Long-Term Debt

Refinancing of Credit Facility

In March 2015, Denny's Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries refinanced our credit facility (the "Old Credit Facility") and entered into a new five-year $250 million senior secured revolver (with a $30 million letter of credit sublimit) (the “New Credit Facility”). The New Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows us to increase the size of the revolver to $325 million. A commitment fee of 0.20% is paid on the unused portion of the revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the credit facility bear a tiered interest rate, which is based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio and was initially set at LIBOR plus 150 basis points. The maturity date for the credit facility is March 30, 2020.

The New Credit Facility was used to refinance the Old Credit Facility and is also available for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes. The New Credit Facility is guaranteed by the Company and its material subsidiaries and is secured by assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the stock of the Company's subsidiaries. It includes negative covenants that are usual for facilities and transactions of this type. The New Credit Facility also includes certain financial covenants with respect to a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio.

As a result of the debt refinancing, we recorded $0.3 million of losses on early extinguishment of debt from the write-off of deferred financing costs related to the Old Credit Facility during the quarter ended April 1, 2015. These losses are included as a component of other nonoperating expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

As of September 30, 2015, we had outstanding revolver loans of $150.0 million and outstanding letters of credit under the senior secured revolver of $24.5 million. These balances resulted in availability of $75.5 million under the revolving facility. Prior to considering the impact of our interest rate swap, described below, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding revolver loans was 1.70% and 2.17% as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Taking into consideration our interest rate swap, which became effective on March 31, 2015, the weighted-average interest rate of outstanding revolver loans was 2.44% as of September 30, 2015.

Aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt, excluding capital lease obligations, at September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	In thousands
Remainder of 2015	$	—
2016	—
2017	—
2018	—
2019	—
Thereafter	150,000
Total long-term debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	150,000

Interest Rate Hedges

We previously entered into interest rate hedges that capped the LIBOR rate on borrowings under our credit facility. The 200 basis point LIBOR cap applied to $125 million of borrowings from April 14, 2013 through April 13, 2014 and to $150 million of borrowings from April 14, 2014 through March 31, 2015.

We also previously entered into an interest rate swap to hedge a portion of the cash flows of our floating rate debt from March 31, 2015 to March 29, 2018. During the quarter ended April 1, 2015, we entered into an additional interest rate swap to hedge a portion of the cash flows of our floating rate debt from March 29, 2018 through March 31, 2025. We designated the interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges of our exposure to variability in future cash flows attributable to payments of LIBOR due on a related $120 million notional debt obligation. Based on the interest rate as determined by our consolidated leverage ratio in effect as of September 30, 2015, under the terms of the swap, we will pay a fixed rate of 2.63% on the notional amounts from March 31, 2015 to March 29, 2018, pay a fixed rate of 3.936% from March 29, 2018 through March 31, 2025 and receive payments during these periods from a counterparty based on the 30-day LIBOR rate. As of September 30, 2015, the fair value of the interest rate swaps was a liability of $2.7 million, which is recorded as a component of other noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 14 for the amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the interest rate swaps.

Subsequent to the end of the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we amended the New Credit Facility and entered into a new interest rate swap. See Note 16.

We believe that our estimated cash flows from operations for 2015, combined with our capacity for additional borrowings under our credit facility, will enable us to meet our anticipated cash requirements and fund capital expenditures over the next twelve months.