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Long-Term Debt | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt Long-term debt, net as of October 31, 2017, July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
|  | Maturity |  | October 31, 2017 |  | July 31, 2017 |  | October 31, 2016
Vail Holdings Credit Agreement term loan (a) |  | 2021 |  | $ | 712,500 |  |  | $ | 721,875 |  |  | $ | 750,000 |
Vail Holdings Credit Agreement revolver (a) |  | 2021 |  | 95,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 135,000 |
Whistler Credit Agreement revolver (b) |  | 2022 |  | 104,625 |  |  | 113,119 |  |  | 142,103 |
Employee housing bonds |  | 2027-2039 |  | 52,575 |  |  | 52,575 |  |  | 52,575 |
Canyons obligation |  | 2063 |  | 330,217 |  |  | 328,786 |  |  | 324,521 |
Other |  | 2024-2028 |  | 9,743 |  |  | 10,166 |  |  | 10,617 |
Total debt |  |  |  | 1,304,660 |  |  | 1,276,521 |  |  | 1,414,816 |
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  | 3,913 |  |  | 4,100 |  |  | 4,663 |
Less: Current maturities (c) |  |  |  | 38,422 |  |  | 38,397 |  |  | 38,374 |
Long-term debt, net |  |  |  | $ | 1,262,325 |  |  | $ | 1,234,024 |  |  | $ | 1,371,779 |
(a) | On October 14, 2016, in order to finance the cash portion of the consideration and payment of associated fees and expenses of the Whistler Blackcomb acquisition (see Note 5, Acquisitions), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Vail Holdings, Inc. (“VHI”), entered into the Second Amendment to the Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Vail Holdings Credit Agreement”), with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders named therein, through which these lenders provided an additional $509.4 million in incremental term loans and agreed, on behalf of all lenders, to extend the maturity date for the outstanding term loans and revolver facility under the Vail Holdings Credit Agreement to October 14, 2021 (the “Amendment”). The Vail Holdings Credit Agreement consists of a $400.0 million revolving credit facility and a $750.0 million term loan facility. The other material terms of the Vail Holdings Credit Agreement were not altered by the Amendment. Borrowings under the Vail Holdings Credit Agreement, including the term loan facility, bear interest annually at the rate of LIBOR plus 1.25% (2.49%, as of October 31, 2017), and interest payments are due monthly. Additionally, the term loan facility is subject to quarterly principal payments of approximately $9.4 million, which began on January 31, 2017. Final payment of the remaining principal outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest is due upon maturity in October 2021. The Vail Holdings 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.
(b) | The WB Partnerships (as defined in Note 5, Acquisitions) are party to a credit agreement, dated as of November 12, 2013 (as amended, the “Whistler Credit Agreement”), by and among Whistler Mountain Resort Limited Partnership (“Whistler LP”), Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises Limited Partnership (“Blackcomb LP”), certain subsidiaries of Whistler LP and Blackcomb LP party thereto as guarantors (the “Whistler Subsidiary Guarantors”), the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as administrative agent. The Whistler Credit Agreement consists of a C$300.0 million revolving credit facility, and during the three months ended October 31, 2017, the Company exercised its right under the Whistler Credit Agreement, with the consent of the lender parties thereto, to extend the maturity date for the Whistler Credit Agreement from November 12, 2021 to November 12, 2022. No other terms of the Whistler Credit agreement were altered. The WB Partnerships’ obligations under the Whistler Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Whistler Subsidiary Guarantors and are collateralized by a pledge of the capital stock of the Whistler Subsidiary Guarantors and a pledge of substantially all of the assets of Whistler LP, Blackcomb LP and the Whistler Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Whistler Credit Agreement, the WB Partnerships have the ability to increase the commitment amount by up to C$75.0 million subject to lender approval. Borrowings under the Whistler Credit Agreement are available in Canadian or U.S. dollars and bear interest annually, subject to an applicable margin based on the WB Partnerships’ Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Whistler Credit Agreement), with pricing as of October 31, 2017, in the case of borrowings (i) in Canadian dollars, at the WB Partnerships’ option, either (a) at the Canadian Prime Rate plus 0.75% per annum or (b) by way of the issuance of bankers’ acceptances plus 1.75% per annum; and (ii) in U.S. dollars, at the WB Partnerships option, either at (a) the U.S. Base Rate plus 0.75% per annum or (b) Bankers Acceptance Rate plus 1.75% per annum. As of October 31, 2017 all borrowings under the Whistler Credit Agreement were made in Canadian dollars and by way of the issuance of bankers’ acceptances plus 1.75% (approximately 3.11%). The Whistler Credit Agreement also includes a quarterly unused commitment fee based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, which as of October 31, 2017 is equal to 0.3937% per annum. The Whistler Credit Agreement provides for affirmative and negative covenants that restrict, among other things, the WB Partnerships’ ability to incur indebtedness and liens, dispose of assets, make capital expenditures, make distributions and make investments. In addition, the Whistler Credit Agreement includes the restrictive financial covenants (leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios) customary for facilities of this type.
(c) | Current maturities represent principal payments due in the next 12 months.
Aggregate maturities of debt outstanding as of October 31, 2017 reflected by fiscal year (August 1 through July 31) are as follows (in thousands):
| Total
2018 (November 2017 through July 2018) | $ | 28,599 |
2019 | 38,455 |
2020 | 38,516 |
2021 | 38,580 |
2022 | 772,648 |
Thereafter | 387,862 |
Total debt | $ | 1,304,660 |
The Company recorded gross interest expense of $15.2 million and $12.0 million for the three months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, of which $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, were 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. In connection with the acquisition of Whistler Blackcomb, VHI funded a portion of the purchase price through an intercompany loan to Whistler Blackcomb of $210.0 million, which was effective as of November 1, 2016, and requires foreign currency remeasurement to Canadian dollars, the functional currency for Whistler Blackcomb. As a result, foreign currency fluctuations associated with the loan are recorded within the Company’s results of operations. The Company recognized approximately $7.3 million in foreign currency loss on the intercompany loan to Whistler Blackcomb for the three months ended October 31, 2017 on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations.

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