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BORROWINGS
3 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
BORROWINGS
BORROWINGS
The following table summarizes the Company's short-term and long-term debt:
 
January 1, 2016
 
October 2, 2015
(In millions)
Amount
 
Weighted-Average Interest Rate
 
Amount
 
Weighted-Average Interest Rate
Short-term debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current maturities of 2013 Term Loan Facility
$
50.0

 
1.42
%
 
$
50.0

 
1.32
%
2013 Revolving Credit Facility
315.0

 
1.56
%
 
90.0

 
1.57
%
Sumitomo Credit Facility
18.2

 
0.63
%
 
18.4

 
0.63
%
Total short-term debt
$
383.2

 
 
 
$
158.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Term Loan Facility
$
325.0

 
1.42
%
 
$
337.5

 
1.32
%
2013 Revolving Credit Facility
20.0

 
3.75
%
 

 
%
Total long-term debt
$
345.0

 
 
 
$
337.5

 
 

On August 27, 2013, VMS entered into an agreement (as amended to date) with certain lenders and Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) as administrative agent ("Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides for (i) a five-year term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million (the “2013 Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a five-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million (the “2013 Revolving Credit Facility” and, collectively with the 2013 Term Loan Facility, the “2013 Credit Facility”). The 2013 Revolving Credit Facility also includes a $50 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit and permits swing line loans of up to $25 million. In November 2015, the Company amended its Credit Agreement to increase the aggregate commitments under its revolving credit facility from $300 million to $500 million, reduce commitment fees and interest rate margins applicable to borrowings and increase the maximum consolidated leverage ratio that the Company must maintain. The 2013 Credit Facility contains provisions that limit the Company’s ability to pay cash dividends. The Credit Agreement will expire in August 2018. The proceeds of the 2013 Credit Facility may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, Company share repurchases, acquisitions and other corporate purposes.
Borrowings under the 2013 Term Loan Facility accrue interest either (i) based on a Eurodollar Rate, as defined in the Credit Agreement (the “Eurodollar Rate”), plus a margin of 0.875% to 1.125% based on a leverage ratio involving funded indebtedness and EBITDA or (ii) based upon a base rate of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (b) BofA’s announced prime rate, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%, whichever is highest, plus a margin of up to 0.125% based on the same leverage Ratio, depending upon instructions from the Company.
Borrowings under the 2013 Revolving Credit Facility accrue interest either (i) based on the Eurodollar Rate plus a margin of 1.125% to 1.375% based on a leverage ratio involving funded indebtedness and EBITDA or (ii) based upon a base rate of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (b) BofA’s announced prime rate, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%, whichever is highest, plus a margin of 0.125% to 0.375% based on the same leverage ratio, depending upon instructions from the Company. Borrowings under the 2013 Revolving Credit Facility have a maturity of approximately 30 days if based on the Eurodollar Rate and the same maturity as the 2013 Term Loan Facility if based on the base rate.
Subject to certain limitations on the amount secured, the Company has pledged 65% of the voting shares issued by Varian Medical Systems Nederland Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary, as security for the 2013 Credit Facility. This share pledge also secures all hedging or treasury management obligations entered into by the Company with a Lender. The Credit Agreement provides that certain material domestic subsidiaries must guarantee the 2013 Credit Facility, subject to certain limitations on the amount secured. As of January 1, 2016, the 2013 Credit Facility was not guaranteed by any VMS subsidiary.
The Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries that are typical for credit facilities of this type, and that are subject to materiality and other qualifications, carve-outs, baskets and exceptions. The Company has also agreed to maintain certain financial covenants including (i) a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, involving funded indebtedness and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax and depreciation and amortization), and (ii) a minimum cash flow coverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement for all periods within these condensed consolidated financial statements in which it was in existence.

VMS’s Japanese subsidiary (“VMS KK”) has an unsecured uncommitted credit agreement with Sumitomo that enables VMS KK to borrow and have outstanding at any given time a maximum of 3 billion Japanese Yen (the “Sumitomo Credit Facility”). In February 2016, the Sumitomo Credit Facility was extended and will expire in February 2017. Borrowings under the Sumitomo Credit Facility accrue interest based on the basic loan rate announced by the Bank of Japan plus a margin of 0.5% per annum.