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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt DEBT
Debt consisted of the following at December 31:
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)Effective Interest Rate20202019
2020 Notes(1)
3.69 %$— $299,381 
2021 Euro Notes(1)
0.82 %368,234 334,561 
2023 Notes(1)
3.30 %299,311 299,004 
2024 Euro Notes(1)
1.88 %613,564 558,124 
2026 Euro Notes(1)
1.93 %978,134 890,183 
2028 Notes(1)
4.57 %397,006 396,688 
2047 Notes(1)
4.44 %493,992 493,571 
2048 Notes(1)
5.12 %786,216 785,996 
2018 Term Loan Facility(1)
3.65 %239,817 239,621 
2022 Term Loan Facility (1)
1.73 %199,377 — 
Amortizing Notes(1)
6.09 %36,250 82,079 
Bank overdrafts and other1,560 3,131 
Deferred realized gains on interest rate swaps57 57 
Total debt$4,413,518 $4,382,396 
Less: Short term borrowings(2)
(634,159)(384,958)
Total Long-term debt$3,779,359 $3,997,438 
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(1)Amount is net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs.
(2)Includes bank borrowings, overdrafts and current portion of long-term debt.
2018 Term Loan Facility
On June 6, 2018, the Company entered into a Term Loan Credit Agreement (as amended on July 13, 2018, January 17, 2020 and August 25, 2020, the "2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement") with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, pursuant to which the lenders thereunder committed to provide, a senior unsecured term loan facility in an original aggregate principal amount of up to $350 million (the "2018 Term Loan Facility"), maturing on October 1, 2021.
Loans under the 2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a per annum rate equal to either (x) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin varying from 0.75% to 2.00% or (y) a base rate plus an applicable margin varying from 0.00% to 1.00%, in each case depending on the public debt ratings for non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Company. Loans under the 2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement will amortize quarterly at a per annum rate of 10.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans made under the 2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement on the funding date, commencing December 31, 2018, with the balance payable on October 1, 2021. The Company may voluntarily prepay the term loans without premium or penalty. The 2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement contains various covenants, limitations and events of default customary for similar facilities for similarly rated borrowers, including a maximum ratio of net debt to Consolidated EBITDA of 4.0x as of December 31, 2020, increasing to 4.75x on and after the closing of the N&B Transaction, with step-downs to 3.50x over time. As of December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under this 2018 Term Loan Facility. In 2019, the Company made payments of $110 million on the 2018 Term Loan Facility.
2022 Term Loan Facility
On May 15, 2020, the Company entered into a Term Loan Agreement (as amended on August 25, 2020, the "2022 Term Loan Agreement") with China Construction Bank Corporation, New York Branch, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, pursuant to which the lenders thereunder have committed to provide a senior unsecured two year term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $200 million (the "2022 Term Loan Facility"). The loans under the 2022 Term Loan Agreement bear interest, at the Company's option, at a per annum rate equal to either (x) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin varying from 1.225% to 2.475% or (y) a base rate plus an applicable margin varying from 0.225% to 1.475%, in each case depending on the public debt ratings for non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Company. The Company may voluntarily prepay the term loans without premium or penalty, with the balance payable on the second anniversary of the funding date. There is no required amortization under the 2022 Term Loan Agreement.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $200 million outstanding in borrowings under the 2022 Term Loan Facility. The 2022 Term Loan Agreement contains various covenants, limitations and events of default customary for similar facilities for similarly rated borrowers, including a maximum ratio of net debt to Consolidated EBITDA of 4.0x as of December 31, 2020, increasing to 4.75x on and after the closing of the N&B Transaction, with step-downs to 3.50x over time. As of December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under this 2022 Term Loan Facility.
Revolving Credit Facility
On August 25, 2020, the Company entered into (i) the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Revolving Credit Agreement" and together with the 2018 Term Loan Credit Agreement and 2022 Term Loan Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”), which amended and restated the Credit Agreement dated as of November 9, 2011, as previously amended and restated as of December 2, 2016, and further amended as of May 21, 2018, June 6, 2018, July 13, 2018 and January 17, 2020 among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, providing for a senior unsecured revolving loan credit facility maturing June 6, 2023 (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).
The interest rate on the Revolving Credit Facility is, at the applicable borrower’s option, a per annum rate equal to either (x) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin varying from 1.25% to 2.50% or (y) a base rate plus an applicable margin varying from 0.25% to 1.50%, in each case depending on the public debt ratings for non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Company.
The Revolving Credit Facility is available for general corporate purposes of each borrower and its subsidiaries. The obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility are unsecured and the Company has guaranteed the obligations of each other borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Company pays a commitment fee on the aggregate unused commitments; such fee is not material. The Revolving Credit Agreement contains various covenants, limitations and events of default customary for similar facilities for similarly rated borrowers, including a maximum ratio of net debt to Consolidated EBITDA of 4.0x as of December 31, 2020, increasing to 4.75x on and after the closing of the N&B Transaction, with step-downs to 3.50x over time.
In connection with the Revolving Credit Facility, the Company incurred $0.7 million of debt issuance costs. As of December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under this Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2020, total availability under the Revolving Credit Facility was $1.0 billion, with no outstanding borrowings. Under the amended terms of the Revolver Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Facility increased from $1 billion to $2 billion upon completion of the N&B Transaction. As the Revolving Credit Facility is a multi-year revolving credit agreement, the Company classifies as long-term debt the portion that it has the intent and ability to maintain outstanding longer than 12 months.
2018 Senior Unsecured Notes
On September 26, 2018, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes that matured on September 25, 2020 (the “2020 Notes”). The 2020 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.40% per year, payable semi-annually on March 25 and September 25 of each year, beginning March 25, 2019. Total proceeds from the issuance of the 2020 Notes, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, were $298.9 million. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company repaid the 2020 Notes resulting in a payment of $300 million of which approximately $200 million was from the net proceeds received under the 2022 Term Loan Agreement.
On September 25, 2018 the Company issued €300 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes that mature on September 25, 2021 (the “2021 Euro Notes”). The 2021 Notes bear interest at a rate of 0.5% per year, payable annually on September 25 of each year, beginning September 25, 2019. Total proceeds from the issuance of the 2021 Notes, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, were €297.7 million ($349.5 million in USD).
On September 25, 2018, the Company issued €800 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes that mature on September 25, 2026 (the “2026 Euro Notes”). The 2026 Notes bear interest at a rate of 1.8% per year, payable annually on September 25 of each year, beginning September 25, 2019. Total proceeds from the issuance of the 2026 Notes, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, were €794.1 million ($932.2 million in USD).
On September 26, 2018, the Company issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes that mature on September 26, 2028 (the “2028 Notes”). The 2028 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.45% per year, payable semi-annually on March 26 and September 26 of each year, beginning March 26, 2019. Total proceeds from the issuance of the 2028 Notes, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, were $397.0 million.
On September 26, 2018, the Company issued $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes that mature on September 26, 2048 (the “2048 Notes” and collectively with the 2021 Euro Notes, 2026 Euro Notes, 2020 Notes, 2028 Notes, the "2018 Senior Unsecured Notes"). The 2048 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.0% per year, payable semi-annually on March 26 and September 26 of each year, beginning March 26, 2019. Total proceeds from the issuance of the 2048 Notes, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs, were $787.2 million.
As discussed in Note 17, the 2021 Euro Notes and 2026 Euro Notes have been designated as a hedge of the Company's net investment in certain subsidiaries.
Tangible Equity Units - Senior Unsecured Amortizing Notes
On September 17, 2018, in connection with the issuance of the TEUs, the Company issued $139.5 million aggregate principal amount of Amortizing Notes. The Amortizing Notes mature on September 15, 2021. Each quarterly cash installment payment of $0.75 (or, in the case of the installment payment due on December 15, 2018, $0.73333) per Amortizing Note will constitute a partial repayment of principal and a payment of interest, computed at an annual rate of 3.79%. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months. Payments will be applied first to the interest due and payable and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount, allocated as set forth in the amortization schedule in the indenture governing the Amortizing Notes. See Note 8 for further information on the TEUs.
There are no covenants or provisions in the indenture related to the TEUs that would afford the holders of the amortizing notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction involving the Company that may adversely affect such holders. If a fundamental change occurs, or if the Company elects to settle the SPCs early, then the holders of the Amortizing Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase the Amortizing Notes at a repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Amortizing Notes as of the repurchase date plus accrued and unpaid interest. The indenture also contains customary events of default which would permit the holders of the Amortizing Notes to declare the notes to be immediately due and payable if not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely installment payments on the notes or other material indebtedness, failure to give notice of a fundamental change and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency.
2047 Notes
On May 18, 2017, the Company issued $500.0 million face amount of 4.375% Senior Notes ("2047 Notes") due 2047 at a discount of $1.8 million. The Company received proceeds related to the issuance of these 2047 Notes of $493.9 million which was net of the $1.8 million discount and $4.4 million in underwriting fees (recorded as deferred financing costs). In addition, the Company incurred $0.9 million in legal and professional costs associated with the issuance and such costs were recorded as deferred financing costs. In connection with the debt issuance, the Company entered into pre-issuance hedging transactions that were settled upon issuance of the debt and resulted in a loss of approximately $5.3 million. The discount, deferred financing costs and pre-issuance hedge loss are being amortized as interest expense over the 30 year term of the debt. The 2047 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.375% per annum, with interest payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2017. The 2047 Notes will mature on June 1, 2047.
2024 Euro Notes
On March 14, 2016, the Company issued €500.0 million face amount of 1.75% Senior Notes ("2024 Euro Notes") due 2024 at a discount of €0.9 million. The Company received proceeds related to the issuance of these 2024 Euro Notes of €496.0 million which was net of the €0.9 million discount and €3.1 million underwriting discount (recorded as deferred financing costs). In addition, the Company incurred $1.3 million of other deferred financing costs in connection with the debt issuance. In connection with the debt issuance, the Company entered into pre-issuance hedging transactions that were settled upon issuance of the debt and resulted in a loss of approximately $3.2 million. The discount, deferred financing costs and pre-issuance hedge loss are being amortized as interest expense over the eight year term of the debt. The 2024 Euro Notes bear interest at a rate of 1.75% per annum, with interest payable on March 14 of each year, commencing on March 14, 2017. The 2024 Euro Notes will mature on March 14, 2024.
As discussed in Note 17, the 2024 Euro Notes have been designated as a hedge of the Company's net investment in certain subsidiaries.
2023 Notes
On April 4, 2013, the Company issued $300.0 million face amount of 3.20% Senior Notes (“2023 Notes”) due 2023 at a discount of $0.3 million. The Company received proceeds related to the issuance of these 2023 Notes of $297.8 million which was net of the $0.3 million discount and a $1.9 million underwriting discount (recorded as deferred financing costs). In addition, the Company incurred $0.9 million of other deferred financing costs in connection with the debt issuance. The discount and deferred financing costs are being amortized as interest expense over the term of the 2023 Notes. The 2023 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.20% per year, with interest payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2013. The 2023 Notes mature on May 1, 2023.
Redemption Provisions
The 2018 Senior Unsecured Notes, 2023 Notes, 2024 Euro Notes and 2047 Notes (collectively, the "Notes") share the same redemption provisions. Upon 30 days’ notice to holders of the Notes, the Company may redeem the Notes for cash in whole, at any time, or in part, from time to time, prior to maturity, at redemption prices that include accrued and unpaid interest and a make-whole premium, as specified in the indenture governing the Notes. However, no make-whole premium will be paid for redemptions of each note on or after the following date:
NoteRedemption Date
2021 Euro NotesAugust 25, 2021
2023 NotesFebruary 1, 2023
2024 Euro NotesDecember 14, 2023
2026 Euro NotesJune 25, 2026
2028 NotesJune 26, 2028
2047 NotesDecember 1, 2046
2048 NotesMarch 26, 2048
The indenture of each note provides for customary events of default and contains certain negative covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to grant liens on assets, or to enter into sale-leaseback transactions. In addition, subject to certain limitations, in the event of the occurrence of both (1) a change of control of the Company and (2) a downgrade of the Notes below investment grade rating by both Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings Inc. within a specified time period, the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase.
Outstanding Borrowings
The following table shows the contractual maturities of the Company's long-term debt as of December 31, 2020.
Payments Due by Period
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)TotalLess than 1 Year1-3 Years3-5 YearsMore than
5 Years
Total Outstanding Borrowings$4,444,112 $645,372 $500,000 $614,900 $2,683,840