Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Long-Term Debt

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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

Note 10—Long-Term Debt

Our debt obligations consisted of the following (in thousands, except interest rates):

 

 

 

Effective
Interest Rate
(1)

 

 

October 2, 2021

 

 

October 3, 2020

 

Term Loan—due on March 9, 2028

 

 

3.25

%

(2)

$

805,950

 

 

$

811,178

 

ABL Credit Facility

 

 

1.25

%

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Unsecured Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

390,000

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

805,950

 

 

 

1,201,178

 

Less: current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

(8,100

)

 

 

(8,341

)

Less: unamortized discount

 

 

 

 

 

(3,285

)

 

 

(9,348

)

Less: deferred financing charges

 

 

 

 

 

(8,440

)

 

 

(3,939

)

Long-term debt, net

 

 

 

 

$

786,125

 

 

$

1,179,550

 

 

(1)
Effective interest rates as of October 2, 2021.
(2)
Carries interest at a specified margin over LIBOR between 2.50% and 2.75% with a minimum LIBOR of 0.50%.
(3)
Carries interest at a specific margin between 0.25% and 0.75% with respect to Base Rate loans and between 1.25% and 1.75% with respect to Eurodollar Rate loans.

Term Loan

In March 2021, we entered into an amendment to our Term Loan. The amended Term Loan provides for an $810.0 million secured term loan facility, decreased pricing by 75 basis points and extended the maturity date to March 9, 2028. The other material terms of the Term Loan prior to the amendment remained substantially unchanged. In addition, as a result of the Term Loan, during fiscal 2021, we recognized a $1.9 million loss on early debt extinguishment related to the prepayment of the underlying loan tranches prepaid in connection with the amended Term Loan.

Borrowings under the Term Loan have an initial applicable rate, at our option of, (i) 2.75% for loans that are LIBOR loans and (ii) 1.75% of loans that are ABR loans. The applicable rate of the Term Loan is based on our first lien leverage ratio as follows: (a) if the first lien leverage ratio is greater than 2.75 to 1.00, the applicable rate will be 2.75% for LIBOR loans and 1.75% for ABR loans and (b) the first lien leverage ratio is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00, the applicable rate will be 2.50% for LIBOR loans and 1.50% for ABR loans. For LIBOR loans, the loans will bear interest at the adjusted LIBOR rate plus the applicable rate, where the adjusted LIBOR rate will not be less than 0.50%.

Substantially all of our assets are pledged as collateral to secure our indebtedness. The Term Loan does not require us to comply with any financial covenants. The Term Loan contains customary events of default and no event of default had occurred under the Term Loan as of October 2, 2021 or October 3, 2020.

ABL Credit Facility

On April 12, 2021, we entered into Amendment No. 5 to our $200.0 million credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) maturing on August 13, 2025 (the “Amendment”). The Amendment (i) decreased the applicable margin on the Base Rate loans to a range of 0.25% to 0.75% from 0.75% to 1.00%, (ii) decreased the applicable margin on the Eurodollar Rate loans to a range of 1.25% to 1.75% from 1.75% to 2.00%, (iii) changed the LIBOR floor to 0% from 0.75%, and (iv) decreased our commitment fee rate to 0.25% from 0.375%. The other terms of the ABL Credit Facility prior to the amendment thereof remain substantially unchanged.

In addition, we are also obligated to pay a commission on all outstanding letters of credit as well as customary administrative, issuance, fronting, amendment, payment, and negotiation fees. As of October 2, 2021 and October 3, 2020, no amounts were outstanding on the ABL Credit Facility. The amount available was reduced by $9.2 million and $11.6 million of existing standby letters of credit as of October 2, 2021 and October 3, 2020, respectively.

Substantially all of our assets are pledged as collateral to secure our indebtedness The ABL Credit Facility does not require us to comply with any financial covenants. The ABL Credit Facility contains customary events of default, including default upon the nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, or the occurrence of a change of control. No event of default has occurred under the ABL Credit Facility as of October 2, 2021 or October 3, 2020.

Senior Unsecured Notes

The senior unsecured notes principal of $390.0 million was paid in full on November 3, 2020, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $7.3 million during fiscal 2021. The senior unsecured notes were guaranteed on a senior basis by us and all our present and future domestic wholly owned subsidiaries. Interest-only payments on the senior unsecured notes were payable quarterly on January 10, April 10, July 10, and October 10 of each year. We incurred interest of 8.50% plus LIBOR, subject to a minimum rate of 1.00%, on the senior unsecured notes. The senior unsecured notes had restrictive covenants that limited the ability to, among other things, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock; pay dividends and make other restricted payments; incur restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions; create or incur certain liens; make certain investments; transfer or sell assets; engage in transactions with affiliates; and merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of our assets.

Interest Rate Cap Agreements

In March 2017, we entered into interest rate cap agreements in order to manage the variability of cash flows related to a portion of our floating rate indebtedness. Pursuant to the agreements, we capped LIBOR at 3.00% with respect to the aggregate notional amount of $750.0 million. In March 2021, our interest rate cap agreements expired.

The fair value of our interest rate cap agreements were zero as of October 2, 2021, October 3, 2020 and September 28, 2019. We did not recognize any gain or loss on our interest rate cap agreements in fiscal 2021 and 2020. We recognized a loss related to our interest rate cap agreements of $4.3 million in fiscal 2019, which was recorded in other expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Future Debt Maturities

The following table summarizes the debt maturities and scheduled principal repayments of our indebtedness as of October 2, 2021 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Amount

 

2022

 

$

8,100

 

2023

 

 

8,100

 

2024

 

 

6,075

 

2025

 

 

10,125

 

2026

 

 

8,100

 

Thereafter

 

 

765,450

 

Total

 

$

805,950