Note 12—Debt and Short-Term Borrowings

Total debt was as follows:


	December 31,
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	2015		2014
Senior Secured Credit Facility (Term A) due on April 17, 2018 paying interest at a variable interest rate (London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus applicable margin⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾)	$	262,323	$	277,239
Senior Secured Credit Facility (Term B) due on April 17, 2020 paying interest at a variable interest rate (LIBOR plus applicable margin⁽²⁾⁽³⁾)		386,172		389,340
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility expiring on April 17, 2018 paying interest at a variable interest rate		17,000		23,000
Note Payable due on October 1, 2017 ⁽³⁾		2,967		4,333
Note Payable due on July 31, 2017 ⁽³⁾		685		—

Total debt	$	669,147	$	693,912

⁽¹⁾	Applicable margin of 2.25% and 2.50% at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

⁽²⁾	Subject to a minimum rate (“LIBOR floor”) of 0.75% plus applicable margin of 2.50% and 2.75% at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

⁽³⁾	Net of unaccreted discount.

The following table presents contractual principal payments for the next five years:


(Dollar amounts in thousands)
2016	$	24,681
2017		32,180
2018		221,500
2019		4,000
2020		374,000

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On April 17, 2013, EVERTEC Group entered into a credit agreement (the “2013 Credit Agreement”) governing the senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a $300.0 million term loan A facility (the “Term A Loan”) which matures on April 17, 2018, a $400.0 million term loan B facility (the “Term B Loan”) which matures on April 17, 2020 and a $100.0 million revolving credit facility which matures on April 17, 2018. The net proceeds received by EVERTEC Group from the senior secured credit facilities, together with other cash available to EVERTEC Group, were used to, among other things, refinance EVERTEC Group’s previous senior secured credit facilities and redeem a portion of the senior notes, as further described below.

As a result of the debt refinancing, EVERTEC Group’s previous senior secured credit facilities were evaluated under ASC 470-50, Debtor’s Accounting for a Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments. Accordingly, a portion of the unamortized discount and debt issue costs amounting to $6.4 million and $5.9 million, respectively, was treated as a modification and is amortized over the term of the new debt using the interest method. The remaining unamortized discount and debt issue costs of $3.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively, were considered to be related to the portion of the debt that was extinguished and written-off.

Senior Notes

On March 29, 2013, EVERTEC Group provided notice to Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Trustee”) pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2010 (as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of April 17, 2012, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of May 7, 2012 and Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of May 7, 2012) between EVERTEC Group and EVERTEC Finance Corp. (together, the “Co-Issuers”), the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee (the “Indenture”), that the Co-Issuers had elected to (i) redeem $91.0 million principal amount of their outstanding senior notes, at a redemption price of 111.0%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on April 29, 2013 (the “Partial Redemption”) and (ii) redeem all of their outstanding senior notes (after giving effect to the redemption of $91.0 million principal amount of the senior notes described in clause (i)) at a redemption price of 100.0% plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest, on April 30, 2013 (the “Full Redemption”). On April 17, 2013, the Co-Issuers and the Trustee entered into a Satisfaction and Discharge Agreement whereby EVERTEC Group caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, to satisfy and to discharge the Co-Issuers’ obligations under the Indenture (a) a portion of the net cash proceeds received by the Company in the initial public offering to Holdings, which contributed such proceeds to EVERTEC Group, in an amount sufficient to effect the Partial Redemption on April 29, 2013 and (b) proceeds from the 2013 Credit Agreement described above in an amount sufficient to effect the Full Redemption on April 30, 2013. On April 29, 2013, the Partial Redemption was effected and on April 30, 2013, the Full Redemption was effected.

Based on accounting guidance, the senior notes were considered extinguished. Accordingly, the outstanding premium of $1.8 million and unamortized debt issuance costs of $7.0 million were written-off and presented as a loss on extinguishment of debt. In addition, the redemption premium payments totaling $41.9 million were accounted for as a loss on extinguishment of debt.

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

Term A Loan

As of December 31, 2015, the outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loan was $262.5 million. The Term A Loan requires principal payments on the last business day of each quarter equal to (a) 1.250% of the original principal amount commencing on September 30, 2013 through June 30, 2016; (b) 1.875% of the original principal amount from September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2017; (c) 2.50% of the original principal amount from September 30, 2017 through March 31, 2018; and (d) the remaining outstanding principal amount on the maturity of the Term A Loan on April 17, 2018. Interest is based on EVERTEC Group’s first lien secured net leverage ratio and payable at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) LIBOR Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50%, or (b) Base Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50%. Term A Loan has no LIBOR Rate or Base Rate minimum or floor.

Term B Loan

As of December 31, 2015, the outstanding principal amount of the Term B Loan was $390.0 million. The Term B Loan requires principal payments on the last business day of each quarter equal to 0.250% of the original principal amount commencing on September 30, 2013 and the remaining outstanding principal amount on the maturity of the Term B Loan on April 17, 2020. Interest is based on EVERTEC Group’s first lien secured net leverage ratio and payable at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) LIBOR Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.50% to 2.75%, or (b) Base Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.50% to 1.75%. The LIBOR Rate and Base Rate are subject to floors of 0.75% and 1.75%, respectively.

Revolving Credit Facility

The revolving credit facility has an available balance up to $100.0 million, with an interest rate on loans calculated the same as the applicable Term A Loan rate. The facility matures on April 17, 2018 and has a “commitment fee” payable one business day after the last business day of each quarter calculated based on the daily unused commitment during the preceding quarter. The commitment fee for the unused portion of this facility ranges from 0.125% to 0.375% and is based on EVERTEC Group’s first lien secured net leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2015, the outstanding balance of the revolving credit facility was $17.0 million.

All loans may be prepaid without premium or penalty.

The senior secured credit facilities were evaluated under accounting guidance and accordingly, $7.2 million of debt issue costs were capitalized and are being amortized over the term of the new debt using the interest method and $4.9 million of debt issue costs were expensed and are presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as a loss on the extinguishment of debt.

The senior secured credit facilities contain various restrictive covenants. The Term A Loan and the revolving credit facility (subject to certain exceptions) require the Company to maintain on a quarterly basis a specified maximum senior secured leverage ratio of up to 6.60 to 1.00 as defined in the 2013 Credit Agreement (total first lien secured debt to adjusted EBITDA). In addition, the 2013 Credit Agreement, among other things: (a) limits the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, incur liens, pay dividends or make certain other restricted payments, as all net assets are restricted, and enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (b) restricts the Company’s ability to enter into agreements that would restrict the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to pay dividends or make certain payments to EVERTEC; and (c) places restrictions on the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to merge or consolidate with any other person or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

Notes payable

In December 2014 and June 2015, EVERTEC entered into non-interest bearing financing agreements of $4.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively, to purchase software. As of December 31, 2015, the outstanding principal balance of the notes payable is $4.2 million. The current portion of these notes is recorded as part of accounts payable and the long-term portion is included in other long-term liabilities.

Interest Rate Swap

In December 2015, the Company entered into a plain-vanilla floored interest-rate swap agreement (the “Swap”) with a major credit-worthy United States commercial bank. Prior to executing the Swap, 100% of EVERTEC’s outstanding debt is at a variable interest rate. With the Swap, the Company will fix the interest rate on $200 million of the Company’s Term B loan beginning in January of 2017, which represents approximately 30% of the Company’s outstanding debt at December 31, 2015. The Swap agreement has a notional amount of $200 million, matures in April of 2020, a fixed rate of 1.9225%, which hedges the variable portion of the debt, the same payment dates as the underlying loan agreement and a floor equal to 75 basis points. The Company has accounted for this transaction as a cash flow hedge. The fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments is determined using standard valuation models. The significant inputs used in these models are readily available in public markets, or can be derived from observable market transactions, and therefore have been classified as Level 2. Inputs used in these standard valuation models for derivative instruments include the applicable forward rates, and discount rates.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company has a derivative liability included in other long-term liabilities amounting to $0.5 million, and a corresponding cash flow hedge loss included in other comprehensive income (loss). The cash flow hedge is considered highly effective and no impact on earnings is expected due to hedge ineffectiveness.