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Loans, overdrafts and long-term debt
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Loans, overdrafts and long-term debt Loans, overdrafts and long-term debt
(in millions)January 28, 2023January 29, 2022
Debt:
Senior unsecured notes due 2024, net of unamortized discount
$147.7 $147.7 
Gross debt147.7 147.7 
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs(0.3)(0.6)
Total long-term debt$147.4 $147.1 

The annual aggregate maturities of the Company’s debt (excluding the impact of debt issuance costs) for the five years subsequent to January 28, 2023 are presented below.
(in millions)
Fiscal 2024$— 
Fiscal 2025147.7 
Fiscal 2026— 
Fiscal 2027— 
Fiscal 2028— 
Thereafter— 
Gross Debt$147.7 

Senior unsecured notes due 2024
On May 19, 2014, Signet UK Finance plc (“Signet UK Finance”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.70% senior unsecured notes due in 2024 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were issued under an effective registration statement previously filed with the SEC. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year. The Senior Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed, on a full and unconditional basis, by the Company and by certain of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries.
On September 5, 2019, Signet UK Finance announced the commencement of a tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding Senior Notes (the “Tender Offer”). Signet UK Finance tendered $239.6 million of the Senior Notes, representing a purchase price of $950.00 per $1,000.00 in principal, leaving $147.8 million of the Senior Notes outstanding after the Tender Offer.

Unamortized debt issuance costs relating to the Senior Notes as of January 28, 2023 totaled $0.3 million (January 29, 2022: $0.6 million). The remaining unamortized debt issuance costs are recorded as a direct deduction from the outstanding liability within the consolidated balance sheets. Amortization relating to debt issuance costs of $0.3 million was recorded as a component of interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations in Fiscal 2023 ($0.3 million and $0.2 million during Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021, respectively).
Asset-based credit facility
On September 27, 2019, the Company entered into a senior secured asset-based credit facility consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate committed amount of $1.5 billion (“ABL Revolving Facility”) and (ii) a first-in last-out term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million (the “FILO Term Loan Facility” and, together with the ABL Revolving Facility, the “ABL Facility”) pursuant to that certain credit agreement.

On July 28, 2021, the Company entered into the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) to amend the ABL Facility. The Second Amendment extends the maturity of the ABL Facility from September 27, 2024 to July 28, 2026 and allows the Company to increase the size of the ABL Facility by up to $600 million. The Company incurred additional debt issuance costs of $3.9 million related to the modification of the ABL Facility during the second quarter of Fiscal 2022.
Revolving loans under the ABL Revolving Facility are available in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of the aggregate ABL revolving commitments and a borrowing base determined based on the value of certain inventory and credit card receivables, subject to specified advance rates and reserves. Indebtedness under the ABL Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions. Borrowings under the ABL Revolving Facility and the FILO Term Loan Facility, as applicable, bear interest at the Company’s option at either eurocurrency rate plus the applicable margin or a base rate plus the applicable margin, in each case depending on the excess availability under the ABL Revolving Facility. As of January 28, 2023, the interest rate applicable to the ABL Revolving Facility was 5.8% (January 29, 2022: 1.4%). The Company had stand-by letters of credit outstanding of $18.1 million on the ABL Revolving Facility as of January 28, 2023 (January 29, 2022: $20.1 million). The Company had no outstanding borrowings on the ABL Revolving Facility for the periods presented and its available borrowing capacity was $1.4 billion on the ABL Revolving Facility as of January 28, 2023 (January 29, 2022: $1.2 billion).

As a result of the risks and uncertainties associated with the potential impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s business, as a prudent measure to increase the Company’s financial flexibility and bolster its cash position, the Company borrowed an additional $900 million on the ABL Revolving Facility during the first quarter of Fiscal 2021. The Company made ABL Revolving Facility repayments during the third and fourth quarter of Fiscal 2021 and the outstanding amount borrowed under ABL Revolving Facility was fully paid down by the end of Fiscal 2021.

During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2021, the Company fully repaid the FILO Term Loan Facility. The remaining unamortized debt issuance costs of $0.4 million were written-off upon repayment of the FILO Term Loan Facility. This expense was recognized as a cost of extinguishment of debt and was recorded within other non-operating expense, net, in the consolidated statements of operations.

If the excess availability under the ABL Revolving Facility falls below the threshold specified in the ABL Facility agreement, the Company will be required to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. As of January 28, 2023, the threshold related to the fixed coverage ratio was approximately $126 million. The ABL Facility places certain restrictions upon the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, grant liens and make certain loans, investments and divestitures. The ABL Facility contains customary events of default (including payment defaults, cross-defaults to certain of the Company’s other indebtedness, breach of representations and covenants and change of control). The occurrence of an event of default under the ABL Facility would permit the lenders to accelerate the indebtedness and terminate the ABL Facility.

Debt issuance costs relating to the ABL Revolving Facility totaled $12.6 million. The remaining unamortized debt issuance costs are recorded within other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Amortization relating to the debt issuance costs of $1.9 million was recorded as a component of interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations for Fiscal 2023 ($2.0 million and $1.7 million during Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021, respectively). Unamortized debt issuance costs related to the ABL Revolving Facility totaled $6.4 million as of January 28, 2023 (January 29, 2022: $8.3 million).