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Long-Term Debt
 9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Note 10 - Long-Term Debt
A summary of our long-term debt follows:
(in thousands)November 30, 2022February 28, 2022
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Loan (the “MBFC Loan”) (1)
$14,807 $16,707 
Credit Agreement (1):
Revolving loans820,000 799,500 
Term loans248,438 — 
Total borrowings under Credit Agreement1,068,438 799,500 
Subtotal1,083,245 816,207 
Unamortized prepaid financing fees(2,785)(2,991)
Total long-term debt1,080,460 813,216 
Less: current maturities of long-term debt(20,872)(1,884)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities$1,059,588 $811,332 
(1)The weighted average interest rates on borrowings outstanding under the MBFC Loan and Credit Agreement as of November 30, 2022 were 5.4% and 5.9%, respectively, compared to 1.2% for both as of February 28, 2022.

Aggregate annual maturities of our long-term debt as of November 30, 2022 are as follows:

(in thousands)
Fiscal 2023 (balance for remainder of fiscal year)
$1,563 
Fiscal 202421,057 
Fiscal 20256,250 
Fiscal 20261,054,375 
Fiscal 2027— 
Thereafter— 
Total$1,083,245 

Capitalized Interest

During the three and nine month periods ended November 30, 2022, we incurred interest costs totaling $14.8 million and $30.0 million, respectively, of which we capitalized $1.7 million and $3.3 million, respectively, as part of property and equipment in connection with the construction of a new distribution center. During the three and nine month periods ended November 30, 2021, we incurred interest costs totaling $3.2 million and $9.5 million, respectively, of which none was capitalized.

Credit Agreement

We have a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders that provides for an unsecured total revolving commitment of $1.25 billion and matures on March 13, 2025. At February 28, 2022, the Credit Agreement bore floating interest at either the Base Rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus a margin based on the Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of 0% to 1.0% and 1.0% to 2.0% for Base Rate and LIBOR borrowings, respectively.

On June 28, 2022, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to, among other things, replace LIBOR with Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as the reference interest rate. In connection with the amendment, we also (i) exercised the accordion under the Credit Agreement and borrowed $250 million as term loans, and (ii) provided a notice relating to a qualified acquisition, which triggered temporary adjustments to the maximum leverage ratio as further described below. The term loans will be payable at the end of each fiscal quarter in equal installments of 0.625% of the term loans
made, beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2023, with the remaining balance due at the maturity date. The maturity date of the term loans is March 13, 2025, which is the same maturity date as the revolving loans under the Credit Agreement. The proceeds from the term loans were used to repay revolving loans under the Credit Agreement. We may prepay the term loans, in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty. Following the amendment, borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear floating interest at either the Base Rate or Term SOFR, plus a margin based on the Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of 0% to 1.0% and 1.0% to 2.0% for Base Rate and Term SOFR borrowings, respectively, plus a credit spread of 0.10% for Term SOFR borrowings. As a result of the notice for the qualified acquisition, the maximum leverage ratio is 4.00 to 1.00 through February 28, 2023, 3.75 to 1.00 through May 31, 2023 and 3.50 to 1.00 thereafter.

The Credit Agreement was subsequently amended on November 2, 2022, to, among other things, permit the Company to enter into certain supply chain financing programs, structured vendor payable programs, payable financing programs or other similar financing programs, subject to certain conditions. The amendment also provides that these permitted supply chain arrangements are excluded for purposes of determining compliance with the maximum leverage ratio.

As of November 30, 2022, the balance of outstanding letters of credit was $18.2 million and the amount available for revolving borrowings under our Credit Agreement was $411.8 million. Covenants in the Credit Agreement limit the amount of total indebtedness we can incur. As a result of our exercise of the qualified acquisition notice under the Credit Agreement, as of November 30, 2022, these covenants effectively limited our ability to incur more than $262.2 million of additional debt from all sources, including the Credit Agreement.

The floating interest rates, on our borrowings under the Credit Agreement, are hedged with interest rate swaps to effectively fix interest rates on $125 million of the outstanding principal balance under the revolving loans as of both November 30, 2022 and February 28, 2022. In connection with amending our Credit Agreement in June 2022, we updated our associated interest rate swap contracts to replace LIBOR with Term SOFR as the reference interest rate during the second quarter of fiscal 2023. In accordance with ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting ( “ASU 2020-04”), we elected to apply the hedge accounting practical expedients related to changes to the critical terms of a hedging instrument, hedged item or forecasted transaction and changes in designated hedged interest rate risk. Application of these practical expedients allowed us to maintain hedge accounting for our interest rate swap contracts. See Notes 11, 12, and 13 for additional information regarding our interest rate swaps.

Other Debt Agreements

We have an unsecured loan agreement with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (the “MBFC”), which was entered into in connection with the issuance by MBFC of taxable industrial development revenue bonds. At February 28, 2022, the MBFC Loan bore floating interest based on either LIBOR plus a margin of up to 2.0%, or a Base Rate plus a margin of up to 1.0%, as determined by the interest rate elected and the Net Leverage Ratio defined in the loan agreement.

On August 26, 2022, we entered into an amendment to the loan agreement for the unsecured MBFC Loan to, among other things, replace LIBOR with Term SOFR (as defined in the loan agreement) as the reference interest rate. Following the effective date of the amendment, borrowings under the MBFC Loan bear interest at either the Base Rate or Term SOFR (both as defined in the loan agreement), plus a margin based on the Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the loan agreement) of 0% to 1.0% and 1.0% to 2.0% for Base Rate and Term SOFR borrowings, respectively, plus a credit spread of 0.10% for Term SOFR borrowings.
In connection with amending the Credit Agreement and the MBFC Loan to replace LIBOR with Term SOFR (as defined in the respective agreements), we elected to apply the contract modification practical expedient in accordance with ASU 2020-04. Application of this practical expedient provided relief from the requirement to evaluate whether the modification resulted in an extinguishment and allowed us to account for the modification by prospectively adjusting the effective interest rate in the agreements.

Debt Covenants

As of November 30, 2022, we were in compliance with all covenants as defined under the terms of the Credit Agreement and our other debt agreements.