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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt
Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt

Our notes payable and long-term debt are subject to various restrictive requirements for maintenance of minimum consolidated net worth and other financial ratios. We were in compliance with our debt covenants as of February 29, 2020. The table below summarizes our notes payable as of February 29, 2020, and August 31, 2019.

February 29,
2020
 
August 31,
2019

(Dollars in thousands)
Notes payable
$
1,430,668


$
1,330,550

CHS Capital notes payable
671,657


825,558

Total notes payable
$
2,102,325


$
2,156,108


    
As of February 29, 2020, our primary line of credit was a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of domestic and international banks. The credit facility provides a committed amount of $2.75 billion that expires on July 16, 2024. As of February 29, 2020, and August 31, 2019, the outstanding balance on this facility was $300.0 million and $335.0 million, respectively. Additionally, on September 30, 2019, CHS Capital entered into a credit agreement with a revolving note. Under this agreement, CHS Capital has available capacity of $150.0 million of which no amount was outstanding as of February 29, 2020.

We have a receivables and loans securitization facility ("Securitization Facility") with certain unaffiliated financial institutions ("Purchasers"). Under the Securitization Facility, we and certain of our subsidiaries ("Originators") sell trade accounts and notes receivable ("Receivables") to Cofina Funding, LLC ("Cofina"), a wholly-owned bankruptcy-remote indirect subsidiary of CHS. Cofina in turn transfers the Receivables to the Purchasers, and this arrangement is accounted for as a secured borrowing. We use the proceeds from the sale of Receivables under the Securitization Facility for general corporate purposes and settlements are made on a monthly basis. The Securitization Facility terminates on June 26, 2020, but may be extended.

On September 6, 2019, we renewed our repurchase facility ("Repurchase Facility") related to the Securitization Facility. Under the Repurchase Facility, we can borrow up to $150.0 million, collateralized by a subordinated note issued by Cofina in favor of the Originators and representing a portion of the outstanding balance of the Receivables sold by the Originators to Cofina under the Securitization Facility. As of February 29, 2020, and August 31, 2019, the outstanding balance under the Repurchase Facility was $150.0 million.

Interest expense for the three months ended February 29, 2020, and February 28, 2019, was $33.4 million and $41.3 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $3.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively. Interest expense for the six months ended February 29, 2020, and February 28, 2019, was $68.4 million and $80.2 million, respectively, net of capitalized interest of $6.2 million and $4.6 million, respectively.