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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
 
The following table presents White Mountains’s debt outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:
Millions
 
June 30,
2018
 
Effective
  Rate (1)
 
December 31,
2017
 
Effective
  Rate (1)
WTM Bank Facility
 
$

 
N/A
 
$

 
N/A
NSM Bank Facility
 
151.0

 
8.7%
 

 
 
Unamortized issuance cost
 
(3.5
)
 
 
 

 
 
NSM Bank Facility, carrying value
 
147.5

 
 
 

 
 
Other NSM debt
 
2.3

 
 
 

 
 
MediaAlpha Bank Facility
 
19.9

 
6.2%
 
23.9

 
5.6%
Unamortized issuance cost
 
(.1
)
 
 
 
(.1
)
 
 
MediaAlpha Bank Facility, carrying value
 
19.8

 
 
 
23.8

 
 
Total debt
 
$
169.6

 
 
 
$
23.8

 
 

 (1) Effective rate considers the effect of the debt issuance costs.

WTM Bank Facility

On August 14, 2013, the Company entered into a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders administered by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which had a total commitment of $425.0 million and a maturity date of August 14, 2018 (the “WTM Bank Facility”). White Mountains terminated the WTM Bank Facility on May 8, 2018.

NSM Bank Facility

On May 11, 2018, NSM entered into a secured credit facility (the “NSM Bank Facility”) with Ares Capital Corporation in order to refinance NSM’s debt and to fund the acquisition of Fresh Insurance. The NSM Bank Facility is comprised of a term loan of $100.0 million, a delayed-draw term loan of $51.0 million to fund the Fresh Insurance acquisition and a revolving credit loan commitment of $10.0 million, under which NSM initially borrowed $2.0 million. The term loans under the NSM Bank Facility mature on May 11, 2024, and the revolving loan under the NSM Bank Facility matures on May 11, 2023. During the three months ended June 30, 2018, NSM repaid the $2.0 million revolving loan under the NSM Bank Facility. As of June 30, 2018, $151.0 million of term loans were outstanding and no revolving loans were outstanding under the NSM Bank Facility.
Interest on the NSM Bank Facility accrues at a floating interest rate equal to the three month LIBOR or the Prime Rate, as published by the Wall Street Journal plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The margin over LIBOR may vary between 4.25% and 4.75%, and the margin over the Prime Rate may vary between 3.25% and 3.75%, in each case, depending on the consolidated total leverage ratio of the borrower.
On June 15, 2018, NSM entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge its exposure to interest rate risk on its variable rate term loans. Under the terms of the swap agreement, NSM pays a fixed rate of 2.97% and receives a variable rate, which is reset monthly, based on based on then-current LIBOR. The variable rate received by NSM under the swap agreement was 2.07% at June 30, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, NSM’s blended interest rate on the outstanding term loan principal amount of $151.0 million was 6.84%, and 7.47% after consideration of the interest rate swap. See Note 7 — “Derivatives — NSM Interest Rate Swap”.
The NSM Bank Facility is secured by all property of the loan parties and contains various affirmative, negative and financial covenants that White Mountains considers to be customary for such borrowings, including a maximum consolidated leverage ratio covenant.

MediaAlpha Bank Facility

On May 12, 2017, MediaAlpha entered into a secured credit facility (the “MediaAlpha Bank Facility”) with Western Alliance Bank, which had a total commitment of $20.0 million and had a maturity date of May 12, 2020.  On October 5, 2017, MediaAlpha refinanced the MediaAlpha Bank Facility in order to fund the acquisition of certain assets associated with the Health, Life and Medicare insurance business of Healthplans.com. The total commitment of the MediaAlpha Bank Facility was increased to $28.4 million and has a maturity date of October 6, 2020. The MediaAlpha Bank Facility consists of a $18.4 million term loan facility, which has an outstanding balance of $15.9 million as of June 30, 2018, and a revolving loan facility for $10.0 million, which has an outstanding balance of $4.0 million as of June 30, 2018.
The MediaAlpha Bank Facility carries a variable interest rate that is based on the Prime Rate, as published by the Wall Street Journal, plus a spread of 1.5% on the term loan facility and 0.25% on the revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2018.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, MediaAlpha repaid $0.7 million and $2.0 million on the term loan and $1.0 million and $2.0 million on the revolving loan under the MediaAlpha Bank Facility.
The MediaAlpha Bank Facility is secured by intellectual property and the common stock of MediaAlpha’s subsidiaries, and contains various affirmative, negative and financial covenants that White Mountains considers to be customary for such borrowings, including a fixed charge coverage ratio and an asset coverage ratio covenant.

Other

On December 12, 2016, in connection with the acquisition of a wholly-owned subsidiary, NSM assumed a secured term loan facility with Ageas Insurance Limited, which has a maturity date of May 11, 2024. As of June 30, 2018, the secured term loan facility has an outstanding balance of $2.3 million.

Compliance

At June 30, 2018, White Mountains was in compliance with the covenants under all of its debt instruments.