Long-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

6. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt, net consists of the following:



	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in millions)
Revolving credit facility	$	—	$	—
Term Loan A Facility	340.0		83.8
Term Loan B Facility	1,188.8		1,511.2
7.75% Notes due 2019	—		100.0
6.625% Notes due 2022	450.0		450.0
6.50% Notes due 2027	500.0		500.0
6.25% Notes due 2026	400.0		400.0
6.25% Notes due 2025	700.0		700.0
Foreign credit facilities and other	113.4		127.1
Capital lease obligations	—		3.4
Total debt	3,692.2		3,875.5
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	28.7		121.6
Long-term debt	3,663.5		3,753.9
Less: Debt issuance costs	51.2		67.1
Long-term debt, net	$	3,612.3	$	3,686.8

SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES In 2017, Holdings and American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM Inc.) entered into a credit agreement (the Credit Agreement). In connection with the Credit Agreement, Holdings, AAM, Inc. and certain of their restricted subsidiaries entered into a Collateral Agreement and Guarantee Agreement with the financial institutions party thereto. The Credit Agreement included a $100.0 million term loan A facility (the Term Loan A Facility), a $1.55 billion term loan B facility (the Term Loan B Facility) and a $932 million multi-currency revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility, and together with the Term Loan A Facility and the Term Loan B Facility, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities).

In July 2019, Holdings, AAM, Inc., and certain subsidiaries of Holdings entered into the First Amendment (First Amendment) to the Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement). The First Amendment, among other things, established $340 million in incremental term loan A commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement with a maturity date of July 29, 2024 (Term Loan A Facility due 2024), reduced the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility from $932 million to $925 million and extended the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility from April 6, 2022 to July 29, 2024, and modified the applicable margin with respect to interest rates under the Term Loan A Facility due 2024 and interest rates and commitment fees under the Revolving Credit Facility. The applicable margin and the maturity date for the Term Loan B Facility remain unchanged. The proceeds of $340 million were used to repay all of the outstanding loans under the existing Term Loan A Facility and a portion of the outstanding Term Loan B Facility, resulting in no additional indebtedness. This also satisfies all payment requirements under the Term Loan B Facility until maturity in 2024. We expensed $5.1 million for the write-off of the unamortized debt issuance costs related to the existing Term Loan A Facility and a portion of the unamortized debt issuance costs related to our Term Loan B Facility that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowings.

In December 2019, we used a portion of the cash proceeds from the Casting Sale to make a payment on our Term Loan B Facility, which included a principal payment of $59.8 million and $0.4 million in accrued interest. We also expensed approximately $1.0 million for the write-off of the unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing.

At December 31, 2019, $898.8 million was available under the Revolving Credit Facility. This availability reflects a reduction of $26.2 million for standby letters of credit issued against the facility. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility are used for general corporate purposes.

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities provide back-up liquidity for our foreign credit facilities. We intend to use the availability of long-term financing under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to refinance any current maturities related to such debt agreements that are not otherwise refinanced on a long-term basis in their local markets, except where otherwise reclassified to Current portion of long-term debt on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.

REDEMPTION OF 7.75% NOTES DUE 2019 In the second quarter of 2019, we voluntarily redeemed the remaining balance outstanding under our 7.75% Notes due 2019. This resulted in a principal payment of $100.0 million and $0.3 million in accrued interest. We also expensed approximately $0.1 million for the write-off of the unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing, and approximately $2.2 million for an early redemption premium.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, we voluntarily redeemed a portion of our 7.75% Notes due 2019. This resulted in a principal payment of $100.0 million and $3.9 million in accrued interest. We also expensed approximately $0.3 million for the write-off of a portion of the unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing, and approximately $4.5 million for an early redemption premium.

REDEMPTION OF 6.625% NOTES DUE 2022 In the second quarter of 2018, we voluntarily redeemed a portion of our 6.625% Notes due 2022. This resulted in a principal payment of $100.0 million, and a payment of $0.8 million in accrued interest. During 2018, we expensed $0.8 million for the write-off of a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing and $3.3 million for an early redemption premium.

6.25% NOTES DUE 2026 In the first quarter of 2018, we issued $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.25% senior notes due 2026 (the 6.25% Notes due 2026). Proceeds from the 6.25% Notes due 2026 were used primarily to fund the tender offer for the 6.25% senior notes due 2021 (the 6.25% Notes due 2021) described below. We paid debt issuance costs of $6.6 million during 2018 related to the 6.25% Notes due 2026.

TENDER OFFER OF 6.25% NOTES DUE 2021 Also during the first quarter of 2018, we made a tender offer for our 6.25% Notes due 2021. Under this tender offer, we retired the $400.0 million of the 6.25% Notes due 2021 and expensed $2.5 million for the write-off of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing and $8.0 million in tender premiums.

FOREIGN CREDIT FACILITIES We utilize local currency credit facilities to finance the operations of certain foreign subsidiaries. These credit facilities, some of which are guaranteed by Holdings and/or AAM, Inc., expire at various dates through January 2021. At December 31, 2019, $106.0 million was outstanding under these facilities and an additional $89.1 million was available. At December 31, 2018, $127.1 million was outstanding under these facilities and an additional $78.2 million was available.

DEBT MATURITIES Aggregate maturities of long-term debt are as follows (in millions):



2020	$	53.2
2021	77.1
2022	471.3
2023	29.8
2024	1,460.8
Thereafter	1,600.0
Total	$	3,692.2

CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS Upon our adoption of ASC 842 Leases, our capital (finance) lease obligations are now presented in Accrued expenses and other, and Postretirement benefits and other long-term liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. See Note 3 - Leasing for additional detail regarding our adoption of ASC 842.

INTEREST EXPENSE AND INTEREST INCOME Interest expense was $217.3 million in 2019, $216.3 million in 2018 and $195.6 million in 2017. The change in interest expense in 2018, as compared to 2017, is primarily attributable to additional interest expense incurred on borrowings outstanding under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities entered into in April 2017, as well as on $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.25% senior notes due 2025 and $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes due 2027, which were issued in March 2017.

We capitalized interest of $15.5 million in 2019, $28.4 million in 2018 and $18.3 million in 2017. The weighted-average interest rate of our long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2019 was 5.8% as compared to 5.9% and 5.7% at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Interest income was $5.8 million in 2019, $2.0 million in 2018 and $2.9 million in 2017. Interest income includes interest earned on cash and cash equivalents, realized and unrealized gains and losses on our short-term investments during the period, and the impact of the interest rate differential on our fixed-to-fixed cross-currency swap.

SUBSEQUENT EVENT In January 2020, we issued an irrevocable notice to the holders of the 6.625% Notes due 2022 to voluntarily redeem a portion of our 6.625% Notes due 2022 in the first quarter of 2020. This will result in a principal payment of $100 million and $2.0 million in accrued interest. We expect to expense approximately $0.4 million for the write-off of the unamortized debt issuance costs that we had been amortizing over the expected life of the borrowing, and approximately $1.1 million for the payment of an early redemption premium.