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Long-Term Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-term debt consists of the following:
| June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| (In thousands) |  |
2016 Revolving Credit Facility (1) | $ | — |  | $ | —
5.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2023 (the “5.0% Notes”) | 289,273 |  | 289,273
6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “6.125% Notes”) | 250,000 |  | 250,000
Mortgage notes to finance companies - fixed rate, bearing interest from 3.51% to 7.03% | 208,788 |  | 215,196
Mortgage notes to finance companies - variable rate, bearing interest at 1.50 to 2.90 percentage points above one-month or three-month LIBOR | 175,933 |  | 180,959
Other (2) | — |  | 20,589
Subtotal | $ | 923,994 |  | $ | 956,017
Debt issuance costs | (9,743) |  | (10,934)
Total debt | $ | 914,251 |  | $ | 945,083
Less current maturities of long-term debt | (62,968) |  | (26,304)
Long-term debt | $ | 851,283 |  | $ | 918,779
(1) The interest rate on the 2016 Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) was 200 basis points and 250 basis points above LIBOR at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. (2) As discussed in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” due to the adoption of ASC 842, “Leases,” effective January 1, 2019, previously existing capital lease liabilities have been reclassified from current maturities of long-term debt and long-term debt to current lease liabilities and long-term lease liabilities in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2019.
Financial Covenants Include Required Specified Ratios | were in compliance with the financial covenants under the 2016 Credit Facilities as of June 30, 2019. The financial covenants include required specified ratios (as each is defined in the 2016 Credit Facilities) of:
| Covenant |  |  |  |
| Minimum Consolidated Liquidity Ratio |  | Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |  | Maximum Consolidated Total Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio
Required ratio | 1.05 |  | 1.20 |  | 5.75
June 30, 2019 actual | 1.17 |  | 1.55 |  | 4.20
Summary of Interest Received and Paid under Term of Cash Flow Swap | Under the terms of the interest rate cap agreements, we will receive interest based on the following:
Notional Amount |  |  |  | Cap Rate (1) |  | Receive Rate (2) |  | Start Date |  | End Date |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
$ | 375.0 |  |  |  | 2.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2018 |  | June 30, 2019 |
$ | 375.0 |  |  |  | 3.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2018 |  | June 30, 2019 |
$ | 312.5 |  |  |  | 2.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2019 |  | June 30, 2020 |
$ | 250.0 |  |  |  | 3.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2019 |  | June 30, 2020 |
$ | 225.0 |  |  |  | 3.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2020 |  | June 30, 2021 |
$ | 150.0 |  |  |  | 2.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2020 |  | July 1, 2021 |
$ | 250.0 |  |  |  | 3.000% |  |  | one-month LIBOR |  | July 1, 2021 |  | July 1, 2022 |
(1) Under these interest rate cap agreements, no payment from the counterparty will occur unless the stated receive rate exceeds the stated cap rate, in which case a net payment to us from the counterparty, based on the spread between the receive rate and the cap rate, will be recognized as a reduction of interest expense, other, net in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. (2) The one-month LIBOR rate was approximately 2.398% at June 30, 2019.
5.0% Notes |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | We may redeem the remaining outstanding 5.0% Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on at the following redemption prices, which are expressed as percentages of the principal amount:
| Redemption Price
Beginning on May 15, 2019 | 101.667 | %
Beginning on May 15, 2020 | 100.833 | %
Beginning on May 15, 2021 and thereafter | 100.000 | %
6.125% Notes |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | We may redeem the 6.125% Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after March 15, 2022 at the following redemption prices, which are expressed as percentages of the principal amount:
| Redemption Price
Beginning on March 15, 2022 | 103.063 | %
Beginning on March 15, 2023 | 102.042 | %
Beginning on March 15, 2024 | 101.021 | %
Beginning on March 15, 2025 and thereafter | 100.000 | %

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