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Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
LONG-TERM DEBT
($ millions)
2019

 
2018

 
Bank debt (1)
806.3

 
1,982.1

 
Senior guaranteed notes (2)
2,098.8

 
2,294.6

 
Long-term debt
2,905.1

 
4,276.7

 
Long-term debt due within one year
201.0

 
99.8

 
Long-term debt due beyond one year
2,704.1

 
4,176.9

 
(1)
The Company has London Inter-bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") loans under its bank credit facilities. The US dollar amounts of the LIBOR loans were fixed for purposes of interest and principal repayments. At December 31, 2019, the total notional amount due upon bank debt maturity was $824.2 million (December 31, 2018 - $1.92 billion).
(2)
The Company entered into cross currency swaps ("CCS") and a foreign exchange swap concurrent with the issuance of the US dollar senior guaranteed notes to fix the US dollar amount of the notes for the purpose of principal repayment at Canadian dollar notional amounts. At December 31, 2019, the total notional principal due on the maturity of the senior guaranteed notes was $1.82 billion (December 31, 2018 - $1.89 billion) of which $158.3 million (December 31, 2018 - $73.7 million) was due within one year.
Bank debt
The Company has combined facilities of $3.00 billion, including a $2.90 billion syndicated unsecured credit facility with fourteen banks and a $100.0 million unsecured operating credit facility with one Canadian chartered bank. The current maturity dates of the facilities is October 25, 2023. Both of these facilities constitute revolving credit facilities and are extendible annually.
The credit facilities bear interest at the applicable market rate plus a margin based on a sliding scale ratio of the Company's senior debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment, adjusted for payments on lease liability and certain non-cash items including unrealized derivatives, unrealized foreign exchange, equity settled share-based compensation expense and accretion and financing expense ("adjusted EBITDA").
The credit facilities and senior guaranteed notes have covenants which restrict the Company's ratio of senior debt to adjusted EBITDA to a maximum of 3.5:1.0, the ratio of total debt to adjusted EBITDA to a maximum of 4.0:1.0 and the ratio of senior debt to capital, adjusted for certain non-cash items as noted above, to a maximum of 0.55:1.0. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants at December 31, 2019.
The Company had letters of credit in the amount of $6.5 million outstanding at December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018 - $8.0 million).
Senior guaranteed notes
The Company has closed private offerings of senior guaranteed notes raising total gross proceeds of US$1.41 billion and Cdn$270.0 million. The notes are unsecured and rank pari passu with the Company's bank credit facilities and carry a bullet repayment on maturity. The senior guaranteed notes have financial covenants similar to those of the combined credit facilities described above. The Company's senior guaranteed notes are detailed below:
Principal
($ millions)
Coupon Rate

Principal Due on Maturity (1)
(Cdn$ millions)

Interest Payment Dates
Maturity Date
Financial statement carrying value
2019

 
2018

 
Cdn$7.0
4.29
%

November 22 and May 22
May 22, 2019

 
7.0

 
US$68.0
3.39
%

November 22 and May 22
May 22, 2019

 
92.8

 
US$155.0
6.03
%
158.3

September 24 and March 24
March 24, 2020
201.0

 
211.5

 
Cdn$50.0
5.53
%
50.0

October 14 and April 14
April 14, 2021
50.0

 
50.0

 
US$82.0
5.13
%
79.0

October 14 and April 14
April 14, 2021
106.3

 
111.9

 
US$52.5
3.29
%
56.3

December 20 and June 20
June 20, 2021
68.1

 
71.6

 
Cdn$25.0
4.76
%
25.0

November 22 and May 22
May 22, 2022
25.0

 
25.0

 
US$200.0
4.00
%
199.1

November 22 and May 22
May 22, 2022
259.3

 
272.9

 
US$61.5
4.12
%
80.3

October 11 and April 11
April 11, 2023
79.7

 
83.9

 
Cdn$80.0
3.58
%
80.0

October 11 and April 11
April 11, 2023
80.0

 
80.0

 
Cdn$10.0
4.11
%
10.0

December 12 and June 12
June 12, 2023
10.0

 
10.0

 
US$270.0
3.78
%
274.7

December 12 and June 12
June 12, 2023
350.1

 
368.4

 
Cdn$40.0
3.85
%
40.0

December 20 and June 20
June 20, 2024
40.0

 
40.0

 
US$257.5
3.75
%
276.4

December 20 and June 20
June 20, 2024
333.8

 
351.4

 
US$82.0
4.30
%
107.0

October 11 and April 11
April 11, 2025
106.3

 
111.9

 
Cdn$65.0
3.94
%
65.0

October 22 and April 22
April 22, 2025
65.0

 
65.0

 
US$230.0
4.08
%
291.1

October 22 and April 22
April 22, 2025
298.2

 
313.9

 
US$20.0
4.18
%
25.3

October 22 and April 22
April 22, 2027
26.0

 
27.4

 
Senior guaranteed notes
1,817.5

 
 
2,098.8

 
2,294.6

 
Senior guaranteed notes due within one year
201.0

 
99.8

 
Senior guaranteed notes due beyond one year
1,897.8

 
2,194.8

 
(1)
Includes underlying derivatives which manage the Company's foreign exchange exposure on its US dollar senior guaranteed notes. The Company considers this to be the economic amount due at maturity instead of the financial statement carrying amount.
Concurrent with the issuance of US$1.38 billion senior guaranteed notes, the Company entered into CCS to manage the Company's foreign exchange risk. The CCS fix the US dollar amount of the notes for purposes of interest and principal repayments at a notional amount of $1.52 billion. Concurrent with the issuance of US$30.0 million senior guaranteed notes, the Company entered a foreign exchange swap which fixed the principal repayment at a notional amount of $32.2 million. See Note 26 - “Financial Instruments and Derivatives” for additional information.