INDEBTEDNESS

6 Months Ended

Jul. 04, 2014

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

NOTE 8. INDEBTEDNESS

Indebtedness consisted of the following:

		July 4,		January 3,
(In millions)		2014		2014
Term loan, net of debt issuance costs		$	602	$	602
3.85% Senior Notes (net of discount)			400		400
5.00% Senior Notes (net of discount)			599		599
Revolving line of credit			84		—
Other indebtedness			145		111
	Total indebtedness		1,830		1,712
Less:
Current portion of long-term debt			51		45
	Long-term debt	$	1,779	$	1,667

2011 Credit Facility

As of both July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014, the outstanding balance of the term loan under our senior credit facility (“2011 Credit Facility”) was $605 million. As of July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014, the interest rates applicable to the term loan were 1.68% and 1.67%, respectively. Loans outstanding under our 2011 Credit Facility bear interest, at our option, at the base rate or at LIBOR plus, in each case, an applicable per annum margin. The applicable margin is determined based on the better of our debt ratings or our leverage ratio in accordance with a pricing grid. The interest rate at which we normally borrow is LIBOR plus 150 basis points.

We were in compliance with the covenants of our 2011 Credit Facility as of July 4, 2014.

As of both July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014, the estimated fair market value of the term loan under our 2011 Credit Facility was approximately $603 million. The carrying value of this term loan on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of both July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014 was $605 million, excluding unamortized issuance costs. The fair value of our term loan as of July 4, 2014 was derived by taking the mid-point of the trading prices from an observable market input (Level 2) in the secondary loan market and multiplying it by the outstanding balance of our term loan. The fair value of our term loan as of January 3, 2014 was determined to be at par less issuance fees as the agreement was amended on December 19, 2013 (Level 2).

Senior Notes

On March 15, 2012, URS Corporation, the parent company (“Parent”), and URS Fox US LP (“Fox LP”), a 100% owned subsidiary of Parent issued, in a private placement, $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.85% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2017 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2022. Substantially all of the Senior Notes were exchanged for new Senior Notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as of January 9, 2014 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). As of July 4, 2014, the outstanding balance of the Senior Notes was $999 million, net of $1 million of discount.

The Senior Notes are our general unsecured senior obligations and rank equally with our other existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness. The Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (each a “Guarantee” or, collectively, the “Guarantees”) on a joint-and-several basis by each of our current and future domestic subsidiaries that are guarantors under our 2011 Credit Facility or that are 100% owned domestic obligors or 100% owned domestic guarantors, individually or collectively, under any future indebtedness of our subsidiaries in excess of $100 million (the “Guarantors”). The Guarantees are the Guarantors’ unsecured senior obligations and rank equally with the Guarantors’ other existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness.

The Guarantee of a Guarantor will, so long as no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Senior Notes, be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged without any action on the part of the trustee or the holders of the Senior Notes:

with respect to a Guarantor which, individually or together with the Parent’s other domestic subsidiaries, no longer has any indebtedness of borrowed money in excess of $100 million outstanding and no longer guarantees, individually or together with the Parent’s other domestic subsidiaries, any indebtedness in excess of $100 million incurred by the Parent or any of the Parent’s other 100% owned domestic subsidiaries;
unless the Guarantor is the surviving entity (i) upon the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Guarantor’s assets to any person or entity not an affiliate of the Parent or (ii) upon any sale, exchange or transfer, to any person or entity not an affiliate of the Parent, of all of the Parent’s direct and indirect interest in such Guarantor;
upon the full and final payment and performance of all obligations under the indenture and the Senior Notes;
upon liquidation and dissolution of a Guarantor in a transaction that is not prohibited by the indenture; or
upon legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the indenture.

In addition, the Guarantee of any domestic subsidiary that is a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, without any further action required by such Guarantor, the trustee, or the holders of the Senior Notes, if at any time such domestic subsidiary of the Parent that is a Guarantor is no longer a domestic subsidiary of the Parent.

We were in compliance with the covenants of our Senior Notes as of July 4, 2014.

As of July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014, the estimated fair market values of the Senior Notes were approximately $1 billion and $983 million, respectively. The carrying value of the Senior Notes on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of both July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014 was $1 billion, excluding unamortized discount. The fair value of the Senior Notes was derived by taking quoted prices of comparable bonds and making an adjustment to reflect our credit to determine the price of the Senior Notes (Level 2) in the trading market and multiplying it by the outstanding balance of the notes.

Revolving line of credit

Our revolving line of credit is used to fund daily operating cash needs and to support our standby letters of credit. In the ordinary course of business, the use of our revolving line of credit is a function of collection and disbursement activities. Our daily cash needs generally follow a predictable pattern that parallels our payroll cycles, which dictate, as necessary, our short-term borrowing requirements.

As of July 4, 2014, we had an outstanding balance of $84 million on our revolving line of credit. We had no outstanding debt balances on our revolving line of credit as of January 3, 2014. As of July 4, 2014, we had issued $98 million of letters of credit, leaving $818 million available under our revolving credit facility.

Other Indebtedness

Our other indebtedness included notes payable and capital leases for office equipment, computer equipment, furniture, vehicles and automotive equipment, and construction equipment, five-year loan notes, and foreign lines of credit. As of July 4, 2014 and January 3, 2014, we maintained several credit lines with an aggregate borrowing capacity of $47 million and $51 million, respectively, and had remaining borrowing capacity of $46 million and $49 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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