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| Long-Term Debt |
Long-Term Debt
The following table illustrates the Company’s current debt portfolio as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
6.75% Senior Notes, due July 2022
On January 22, 2014, we issued $360.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due July 2022 (6.75% Notes) pursuant to an Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The 6.75% Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The 6.75% Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed by all of our subsidiaries that guarantee indebtedness under the Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement, as amended from time-to-time (2015 Secured Credit Agreement) and our 7.50% Senior Notes, due August 2020 (7.50% Notes, and collectively with the 6.75% Notes, the Senior Notes). Interest on the 6.75% Notes is payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 15, 2014. Debt issuance costs related to the 6.75% Notes of approximately $7.6 million ($4.8 million net of amortization as of September 30, 2017) are being amortized over the term of the notes using the effective interest rate method.
On or after January 15, 2018, we may redeem all or a part of the 6.75% Notes upon appropriate notice, at a redemption price of 103.375 percent of the principal amount, and at redemption prices decreasing each year thereafter to par beginning January 15, 2020. If we experience certain changes in control, we must offer to repurchase the 6.75% Notes at 101.0 percent of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
The Indenture limits our ability and the ability of certain subsidiaries to: (i) sell assets, (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions on capital stock or redeem or repurchase capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (iii) make investments, (iv) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, (v) create or incur liens, (vi) enter into sale and leaseback transactions, (vii) incur dividend or other payment restrictions affecting subsidiaries, (viii) merge or consolidate with other entities, (ix) enter into transactions with affiliates, and (x) engage in certain business activities. Additionally, the Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants designating certain events as Events of Default. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.
7.50% Senior Notes, due August 2020
On July 30, 2013, we issued $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 7.50% Notes pursuant to an Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The 7.50% Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The 7.50% Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed by all of our subsidiaries that guarantee indebtedness under the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement and the 6.75% Notes. Interest on the 7.50% Notes is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning February 1, 2014. Debt issuance costs related to the 7.50% Notes of approximately $5.6 million ($2.6 million, net of amortization as of September 30, 2017) are being amortized over the term of the notes using the effective interest rate method.
We may redeem all or a part of the 7.50% Notes upon appropriate notice, at redemption prices decreasing each year after August 1, 2016 to par beginning August 1, 2018. As of September 30, 2017, the redemption price is 101.875 percent and we have not made any redemptions to date. If we experience certain changes in control, we must offer to repurchase the 7.50% Notes at 101.0 percent of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
The Indenture limits our ability and the ability of certain subsidiaries to: (i) sell assets, (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions on capital stock or redeem or repurchase capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (iii) make investments, (iv) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, (v) create or incur liens, (vi) enter into sale and leaseback transactions, (vii) incur dividend or other payment restrictions affecting subsidiaries, (viii) merge or consolidate with other entities, (ix) enter into transactions with affiliates, and (x) engage in certain business activities. Additionally, the Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants designating certain events as Events of Default. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.
2015 Secured Credit Agreement
On January 26, 2015 we entered into the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement. The 2015 Secured Credit Agreement was originally comprised of a $200.0 million revolving credit facility (Revolver) set to mature on January 26, 2020. Four amendments to the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement have been executed, which have, among other things, reduced the size of the revolver to $100 million, suspended the Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, and Asset Coverage Ratio covenants during specific time periods, increased the Applicable Rate for certain higher levels of consolidated leverage to a maximum of 4.00 percent per annum for Eurodollar Rate loans and to a maximum of 3.00 percent per annum for Base Rate loans, established anti-hoarding language restricting our ability to retain more than $50 million in U.S. bank accounts when there are outstanding borrowings under the Revolver, and established a $75 million Junior Lien Debt capacity.
The maximum permitted Senior Secured Leverage Ratio was 1.75:1.00 for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2017, decreases to 1.50:1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2017 and remains at 1.50:1.00 thereafter. The Asset Coverage Ratio covenant, currently at 1.10:1.00, increases to 1.25:1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2017 and remains at 1.25:1.00 thereafter. The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio covenant will be reinstated in the fourth quarter of 2017 with the ratio established at 1.00:1.00, which increases by 0.25 each subsequent quarter until reaching 2.00:1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2018, and remains at 2.00:1.00 thereafter. The Leverage Ratio covenant will be reinstated in the fourth quarter of 2018 with the ratio established at 4.25:1.00.
On February 21, 2017, we executed the fourth amendment to the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement (the Fourth Amendment) which, among other things, permits the sale and issuance of certain equity interests of the Company, including the Convertible Preferred Stock, and permits the Company to pay dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock, up to certain aggregate amounts specified therein. The debt issuance costs incurred relating to the Fourth Amendment were nominal. Debt issuance costs remaining as of September 30, 2017 were $0.9 million which are being amortized through January 2020 on a straight line basis.
Our obligations under the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of our direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries, other than immaterial subsidiaries and subsidiaries generating revenues primarily outside the United States, each of which has executed guaranty agreements, and are secured by first priority liens on our accounts receivable, specified rigs including barge rigs in the GOM and land rigs in Alaska, certain U.S.-based rental equipment of the Company and its subsidiary guarantors and the equity interests of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. The 2015 Secured Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, such as limitations on indebtedness, liens, restrictions on entry into certain affiliate transactions and payments (including payment of dividends) and maintenance of certain ratios and coverage tests. As of September 30, 2017, we were in compliance with all covenants contained in the 2015 Secured Credit Agreement though our ability to access the full $100 million of the Revolver was restricted to $94.7 million, consisting primarily of $5.3 million in letters of credit outstanding, with a nominal reduction in capacity due to a cap imposed by our Senior Secured Leverage Ratio covenant calculation.
Our Revolver is available for general corporate purposes and to support letters of credit. Interest on Revolver loans accrues at a Base Rate plus an Applicable Rate or LIBOR plus an Applicable Rate. Revolving loans are available subject to a quarterly asset coverage ratio calculation based on the Orderly Liquidation Value of certain specified rigs including barge rigs in the GOM and land rigs in Alaska, and certain U.S.-based rental equipment of the Company and its subsidiary guarantors and a percentage of eligible domestic accounts receivable. Letters of credit outstanding against the Revolver as of September 30, 2017 totaled $5.3 million. There were no amounts drawn on the Revolver as of September 30, 2017.
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