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Long-Term Borrowings | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long Term Borrowings | 10. Long-Term Borrowings Long-term borrowings consist of the following:
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 24, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
5.875% senior notes, due March 1, 2027 |  | $ | 350,000 |  |  | $ | 350,000 |
5.00% senior notes, due June 1, 2031 |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 650,000 |
5.50% Green Bonds due October 1, 2028 through October 1, 2033, net of unaccreted fair value adjustment of $13,879 and $-0- |  |  | 66,766 |  |  |  | — |
Revolving Credit Facility, due March 5, 2025 |  |  | 132,000 |  |  |  | 89,600 |
Subtotal |  |  | 1,198,766 |  |  |  | 1,089,600 |
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  | (10,556 | ) |  |  | (12,271 | )
|  | $ | 1,188,210 |  |  | $ | 1,077,329 |
Senior Notes 2027 Senior Notes On February 14, 2017, the Partnership and its 100%-owned subsidiary, Suburban Energy Finance Corp., completed a public offering of $350,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due March 1, 2027 (the “2027 Senior Notes”). The 2027 Senior Notes were issued at 100% of the principal amount and require semi-annual interest payments in March and September. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Senior Notes, along with borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, were used to repurchase, satisfy and discharge all of the Partnership’s then-outstanding 7.375% senior notes due in 2021. The 2027 Senior Notes are redeemable, at the Partnership’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after March 1, 2022, in each case at the redemption prices described in the table below, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of the redemption.
Year |  | Percentage
2023 |  | 101.958%
2024 |  | 100.979%
2025 and thereafter |  | 100.000%
2031 Senior Notes On May 24, 2021, the Partnership and its 100%-owned subsidiary, Suburban Energy Finance Corp., completed a private offering of $650,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.0% senior notes due June 1, 2031 (the “2031 Senior Notes”) to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The 2031 Senior Notes were issued at 100% of the principal amount and require semi-annual interest payments in June and December. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2031 Senior Notes, along with borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, were used to repurchase, satisfy and discharge all of the Partnership’s then-outstanding 5.5% senior notes due in 2024 and 5.75% senior notes due in 2025. At any time prior to June 1, 2024, the Partnership may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of 2031 Senior Notes at a redemption price of 105.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings, subject to the conditions described more fully in the indenture for the 2031 Senior Notes. The 2031 Senior Notes are redeemable, at the Partnership’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 1, 2026, in each case at the redemption prices described below, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of the redemption.
Year |  | Percentage
2026 |  | 102.500%
2027 |  | 101.667%
2028 |  | 100.833%
2029 and thereafter |  | 100.000%
The Partnership’s obligations under the 2027 Senior Notes and 2031 Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) are unsecured and rank senior in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness and equally in right of payment with any future senior indebtedness. The Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to, which means they rank effectively behind, any debt and other liabilities of the Operating Partnership. The Partnership is permitted to redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at redemption prices and times as specified in the indentures governing the Senior Notes. The Senior Notes each have a change of control provision that would require the Partnership to offer to repurchase the notes at 101% of the principal amount repurchased, if a change of control, as defined in the indentures governing the terms of the Senior Notes, occurs and is followed by a rating decline (a decrease in the rating of the notes by either Moody’s Investors Service or Standard and Poor’s Rating Group by one or more gradations) within 90 days of the consummation of the change of control. Green Bonds On December 28, 2022, the Partnership assumed the loan agreement under the Indentures of Trust, issued by The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pinal (“Green Bonds”) from Equilibrium in conjunction with the RNG Acquisition. The proceeds of the Green Bonds, which bear interest at 5.5%, were loaned to and used by Equilibrium to construct the RNG production facility in Arizona and are secured by all of the assets at that location. The Green Bonds have a par value of $80,645 and require semi-annual interest payments in April and October. Principal payments begin on October 1, 2028 and continue annually through October 1, 2033. The Green Bonds were initially recorded at fair value at the time of the RNG Acquisition and are being accreted to par value over the term of the bonds using the effective interest method. Credit Agreement The Operating Partnership has an amended and restated credit agreement dated March 5, 2020 (the “Credit Agreement”) that provides for a $500,000 revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of whi ch $132,000 and $89,600 was outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and September 24, 2022, respectively. On December 28, 2022, the Operating Partnership amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, modify certain restrictive and affirmative covenants applicable to the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to provide for additional investment capacity to allow for future investments by Suburban Renewable Energy and to permit the assumption of debt in connection with the acquisition of the RNG platform from Equilibrium, and replaced the LIBOR component of the borrowing rate with a rate based on SOFR. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on March 5, 2025. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes; including working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions. The Operating Partnership has the right to prepay any borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, in whole or in part, without penalty at any time prior to maturity. The Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive and affirmative covenants applicable to the Operating Partnership, its subsidiaries and the Partnership, as well as certain financial covenants, including (a) requiring the Partnership’s Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, to be not less than 2.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter, (b) prohibiting the Total Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, of the Partnership from being greater than 5.75 to 1.0, and (c) prohibiting the Senior Secured Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, of the Operating Partnership from being greater than 3.25 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter. The Partnership and certain subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership act as guarantors with respect to the obligations of the Operating Partnership under the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth therein. The obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by liens on substantially all of the personal property of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries, as well as mortgages on certain real property. As of September 30, 2023, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at prevailing interest rates based upon, at the Operating Partnership’s option, SOFR plus the Applicable Rate, or the base rate, defined as the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus ½ of 1%, the administrative agent bank’s prime rate, or SOFR plus 1%, plus in each case the Applicable Rate. The Applicable Rate is dependent upon the Partnership’s Total Consolidated Leverage Ratio. As of September 30, 2023, the interest rate for borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility was approximatel y 7.91%. T he interest rate and the Applicable Rate will be reset following the end of each calendar quarter. As of September 30, 2023, the Partnership had standby letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility of $42,736 which expire periodically through April 30, 2024. The Credit Agreement and the Senior Notes both contain various restrictive and affirmative covenants applicable to the Operating Partnership, its subsidiaries and the Partnership, respectively, including (i) restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, and (ii) restrictions on certain liens, investments, guarantees, loans, advances, payments, mergers, consolidations, distributions, sales of assets and other transactions. Under the Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the Senior Notes, the Operating Partnership and the Partnership are generally permitted to make cash distributions equal to available cash, as defined, as of the end of the immediately preceding quarter, if no event of default exists or would exist upon making such distributions, and with respect to the indentures governing the Senior Notes, the Partnership’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined, is greater than 1.75 to 1. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership were in compliance with all covenants and terms of the Senior Notes and the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2023. Debt origination costs representing the costs incurred in connection with the placement of, and the subsequent amendment to, the Credit Agreement are capitalized within other assets and amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the Credit Agreement. During fiscal 2020, the Partnership recognized a charge of $109 to write-off unamortized debt origination costs and capitalized $2,717 in costs incurred in connection with the amendment to the Credit Agreement. Debt origination costs associated with the Partnership’s Senior Notes are reflected as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of such debt and amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective Senior Notes. Other assets at September 30, 2023 and September 24, 2022 include debt origination costs associated with the Credit Agreement with a net carrying amount of $903 and $1,312, respectively. The aggregate amounts of long-term debt maturities subsequent to September 30, 2023 are as follows: fiscal 2024: $-0-; fiscal 2025: $132,000; fiscal 2026: $-0-; fiscal 2027: $350,000; fiscal 2028: $-0-; and thereafter: $730,645.

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