NOTE 9 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt is summarized as follows (Dollars in millions):


	October 31, 2015			October 31, 2014
Amended Credit Agreement	$	217.4		$	169.2
Senior Notes due 2017		300.7			301.2
Senior Notes due 2019		246.0			245.2
Senior Notes due 2021		219.4			252.5
Amended Receivables Facility		147.6			110.0
Other long-term debt		15.8			26.9

		1,146.9			1,105.0
Less current portion		(30.7	)		(17.6	)

Long-term debt	$	1,116.2		$	1,087.4

Credit Agreement

On December 19, 2012, the Company and two of its international subsidiaries amended and restated the Company’s existing $1.0 billion senior secured credit agreement with a syndicate of financial institutions (the “Amended Credit Agreement”). The total available borrowing under this facility was $706.3 million as of October 31, 2015, which has been reduced by $14.4 million for outstanding letters of credit, all of which is available without violating covenants.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a certain leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio. The leverage ratio generally requires that at the end of any fiscal quarter the Company will not permit the ratio of (a) the Company’s total consolidated indebtedness, to (b) the Company’s consolidated net income plus depreciation, depletion and amortization, interest expense (including capitalized interest), income taxes, and minus certain extraordinary gains and non-recurring gains (or plus certain extraordinary losses and non-recurring losses) and plus or minus certain other items for the preceding twelve months (“adjusted EBITDA”) to be greater than 4.00 to 1. The interest coverage ratio generally requires that at the end of any fiscal quarter the Company will not permit the ratio of (a) the Company’s consolidated adjusted EBITDA to (b) the Company’s consolidated interest expense to the extent paid or payable, to be less than 3.00 to 1, during the preceding twelve month period (the “Interest Coverage Ratio Covenant”).

The terms of the Amended Credit Agreement limit the Company’s ability to make “restricted payments,” which include dividends and purchases, redemptions and acquisitions of the Company’s equity interests. The payment of dividends and other restricted payments are subject to the condition that certain defaults not exist under the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and, in the event that certain defaults exist, are limited in amount by a formula based, in part, on the Company’s consolidated net income. The repayment of amounts borrowed under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by a security interest in the personal property of Greif, Inc. and certain of the Company’s United States subsidiaries, including equipment and inventory and certain intangible assets, as well as a pledge of the capital stock of substantially all of the Company’s United States subsidiaries. The repayment of amounts borrowed under the Amended Credit Agreement is also secured, in part, by capital stock of the non-U.S. subsidiaries that are parties to the Amended Credit Agreement. However, in the event that the Company receives and maintains an investment grade rating from either Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, the Company may request the release of such collateral. The payment of outstanding principal under the Amended Credit Agreement and accrued interest thereon may be accelerated and become immediately due and payable upon the Company’s default in its payment or other performance obligations or its failure to comply with the financial and other covenants in the Amended Credit Agreement, subject to applicable notice requirements and cure periods as provided in the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Company recorded $1.3 million of debt extinguishment charges for the year ended October 31, 2013. Financing costs associated with the Amended Credit Agreement totaling $3.4 million were capitalized and included in other long term assets. The Company recorded no debt extinguishment charges for the year ended October 31, 2015 and 2014.

As of October 31, 2015, $217.4 million was outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement. The current portion of the Amended Credit Agreement was $17.3 million and the long-term portion was $200.1 million. The weighted average interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement was 1.63% for the year ended October 31, 2015. The actual interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement was 1.74% as of October 31, 2015.

Senior Notes due 2017

On February 9, 2007, the Company issued $300.0 million of 6.75% Senior Notes due February 1, 2017. Interest on these Senior Notes is payable semi-annually.

Senior Notes due 2019

On July 28, 2009, the Company issued $250.0 million of 7.75% Senior Notes due August 1, 2019. Interest on these Senior Notes is payable semi-annually.

Senior Notes due 2021

On July 15, 2011, Greif, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Greif Nevada Holdings, Inc., S.C.S. (formerly Greif Luxembourg Finance S.C.A.), issued €200.0 million of 7.375% Senior Notes due July 15, 2021. These Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by Greif, Inc. Interest on these Senior Notes is payable semi-annually.

United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility

On September 30, 2013, the Company amended and restated the Prior Receivables Facility to establish a $170.0 million United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility (the “Amended Receivables Facility”) with a financial institution. On December 1, 2015, the Amended Receivables Facility was amended to reduce the amount of available proceeds from $170 million to $150 million.

Other

In addition to the amounts borrowed under the Amended Credit Agreement and proceeds from the Senior Notes and the Amended Receivables Facility, as of October 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding other debt of $15.9 million in long-term debt and $40.7 million in short-term borrowings, compared to other debt of $26.9 million in long-term debt and $48.1 million in short-term borrowings, as of October 31, 2014. There are no financial covenants associated with this other debt.

Annual maturities, including the current portion of long-term debt under the Company’s various financing arrangements, are $30.7 million in 2016, $467.0 million in 2017, $182.9 million in 2018, $246.0 million in 2019, and $220.3 million thereafter. Cash paid for interest expense was $77.5 million, $86.4 million and $86.5 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

As of October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had deferred financing fees and debt issuance costs of $7.2 million and $10.3 million, respectively, which are included in other long-term assets.