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Long-Term Debt (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt Long-term debt consisted of the following:
| September 27, 2020 |  | December 29, 2019
Series 2019-1 Class A-2 Notes: |  |  |
3.783% Series 2019-1 Class A-2-I Notes, anticipated repayment date 2026 | $ | 391,000 |  |  | $ | 398,000 |
4.080% Series 2019-1 Class A-2-II Notes, anticipated repayment date 2029 | 439,875 |  |  | 447,750 |
Series 2018-1 Class A-2 Notes: |  |  |
3.573% Series 2018-1 Class A-2-I Notes, anticipated repayment date 2025 | 437,625 |  |  | 441,000 |
3.884% Series 2018-1 Class A-2-II Notes, anticipated repayment date 2028 | 461,938 |  |  | 465,500 |
Series 2015-1 Class A-2 Notes: |  |  |
4.497% Series 2015-1 Class A-2-III Notes, anticipated repayment date 2025 | 475,000 |  |  | 478,750 |
Canadian revolving credit facility | 4,108 |  |  | — |
7% debentures, due in 2025 | 83,696 |  |  | 82,837 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (31,641) |  |  | (33,526) |
| 2,261,601 |  |  | 2,280,311 |
Less amounts payable within one year | (35,358) |  |  | (22,750) |
Total long-term debt | $ | 2,226,243 |  |  | $ | 2,257,561 |
Senior Notes Wendy’s Funding, LLC, a limited-purpose, bankruptcy-remote, wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Wendy’s Company, is the master issuer (the “Master Issuer”) of outstanding senior secured notes under a securitized financing facility that was entered into in June 2015. Under this facility, in June 2019, the Master Issuer issued outstanding Series 2019-1 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (the “2019-1 Class A-1 Notes”), which allow for the borrowing of up to $150,000 from time to time on a revolving basis using various credit instruments, including a letter of credit facility. In March 2020, the Company drew down $120,000 under the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes, which the Company fully repaid in July 2020. As a result, as of September 27, 2020, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes. In June 2020, the Master Issuer also issued outstanding Series 2020-1 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (the “2020-1 Class A-1 Notes”), which allow for the borrowing of up to $100,000 from time to time on a revolving basis using various credit instruments. The Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes as of September 27, 2020. The drawdown of the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes in March 2020 and the issuance of the 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes in June 2020 were taken as precautionary measures to provide enhanced financial flexibility considering the uncertain market conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes and the 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes (collectively, the “Class A-1 Notes”) accrue interest at a variable interest rate based on (i) the prime rate, (ii) overnight federal funds rates, (iii) the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) for U.S. Dollars or (iv) with respect to advances made by conduit investors, the weighted average cost of, or related to, the issuance of commercial paper allocated to fund or maintain such advances, in each case plus any applicable margin and as specified in the respective purchase agreements for the Class A-1 Notes. There is a commitment fee on the unused portions of the Class A-1 Notes, which ranges from 0.40% to 0.75% based on utilization for the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes, and is 1.50% for the 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes. As of September 27, 2020, $26,040 of letters of credit were outstanding against the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes, which relate primarily to interest reserves required under the indenture governing the 2019-1 Class A-1 Notes. During the nine months ended September 27, 2020, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $2,122 in connection with the issuance of the 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes. The debt issuance costs are being amortized to “Interest expense, net” utilizing the effective interest rate method. Other Long-Term Debt A Canadian subsidiary of Wendy’s has a revolving credit facility of C$6,000, which bears interest at the Bank of Montreal Prime Rate. Borrowings under the facility are guaranteed by Wendy’s. In March 2020, the Company drew down C$5,500 under the revolving credit facility. As a result, as of September 27, 2020, the Company had outstanding borrowings of C$5,500 under the revolving credit facility. Wendy’s U.S. advertising fund has a revolving line of credit of $25,000, which was established to support the advertising fund operations and bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.15%. Borrowings under the line of credit are guaranteed by Wendy’s. In February 2020, the Company drew down $4,397 under the revolving line of credit, which the Company fully repaid in February 2020. In March 2020, the Company drew down $25,000 under the revolving line of credit, which the Company fully repaid in September 2020. As a result, as of September 27, 2020, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving line of credit. The increased borrowings were taken as precautionary measures to provide enhanced financial flexibility considering the uncertain market conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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