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Debt
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
Debt Capitalization
As of March 31, 2025, our long-term debt consists of the following:
March 31,
2025		September 30,
2024
(in millions)
Revolving Credit Facility (a)$— $— 
Senior Term Loan Facility due 20311,295 1,295 
2.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2028
352 363 
3.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
540 540 
3.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
535 535 
2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031
481 497 
3.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2031
800 800 
Mortgage Term Loan due 203317 18 
Total debt, including the current portion4,020 4,048 
Premium less unamortized discount and unamortized DFCs(30)(34)
Total Acquisition Corp. long-term debt, including the current portion, net$3,990 $4,014 
Tempo Asset-Based Notes due 2050311 — 
Unamortized discount
(9)— 
Total asset-based long-term debt, including the current portion, net (b)
$302 $— 
Total long-term debt, including the current portion, net$4,292 $4,014 
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(a)Reflects $350 million of commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, less letters of credit outstanding of approximately $2 million as of March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024. There were no loans outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility as of March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024.
(b)The Tempo Asset-Based Notes due 2050 are secured only by certain music rights owned by Tempo and are nonrecourse to the Company and its subsidiaries, other than Tempo.
The Company is the direct parent of Holdings, which is the direct parent of Acquisition Corp. Acquisition Corp. is party to and the borrower under a $1,295 million senior secured term loan credit facility, pursuant to a credit agreement dated November 1, 2012, as amended or supplemented (the “Senior Term Loan Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Senior Term Loan Facility”). Additionally, as of March 31, 2025 Acquisition Corp. had issued and outstanding the 2.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2028, the 3.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, the 3.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, the 2.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 and the 3.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (together, the “Acquisition Corp. Notes”).
All of the Acquisition Corp. Notes are guaranteed by all of Acquisition Corp.’s domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries. The guarantee of the Acquisition Corp. Notes by Acquisition Corp.’s domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries is full, unconditional and joint and several. The secured notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis.
The Company and Holdings are holding companies that conduct substantially all of their business operations through Acquisition Corp. Accordingly, while Acquisition Corp. and its subsidiaries are not currently restricted from distributing funds to the Company and Holdings under the indentures for the Acquisition Corp. Notes or the credit agreements for the Acquisition Corp. Senior Credit Facilities, including the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) and the Senior Term Loan Facility, should Acquisition Corp.’s Total Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio increase above 3.50:1.00 and the term loans not achieve an investment grade rating, the covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility, which are currently suspended, will be reinstated and the ability of the Company and Holdings to obtain funds from their subsidiaries will be restricted by the Revolving Credit Facility. The Company was in compliance with its covenants under its outstanding notes, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Senior Term Loan Facility as of March 31, 2025.
Fiscal 2025 Transactions
Acquisition of Tempo
Following its acquisition of Tempo on February 5, 2025, the Company holds approximately $311 million of asset-based securities due November 2050 (“Asset-Based Notes”) issued by a subsidiary of Tempo and secured only by certain music rights owned by Tempo and is nonrecourse to the Company and its subsidiaries, other than Tempo. These notes, which consist of multiple fixed rate tranches, will accrue at a fixed weighted average rate of 4.62% until November 30, 2027, with higher interest rates thereafter. Principal and interest are payable in equal semi-annual installments.
Interest Rates
The loans under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at Acquisition Corp.’s election at a rate equal to (i) the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the applicable interest period (“Revolving Term SOFR”), and other rates for alternate currencies, such as EURIBOR and SONIA, as provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement, subject to a zero floor, plus 1.75% per annum in the case of Initial Revolving Loans (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), or 1.875% per annum in the case of 2020 Revolving Loans (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), or (ii) the base rate, which is the highest of (x) the corporate base rate established by the administrative agent from time to time, (y) 0.50% in excess of the overnight federal funds rate and (z) the one-month Revolving Term SOFR plus 1.0% per annum, plus, in each case, 0.75% per annum in the case of Initial Revolving Loans, or 0.875% per annum in the case of 2020 Revolving Loans; provided that, in respect of 2020 Revolving Loans, the applicable margin with respect to such loans is subject to adjustment as set forth in the pricing grid in the Revolving Credit Agreement. Based on the Senior Secured Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio of 2.30x at March 31, 2025, the applicable margin for SOFR loans and risk-free rate loans would be 1.375% instead of 1.875% and the applicable margin for ABR loans would be 0.375% instead of 0.875% in the case of 2020 Revolving Loans. If there is a payment default at any time, then the interest rate applicable to overdue principal will be the rate otherwise applicable to such loan plus 2.0% per annum. Default interest will also be payable on other overdue amounts at a rate of 2.0% per annum above the amount that would apply to an alternative base rate loan.
The loans under the Senior Term Loan Facility bear interest at Acquisition Corp.’s election at a rate equal to (i) the forward-looking term rate based on Term SOFR subject to a zero floor, plus 1.75% per annum or (ii) the base rate, which is the highest of (x) the corporate base rate established by the administrative agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City from time to time, (y) 0.50% in excess of the overnight federal funds rate and (z) one-month Term SOFR, plus 1.00% per annum, subject to a 1.00% floor, plus, in each case, 1.00% per annum. If there is a payment default at any time, then the interest rate applicable to overdue principal and interest will be the rate otherwise applicable to such loan plus 2.00% per annum. Default interest will also be payable on other overdue amounts at a rate of 2.00% per annum above the amount that would apply to an alternative base rate loan.
The term loan entered into on January 27, 2023 (the “Term Loan Mortgage”) bears interest at a rate of 30-day SOFR plus the applicable margin of 1.40%, subject to a zero floor.
Interest on the Asset-Based Notes, which consist of multiple fixed rate tranches, will accrue at a fixed weighted average rate of 4.62% until November 30, 2027. Following November 30, 2027, if the Asset-Based Notes remain outstanding, the interest rate on the outstanding Asset-Based Notes will increase by a per annum rate equal to the greater of: (i) 5.0% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the sum of the following exceeds the interest rate otherwise payable with respect to such Asset-Based Notes: (A) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a quarterly bond-equivalent basis) on November 30, 2027 of the U.S. treasury security having a term closest to seven years plus (B) 5.0%, plus (C) with respect to class A notes, 3.53% and, with respect to class B notes, 4.28%.
The Company has entered into, and in the future may enter into, interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk. As of March 31, 2025, there are no interest rate swaps outstanding.
Maturity of Senior Term Loan Facility
The loans outstanding under the Senior Term Loan Facility mature on January 24, 2031.
Maturity of Revolving Credit Facility
The maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility is November 30, 2028.
Maturities of Senior Secured Notes
As of March 31, 2025, there are no scheduled maturities of notes until 2028, when $352 million is scheduled to mature. Thereafter, $2.667 billion is scheduled to mature.
Maturity of Term Loan Mortgage
The maturity date of the Term Loan Mortgage is January 27, 2033, subject to a call option exercisable by Truist Bank at any time after January 27, 2028 if certain criteria relating to the Company’s creditworthiness are met.
Maturity of Tempo Asset-Based Notes
The maturity date of the Asset-Based Notes is November 30, 2050.
Interest Expense, net
Total interest expense, net was $39 million and $42 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $76 million and $81 million for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Interest expense, net includes interest expense related to our outstanding indebtedness of $44 million and $46 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $87 million and $91 million for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate of the Company’s total debt was 4.1% at March 31, 2025, 4.3% at September 30, 2024, and 4.5% at March 31, 2024.