Long-Term Debt

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

The components of long-term debt are as follows:


	January 31, 2021		July 31, 2020
Term loan	$	1,552,337	$	1,597,091
Asset-based credit facility	213,544		—
Unsecured notes	30,340		29,620
Other debt	78,916		84,500
Gross long-term debt	1,875,137		1,711,211
Debt issuance costs, net of amortization	(40,813)		(44,563)
Total long-term debt, net of debt issuance costs	1,834,324		1,666,648
Less: current portion of long-term debt	(12,802)		(13,817)
Total long-term debt, net, less current portion	$	1,821,522	$	1,652,831

On February 1, 2019, the Company entered into a seven-year term loan (“term loan”) agreement, which consists of both a United States Dollar-denominated term loan tranche and a Euro-denominated term loan tranche, and a $750,000 revolving asset-based credit facility (“ABL”). Subject to earlier termination, the term loan matures on February 1, 2026 and the ABL matures on February 1, 2024.

As of January 31, 2021, the entire outstanding U.S. term loan tranche balance of $941,900 was subject to a LIBOR-based rate totaling 3.938%, but the interest rate on $581,913 of that balance was fixed at 6.216% through an interest rate swap, dated March 18, 2019, by swapping the underlying 1-month LIBOR rate for a fixed rate of 2.466%. As of July 31, 2020, the entire outstanding U.S. term loan tranche balance of $941,900 was subject to a LIBOR-base rate of 3.938%, but the interest rate on $673,400 of that balance was fixed at 6.216% through an interest rate swap, dated March 18, 2019, by swapping the underlying 1-month LIBOR rate for a fixed rate of 2.466%. The total interest rate on both the January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020 outstanding Euro term loan tranche balance of $610,437 and $655,191, respectively, was 4.00%.

The Company must make mandatory prepayments of principal under the term loan agreement upon the occurrence of certain specified events, including certain asset sales, debt issuances and receipt of annual cash flows in excess of certain amounts. No such specified events occurred during the three or six months ended January 31, 2021 or 2020.

Availability under the ABL agreement is subject to a borrowing base based on a percentage of applicable eligible receivables and eligible inventory. The ABL carries interest at an annual base rate plus 0.25% to 0.75%, or LIBOR plus 1.25% to 1.75%, based on adjusted excess availability as defined in the ABL agreement. This agreement also includes a 0.25% unused facility fee. The Company may, generally at its option, pay any borrowings under the ABL, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty.

The unused availability under the ABL is generally available to the Company for general operating purposes and, based on January 31, 2021 eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances, net of amounts drawn, totaled approximately $507,000.

The unsecured notes of 25,000 Euro ($30,340) relate to long-term debt of our European segment. There are two series, 20,000 Euro ($24,272) with an interest rate of 1.945% maturing in March 2025, and 5,000 Euro ($6,068) with an interest rate of 2.534% maturing March 2028. Other debt relates primarily to real estate loans with varying maturity dates through September 2032 and interest rates ranging from 1.40% to 3.43%.

Total contractual gross debt maturities are as follows:


For the remainder of the fiscal year ending July 31, 2021	$	6,282
For the fiscal year ending July 31, 2022	12,319
For the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023	12,445
For the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024	226,119
For the fiscal year ending July 31, 2025	36,720
For the fiscal year ending July 31, 2026 and thereafter	1,581,252
	$	1,875,137

For the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, interest expense on the term loan, ABL and other debt facilities was $20,663 and $41,251, respectively. For the three and six months ended January 31, 2020, interest expense on the term loan, ABL and other debt facilities was $23,863 and $48,212, respectively. The Company incurred fees to secure the term loan and ABL, and those amounts are being amortized ratably over the respective seven and five-year terms of those agreements. In addition, the Company recorded total charges related to the amortization of these term loan and ABL fees, which are included in interest expense, of $2,737 and $5,460 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2021, respectively. The Company also recorded total charges related to the amortization of these term loan and ABL fees, which are included in interest expense, of $2,686 and $5,371 for the three and six months ended January 31, 2020, respectively. The unamortized balance of the ABL facility fees was $8,406 at January 31, 2021 and $9,807 as of July 31, 2020 and is included in Other long-term assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The fair value of the Company’s term-loan debt at January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020 was $1,555,088 and $1,565,866, respectively. The carrying value of the Company’s term-loan debt, excluding debt issuance costs, was $1,552,337 and $1,597,091 at January 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively. The fair value of the Company's debt is primarily estimated using Level 2 inputs as defined by ASC 820, primarily based on quoted market prices for the term loan debt. The fair value of other debt held by the Company approximates fair value.