XML 39 R19.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.24.0.1
Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt
 
Long-term debt consisted of the following:
 December 27, 2023December 28, 2022
 (In thousands)
Revolving loans$255,500 $261,500 
Finance lease obligations10,533 11,238 
Total long-term debt266,033 272,738 
Less current maturities of finance lease obligations1,383 1,683 
Noncurrent portion of long-term debt$264,650 $271,055 
 
There are no scheduled maturities of our revolving loans due in 2024 through 2025. The $255.5 million of revolving loans are due August 26, 2026.

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have a credit facility consisting of a five-year $400 million senior secured revolver (with a $25 million letter of credit sublimit). The credit facility includes an accordion feature that would allow us to increase the size of the revolver to $450 million. Borrowings bear a tiered interest rate, which is based on the Company's consolidated leverage ratio. On March 31, 2023, the credit facility was amended to change the benchmark interest rate from LIBOR to Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR. The maturity date for the credit facility is August 26, 2026.
The credit facility is available for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes. The 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 its subsidiaries (other than its insurance captive subsidiary). It includes negative covenants that are usual for facilities and transactions of this type. The credit facility also includes certain financial covenants with respect to a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio. We were in compliance with all financial covenants as of December 27, 2023.

As of December 27, 2023, we had outstanding revolver loans of $255.5 million and outstanding letters of credit under the credit facility of $11.5 million. These balances resulted in unused commitments of $133.0 million as of December 27, 2023 under the credit facility. After December 27, 2023, we increased our letters of credit to $17.0 million.

As of December 27, 2023, borrowings under the credit facility bore interest at a rate of Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus 2.00%. Letters of credit under the credit facility bore interest at a rate of 2.13%. The commitment fee, paid on the unused portion of the credit facility, was set to 0.30%.

Prior to considering the impact of our interest rate swaps, described below, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding revolver loans was 7.41% and 6.37% as of December 27, 2023 and December 28, 2022, respectively. Taking into consideration our interest rate swaps that are designated as cash flow hedges, the weighted-average interest rate of outstanding revolver loans was 5.04% and 5.31% as of December 27, 2023 and December 28, 2022, respectively.

Interest Rate Hedges

We have receive-variable, pay-fixed interest rate swaps to hedge the forecasted cash flows of our floating rate debt. A summary of our interest rate swaps as of December 27, 2023 is as follows:

Trade DateEffective DateMaturity DateNotional AmountFair ValueFixed Rate
(In thousands)
Swaps designated as
cash flow hedges
March 20, 2015March 29, 2018March 31, 2025$120,000 $3,162 2.34 %
October 1, 2015March 29, 2018March 31, 2026$50,000 $1,680 2.37 %
February 15, 2018March 31, 2020December 31, 2033$37,000 (1)$4,046 3.09 %
Total$207,000 $8,888 

(1)     The notional amount of the swaps entered into on February 15, 2018 increase periodically until they reach the maximum notional amount of $335 million on August 31, 2033.

On March 31, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment of its interest rate swaps. The amendment transitions our interest rate swap benchmark interest rates from LIBOR to Daily Simple SOFR, and as such the fixed rates in the table above have been adjusted to the appropriate fixed rates. The conversion to Daily Simple SOFR did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Termination and Designation of Certain Interest Rate Swaps

During the quarter ended March, 29, 2023, we terminated a portion of our hedging relationship entered into in 2018 (“2018 Swaps”), reducing the previous maximum notional amount of $425 million on August 31, 2033 to $335 million. As a result, we expect our total swaps to approximate 80% of our outstanding debt prospectively. We received $1.5 million of cash as a result of the termination which is recorded as a component of operating activities in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 27, 2023.

In addition, during the year ended December 27, 2023, we designated the remaining 2018 Swaps as cash flow hedges of our exposure to variability in future cash flows attributable to variable rate interest payments due on forecasted notional amounts.

Changes in Fair Value of Interest Rate Swaps

To the extent the swaps are highly effective in offsetting the variability of the hedged cash flows, changes in the fair value of the swaps are not included in the Consolidated Statements of Income but are reported as a component of other comprehensive
income (loss). Our interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges with unrealized gains and losses recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net.

As of December 27, 2023, the fair value of swaps designated as cash flow hedges was an asset of $8.9 million and was recorded as a component of other noncurrent assets.The designated swaps have an offsetting amount (before taxes) recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 18 for the amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the interest rate swaps. We expect to reclassify approximately $6.1 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net as a reduction to interest expense, net in our Consolidated Statements of Income related to swaps designated as cash flow hedges during the next twelve months.

For the periods prior to their designation as cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of the 2018 Swaps were recorded as a component of other nonoperating expense (income), net in our Consolidated Statements of Income. For the year ended December 27, 2023, we recorded expense of $10.6 million, and for the years ended December 28, 2022 and December 29, 2021, we recorded income of $55.0 million and $12.8 million, respectively, as a component of other nonoperating expense (income), net related to the 2018 Swaps resulting from changes in fair value.

Amortization of Certain Amounts Included In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net
At December 27, 2023, we had a total of $64.2 million (before taxes) included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net related to i) the discontinuance of hedge accounting treatment related to certain cash flow hedges in prior years and ii) the fair value of certain swaps at the date of designation as cash flow hedges that are being amortized into our Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of interest expense, net over the remaining term of the related swap. We reclassified unrealized losses of $0.4 million, less than $0.1 million, and $0.2 million to interest expense, net related to the 2018 Swaps, for the years ended December 27, 2023, December 28, 2022, and December 29, 2021, respectively. We expect to amortize approximately $0.8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net to interest expense, net in our Consolidated Statements of Income related to dedesignated interest rate swaps during the next twelve months.