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Debt | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt | Total debt of the Company, excluding film obligations and production loans, was as follows as of September 30, 2017 and March 31, 2017:
| September 30, 2017 |  | March 31, 2017
| (Amounts in millions)
Corporate debt: |  |  |
Revolving credit facility | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Term Loan A | 962.5 |  |  | 987.5 |
Term Loan B | 925.0 |  |  | 1,600.0 |
5.875% Senior Notes | 520.0 |  |  | 520.0 |
Total corporate debt | 2,407.5 |  |  | 3,107.5 |
Convertible senior subordinated notes(1) | 60.0 |  |  | 60.0 |
Capital lease obligations | 53.7 |  |  | 57.7 |
Total debt | 2,521.2 |  |  | 3,225.2 |
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs, net of fair value adjustment on capital lease obligations | (74.7 | ) |  | (100.3 | )
Total debt, net | 2,446.5 |  |  | 3,124.9 |
Less current portion | (77.8 | ) |  | (77.9 | )
Non-current portion of debt | $ | 2,368.7 |  |  | $ | 3,047.0 |
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(1) | Represents 1.25% convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2018, with a conversion price of $29.19 per share at September 30, 2017.
Senior Credit Facilities (Revolving Credit Facility, Term Loan A and Term Loan B) Issuance. On December 8, 2016, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. entered into a credit and guarantee agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), providing for a $1.0 billion five-year revolving credit facility (ii) a $1.0 billion five-year term loan A facility (the "Term Loan A") and (iii) a $2.0 billion seven-year term loan B facility (the "Term Loan B" and together with the revolving credit facility and Term Loan A, the "Senior Credit Facilities"). The Term Loan B facility was issued at 99.5%. Prepayments. In the three and six months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made voluntary prepayments of $245.0 million and $665.0 million, respectively, in principal amount of the Term Loan B, together with accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such principal amounts. In connection with these prepayments, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt in the three and six months ended September 30, 2017 amounting to $6.4 million and $18.0 million, respectively, associated with the write-off of deferred financing costs. Revolving Credit Facility Availability of Funds & Commitment Fee. The revolving credit facility provides for borrowings and letters of credit up to an aggregate of $1.0 billion, and at September 30, 2017 there was $1.0 billion available. However, borrowing levels are subject to certain financial covenants as discussed below. There were no letters of credit outstanding at September 30, 2017. The Company is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee on the revolving credit facility of 0.250% to 0.375% per annum, depending on the achievement of certain leverage ratios, as defined in the Credit Agreement, on the total revolving credit facility of $1.0 billion less the amount drawn. Maturity Date: •Revolving Credit Facility & Term Loan A: December 8, 2021. •Term Loan B: December 8, 2023. Interest:
• | Revolving Credit Facility & Term Loan A: Initially bore interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 2.5% (or an alternative base rate plus 1.5%) margin. The margin is subject to reductions of up to 50 basis points (two reductions of 25 basis points each) upon achievement of certain net first lien leverage ratios, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The margin as of September 30, 2017 is 2.0% (effective interest rate of 3.23% as of September 30, 2017).
• | Term Loan B: Initially bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR (subject to a LIBOR floor of 0.75%) plus 3.00% (or an alternative base rate plus 2.00%) margin (effective interest rate of 4.23% as of September 30, 2017).
Required Principal Payments:
• | Term Loan A: Quarterly principal payments which began the last day of the first full fiscal quarter ending after December 8, 2016, at quarterly rates of 1.25% for the first and second years, 1.75% for the third year, and 2.50% for the fourth and fifth years, with the balance payable at maturity.
• | Term Loan B: Quarterly principal payments which began the last day of the first full fiscal quarter ending after December 8, 2016, at a quarterly rate of 0.25%, with the balance payable at maturity.
The Term Loan A and Term Loan B also require mandatory prepayments in connection with certain asset sales, subject to certain significant exceptions, and the Term Loan B is subject to additional mandatory repayment from specified percentages of excess cash flow, as defined in the Credit Agreement. Optional Prepayment:
• | Revolving Credit Facility & Term Loan A: The Company may voluntarily prepay the revolving credit facility and Term Loan A at any time without premium or penalty.
• | Term Loan B: The Company may voluntarily prepay the Term Loan B at any time, provided that if prepaid in connection with a Repricing Transaction (as defined in the Credit Agreement) on or before 12 months after the Closing Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Company shall pay to lenders a prepayment premium of 1.0% of the loans prepaid.
Security. The Senior Credit Facilities are guaranteed by the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets of Lionsgate and the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. Covenants. The Senior Credit Facilities contain representations and warranties, events of default and affirmative and negative covenants that are customary for similar financings and which include, among other things and subject to certain significant exceptions, restrictions on the ability to declare or pay dividends, create liens, incur additional indebtedness, make investments, dispose of assets and merge or consolidate with any other person. In addition, a net first lien leverage maintenance covenant and an interest coverage ratio maintenance covenant apply to the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A and are tested quarterly. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants. Change in Control. The Company may also be subject to an event of default upon a change in control (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which, among other things, includes a person or group acquiring ownership or control in excess of 50% of the Company’s common shares. 5.875% Senior Notes Issuance. On October 27, 2016, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. issued $520.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2024 (the "5.875% Senior Notes"). Interest. Bears interest at 5.875% annually. Maturity Date. November 1, 2024. Optional Redemption:
(i) | Prior to November 1, 2019, the 5.875% Senior Notes are redeemable under certain circumstances (as defined in the indenture governing the 5.875% Senior Notes), in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus the Applicable Premium (as defined in the indenture governing the 5.875% Senior Notes). The Applicable Premium is the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount redeemed and (ii) the excess of the present value of the redemption amount at November 1, 2019 (see below) of the notes redeemed plus interest through the redemption date (discounted at the treasury rate on the redemption date plus 50 basis points) over the principal amount of the notes redeemed on the redemption date.
(ii) | On and after November 1, 2019, redeemable by the Company, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth as follows (as a percentage of the principal amount redeemed), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date: (i) on or after November 1, 2019 - 104.406%; (ii) on or after November 1, 2020 - 102.938%; (iii) on or after November 1, 2021 - 101.439%; and (iv) on or after November 1, 2022 - 100%.
Security. The 5.875% Senior Notes are guaranteed on an unsubordinated, unsecured basis. Covenants. The 5.875% Senior Notes contain certain restrictions and covenants that, subject to certain exceptions, limit the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or repurchase the Company’s common shares, make certain loans or investments, and sell or otherwise dispose of certain assets subject to certain conditions, among other limitations. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants. Change in Control. The occurrence of a change of control will be a triggering event requiring the Company to offer to purchase from holders all of the 5.875% Senior Notes, at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase. In addition, certain asset dispositions will be triggering events that may require the Company to use the excess proceeds from such dispositions to make an offer to purchase the 5.875% Senior Notes at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any to the date of purchase.

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