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Borrowings
9 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowings BORROWINGS:
Long-term borrowings, net, are summarized in the following table (in thousands):
June 26, 2020September 27, 2019
Senior secured revolving credit facility, due October 2023$845,189  $51,410  
Senior secured term loan facility, due October 2023483,739  507,887  
Senior secured term loan facility, due March 2024829,922  829,344  
Senior secured term loan facility, due March 20251,658,882  1,658,026  
Senior secured term loan facility, due January 2027892,766  —  
5.125% senior notes, due January 2024
—  902,351  
5.000% senior notes, due April 2025
593,032  592,087  
3.125% senior notes, due April 2025(1)
361,748  352,363  
6.375% senior notes, due May 2025
1,478,368  —  
4.750% senior notes, due June 2026
495,239  494,731  
5.000% senior notes, due February 2028
1,138,530  1,137,625  
Receivables Facility, due June 2022335,600  —  
Finance leases137,386  148,754  
Other9,213  7,589  
9,259,614  6,682,167  
Less—current portion(90,112) (69,928) 
$9,169,502  $6,612,239  

(1)
This is a Euro denominated borrowing.
As of June 26, 2020, there was approximately $901.8 million of outstanding foreign currency borrowings.
Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company increased its borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the Receivables Facility and also issued new senior unsecured notes (see below) in order to provide additional cash availability and maximize flexibility in response to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19. As of June 26, 2020, the Company had $845.2 million of borrowings under the revolving credit facility, $335.6 million of borrowings under the Receivables Facility, $2,417.3 million of cash and cash equivalents and approximately $85.7 million of availability under the senior secured revolving credit facility.
Fiscal 2020 Refinancing Transactions
Receivables Facility
On June 22, 2020, the Company extended the scheduled maturity date of the Receivables Facility from May 2021 to June 2022. All other terms and conditions of the agreement remained largely unchanged.
6.375% Senior Notes due 2025
On April 27, 2020, Aramark Services, Inc. ("ASI"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $1,500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due May 1, 2025 (the "6.375% 2025 Notes"). ASI intends to use the net proceeds from the 6.375% 2025 Notes for general corporate purposes. The Company capitalized third-party costs of approximately $22.3 million directly attributable to the 6.375% 2025 Notes, which are included in "Long-Term Borrowings" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and within "Other financing activities" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended June 26, 2020.
The 6.375% 2025 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of April 27, 2020 (the "6.375% 2025 Notes Indenture"), entered into by and among ASI, the Company and certain other Aramark entities, as guarantors, and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The 6.375% 2025 Notes were issued at par.
The 6.375% 2025 Notes are senior unsecured obligations of ASI. The 6.375% 2025 Notes rank equal in right of payment to all of the Issuer's existing and future senior indebtedness and will rank senior in right of payment to the Issuer's future subordinated indebtedness. The 6.375% 2025 Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by the Company and substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries of ASI. The guarantees of the 6.375% 2025 Notes rank equal in right of payment to all of the senior obligations of such guarantor. The 6.375% 2025 Notes are effectively subordinated to all of ASI's existing and future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all of the liabilities of any of ASI's subsidiaries that do not guarantee the 6.375% 2025 Notes. Interest on the 6.375% 2025 Notes is payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2020.
In the event of certain types of changes of control, the holders of the 6.375% 2025 Notes may require ASI to purchase for cash all or a portion of their 6.375% 2025 Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such 6.375% 2025 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the purchase date. At any time prior to May 1, 2022, ASI has the option to redeem all or a part of the 6.375% 2025 Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such 6.375% 2025 Notes plus an applicable premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the date of redemption. In addition, prior to May 1, 2022, ASI has the option to redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of all 6.375% 2025 Notes at a purchase price equal to 106.375% of the principal amount of such 6.375% 2025 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption, with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings, provided that at least 50% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the 6.375% 2025 Notes originally issued remain outstanding immediately after the purchase and the redemption occurs within 90 days of the closing date of the equity offering.
The 6.375% 2025 Notes Indenture contains covenants limiting ASI's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares; pay dividends and make certain distributions, investments and other restricted payments; create certain liens; sell assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; limit the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to ASI; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; merge, consolidate, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of ASI's and its restricted subsidiaries assets; and designate ASI's subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. The 6.375% 2025 Notes Indenture also provides for events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the applicable series of 6.375% 2025 Notes to become or to be declared due and payable. Further, a failure to pay any obligations under the 6.375% 2025 Notes Indenture as they become due or any event causing amounts to become due prior to their stated maturity could result in a cross-default and potential acceleration of the Company’s other outstanding debt obligations.
Senior Secured Credit Agreement
On April 22, 2020, ASI entered into Amendment No. 9 ("Amendment No. 9") to the credit agreement dated as of March 28, 2017 (as supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") and last amended by Amendment No. 8 ("Amendment No. 8") on January 15, 2020. Amendment No. 9 provides for a covenant waiver period which suspends the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio debt covenant required under the credit agreement for four fiscal quarters, commencing with
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 through the third quarter of fiscal 2021, subject to, among other things, ongoing compliance with a minimum liquidity condition of $400.0 million and restrictions on making certain restricted payments and investments in unrestricted subsidiaries, in each case, as set forth in Amendment No. 9. If ASI ceases to be in compliance with Amendment No. 9 at any time during the covenant waiver period, this will cause an event of default under the Credit Agreement, and if such non-compliance is not waived, certain lenders under the senior secured credit facilities could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facilities to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit under such facilities. When the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio debt covenant is once again effective for ASI in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, the trailing twelve month period will consist of results from the third quarter of fiscal 2019 through the first quarter of fiscal 2020 plus the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, excluding the results of the second quarter of fiscal 2020 through the third quarter of fiscal 2021. This exclusion is intended to prevent the effects of COVID-19 from impacting the covenant calculation.
On January 15, 2020, ASI entered into Amendment No. 8 to the Credit Agreement, which provided for an incremental, senior secured credit facility under the Credit Agreement comprised of a U.S. dollar denominated term loan made to ASI in an amount equal to $900.0 million, due January 15, 2027 (the "U.S. Term Loan B due 2027"). The U.S. Term Loan B due 2027 was borrowed with an original issue discount of 0.125%.
The net proceeds from the U.S. Term Loan B due 2027 were used to redeem the aggregate $900.0 million principal amount outstanding on ASI’s 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) at a redemption price of 102.563% of the aggregate principal amount and to pay accrued interest, certain fees and related expenses. The Company recorded $20.9 million of charges to "Interest and Other Financing Costs, net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income for the nine months ended June 26, 2020, consisting of the payment of a $23.1 million call premium and a $2.2 million non-cash gain for the write-off of unamortized debt premium and unamortized deferred financing costs on the 2024 Notes. The Company capitalized third-party costs of approximately $6.6 million related to banker fees, rating agency fees and legal fees directly attributable to the U.S. Term Loan B due 2027, which are included in "Long-Term Borrowings" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amounts paid for the call premium and capitalized third-party costs are included within "Other financing activities" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended June 26, 2020.
The U.S. Term Loan B due 2027 bears interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for deposits in U.S. dollars for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the prime rate of the administrative agent, (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (3) the LIBOR rate plus 1.00% plus an applicable margin set initially at 1.75% for borrowings based on the LIBOR rate, subject to a LIBOR floor of 0.00% and 0.75% for borrowings based on the base rate, subject to a minimum base rate of 0.00%.
The Company is required to make quarterly principal repayments on the U.S. Term Loan B due 2027 in quarterly amounts of 1.00% per annum of the funded total principal amount on the initial funding date thereof and is subject to substantially similar terms relating to guarantees, collateral, mandatory prepayments and covenants that are applicable to the Company’s existing U.S. Term Loan B due 2024 and U.S. Term Loan B due 2025, in each case, outstanding under the Credit Agreement.