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Note 8. Short And Long-Term Debt Short and Long-Term Debt (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Short And Long-Term Debt | SHORT AND LONG-TERM DEBT Total indebtedness is as follows:
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Senior Secured Credit Facility: |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | — |
Term Loan B Facility | 1,839 |  |  | 1,853 |
Term Loan A Facility | 433 |  |  | — |
7.625% First Lien Notes | — |  |  | 586 |
9.00% First and a Half Lien Notes | — |  |  | 194 |
3.375% Senior Notes | 499 |  |  | 497 |
4.50% Senior Notes | 434 |  |  | 429 |
5.25% Senior Notes | 297 |  |  | 296 |
Total Short-Term & Long-Term Debt | $ | 3,702 |  |  | $ | 3,855 |
Securitization Obligations: |  |  |
Apple Ridge Funding LLC | $ | 238 |  |  | $ | 255 |
Cartus Financing Limited | 9 |  |  | 14 |
Total Securitization Obligations | $ | 247 |  |  | $ | 269 |
Indebtedness Table As of December 31, 2015, the Company’s borrowing arrangements were as follows:
| Interest Rate |  | Expiration Date |  | Principal |  | Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs |  | Net
Senior Secured Credit Facility: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility (1) | (2) |  | October 2020 |  | $ | 200 |  |  | * |  |  | $ | 200 |
Term Loan B Facility | (3) |  | March 2020 |  | 1,867 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 1,839 |
Term Loan A Facility | (4) |  | October 2020 |  | 435 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 433 |
Senior Notes | 3.375% |  | May 2016 |  | 500 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 499 |
Senior Notes | 4.50% |  | April 2019 |  | 450 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 434 |
Senior Notes | 5.25% |  | December 2021 |  | 300 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 297 |
Securitization obligations: (5) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Apple Ridge Funding LLC (6) | June 2016 |  | 238 |  |  | * |  |  | 238 |
Cartus Financing Limited (7) | August 2016 |  | 9 |  |  | * |  |  | 9 |
Total (8) | $ | 3,999 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 3,949 |
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* | The debt issuance costs related to our Revolving Credit Facility and Securitization Obligations remain classified as a deferred asset within other assets.
(1) | As of December 31, 2015, the Company had $815 million of borrowing capacity under its Revolving Credit Facility leaving $615 million of available capacity. On February 19, 2016, the Company had $200 million outstanding borrowings on the Revolving Credit Facility and no outstanding letters of credit on such facility, leaving $615 million of available capacity.
(2) | Interest rates with respect to revolving loans under the Term Loan A Facility at December 31, 2015 were based on, at the Company’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus an additional margin or (b) ABR plus an additional margin, in each case subject to adjustment based on the then current senior secured leverage ratio. Based on the September 30, 2015 senior secured leverage ratio, the LIBOR margin was 2.00% and the ABR margin was 1.00%.
(3) | The Term Loan B Facility provides for quarterly amortization payments totaling 1% per annum of the original principal amount. The interest rate with respect to the Term Loan B Facility is based on, at the Company’s option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus 3.00% (with a LIBOR floor of 0.75%) or (b) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate ("ABR") plus 2.00% (with an ABR floor of 1.75%).
(4) | The Term Loan A Facility provides for quarterly amortization payments, commencing March 31, 2016, totaling per annum 5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10.0% and 12.5% of the original principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. The interest rates with respect to term loans under the new Term Loan A Facility are based on, at the Company's option, (a) adjusted LIBOR plus an additional margin or (b) ABR plus an additional margin, in each case subject to adjustment based on the then current senior secured leverage ratio. Based on the September 30, 2015 senior secured leverage ratio, the LIBOR margin was 2.00% and the ABR margin was 1.00%.
(5) | Available capacity is subject to maintaining sufficient relocation related assets to collateralize these securitization obligations.
(6) | As of December 31, 2015, the Company had $325 million of borrowing capacity under the Apple Ridge Funding LLC securitization program leaving $87 million of available capacity.
(7) | Consists of a £20 million revolving loan facility and a £5 million working capital facility. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had $38 million of borrowing capacity under the Cartus Financing Limited securitization program leaving $29 million of available capacity.
(8) | Not included in this table, the Company had $134 million of outstanding letters of credit at December 31, 2015, of which $53 million was under the synthetic letter of credit facility with a rate of 4.25% and $81 million was under the unsecured letter of credit facility with a rate of 2.98%.
Maturities Table As of December 31, 2015, the combined aggregate amount of maturities for long-term borrowings, excluding revolver borrowings and securitization obligations, for each of the next five years is as follows:
Year |  | Amount
2016 |  | $ | 541 |
2017 |  | 41 |
2018 |  | 52 |
2019 |  | 513 |
2020 |  | 2,105 |
Senior Secured Credit Facility On October 23, 2015, Realogy Group entered into a second amendment to the senior secured credit agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). The second amendment provides for a five-year, $815 million revolving credit facility that replaces the $475 million revolving credit facility under the senior secured credit agreement and includes a $125 million letter of credit sub-facility. The Term Loan B facility and the synthetic letter of credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement were not affected by the second amendment. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for:
(a) | a Term Loan B Facility initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,905 million with a maturity date of March 5, 2020. The Term Loan B Facility has quarterly amortization payments totaling 1% per annum of the initial aggregate principal amount. The interest rate with respect to the Term Loan B Facility is based on, at Realogy Group's option, adjusted LIBOR plus 3.00% (with a LIBOR floor of 0.75%) or ABR plus 2.00% (with an ABR floor of 1.75%); and
(b) | an $815 million Revolving Credit Facility with a maturity date of October 23, 2020, which includes (i) a $125 million letter of credit subfacility and (ii) a swingline loan subfacility. The interest rate with respect to revolving loans under the Revolving Credit Facility is based on, at Realogy Group's option, adjusted LIBOR or ABR plus an additional margin subject to the following adjustments based on the Company’s then current senior secured leverage ratio:
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio | Applicable LIBOR Margin | Applicable ABR Margin
Greater than 3.50 to 1.00 | 2.50% | 1.50%
Less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 | 2.25% | 1.25%
Less than 2.50 to 1.00 | 2.00% | 1.00%
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also provides for a synthetic letter of credit facility which matures on October 10, 2016. The synthetic letter of credit facility may be utilized for general corporate purposes, including the support of Realogy Group’s obligations with respect to Cendant contingent and other liabilities assumed under the Separation and Distribution Agreement. The capacity of the synthetic letter of credit facility is reduced by 1% per annum. As of December 31, 2015, the capacity under the synthetic letter of credit facility was $54 million and the facility was being utilized for a $53 million letter of credit with Cendant for potential contingent obligations. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement permits the Company to obtain up to $500 million of additional credit facilities from lenders reasonably satisfactory to the administrative agent and us, without the consent of the existing lenders under the new senior secured credit facility, plus an unlimited amount if Realogy Group's senior secured leverage ratio is less than 3.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis. Subject to certain restrictions, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also permits us to issue senior secured or unsecured notes in lieu of any incremental facility. The obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of Realogy Group, Realogy Intermediate and all of their domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries. Realogy Group’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial, affirmative and negative covenants and requires Realogy Group to maintain a senior secured leverage ratio, not to exceed 4.75 to 1.00, and pursuant to the second amendment discussed above, the leverage ratio is tested quarterly, commencing with the period ended September 30, 2015, regardless of the amount of borrowings outstanding and letters of credit issued under the revolver at the testing date. In this report, the Company refers to the term "Adjusted EBITDA" to mean EBITDA as so defined for purposes of determining compliance with the senior secured leverage covenant. The senior secured leverage ratio measured at any applicable quarter end is Realogy Group's total senior secured net debt divided by the trailing twelve month adjusted EBITDA. Total senior secured net debt does not include the unsecured indebtedness, including the Unsecured Notes as well as the securitization obligations. At December 31, 2015, Realogy Group’s senior secured leverage ratio was 2.58 to 1.00. Term Loan A Facility On October 23, 2015, Realogy Group entered into the Term Loan A senior secured credit agreement. The Term Loan A Agreement provides for a five-year, $435 million aggregate principal facility issued at par with a maturity date of October 23, 2020 (the “Term Loan A Facility”) and has terms substantially similar to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Term Loan A Facility provides for quarterly amortization payments, commencing March 31, 2016, totaling the amount per annum equal to the following percentages of the original principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility: 5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10.0% and 12.5% for amortizations payable in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, with the balance payable upon the final maturity date. The interest rates with respect to term loans under the Term Loan A Facility are based on, at our option, adjusted LIBOR or ABR plus an additional margin subject to the following adjustments based on the Company’s then current senior secured leverage ratio:
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio | Applicable LIBOR Margin | Applicable ABR Margin
Greater than 3.50 to 1.00 | 2.50% | 1.50%
Less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 | 2.25% | 1.25%
Less than 2.50 to 1.00 | 2.00% | 1.00%
Consistent with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Term Loan A Facility permits the Company to obtain up to $500 million of additional credit facilities from lenders reasonably satisfactory to the administrative agent and the company, without the consent of the existing lenders under the Term Loan A Facility, plus an unlimited amount if the Company's senior secured leverage ratio is less than 3.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis. Subject to certain restrictions, the Term Loan A Facility also permits us to issue senior secured or unsecured notes in lieu of any incremental facility. First Lien Notes The First Lien Notes were senior secured obligations of Realogy Group and bore interest at a rate of 7.625% per annum. On October 23, 2015, Realogy Group issued a notice of redemption for all $593 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes and discharged its obligations under the related indenture. In connection with the redemption of the First Lien Notes and related discharge of the indenture, Realogy Group deposited a total of $638 million with the trustee, which included the applicable redemption premium and accrued and unpaid interest on the First Lien Notes. The payment of the redemption price was funded with the net proceeds from the new Term Loan A Facility described above and revolver borrowings. First and a Half Lien Notes The First and a Half Lien Notes were senior secured obligations of Realogy Group and bore interest at a rate of 9.00% per annum. On November 30, 2015, the Company redeemed the $196 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 9.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 at a redemption price of 105.490%. In connection with the redemption of the 9.00% Senior Secured Notes, Realogy Group paid total consideration of approximately $213 million, which included the applicable redemption premium and accrued and unpaid interest. Immediately following such redemption, Realogy Group cancelled the 9.00% Senior Secured Notes and discharged the 9.00% Senior Secured Notes Indenture in accordance with its terms. The 9.00% Senior Secured Notes were redeemed using cash on hand and borrowings under Realogy Group's revolving credit facility. Unsecured Notes The 3.375% Senior Notes, 4.50% Senior Notes and 5.25% Senior Notes (collectively the "Unsecured Notes") are unsecured senior obligations of Realogy Group that mature on May 1, 2016, April 15, 2019 and December 1, 2021, respectively. Interest on the Unsecured Notes is payable each year semiannually on May 1 and November 1 for the 3.375% Senior Notes, April 15 and October 15 for the 4.50% Senior Notes and June 1 and December 1 for the 5.25% Senior Notes. The Unsecured Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each domestic subsidiary of Realogy Group that is a guarantor under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Realogy Group's outstanding debt securities, and are guaranteed by Realogy Holdings on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. Other Debt Facilities The Company has an Unsecured Letter of Credit Facility to provide for the issuance of letters of credit required for general corporate purposes by the Company. In August 2015, the Company increased the capacity of the facility by $7 million from $81 million as of December 31, 2014 to $88 million. $81 million of capacity expires in June 2017 and the remaining $7 million of capacity expires in September 2018. The fixed pricing to the Company is based on a spread above the credit default swap rate for senior unsecured debt obligations of the Company over the applicable letter of credit period. Realogy Group's obligations under the Unsecured Letter of Credit Facility are guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each domestic subsidiary of Realogy Group that is a guarantor under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Realogy Group's outstanding debt securities. As of December 31, 2015, $81 million of the Facility is being utilized. Securitization Obligations Realogy Group has secured obligations through Apple Ridge Funding LLC under a securitization program. In June 2015, Realogy Group extended the program until June 2016 and temporarily increased the capacity under the facility from $325 million to $375 million from June 2015 until October 2015, at which time the capacity was reduced to $325 million. At December 31, 2015, Realogy Group has $238 million of outstanding borrowings under the facility. Realogy Group, through a special purpose entity known as Cartus Financing Limited, has agreements providing for a £20 million revolving loan facility and a £5 million working capital facility, both of which expire in August 2016. There are $9 million of outstanding borrowings on the facilities at December 31, 2015. These Cartus Financing Limited facilities are secured by the relocation assets of a U.K. government contract in this special purpose entity and are therefore classified as permitted securitization financings as defined in Realogy Group’s Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indentures governing the Unsecured Notes and the First and a Half Lien Notes. The Apple Ridge entities and the Cartus Financing Limited entity are consolidated special purpose entities that are utilized to securitize relocation receivables and related assets. These assets are generated from advancing funds on behalf of clients of Realogy Group’s relocation business in order to facilitate the relocation of their employees. Assets of these special purpose entities are not available to pay Realogy Group’s general obligations. Under the Apple Ridge program, provided no termination or amortization event has occurred, any new receivables generated under the designated relocation management agreements are sold into the securitization program and as new eligible relocation management agreements are entered into, the new agreements are designated to the program. The Apple Ridge program has restrictive covenants and trigger events, including performance triggers linked to the age and quality of the underlying assets, foreign obligor limits, multicurrency limits, financial reporting requirements, restrictions on mergers and change of control, any uncured breach of Realogy Group’s senior secured leverage ratio under Realogy Group’s Senior Secured Credit Facility, and cross-defaults to Realogy Group’s material indebtedness. The occurrence of a trigger event under the Apple Ridge securitization facility could restrict our ability to access new or existing funding under this facility or result in termination of the facility, either of which would adversely affect the operation of our relocation business. Certain of the funds that Realogy Group receives from relocation receivables and related assets must be utilized to repay securitization obligations. These obligations were collateralized by $281 million and $286 million of underlying relocation receivables and other related relocation assets at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Substantially all relocation related assets are realized in less than twelve months from the transaction date. Accordingly, all of Realogy Group’s securitization obligations are classified as current in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Interest incurred in connection with borrowings under these facilities amounted to $6 million for both years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. This interest is recorded within net revenues in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as related borrowings are utilized to fund Realogy Group's relocation business where interest is generally earned on such assets. These securitization obligations represent floating rate debt for which the average weighted interest rate was 2.1% and 2.3% for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Loss on the Early Extinguishment of Debt and Write-Off of Deferred Financing Costs As a result of refinancing transactions, note repurchases and note redemptions, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $48 million during the year ended December 31, 2015. As a result of refinancing transactions, note repurchases and note redemptions, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $47 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $3 million to interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2014. As a result of the repayment and refinancing transactions, note redemptions and note repurchases, the Company recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $68 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $2 million to interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2013.

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