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3. Debt
Short-Term Borrowings
On January 18, 2011, the Company and its subsidiary, Seagate HDD Cayman (“the Borrower”), entered into a credit agreement which provides for a $350 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Seagate Technology plc and certain of its material subsidiaries fully and unconditionally guarantee, on a senior secured basis, the revolving credit facility. The revolving credit facility matures in January 2015. The $350 million revolving credit facility is available for cash borrowings and for the issuance of letters of credit up to a sub-limit of $75 million. As of March 30, 2012, no borrowings have been drawn under the revolving credit facility, and $4 million had been utilized for letters of credit.
Long-Term Debt
$600 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due October 2011 (the “2011 Notes”). The 2011 Notes matured on October 1, 2011, and the Company repaid the entire outstanding principal amount of $559 million, plus accrued and unpaid interest on October 3, 2011.
$430 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 10.00% Senior Secured Second-Priority Notes due May 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). The interest on the 2014 Notes is payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2014 Notes is Seagate Technology International, and the obligations under the 2014 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and certain of its significant subsidiaries. In addition, the obligations under the 2014 Notes are secured by a second-priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets. The indenture governing the 2014 Notes contains covenants that limit the Company’s ability, and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries, (subject to certain exceptions) to incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares, create liens, enter into mergers, pay dividends, redeem or repurchase debt or shares, and enter into certain transactions with the Company’s shareholders or affiliates. During the first nine months of fiscal year 2012, the Company repurchased $96 million aggregate principal amount of its 2014 Notes for cash at a premium to their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded a loss on the redemptions of approximately $12 million and $17 million for the three and nine months ended March 30, 2012, respectively, which is included in Other, net in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
$600 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 6.8% Senior Notes due October 2016 (the “2016 Notes”). The interest on the 2016 Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2016 Notes is Seagate Technology HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2016 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s significant subsidiaries.
$750 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 7.75% Senior Notes due December 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). The interest on the 2018 Notes is payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year. The issuer under the 2018 Notes is Seagate Technology HDD Cayman and the obligations under the 2018 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain of the Company’s significant subsidiaries.
$600 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due May 2020 (the “2020 Notes”). The interest on the 2020 Notes is payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2020 Notes is Seagate Technology HDD Cayman, and the obligations under the 2020 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by the Company.
$600 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due November 2021 (the “2021 Notes”). The interest on the 2021 Notes is payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 of each year. The issuer under the 2018 Notes is Seagate Technology HDD Cayman and the obligations under the 2021 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain of the Company’s significant subsidiaries.
At March 30, 2012, future principal payments on long-term debt were as follows (in millions):
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Fiscal Year |
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2012 |
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$ |
— |
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2013 |
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— |
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2014 |
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319 |
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2015 |
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— |
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2016 |
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— |
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Thereafter |
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2,550 |
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$ |
2,869 |
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