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Long-Term Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt Long-term debt as of July 31, 2016 and 2015 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Maturity (a) | July 31, 2016 | July 31, 2015
Credit Facility Revolver (b) | 2020 | $ | 75,000 |  | $ | 185,000 |
Credit Facility Term Loan (b) | 2020 | 240,625 |  | 250,000 |
Employee Housing Bonds (c) | 2027-2039 | 52,575 |  | 52,575 |
Canyons obligation (d) | 2063 | 323,099 |  | 317,455 |
Other (e) | 2017-2029 | 11,021 |  | 11,800 |
Total debt |  | 702,320 |  | 816,830 |
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs |  | 2,057 |  | 2,329 |
Less: Current maturities (f) |  | 13,354 |  | 10,154 |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 686,909 |  | $ | 804,347 |
(a) | Maturities are based on the Company’s July 31 fiscal year end.
(b) | On May 1, 2015, Vail Holdings, Inc. (“VHI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, amended and restated its senior credit facility. Key modifications to the senior credit facility included, among other things, the extension of the maturity on the revolving credit facility from March 2019 to May 2020 and increases in certain baskets for and improved flexibility to incur debt and make distributions.
The Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with VHI, as borrower, the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other Lenders party thereto, and consists of a $400 million revolving credit facility. The Credit Agreement also provides for a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million, which on May 1, 2015, the Company utilized to redeem its 6.50% Notes and Industrial Development Bonds. VHI’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and are collateralized by a pledge of all the capital stock of VHI and substantially all of its subsidiaries (with certain additional exceptions for the pledge of the capital stock of foreign subsidiaries). In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, VHI has the ability to increase availability (under the revolver or in the form of term loans) to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $950.0 million and (ii) the product of 2.75 and the trailing twelve-month Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The term loan facility is subject to quarterly amortization of principal, which began on January 31, 2016, in equal installments, with five percent payable in each year and the final payment of all amounts outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest due on May 1, 2020. The proceeds of the loans made under the Credit Agreement may be used to fund the Company’s working capital needs, capital expenditures, acquisitions, investments and other general corporate purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. The Credit Agreement matures in May 2020. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, including the term loan facility, bear interest annually at the Company's option at the rate of (i) LIBOR plus 1.125% as of July 31, 2016 (1.62% as of July 31, 2016) or (ii) the Agent's prime lending rate plus a margin (3.75% as of July 31, 2016). Interest rate margins may fluctuate based upon the ratio of the Company’s Net Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA on a trailing four-quarter basis. The Credit Agreement also includes a quarterly unused commitment fee, which is equal to a percentage determined by the Net Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio, as each such term is defined in the Credit Agreement, times the daily amount by which the Credit Agreement commitment exceeds the total of outstanding loans and outstanding letters of credit. The unused amounts are accessible to the extent that the Net Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio does not exceed the maximum ratio allowed at quarter-ends and the Adjusted EBITDA to interest on Funded Debt (as defined in the Credit Agreement) ratio does not fall below the minimum ratio allowed at quarter-ends. The Credit Agreement provides for affirmative and negative covenants that restrict, among other things, the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness, dispose of assets, make capital expenditures, make distributions and make investments. In addition, the Credit Agreement includes the following restrictive financial covenants: Net Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio and Adjusted EBITDA to interest on Funded Debt ratio.
(c) | The Company has recorded for financial reporting purposes the outstanding debt of four Employee Housing Entities (each an “Employee Housing Entity” and collectively the “Employee Housing Entities”): Breckenridge Terrace, Tarnes, BC Housing and Tenderfoot. The proceeds of the Employee Housing Bonds were used to develop apartment complexes designated primarily for use by the Company’s seasonal employees at its mountain resorts. The Employee Housing Bonds are variable rate, interest-only instruments with interest rates tied to LIBOR plus 0% to 0.05% (0.50% to 0.55% as of July 31, 2016).
Interest on the Employee Housing Bonds is paid monthly in arrears and the interest rate is adjusted weekly. No principal payments are due on the Employee Housing Bonds until maturity. Each Employee Housing Entity’s bonds were issued in two series. The bonds for each Employee Housing Entity are backed by letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement. The table below presents the principal amounts outstanding for the Employee Housing Bonds as of July 31, 2016 (in thousands):
| Maturity (a) | Tranche A | Tranche B | Total
Breckenridge Terrace | 2039 | $ | 14,980 |  | $ | 5,000 |  | $ | 19,980 |
Tarnes | 2039 | 8,000 |  | 2,410 |  | 10,410 |
BC Housing | 2027 | 9,100 |  | 1,500 |  | 10,600 |
Tenderfoot | 2035 | 5,700 |  | 5,885 |  | 11,585 |
Total |  | $ | 37,780 |  | $ | 14,795 |  | $ | 52,575 |
(d) | On May 24, 2013, VR CPC Holdings, Inc. (“VR CPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a transaction agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with affiliate companies of Talisker Corporation (“Talisker”) pursuant to which the parties entered into a master lease agreement (the “Lease”) and certain ancillary transaction documents on May 29, 2013 related to the Canyons, pursuant to which the Company assumed the resort operations of the Canyons. The Lease between VR CPC and Talisker has an initial term of 50 years with six 50-year renewal options. The Lease provides for $25 million in annual payments, which increase each year by an inflation linked index of CPI less 1%, with a floor of 2% per annum. Vail Resorts has guaranteed the payments under the Lease. The obligation at July 31, 2016 represents future lease payments for the remaining initial lease term of 50 years (including annual increases at the floor of 2%) discounted using an interest rate of 10%, and includes accumulated accreted interest expense of $17.8 million.
(e) | Other obligations primarily consist of a $4.7 million note outstanding to the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which matures on September 16, 2028 and other financing arrangements. Other obligations, including the Colorado Water Conservation Board note, bear interest at rates ranging from 0.2% to 5.5% and have maturities ranging from in the year ending July 31, 2017 to the year ending July 31, 2029.
(f) | Current maturities represent principal payments due in the next 12 months.
Aggregate maturities for debt outstanding, including capital lease obligations, as of July 31, 2016 reflected by fiscal year are as follows (in thousands):
| Total
2017 | $ | 13,354 |
2018 | 13,397 |
2019 | 13,455 |
2020 | 279,141 |
2021 | 1,080 |
Thereafter | 381,893 |
Total debt | $ | 702,320 |
The Company recorded gross interest expense of $42.4 million, $51.2 million and $64.0 million for the years ended July 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, of which $1.0 million, $1.3 million and $1.9 million was amortization of deferred financing costs. The Company was in compliance with all of its financial and operating covenants required to be maintained under its debt instruments for all periods presented. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $11.0 million for the year ended July 31, 2015 in connection with redemptions of the remaining $215.0 million of its 6.50% Senior Subordinated Notes (“6.50% Notes”) outstanding and the entire $41.2 million of its Industrial Development Bonds outstanding. The loss included early redemption premiums of 3.25% for the 6.50% Notes and 4.00% for the Industrial Development Bonds, or $8.6 million in total, and a $2.4 million write-off of associated unamortized debt issuance costs. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $10.8 million for the year ended July 31, 2014 in connection with the $175.0 million partial redemption of its 6.50% Notes outstanding. The loss included an early redemption premium of 4.875%, or $8.5 million, for the portion of the principal redeemed, and a $2.3 million write-off of associated unamortized debt issuance costs.

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