Note 5. Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Debt at March 4, 2017 and September 3, 2016 consisted of the following:


	March 4,		September 3,
	2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Credit Facility:
Revolver	$	184,000	$	217,000
Term loan		162,500		187,500
Private Placement Debt:
Senior notes, series A		75,000		75,000
Senior notes, series B		100,000		100,000
Capital lease and financing obligations		28,368		28,268
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs		(736)		(946)
Total debt	$	549,132	$	606,822
Less: current maturities of long-term debt(1)		(278,072)		(267,050)
Long-term debt	$	271,060	$	339,772

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(1)

Net of unamortized debt issuance costs expected to be amortized in the next twelve months.

Credit Facility

In April 2013, in connection with the acquisition of the Class C Solutions Group (“CCSG”), the Company entered into a $650,000 credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility, which matures in April 2018, provides for a five-year unsecured revolving loan facility in the aggregate amount of $400,000 and a five-year unsecured term loan facility in the aggregate amount of $250,000.

The Credit Facility also permits the Company, at its request, and upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, to add one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase the revolving loan commitments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000. Subject to certain limitations, each such incremental term loan facility or revolving commitment increase will be on terms as agreed to by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the lenders providing such financing.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, either at (i) LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) plus the applicable margin for LIBOR loans ranging from 1.00% to 1.375%, based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio; or (ii) the greatest of (a) the Administrative Agent’s prime rate in effect on such day, (b) the federal funds effective rate in effect on such day, plus 0.50% and (c) LIBOR that would be calculated as of such day in respect of a proposed LIBOR loan with a one-month interest period, plus 1.00%, plus, in the case of each of clauses (a) through (c), an applicable margin ranging from 0.00% to 0.375%, based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. The Company is required to pay a quarterly undrawn fee ranging from 0.10% to 0.20% per annum on the unutilized portion of the Credit Facility based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. The Company is also required to pay quarterly letter of credit usage fees ranging between 1.00% to 1.375% (based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio) on the amount of the daily average outstanding letters of credit, and a quarterly fronting fee of 0.125% per annum on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each letter of credit. The weighted average applicable borrowing rate for the Company for any borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility at March 4, 2017 was 1.91% which represents LIBOR plus 1.125%. Based on the interest period the Company selects, interest may be payable every one, two, three or six months. Interest is reset at the end of each interest period. The Company currently elects to have loans under the Credit Facility bear interest based on LIBOR with one-month interest periods. Borrowings under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.

During the twenty-six-week period ended March 4, 2017, the Company borrowed $78,000 under the revolving loan facility and repaid $111,000 and $25,000 of the revolving loan facility and the term loan facility, respectively.

Private Placement Debt

In July 2016, in connection with the Company’s “modified Dutch auction” tender offer, the Company completed the issuance and sale of the following unsecured senior notes (collectively “Private Placement Debt”):

$75,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.65% Senior Notes, Series A, due July 28, 2023 (“Senior notes, series A”); and

$100,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.90% Senior Notes, Series B, due July 28, 2026 (“Senior notes, series B”).

The Private Placement Debt is due, in full, on the stated maturity dates. Interest is payable semiannually at the fixed stated interest rates.

The Credit Facility and Private Placement Debt contain several restrictive covenants including the requirement that the Company maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation) of no more than 3.00 to 1.00, and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to total interest expense of at least 3.00 to 1.00, during the term of the Credit Facility and Private Placement Debt. At March 4, 2017, the Company was in compliance with the operating and financial covenants of the Credit Facility and Private Placement Debt.

Capital Lease and Financing Obligations

In connection with the construction of the Company’s customer fulfillment center in Columbus, Ohio, the Finance Authority holds the title to the building and entered into a long-term lease with the Company. The lease has a 20-year term with a prepayment option without penalty between 7 and 20 years. At the end of the lease term, the building’s title is transferred to the Company for a nominal amount when the principal of and interest on the bonds have been fully paid. The lease has been classified as a capital lease in accordance with ASC Topic 840. At March 4, 2017 and September 3, 2016, the capital lease obligation was approximately $27,022.