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Debt
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt  
Debt

7.Debt

 

Debt consisted of the following:

 

 

 

March 31,
2015

 

September 30,
2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Secured term credit agreement

 

$

2,655.2

 

$

 

2014 Senior Notes

 

1,600.0

 

 

URS Senior Notes

 

430.2

 

 

Unsecured term credit agreement

 

 

712.5

 

Unsecured senior notes

 

 

263.9

 

Other debt

 

182.5

 

27.6

 

Total debt

 

4,867.9

 

1,004.0

 

Less: Current portion of debt and short-term borrowings

 

(176.3

)

(64.4

)

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

$

4,691.6

 

$

939.6

 

 

The following table presents, in millions, scheduled maturities of the Company’s debt as of March 31, 2015:

 

Fiscal Year

 

 

 

2015 (six months remaining)

 

$

98.7 

 

2016

 

155.8 

 

2017

 

329.4 

 

2018

 

124.0 

 

2019

 

86.9 

 

Thereafter

 

4,073.1 

 

Total

 

$

4,867.9 

 

 

2014 Credit Agreement

 

In connection with the acquisition of URS, on October 17, 2014, the Company entered into a new credit agreement (Credit Agreement) consisting of (i) a term loan A facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.925 billion, (ii) a term loan B facility in an aggregate principal amount of $0.76 billion, (iii) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.05 billion, and (iv) an incremental performance letter of credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million subject to terms outlined in the Credit Agreement. These facilities under the Credit Agreement may be increased by an additional amount of up to $500 million. The Credit Agreement replaced the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013, and the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2014, which such prior facilities were terminated and repaid in full on October 17, 2014. In addition, the Company paid in full, including a pre-payment penalty of $55.6 million, its unsecured senior notes (5.43% Series A Notes due July 2020 and 1.00% Series B Senior Discount Notes due July 2022). The new Credit Agreement matures on October 17, 2019 with respect to the revolving credit facility, the term loan A facility, and the incremental performance letter of credit facility. The term loan B facility matures on October 17, 2021. Certain subsidiaries of the Company (Guarantors) have guaranteed the obligations of the borrowers under the Credit Agreement. The borrowers’ obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to a security and pledge agreement (Security Agreement). The collateral under the Security Agreement is subject to release upon fulfillment of certain conditions specified in the Credit Agreement and Security Agreement.

 

The Credit Agreement contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist liens; (ii) incur or guarantee indebtedness; (iii) pay dividends or repurchase stock; (iv) enter into transactions with affiliates; (v) consummate asset sales, acquisitions or mergers; (vi) enter into certain type of burdensome agreements; or (vii) make investments.

 

Under the Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio at the end of each fiscal quarter beginning with the quarter ending on March 31, 2015. The Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio was 4.4 at March 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the covenants of its Credit Agreement.

 

At March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014, outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $98.3 million and $12.1 million, respectively, under the Company’s revolving credit facilities. As of March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014, the Company had $951.7 million and $1,037.9 million, respectively, available under its revolving credit facility.

 

2014 Senior Notes

 

On October 6, 2014, the Company completed a private placement offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (2022 Notes) and $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes and, together with the 2022 Notes, the 2014 Senior Notes or Notes).

 

As of March 31, 2015, the estimated fair market value of the Company’s 2014 Senior Notes was approximately $1,674.0 million. The fair value of the Company’s Notes as of March 31, 2015 was derived by taking the mid-point of the trading prices from an observable market input (Level 2) in the secondary bond market and multiplying it by the outstanding balance of its Notes.

 

At any time prior to October 15, 2017, the Company may redeem all or part of the 2022 Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium as of the redemption date, and accrued and unpaid interest (subject to the rights of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). In addition, at any time prior to October 15, 2017, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes with the proceeds of one or more equity offerings, at a redemption price equal to 105.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Furthermore, at any time on or after October 15, 2017, the Company may redeem the 2022 Notes, in whole or in part, at once or over time, at the specified redemption prices plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. At any time prior to July 15, 2024, the Company may redeem on one or more occasions all or part of the 2024 Notes at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus (ii) a “make-whole” premium as of the date of the redemption, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or after July 15, 2024, the 2024 Notes may be redeemed at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.

 

The indenture pursuant to which the 2014 Senior Notes were issued contains customary events of default, including, among other things, payment default, exchange default, failure to provide certain notices thereunder and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The indenture also contains customary negative covenants.

 

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2014 and agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement relating to the registered exchange offer (Exchange Offer) to exchange the Notes for a new series of the Company’s exchange notes having terms substantially identical in all material respects to, and in the same aggregate principal amount as the Notes, (ii) cause the Exchange Offer registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 390th day following October 6, 2014 (or if such 390th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day (Exchange Date)), (iii) cause the Exchange Offer registration statement to be effective continuously and keep the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the holders of the Notes, and (iv) cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated in no event later than the Exchange Date.

 

Under certain circumstances, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file a shelf registration statement relating to the resale of the Notes on or prior to the Exchange Date (such date being the Shelf Filing Deadline), (ii) cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective not later than the 60th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 60th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day), and (iii) keep such shelf registration continuously effective until two years after its effective date (or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Notes covered thereby have been sold pursuant thereto).

 

If the Company fails to meet any of these requirements, the annual interest rate on the Notes will increase by 0.25%, and will increase by an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90-day period during which the default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per year. If the Company cures the default, the interest rate on the Notes will revert to the original level.

 

The Company was in compliance with the covenants relating to its Notes as of March 31, 2015.

 

URS Senior Notes

 

In connection with the URS acquisition, the Company assumed URS’s 3.85% Senior Notes due 2017 and its 5.00% Senior Notes due 2022 totaling $1.0 billion (URS Senior Notes). The URS acquisition triggered change in control provisions in the URS Senior Notes that allowed URS senior note holders to redeem their URS Senior Notes at a cash price equal to 101% of the principal amount and, accordingly, the Company redeemed $572.3 million of the URS Senior Notes on October 24, 2014. The URS Senior Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of AECOM Global II, LLC (as successor in interest to URS) and URS Fox US LP and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint-and-several basis by certain former URS domestic subsidiary guarantors.

 

As of March 31, 2015, the estimated fair market value of the Company’s URS Senior Notes was approximately $414.5 million. The carrying value of the URS Senior Notes on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2015 was $430.2 million. The fair value of the Company’s URS Senior Notes as of March 31, 2015 was derived by taking the mid-point of the trading prices from an observable market input (Level 2) in the secondary bond market and multiplying it by the outstanding balance of the URS Senior Notes.

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the covenants relating to the URS Senior Notes.

 

Other Debt

 

Other debt consists primarily of obligations under capital leases and loans, and unsecured credit facilities. The Company’s unsecured credit facilities are primarily used for standby letters of credit issued for payment of performance guarantees. At March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014, these outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $341.0 million and $301.0 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $428.0 million available under these unsecured credit facilities.

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

The Company’s average effective interest rate on total debt, including the effects of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements, during the six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was 4.1% and 2.8%, respectively.