CREDIT FACILITY AND DEBT

Long-term debt outstanding consisted of the following:



	December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Revolving Credit Facility	$	—		$	350,000
2025 Senior Notes	725,000			725,000
2023 Senior Notes	500,000			500,000
PBF Rail Term Loan	21,554			28,366
Catalyst leases	44,353			59,048
	1,290,907			1,662,414
Less - Current debt	(2,378		)	(10,987		)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(30,537		)	(25,178		)
Long-term debt	$	1,257,992		$	1,626,249

Revolving Credit Facility

Prior to entering into a new revolving credit facility in May of 2018 as discussed further below, PBF Holding’s previous asset-based credit agreement dated as of August 15, 2014 (the “August 2014 Revolving Credit Agreement”), among other things, had a maximum commitment of $2,635,000, a maturity date of August 2019 and an accordion feature that allowed for increases in the aggregate commitment of up to $2,750,000. The sublimit for letters of credit was $1,500,000. The LC Participation Fee ranged from 1.25% to 2.0% depending on the Company’s senior secured debt rating and the Fronting Fee was equal to 0.25%. At the option of PBF Holding, borrowings bore interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, all as defined in the August 2014 Revolving Credit Agreement. The Applicable Margin ranged from 0.50% to 1.25% for Alternative Base Rate Loans and from 1.50% to 2.25% for Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, in each case depending on the Company’s senior secured debt rating.

On May 2, 2018, PBF Holding and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as borrowers or subsidiary guarantors, replaced the August 2014 Revolving Credit Agreement with a new asset-based revolving credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Facility"). The Revolving Credit Facility has a maximum commitment of $3,400,000, a maturity date of May 2023 and redefines certain components of the Borrowing Base, as defined in the agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”), to make more funding available for working capital needs and other general corporate purposes. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at the Alternative Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin (all as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). The Applicable Margin ranges from 0.25% to 1.00% for Alternative Base Rate Loans and from 1.25% to 2.00% for Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, in each case depending on the Company’s corporate credit rating. In addition, an accordion feature allows for commitments of up to $3,500,000. The LC Participation Fee ranges from 1.00% to 1.75% depending on the Company’s corporate credit rating and the Fronting Fee is capped at 0.25%.

The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary covenants and restrictions on the activities of PBF Holding and its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, limitations on incurring additional indebtedness, liens, negative pledges, guarantees, investments, loans, asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, prepayment of other debt, distributions, dividends and the repurchase of capital stock, transactions with affiliates and the ability of PBF Holding to change the nature of its business or its fiscal year; all as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

In addition, the Revolving Credit Agreement has a financial covenant which requires that if at any time Excess Availability, as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, is less than the greater of (i) 10% of the lesser of the then existing Borrowing Base and the then aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Lenders (the “Financial Covenant Testing Amount”), and (ii) $100,000, and until such time as Excess Availability is greater than the Financial Covenant Testing Amount and $100,000 for a period of 12 or more consecutive days, PBF Holding will not permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement and determined as of the last day of the most recently completed quarter, to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.

PBF Holding’s obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility are (a) guaranteed by each of its domestic operating subsidiaries that are not Excluded Subsidiaries (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and (b) secured by a lien on (i) PBF LLC’s equity interest in PBF Holding and (ii) certain assets of PBF Holding and the subsidiary guarantors, including all deposit accounts (other than zero balance accounts, cash collateral accounts, trust accounts and/or payroll accounts, all of which are excluded from the definition of collateral), all accounts receivable, all hydrocarbon inventory (other than the intermediate and finished products owned by J. Aron pursuant to the Inventory Intermediation Agreements) and to the extent evidencing, governing, securing or otherwise related to the foregoing, all general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, letter of credit rights and supporting obligations; and all products and proceeds of the foregoing.

There was no outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2018. At December 31, 2017, there was $350,000 outstanding under the August 2014 Revolving Credit Agreement. Issued letters of credit were $400,695 and $586,274, as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Senior Notes

On February 9, 2012, PBF Holding and PBF Holding’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PBF Finance Corporation, completed the offering of $675,500 aggregate principal amount of 8.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Senior Secured Notes”). The net proceeds, after deducting the original issue discount, the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions, and the fees and expenses of the offering, were used to repay certain outstanding indebtedness plus accrued interest, as well as to reduce the outstanding balance of the August 2014 Revolving Credit Agreement.

On November 24, 2015, PBF Holding and PBF Holding’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PBF Finance Corporation completed an offering of $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes”, and together with the 2020 Senior Secured Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $490,000 after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and offering expenses. The Issuers used the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including funding a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of the Torrance refinery and related logistics assets.

The Senior Secured Notes were secured on a first-priority basis by substantially all of the present and future assets of PBF Holding and its subsidiaries (other than assets securing the Revolving Credit Facility). Payment of the Senior Secured Notes is jointly and severally guaranteed by substantially all of PBF Holding’s subsidiaries. PBF Holding has optional redemption rights to repurchase all or a portion of the Senior Secured Notes at varying prices no less than 100% of the principal amounts of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. The holders of the Senior Secured Notes have repurchase options exercisable only upon a change in control, certain asset sale transactions, or in event of a default as defined in the indenture agreement.

In addition, the Senior Secured Notes contain customary terms, events of default and covenants for an issuer of non-investment grade debt securities including limitations on PBF Holding’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things; (1) incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock; (2) make equity distributions; (3) pay dividends on or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments; (4) enter into transactions with affiliates; (5) create liens; (6) engage in mergers and consolidations or otherwise sell all or substantially all of its assets; (7) designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; (8) make certain investments; and (9) limit the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to PBF Holding.

At all times after (a) a covenant suspension event (which requires that the Senior Secured Notes have investment grade ratings from both Moody’s Investment Services, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s), or (b) a Collateral Fall-Away Event, as defined in the indenture, the Senior Secured Notes will become unsecured.

On May 30, 2017, PBF Holding entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”) among PBF Holding and PBF Holding’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PBF Finance Corporation (“PBF Finance” and, together with PBF Holding, the “Issuers”), the guarantors named therein (collectively the “Guarantors”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, under which the Issuers issued $725,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.25% senior notes due 2025 (the “2025 Senior Notes”). The Issuers received net proceeds of approximately $711,576 from the offering after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and offering expenses, all of which was used to fund the cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for any and all of its outstanding 2020 Senior Secured Notes, to pay the related redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest for any 2020 Senior Secured Notes which remained outstanding after the completion of the Tender Offer, and for general corporate purposes. The difference between the carrying value of the 2020 Senior Secured Notes on the date they were reacquired and the amount for which they were reacquired has been classified as debt extinguishment costs in the consolidated statements of operations.

The 2025 Senior Notes are guaranteed by substantially all of PBF Holding’s subsidiaries. The 2025 Senior Notes and guarantees are senior unsecured obligations which rank equal in right of payment with all of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness, including the Revolving Credit Facility and 2023 Senior Notes. The 2025 Senior Notes and the guarantees rank senior in right of payment to the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment thereto. The 2025 Senior Notes and the guarantees are effectively subordinated to any of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ existing or future secured indebtedness (including the Revolving Credit Facility) to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. The 2025 Senior Notes and the guarantees are structurally subordinated to any existing or future indebtedness and other obligations of the Issuers’ non-guarantor subsidiaries.

PBF Holding has optional redemption rights to repurchase all or a portion of the 2025 Senior Notes at varying prices which are no less than 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The holders of the 2025 Senior Notes have repurchase options exercisable only upon a change in control, certain asset sale transactions, or in event of a default as defined in the Indenture. In addition, the 2025 Senior Notes contain customary terms, events of default and covenants for an issuer of non-investment grade debt securities that limit certain types of additional debt, equity issuances, and payments. Many of these covenants will cease to apply or will be modified if the 2025 Senior Notes are rated investment grade.

Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the 2020 Senior Secured Notes in connection with the closing of the Tender Offer and the redemption described above, a Collateral Fall-Away Event under the indenture governing the 2023 Senior Notes occurred on May 30, 2017, and the 2023 Senior Notes became unsecured and certain covenants were modified, as provided for in the indenture governing the 2023 Senior Notes and related documents.

The 2025 Senior Notes and the 2023 Senior Notes are collectively referred to as the “Senior Notes”.

PBF Rail Term Loan

On December 22, 2016, PBF Rail Logistics Company LLC (“PBF Rail”) entered into a $35,000 term loan (the “PBF Rail Term Loan”) with a bank previously party to the Rail Facility. The PBF Rail Term Loan amortizes monthly over its five year term and bears interest at a rate equal to one month LIBOR plus the margin as defined in the agreement governing the PBF Rail Term Loan (the “Rail Credit Agreement”). As security for the PBF Rail Term Loan, PBF Rail pledged, among other things: (i) certain Eligible Railcars; (ii) the Debt Service Reserve Account (as defined in the Rail Credit Agreement); and (iii) PBF Holding’s membership interest in PBF Rail. Additionally, the Rail Credit Agreement contains customary terms, events of default and covenants for transactions of this nature. PBF Rail may at any time repay the PBF Rail Term Loan without penalty in the event that railcars securing the loan are sold, scrapped or otherwise removed from the collateral pool.

The outstanding balances under the PBF Rail Term Loan were $21,554 and $28,366 as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Precious Metal Catalyst Leases

Certain subsidiaries of the Company have entered into agreements whereby such subsidiary sold a portion of its precious metal catalysts to a major commercial bank and then leased back the precious metal catalysts. The volume of the precious metal catalysts and the lease rate are fixed over the term of each lease. At maturity, the Company must repurchase the precious metal catalysts in question at its then fair market value. The Company believes that there is a substantial market for precious metal catalysts and that it will be able to release such catalysts at maturity. The Company treated these transactions as financing arrangements, and the lease payments are recorded as interest expense over the agreements’ terms. The Company has elected the fair value option for accounting for its catalyst lease repurchase obligations as the Company’s liability is directly impacted by the change in value of the underlying catalysts. The fair value of these repurchase obligations as reflected in the fair value of long-term debt outstanding table below is measured using Level 2 inputs.

Details on the catalyst leases at each of the Company’s refineries as of December 31, 2018 are included in the following table:



	Annual lease fee		Annual interest rate		Expiration date
Paulsboro catalyst lease	$	140	2.20	%	December 2019	⁽²⁾
Delaware City catalyst lease	$	210	1.95	%	October 2019	⁽²⁾
Delaware City catalyst lease - Palladium	$	30	2.05	%	October 2019	⁽²⁾
Delaware City bridge lease	$	26	2.10	%	May 2019	⁽¹⁾
Toledo catalyst lease	$	178	1.75	%	June 2020
Toledo bridge lease	$	22	2.10	%	April 2019	⁽¹⁾
Chalmette catalyst lease	$	97	2.10	%	October 2021
Chalmette catalyst lease	$	171	2.20	%	November 2019	⁽²⁾
Chalmette bridge lease	$	4	2.15	%	April 2019	⁽¹⁾
Torrance catalyst lease	$	143	1.78	%	July 2019	⁽²⁾

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(1) During 2018 Delaware City Refining, Toledo Refining and Chalmette Refining entered into three new platinum bridge leases which will expire in 2019. These leases are payable at maturity and are not anticipated to be renewed. The total outstanding balance related to these bridge leases as of December 31, 2018 was $2,378 and is included in Current debt in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

(2) These catalyst leases are included in Long-term debt as of December 31, 2018 as the Company has the ability and intent to finance this debt through availability under other credit facilities if the catalyst leases are not renewed at maturity.

Note Payable

In connection with the purchase of a waste water treatment facility servicing the Toledo refinery completed on September 28, 2017, the Company issued a short-term promissory note payable in the amount of $6,831 due June 30, 2018. Payments of $403 on the note were made monthly with a balloon payment of $3,200 paid at maturity. The note payable was fully repaid as of December 31, 2018.

Debt Maturities

Debt maturing in the next five years and thereafter is as follows:



Year Ending December 31,
2019	$	31,368
2020	8,633
2021	25,906
2022	—
2023	500,000
Thereafter	725,000
	$	1,290,907