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Borrowing Arrangements
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]  
Borrowing Arrangements
Borrowing Arrangements
The components of our long-term debt are presented below.
 
March 31,
 
September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(in millions)
ABL Agreement
$
15.0

 
$

Term Loan
496.4

 

Senior Unsecured Notes

 
178.3

Senior Subordinated Notes

 
365.0

Other
2.1

 
2.3

 
513.5

 
545.6

Less current portion
(6.1
)
 
(46.2
)
Long-term debt
$
507.4

 
$
499.4


ABL Agreement. At March 31, 2015, our asset based lending agreement (“ABL Agreement”) consisted of a revolving credit facility for up to $225 million of revolving credit borrowings, swing line loans and letters of credit. The ABL Agreement permits us to increase the size of the credit facility by an additional $150 million in certain circumstances subject to adequate borrowing base availability. We may borrow up to $25 million through swing line loans and may have up to $60 million of letters of credit outstanding.
Borrowings under the ABL Agreement bear interest at a floating rate equal to LIBOR, plus a margin ranging from 175 to 225 basis points, or a base rate, as defined in the ABL Agreement, plus a margin ranging from 75 to 125 basis points. At March 31, 2015, the applicable rate was LIBOR plus 175 basis points.
The ABL Agreement terminates on December 18, 2017. We pay a commitment fee for any unused borrowing capacity under the ABL Agreement of either 37.5 basis points per annum or 25 basis points per annum, based on daily average availability during the previous calendar quarter. At March 31, 2015, our commitment fee was 37.5 basis points. Our obligations under the ABL Agreement are secured by a first-priority perfected lien on all of our U.S. receivables and inventories, certain cash and other supporting obligations. Borrowings are not subject to any financial maintenance covenants unless excess availability is less than the greater of $22.5 million and 10% of the aggregate commitments under the ABL Agreement. Excess availability based on March 31, 2015 data, as reduced by outstanding letters of credit and accrued fees and expenses of $42.4 million, was $172.8 million.
Term Loan. On November 25, 2014, we entered into a $500.0 million senior secured term loan (“Term Loan”). The proceeds from the Term Loan, along with other cash, were used to fund the prepayment of our 7.375% Senior Subordinated Notes (“Senior Subordinated Notes”) and 8.75% Senior Unsecured Notes (“Senior Unsecured Notes”) and the satisfaction and discharge of our obligations under the respective indentures. We recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $31.3 million, which consisted of $25.2 million of tender and call premiums, $4.4 million of deferred finance fees and $1.7 million of unamortized discount written off. We capitalized $8.4 million of debt issuance costs, which will be amortized over the term of the Term Loan using the effective interest rate method.
The Term Loan accrues interest at a floating rate equal to LIBOR, subject to a floor of 0.75%, plus 325 basis points. We may voluntarily repay amounts borrowed under the Term Loan at any time. The principal amount of the Term Loan is required to be repaid in quarterly installments of $1.25 million, with any remaining principal due on November 25, 2021. The Term Loan is guaranteed by substantially all of our U.S. subsidiaries and is secured by essentially all of our assets, although the ABL Agreement has a senior claim on certain collateral securing borrowings thereunder. The Term Loan is reported net of unamortized discount of $2.4 million. Based on quoted market prices, the outstanding Term Loan had a fair value of $501.2 million at March 31, 2015.
The Term Loan contains affirmative and negative operating covenants applicable to us and our restricted subsidiaries. We believe we were compliant with these covenants at March 31, 2015 and expect to remain in compliance through March 31, 2016.