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Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing Obligation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing Obligation

10. LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE FINANCING OBLIGATION

As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

(In millions)

  

Maturity Date

   June 30,
2016
     December 31,
2015
 

 

4.625 Notes (net of debt issuance costs totaling $8.8 million and $9.6 million at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)

   February 15, 2021       $ 679.2             $ 678.4      

 

4.875 Notes (net of debt issuance costs totaling $5.4 million and $5.8 million at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)

   May 15, 2023      444.6            444.2      

 

New Term Loan Facility (net of deferred financing fees totaling $2.8 million and $3.1 million at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)

   February 27, 2022      243.5            244.4      

 

ABL Revolver

       December 17, 2019          -            -      
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Total debt

        1,367.3            1,367.0      

 

Less: current portion of long-term debt

        (2.5)           (2.5)     
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net

         $         1,364.8             $         1,364.5      
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

4.625 Notes

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries guarantee $688.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.625 percent senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “4.625 Notes”) that were issued by a wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco Inc. (“Spinco”), on January 28, 2013. Interest payments on the 4.625 Notes commenced on August 15, 2013 and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The 4.625 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and by its existing and future domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries.

4.875 Notes

On February 1, 2013, the Company issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.875 percent senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “4.875 Notes”). Interest payments on the 4.875 Notes commenced on May 15, 2013 and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The 4.875 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by each of our existing and future domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries.

Term Loan

On February 27, 2015, Axiall Holdco, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Axiall Holdco”), entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of financial institutions (the “Term Loan Agreement”) for a new $250 million term loan facility (the “New Term Loan Facility”) to refinance the principal amount outstanding under the Company’s existing term loan facility, to pay related fees and expenses, and for general corporate purposes. Obligations under the New Term Loan Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior secured basis, by the Company and by each of the Company’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, other than certain excluded subsidiaries. The obligations under the New Term Loan Facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of Axiall Holdco, Axiall Corporation and the subsidiary guarantors.

 

The New Term Loan Facility contains an accordion feature that permits Axiall Holdco, subject to certain conditions and to obtaining lender commitments, to incur additional term loans under the New Term Loan Facility in an amount up to the greater of: (i) $250 million; and (ii) an amount that would not result in the Company’s consolidated secured debt ratio being greater than 2.50 to 1.00.

At the election of Axiall Holdco, the New Term Loan Facility bears interest at a rate equal to: (i) the Base Rate (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus 1.50 percent per annum; or (ii) LIBOR (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus 3.25 percent per annum; provided that at no time will the Base Rate be deemed to be less than 2.00 percent per annum or LIBOR be deemed to be less than 0.75 percent per annum. As of June 30, 2016, outstanding borrowings under the New Term Loan Facility had a stated interest rate of 4.00 percent per annum.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary covenants (subject to exceptions), including certain restrictions on the Company and its subsidiaries to pay dividends and repurchase shares of Company Common Stock.

ABL Revolver

The Company’s second amended and restated asset based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Revolver”), which the Company entered into on December 17, 2014, provides for a maximum of $600.0 million of revolving credit, subject to applicable borrowing base limitations and certain other conditions. The credit agreement governing the ABL Revolver (the “ABL Credit Agreement”) contains customary covenants, including certain restrictions on the Company and its subsidiaries to pay dividends and repurchase shares of Company Common Stock. These covenants are subject to certain exceptions and qualifications. Under the ABL Revolver, dividend payments and repurchases of Company Common Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150 million in any fiscal year may be made if both borrowing availability under the ABL Revolver would have exceeded $75 million at all times during the thirty days immediately preceding any such restricted payment and our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (as defined in the ABL Revolver) is equal to or exceeds 1.00 to 1.00, each on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such proposed restricted payment. In addition, under the ABL Revolver, additional cash dividend payments and repurchases of Company Common Stock may be made if both borrowing availability under the ABL Revolver then exceeds $100 million and our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (as defined in the ABL Revolver) is equal to or exceeds 1.10 to 1.00, each on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the proposed restricted payment. On December 30, 2015, we amended our ABL Credit Agreement to, among other things, provide additional flexibility to pay dividends and consummate stock repurchases, modify the definition of consolidated EBITDA to include certain additional add backs and reductions to net income in determining consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the ABL Revolver), revise the definition of consolidated capital expenditures to exclude capital expenditures made in connection with the proposed ethane cracker (ethylene manufacturing plant) located in Lake Charles, Louisiana (the “Plant”), and provide for a reduction in the amount of its basket for investments in such a plant by the amount of such capital expenditures that are excluded from the definition of consolidated capital expenditures.

As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had no outstanding balance under our ABL Revolver. Our availability under the ABL Revolver at June 30, 2016 was approximately $383.9 million, net of outstanding letters of credit totaling $72.9 million. As of June 30, 2016, depending on the duration of the loan, the applicable rate for future borrowings would have been between 2.15 percent to 4.00 percent based on LIBOR or the Prime Rate.

As of June 30, 2016, we were in compliance with the covenants under our ABL Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Agreement and the indentures governing the 4.625 Notes and the 4.875 Notes.

 

Lease Financing Obligation

As of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had a lease financing obligation of $46.8 million and $44.0 million, respectively. The lease financing obligation is a result of the sale and concurrent leaseback of certain land and buildings in Canada in 2007 for an original term of ten years. In connection with this transaction, certain terms and conditions, including the requirement to execute a collateralized letter of credit in favor of the buyer-lessor, resulted in the transaction being recorded as a financing transaction rather than a sale for GAAP purposes. As a result, the land, building and related accounts continue to be recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The collateralized letter of credit expired on February 2, 2015 and is no longer required.

In connection with the sale of our window and door profiles business, on March 31, 2016, we assigned the leases associated with two of the four properties that were recorded as part of such sale-leaseback transaction on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and extended the lease term for one of the remaining properties through 2019. Consequently, we are no longer the primary obligor under the two assigned leases and we derecognized $25.6 million from property plant and equipment, net and decreased our lease financing obligation by $37.5 million on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2016. The deferred gain of $11.9 million associated with these two assigned leased properties was recognized and offset against the loss on sale of our window and door profiles business in discontinued operations during the six months ended June 30, 2016, all of which was a non-cash transaction.

The sale of our window and door profiles business was classified as discontinued operations and, therefore, all prior period amounts pertaining to these two properties were reclassified. The change from the December 31, 2015 balance, excluding the reclassification of the two properties, is due to the change in the Canadian dollar exchange rate as of June 30, 2016. We are not obligated to repay the lease financing obligation amount of $46.8 million. Our obligation is for the future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements. The future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements as of June 30, 2016 are $1.7 million in 2016, $2.5 million in 2017, $2.2 million in 2018 and $0.6 million in 2019, the final year of the lease agreements.