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Note 3 - Long-term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
3.
     
Long-term Debt
 
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, l
ong-term debt consisted of obligations under our 2014 Senior Credit Facility (the “Senior Credit Facility”) and our 7 ½ % Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”), as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
Long-term debt including current portion:
               
Senior Credit Facility
    556,438       556,438  
2020 Notes
    675,000       675,000  
Total outstanding principal
    1,231,438       1,231,438  
Unamortized net premium - 2020 Notes
    4,315       4,963  
Net carrying value
  $ 1,235,753     $ 1,236,401  
                 
Borrowing availability under the Revolving Credit Facility
  $ 50,000     $ 50,000  
 
Our Senior Credit Facility consists of a revolving loan (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a term loan. Excluding accrued interest, the amount outstanding under our Senior Credit Facility as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 consisted solely of a term loan balance of
$556.4
million. Our maximum borrowing availability under our Revolving Credit Facility is limited by our required compliance with certain restrictive covenants, including a first lien net leverage ratio covenant.
 
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had
$675.0
million of our 2020 Notes outstanding, at their face value.
 
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the interest rate on the balance outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility was
3.8%
, and the coupon interest rate was
7.5%
and the yield was
7.3%
on the 2020 Notes.
 
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had a deferred loan cost balance, net of accumulated amortization, of $6.4 million and $7.4 million, respectively, related to the Senior Credit Facility; and we had a deferred loan cost balance, net of accumulated amortization, of $9.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively, related to our 2020 Notes.
 
Collateral, Covenants and Restrictions
 
Our obligations under the Senior Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of our consolidated subsidiaries' assets, including certain real estate. In addition, all of our subsidiaries are joint and several guarantors of, and our ownership interests in those subsidiaries are pledged to collateralize, our obligations under the Senior Credit Facility. Gray Television, Inc. is a holding company with no material independent assets or operations. For all periods presented, the 2020 Notes have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several, senior unsecured basis, by all of Gray Television, Inc.'s subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2015, there were no significant restrictions on the ability of Gray Television, Inc.'s subsidiaries to distribute cash to Gray or to the guarantor subsidiaries. 
 
The Senior Credit Facility contains affirmative and restrictive covenants with which we must comply, including (a) limitations on additional indebtedness, (b) limitations on liens, (c) limitations on the sale of assets, (d) limitations on guarantees, (e) limitations on investments and acquisitions, (f) limitations on the payment of dividends and share repurchases, (g) limitations on mergers, and (h) maintenance of a total leverage ratio not to exceed certain maximum limits while any amount is outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, as well as other customary covenants for credit facilities of this type. The 2020 Notes include covenants with which we must comply which are typical for borrowing transactions of their nature. As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all required covenants under all our debt obligations.