenants customary for financings of this type including, among other things, limitations on certain other indebtedness, investments, liens, acquisitions, dispositions, fundamental changes and transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility contains customary events of default. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility at September 28, 2018.

On September 28, 2017, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of financial institutions as lenders. We incurred loans under the Term Loan Facility on December 15, 2017 in connection with the closing of the CH2M acquisition in order to pay cash consideration for the acquisition, and to pay fees and expenses related to the acquisition and the Term Loan Facility. Amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Facility may be prepaid at the option of the Company without premium or penalty, subject to customary breakage fees in connection with the prepayment of eurocurrency loans. Any prepayments made under the Term Loan Facility are not available for re-borrowing. The Term Loan Facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, limitations on certain other indebtedness, investments, liens, acquisitions, dispositions, fundamental changes and transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Term Loan Facility contains customary events of default. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Term Loan Facility at September 28, 2018.

On March 12, 2018, Jacobs entered into a note purchase agreement (as amended, the "Note Purchase Agreement") with respect to the issuance and sale in a private placement transaction of $500 million in the aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes in three series (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). The Note Purchase Agreement provides that if the Company's consolidated leverage ratio exceeds a certain amount, the interest on the Senior Notes may increase by 75 basis points. The Senior Notes may be prepaid at any time subject to a make-whole premium. The sale of the Senior Notes closed on May 15, 2018. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of Senior Notes to repay certain existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes. The Note Purchase Agreement contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, covenants to maintain a minimum consolidated net worth and maximum consolidated leverage ratio and limitations on certain other indebtedness, liens, mergers, dispositions and transactions with affiliates. In addition, the Note Purchase Agreement contains customary events of default. We were in compliance with the covenants under the Note Purchase Agreement at September 28, 2018.

In conjunction with the acquisition of CH2M, the Company assumed certain long-term financing that was incurred by CH2M prior to the acquisition. The total balance included in long-term debt as of September 28, 2018 was $2.7 million, which is primarily comprised of equipment financing, bearing interest rates ranging from 0.22% to 3.29% due in monthly installments through September 2021.

We believe the carrying value of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Term Loan Facility and Other debt outstanding approximates fair value based on the interest rates and scheduled maturities applicable to the outstanding borrowings. The fair value of the Senior Notes is estimated to be $491.7 million at September 28, 2018, based on Level 2 inputs. The fair value is determined by discounting future cash flows using interest rates available for issuances with similar terms and average maturities.

The Company has issued $2.5 million in letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, leaving $1.4 billion of available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility at September 28, 2018. In addition, the Company had issued $444.1 million under separate, committed and uncommitted letter-of-credit facilities for total issued letters of credit of $446.6 million at September 28, 2018.

The following table presents the amount of interest paid by the Company during September 28, 2018, September 29, 2017 and September 30, 2016 (in thousands):



For the Years Ended
September 28, 2018	September 29, 2017	September 30, 2016
$68,467	$12,862	$13,282