7. Long‑Term Debt

The following reflects outstanding long‑term debt as of December 31 (in thousands):


	2016		2015
Term Loan Facility (a)	$	626,753	$	725,393
Less: current portion		(6,450)		(52,089)
	$	620,303	$	673,304

(a)

Net of $6.3 million and $4.9 million original issue discount at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $11.9 million and $11.1 million of finance costs at December 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The aggregate future maturities of long‑term debt at December 31, 2016, were as follows (in thousands):


2017	$	6,450
2018		6,450
2019		6,450
2020		6,450
2021		6,450
Thereafter		612,750
Total	$	645,000

New Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On November 8, 2016, CWGS Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CWGS, LLC, entered into a new $680.0 million senior secured credit facility with Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“New Senior Secured Credit Facilities”) and used the proceeds to repay its previous senior secured credit facilities (“Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities”). The New Senior Secured Credit Facilities consists of a seven-year $645.0 million Term Loan Facility (“New Term Loan Facility”) and a five-year $35.0 million revolving credit facility (“New Revolving Credit Facility”). The New Term Loan Facility includes mandatory amortization at 1% per annum in equal quarterly installments.

Interest on the New Term Loan Facility floated at the Company’s option at a) LIBOR multiplied by the statutory reserve rate (such product, the “Adjusted LIBOR Rate”), subject to a 0.75% floor, plus an applicable margin of 3.75%, or b) an Alternate Base Rate (“ABR”) equal to 2.75% per annum plus the greater of: (i) the prime rate published by The Wall Street Journal (the “WSJ Prime Rate”), (ii) federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, or (iii) on-month Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus 1.00%, subject to a 1.75% floor. Interest on borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility is at the Company’s option of a) 3.25% to 3.50% per annum subject to a 0.75% floor in the case of a Eurocurrency loan, or b) 2.25% to 2.50% per annum plus the greater of the WSJ Prime Rate, federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, or one-month Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus 1.00% in the case of an ABR loan, based on the Company’s total leverage ratio as defined in the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The Company also pays a commitment fee of 0.5% per annum on the unused amount of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Reborrowings under the New Term Loan Facility are not permitted.

Following the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, the Company is required to prepay the term loan borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of excess cash flow, as defined in the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities, for such fiscal year. The required percentage prepayment of excess cash flow is reduced to 25% if the total leverage ratio, as defined, is 1.50 to 1.00 or greater but less than 2.00 to 1.00. If the total leverage ratio is less than 1.50 to 1.00, no prepayment of excess cash flow is required.

The New Revolving Credit Facility matures on November 8, 2021, and the New Term Loan Facility matures on November 8, 2023. The funds available under the New Revolving Credit Facility may be utilized for borrowings or letters of credit; however, a maximum of $15.0 million may be allocated to such letters of credit. As of December 31, 2016, the interest rate on the term debt was 4.50%. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had available borrowings of $31.8 million and letters of credit in the aggregate amount of $3.2 million outstanding under the New Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2016, the principal balance of $645 million was outstanding under the New Term Loan Facility and no amounts were outstanding on the New Revolving Credit Facility.

CWGS, LLC and CWGS Group, LLC have no revenue-generating operations of their own. Their ability to meet the financial obligations associated with the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities is dependent on the earnings and cash flows of its operating subsidiaries, primarily Good Sam Enterprises, LLC and FR, and their ability to upstream dividends. The New Senior Secured Credit Facilities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior secured basis by each of the Company’s existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries with the exception of FR and its subsidiaries. The New Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain certain restrictive covenants including, but not limited to, mergers, changes in the nature of the business, acquisitions, additional indebtedness, sales of assets, investments, and the prepayment of dividends subject to certain limitations and minimum operating covenants. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants at December 31, 2016.

Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On November 20, 2013, CWGS Group, LLC entered into the $545.0 million Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities consisting of a $525.0 million term loan facility (the “Previous Term Loan Facility”), at an original issue discount of $5.3 million or 1.00%, and a $20.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Previous Revolving Credit Facility”). In December 2014 and December 2015, CWGS Group, LLC secured an additional $117.0 million and $55.0 million, respectively, of term loan borrowings under the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities for which the proceeds were primarily used to purchase dealerships within FreedomRoads. In June 2015, CWGS Group, LLC secured an additional $95.0 million of term loan borrowings under the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities for which the proceeds were primarily used to pay distributions to the CWGS, LLC members. On September 21, 2016, the Company amended the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities to, among other things, amend the change of control definition and other technical changes to facilitate its transition to a public company, provide additional borrowings of $135.0 million under the Previous Term Loan Facility, increasing the Previous Term Loan Facility to $828.2 million, net of original issue discount and finance costs totaling $16.5 million, and to permit a distribution of a portion of the proceeds to the members of CWGS, LLC. The net proceeds were used to fund a $100.0 million special cash distribution to the members of CWGS, LLC on September 21, 2016, and the remainder of the proceeds were to be used for general corporate purposes, including the potential acquisition of dealerships.

Interest on the Previous Term Loan Facility floated at the Company’s option at a) LIBOR, subject to a 1.00% floor, plus an applicable margin of 4.75%, or b) an ABR equal to 3.75% per annum plus the greater of the WSJ Prime Rate, federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, LIBOR, or 2.00%. Interest on borrowings under the Previous Revolving Credit Facility was at the Company’s option of a) 4.25% to 4.50% per annum subject to a 1.00% floor in the case of a Eurocurrency loan, or b) 3.25% to 3.50% per annum plus the greater of the WSJ Prime Rate, federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, LIBOR, or 2.00% in the case of an ABR loan, based on the Company’s ratio of net debt to consolidated earnings as defined in the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The Company also paid a commitment fee of 0.5% per annum on the unused amount of the Previous Revolving Credit Facility. Reborrowings under the Previous Term Loan Facility were not permitted. The quarterly scheduled principal prepayments on the term loan borrowings were $8.9 million. CWGS Group, LLC was required to prepay the term loan borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of excess cash flow, as defined in the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities, for such fiscal year. The required percentage prepayment of excess cash flow was reduced to 25% if the total leverage ratio, as defined, was 2.00 to 1.00 or greater but less than 2.50 to 1.00. If the total leverage ratio was less than 2.00 to 1.00, no prepayment of excess cash flow was required. As of December 31, 2015, CWGS Group, LLC’s excess cash flow offer, as defined, was $16.1 million and was presented to the term loan holders. The holders accepted $12.0 million of the prepayment offer and a principal payment in that amount was made on May 9, 2016.

On October 13, 2016, CWGS Group, LLC repaid $200.4 million of the then outstanding borrowings on the Previous Term Loan Facility from the proceeds of the capital contribution made by CWH with the proceeds from the Company’s IPO, see Note 18 — Stockholders’ Equity. On November, 8, 2016, CWGS Group, LLC used the proceeds from the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities to repay and terminate the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

Enterprise Notes

On February 15, 2011, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement under which CWGS, LLC issued $80.0 million of Series A Notes and a $70.0 million Series B Note due 2018 (the Enterprise Notes) to CVRV Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CVRV”) on March 2, 2011. Interest on the Enterprise Notes was due each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 commencing June 30, 2011. On March 2, 2011, CVRV, the holder of the Series B Note, received an option from CWGS Holding, LLC, the direct parent of the Company, to purchase 70,000 preferred units of CWGS, LLC, which represented 44.999% of the Company’s equity interests, at an aggregate price of $70.0 million through the delivery to the Company of the Series B Note. The option could be exercised from and after the earlier of: (i) the fourth anniversary of the date of the agreement; (ii) the date on which the Company provides written notice that CVRV can exercise the option; or (iii) the tenth anniversary of the date of the agreement. The Series A Notes and the Series B Note were the two freestanding instruments issued in the securities purchase agreement entered into with CVRV. The option was not separately exercisable from the Series B Note and therefore has been included as an embedded feature in the Series B Note. The Company calculated the fair value of the respective Enterprise Notes on the issuance date and used the determined relative fair values to allocate the $150 million in proceeds between the Series A Notes and the Series B Note. The Enterprise Notes were subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The Company valued and recorded the Series A Notes at $68.1 million, a discount of $11.9 million, and the Series B Note at $81.9 million, a premium of $11.9 million.

Interest on the Series A Notes was 3.00% per quarter provided that upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default, the outstanding principal together with any overdue and unpaid interest would bear interest at a rate equal to 3.75% per quarter until the event of default is cured or waived. Interest on the Series B Note was 3.00% per quarter provided that the Company was entitled to elect to not pay the accrued interest on the Series B Note for up to twelve quarters in the aggregate. If the Company elected or otherwise failed to pay all accrued interest on the Series B Note in cash for any quarter, then the outstanding principal amount together with all accrued and unpaid interest shall bear interest at a rate equal to 3.25%, (i) if the Company shall so elect or shall otherwise fail to pay all accrued interest on the Series B Note in cash for any quarter in excess of six quarters in the aggregate (whether or not consecutive), or (ii) provided that upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default, the outstanding principal together with any overdue and unpaid interest shall bear interest at a rate equal to 3.75% per quarter until the event of default is cured or waived.

The Company used the net proceeds of $150.0 million from the issuance of the Enterprise Notes to: (i) permanently repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under FreedomRoads related party debt of $27.0 million, a term loan note payable of $27.0 million, a swap term loan of $4.6 million, and interest on debt of $0.3 million; (ii) make an $85.0 million distribution to its member, and (iii) pay related fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing transactions.

The Company elected not to pay the accrued interest on the Series B Note for the period from June 2011 to September 2013. In November 2013, the Company used the proceeds of the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities to pay the $31.4 million of outstanding accrued interest on the Series B Note. The Company elected to pay the quarterly interest each quarter beginning December 31, 2013. The Company repaid the $80.0 million Series A Notes in full on November 20, 2013 from the proceeds of the Previous Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the remaining unamortized discount of $5.4 million on the Series A Notes was written off and recorded to Loss on Debt Repayment.

On September 30, 2014, CVRV exercised their option and delivered the Series B Note to the Company for cancellation in exchange for the equity interest. Upon surrender and cancellation of the $70.0 million Series B Note, the remaining unamortized premium of $3.4 million was written off to Members’ Deficit.

Since the exchange of the Series B Note for the preferred equity interest in CWGS, LLC and continuing through October 6, 2016, CVRV, as the holder of the preferred equity interest, received a preferred return equal to 3.00% of CVRV’s unrecovered capital contribution in CWGS, LLC, which has been paid quarterly. Preferred return payments of $6.4 million, $8.4 million, and $2.1 million were paid for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.