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BORROWINGS
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
BORROWINGS BORROWINGS
    The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term and long-term debt:
January 3, 2025September 27, 2024
(In millions, except for percentages)AmountAmountContractual Interest RateEffective Interest Rate
Current maturities of long-term debt:
Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes$— $45.0 4.0%4.8%
Other debt1.4 1.5 
Total current maturities of long-term debt$1.4 $46.5 
Non-current maturities of long-term debt:
Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes(1)
$200.0 $155.0 4.0%4.8%
Senior Secured Notes368.0 243.0 7.9%8.2%
Other debt1.3 2.1 
Total non-current maturities of long-term debt$569.3 $400.1 
Unamortized issuance costs and debt premiums:
Unamortized issuance costs - Convertible Notes$(0.6)$(1.0)
Unamortized issuance costs, net of debt premium - Senior Secured Notes(3.1)(2.2)
Total(3.7)(3.2)
Total debt outstanding, net$567.0 $443.4 

(1) This amount has been excluded from current liabilities as it is supported by the Revolving Credit Facility and restricted cash from the proceeds of the Senior Secured Notes Add On (as defined below) and is expected to remain outstanding for an uninterrupted period extending beyond one year from the balance sheet date.

    The following table summarizes the Company’s interest expense:
Three Months Ended
January 3, 2025December 29, 2023
Contractual interest coupon and other$7.1 $6.6 
Amortization of debt issuance costs0.9 0.7 
Total interest expense$8.0 $7.3 
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
    On March 26, 2024, the Company entered into a senior secured revolving credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") providing for a senior secured revolving credit facility of up to $155.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). Simultaneous with its entry into the Revolving Credit Facility, the Company terminated its $100.0 million asset-based loan revolving credit facility (the "ABL Facility"), dated as of September 30, 2020. As of January 3, 2025, the Revolving Credit Facility remains undrawn.
    The maximum availability under the Revolving Credit Facility is $155.0 million, which is available to the Company for revolving loans in U.S. dollars and for the issuance of letters of credit. The Company may make and repay borrowings from time to time until the maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will mature, and lending commitments thereunder will terminate, on September 26, 2027. The interest rate for Revolving Credit Facility borrowings is the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (subject to a floor of 0.00%) plus a margin of 2.00% to 2.75%, depending on the consolidated total net leverage ratio of the Company (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Alternatively, the Company has the option of selecting a base rate equal to the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) the one-month SOFR (subject to a floor of 0.00%) plus a margin of 1.00%. A Base Rate Loan also has an additional margin of 1.00% to 1.75%. depending on the consolidated total net leverage ratio of the Company at that time. An unused commitment fee of 0.375% per annum was payable from March 26, 2024 until June 28, 2024, and thereafter an unused commitment fee of between 0.30% to 0.40% per annum is
payable quarterly on the actual daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, depending on the consolidated total net leverage ratio of the Company.
    Debt issuance costs, including unamortized deferred costs for continuing lenders under the previously existing ABL Facility, of $2.3 million were capitalized and are included within other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These costs will be amortized over the term of the new agreement and are being recorded within interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
    The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants restricting the Company’s activities, as well as those of its subsidiaries, including limitations on the ability to sell assets, engage in mergers, or other fundamental changes, enter into capital leases or certain leases not in the ordinary course of business, enter into transactions involving related parties or derivatives, incur or prepay indebtedness, grant liens or negative pledges on its assets, make loans or other investments, pay dividends or repurchase stock or other securities, guarantee third-party obligations, engage in sale leasebacks, and make changes in its corporate structure, though there are certain exceptions and carveouts related to these restrictions. One such covenant involves maintaining compensating cash balances. The Company must maintain the lesser of an average quarterly balance of $80.0 million and 80% of the U.S. cash availability in certain deposit accounts; provided that the amounts maintained must not be less than $80.0 million prior to June 30, 2025. The compensating balances may be withdrawn but the availability of the Revolving Credit Facility is dependent upon maintenance of such compensating balances. In addition, the Credit Agreement includes financial covenants related to the Company’s consolidated total net leverage ratio and its consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio.
    The Company’s obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by the Company and a number of Company subsidiaries. These guarantees are secured on a first lien basis by specified assets, including inventory, accounts receivable, cash, intercompany accounts and loans, and certain real property. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility is secured by second liens on certain assets securing the Company’s 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027. An intercreditor agreement governs how the collateral securing the respective debt obligations will be treated among the secured parties.
Equipment Credit Agreement
    On April 26, 2024, the Company entered into a secured delayed draw term loan credit agreement (the “Equipment Credit Agreement”), providing for a secured equipment credit facility of up to $20.0 million (the “Equipment Credit Facility”). On December 20, 2024, the Company terminated the Equipment Credit Agreement and recognized $0.1 million of the remaining unamortized issuance costs in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. There was no principal balance outstanding under the Equipment Credit Facility when it was terminated.
Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes
    On June 9, 2020, Varex issued $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 (“Convertible Notes”). The net proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes, after deducting transaction fees and offering expense payable by the Company, were approximately $193.1 million. The Convertible Notes bear interest at the annual rate of 4.00%, payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, and will mature on June 1, 2025, unless earlier converted or repurchased by Varex.
    The Convertible Notes are convertible into cash, shares of Varex common stock or a combination thereof, at Varex’s election, at an initial conversion rate of 48.048 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $20.81 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes. On November 29, 2024, the Company notified the Convertible Notes trustee of the Company's election to use the combination settlement method with a specified dollar amount of $1,000. The Convertible Notes may be converted at any time after, and including, December 15, 2024, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes is 9.6 million.
    In accordance with the applicable accounting standards, a short-term debt obligation should be excluded from current liabilities if the entity has both the intent and ability to refinance the obligation on a long-term basis. The intent and ability can be demonstrated by the issuance of a long-term obligation that permits the Company to refinance the short-term obligation on a long-term basis. As the Company has entered into the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility and the Senior Secured Notes Add On (as defined below) the Company classified $200.0 million of Convertible Notes outstanding as of January 3, 2025 as long-term debt, net.
Call Spread
    On June 4, 2020 and June 5, 2020, in connection with the offering of the Convertible Notes, Varex entered into privately negotiated convertible note hedge transactions (collectively, the “Hedge Transactions”). The Hedge Transactions cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of Varex common stock that initially underlie the Convertible Notes. The Hedge Transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset any cash payments Varex is required to make in excess of the principal amount due upon conversion of the Convertible Notes in the event that the market price of Varex common stock is greater than the strike price of the Hedge Transactions, which was initially $20.81 per share (subject to adjustment under the terms of the Hedge Transactions). The strike price of $20.81 corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Convertible Notes. The number of shares underlying the Hedge Transactions is 9.6 million.
    On June 4, 2020 and June 5, 2020, Varex also entered into privately negotiated warrant transactions (collectively, the “Warrant Transactions” and, together with the Hedge Transactions, the “Call Spread Transactions”), whereby the Company sold warrants at a higher strike price relating to the same number of shares of Varex common stock that initially underlie the Convertible Notes, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The initial strike price of the warrants is $24.975 per share (subject to adjustment under the terms of the Warrant Transactions), which is 50% above the last reported sale price of Varex common stock on June 4, 2020. The Warrant Transactions could have a dilutive effect to the Company's stockholders to the extent that the market price per share of Varex common stock, as measured under the terms of the Warrant Transactions, exceeds the applicable strike price of the warrants. The number of shares underlying the Warrant Transactions is 9.6 million. The number of warrants outstanding as of January 3, 2025 was 9.6 million.
Senior Secured Notes
    Varex issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the "Senior Secured Notes") pursuant to an indenture dated September 30, 2020 (the "Base Indenture"). Interest payments are paid semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2021. The Senior Secured Notes will mature on October 15, 2027, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by Varex. On July 15, 2021, we redeemed $30.0 million, and on March 18, 2022, we redeemed $27.0 million of the Senior Secured Notes.
    On December 20, 2024, Varex issued an additional $125.0 million of Senior Secured Notes ( the "Senior Secured Notes Add On") pursuant to the Base Indenture, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, dated December 20, 2024. The net proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes Add On after initial purchasers’ premium, commissions, estimated fees, accrued interest in arrears, and expenses of $1.1 million, were approximately $123.9 million. The Company will use the proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of the Convertible Notes on their maturity date of June 1, 2025, or to repurchase a portion of the Convertible Notes prior to the maturity date. As of January 3, 2025, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Secured Notes was $368.0 million.
    The Senior Secured Notes are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the assets of Varex and the assets and capital stock of its subsidiary guarantors (subject to exceptions), except for assets for which a first priority security interest is pledged for the Revolving Credit Facility, in which the Senior Secured Notes have a second lien security interest. The Senior Secured Notes include negative covenants, subject to certain exceptions, restricting or limiting Varex's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur liens on collateral; sell certain assets; incur additional indebtedness; pay dividends; issue preferred shares; consolidate, merge, or sell all or substantially all of its assets; and enter into certain transactions with their affiliates.