Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

NOTE 5. DEBT

TERM LOANS

On September 14, 2022, through a seventh amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement (Amended Term Loan Agreement) with our primary lender, we refinanced $277.5 million of long-term debt assumed in the CatchMark merger. See Note 13: CatchMark Merger for additional information.

The amendment to the Amended Term Loan Agreement provided for a new 5-year term loan in the principal amount of $138.75 million maturing on September 1, 2027, and a new 8-year term loan in the principal amount of $138.75 million maturing on September 1, 2030 (collectively the New Term Loans). The New Term Loans bear interest at a rate equal to one-month SOFR plus 2.0% per annum. In addition, the 8-year term loan provides for a cost-of-capital reset at year five. In connection with the refinance, we entered into two one-month SOFR based interest rate swaps to fix the interest rates on the New Term Loans at 2.50% and 2.66% respectively, before patronage credits from lenders.

At September 30, 2022, our total outstanding principal on our long-term debt of $1.04 billion included $971.0 million of term loans under the Amended Term Loan Agreement, including the New Term Loans and a $40.0 million term loan that we expect to refinance upon its maturity in December 2022. In addition to the New Term Loans, certain borrowings under the Amended Term Loan Agreement are at variable rates of one or three-month LIBOR plus a spread between 1.68% and 2.10%. We have entered into LIBOR based interest rate swaps to fix the interest rate on these LIBOR base rate term loans.

See Note: 6 Derivative Instruments for additional information.

CREDIT AGREEMENT

At September 30, 2022, there were no borrowings under our $300.0 million revolving line of credit and approximately $11.0 million of our revolving line of credit was utilized for outstanding letters of credit. As provided in the revolving line of credit agreement, borrowings may be increased by up to an additional $500.0 million. The revolving line of credit agreement also includes a sublimit of $75.0 million for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a sublimit of $25.0 million for swing line loans. Usage under either or both sub facilities reduce availability under the revolving line of credit. We may utilize borrowings under the credit facility to, among other things, refinance existing indebtedness and provide funding for working capital requirements, capital projects, acquisitions and other general corporate expenditures.

We were in compliance with all debt and credit agreement covenants at September 30, 2022.