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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
5. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt and capital leases as of October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014 consist of the following:

 

     October 31,
2014
     April 30,
2014
 

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility:

     

Due March 2016; bearing interest at LIBOR plus 3.75%

   $ 144,300       $ 133,860   

Senior Subordinated Notes:

     

Due February 2019; bearing interest at 7.75% (including unamortized discount of $1,363 and $1,491)

     323,637         323,509   

Tax-Exempt Bonds:

     

Finance Authority of Maine Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2005R-2; senior unsecured due January 2025 - fixed rate interest period through 2017, bearing interest at 6.25%

     21,400         21,400   

Vermont Economic Development Authority Solid Waste Disposal Long-Term Revenue Bonds Series 2013; senior unsecured due April 2036 - fixed rate interest period through 2019, bearing interest at 4.75%

     16,000         16,000   

Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2013; senior unsecured due April 2029 - fixed rate interest period through 2019, bearing interest at 4.00%

     11,000         —     

Finance Authority of Maine Solid Wasete Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2005R-1; letter of credit backed due January 2025 - variable rate interest period through 2017, bearing interest at SIFMA Index

     3,600         3,600   

Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2013; letter of credit backed due 2029 - converted to fixed rate interest period, bore interest at SIFMA Index

     —           5,500   

Other:

     

Notes payable maturing through April 2017

     440         440   

Capital leases maturing through April 2023

     3,401         3,710   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     523,778         508,019   

Less—current maturities of long-term debt

     1,736         885   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 522,042       $ 507,134   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tax-Exempt Financing Transactions

New Hampshire Bonds

In the three months ended October 31, 2014, we completed a financing transaction involving $11,000 aggregate principal amount of tax-exempt Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds Series 2013 issued by the Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire (“New Hampshire Bonds”), consisting of the conversion and remarketing of $5,500 principal amount of New Hampshire Bonds from a variable rate to a fixed term rate and the issuance of an additional $5,500 principal amount of fixed term rate New Hampshire Bonds. We borrowed the additional proceeds of the New Hampshire Bonds to repay borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit facility (“Revolver”) for qualifying property, plant and equipment assets purchased in New Hampshire since October 5, 2011.