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Indebtedness and Credit Agreement
12 Months Ended
Mar. 03, 2012
Indebtedness and Credit Agreement  
Indebtedness and Credit Agreement

9. Indebtedness and Credit Agreement

        Following is a summary of indebtedness and lease financing obligations at March 3, 2012 and February 26, 2011:

 
  2012   2011  

Secured Debt:

             

Senior secured revolving credit facility due August 2015 (or April 2014, see Credit Facility below)

  $ 136,000   $ 28,000  

Tranche 2 Term Loan due June 2014

    1,044,433     1,074,613  

Tranche 3 Term Loan due June 2014 ($342,125 face value less unamortized discount of $19,718)

        322,407  

Tranche 5 Term Loan due March 2018 (or September 2015, see Credit Facility below) ($333,367 face value less unamortized discount of $1,488)

    331,879      

9.75% senior secured notes (senior lien) due June 2016 ($410,000 face value less unamortized discount of $4,579 and $5,635)

    405,421     404,365  

8.00% senior secured notes (senior lien) due August 2020

    650,000     650,000  

10.375% senior secured notes (second lien) due July 2016 ($470,000 face value less unamortized discount of $24,422 and $29,952)

    445,578     440,048  

7.5% senior secured notes (second lien) due March 2017

    500,000     500,000  

10.25% senior secured notes (second lien) due October 2019 ($270,000 face value less unamortized discount of $1,569 and $1,774)

    268,431     268,226  

Other secured

    5,342     5,408  
           

 

    3,787,084     3,693,067  

Guaranteed Unsecured Debt:

             

8.625% senior notes due March 2015 (satisfied and discharged on March 14, 2012)

    54,156     500,000  

9.375% senior notes due December 2015 ($405,000 and $410,000 face value less unamortized discount of $2,673 and $3,345)

    402,327     406,655  

9.5% senior notes due June 2017 ($810,000 face value less unamortized discount of $6,830 and $8,130)

    803,170     801,870  

9.25% senior secured notes (senior lien) due March 2020

    481,000      
           

 

    1,740,653     1,708,525  

Unsecured Unguaranteed Debt:

             

9.25% senior notes due June 2013

    6,015     6,015  

6.875% senior debentures due August 2013

    180,277     184,773  

8.5% convertible notes due May 2015

    64,188     64,188  

7.7% notes due February 2027

    295,000     295,000  

6.875% fixed-rate senior notes due December 2028

    128,000     128,000  
           

 

    673,480     677,976  

Lease financing obligations

    126,984     140,297  
           

Total debt

    6,328,201     6,219,865  

Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations

    (79,421 )   (63,045 )
           

Long-term debt and lease financing obligations, less current maturities

  $ 6,248,780   $ 6,156,820  
           
  • Credit Facility

        The Company has a senior secured credit facility that consists of a $1,175,000 revolving credit facility and two term loans. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at a rate per annum between LIBOR plus 3.25% and LIBOR plus 3.75% if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or between Citibank's base rate plus 2.25% and Citibank's base rate plus 2.75%, in each case based upon the amount of revolver availability, as defined in the senior secured credit facility. The Company is required to pay fees between 0.50% and 0.75% per annum on the daily unused amount of the revolver depending on the amount of revolver availability. Amounts drawn under the revolver become due and payable on August 19, 2015, provided that such maturity date shall instead be April 18, 2014 in the event that on or prior to April 18, 2014 the Company does not repay, refinance or otherwise extend the maturity date of its Tranche 2 Term Loan (as defined below) to a date that is at least 90 days after August 19, 2015 and, in the case of a repayment or refinancing, the Company must have at least $500,000 of availability under the revolver.

        The Company's ability to borrow under the revolver is based upon a specified borrowing base consisting of accounts receivable, inventory and prescription files. At March 3, 2012, the Company had $136,000 of borrowings outstanding under the revolver and had letters of credit outstanding thereunder of $128,190 which gave the Company additional borrowing capacity of $910,810.

        The credit facility also includes a $1,044,433 senior secured term loan (the "Tranche 2 Term Loan"). The Tranche 2 Term Loan will mature on June 4, 2014 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 1.75%, if the Company elects LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 0.75%. Mandatory prepayments are required to be made from proceeds of asset dispositions and casualty events (subject to certain limitations), a portion of excess cash flows (as defined in the senior secured credit facility) and proceeds from certain issuances of equity or debt (subject to certain exceptions). If at any time there is a shortfall in the borrowing base under the senior secured credit facility, prepayment of the Tranche 2 Term Loan may also be required.

        On March 3, 2011, the Company refinanced its Tranche 3 Term Loan with a $331,879 senior secured term loan (the "Tranche 5 Term Loan"). The Tranche 5 Term Loan matures on March 3, 2018, although the maturity will instead be September 16, 2015, in the event that the Company does not repay or refinance its outstanding 9.375% senior notes due 2015 prior to that time. The Tranche 5 Term Loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 3.25% with a 1.25% LIBOR floor, and is subject to a 1% prepayment fee in the event it is refinanced within the first year after issuance with the proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance of new loans or other indebtedness incurred for the primary purpose of repaying, refinancing or replacing the Tranche 5 Term Loan. The Company must make mandatory prepayments of the Tranche 5 Term Loan with the proceeds of asset dispositions and casualty events (subject to certain limitations), with a portion of excess cash flow generated by the Company (as defined in the senior secured credit facility) and with the proceeds of certain issuances of equity and debt (subject to certain exceptions). If at any time there is a shortfall in its borrowing base under its senior secured credit facility, prepayment of the Tranche 5 Term Loan may also be required. In connection with the Tranche 3 Term Loan repayment and retirement, the Company recorded a loss on debt modification of $22,434 due to the write off of debt issue costs of $2,716 and unamortized original issue discount of $19,718.

        The senior secured credit facility also restricts the Company and the subsidiary guarantors from accumulating cash on hand in excess of $200,000 at any time when revolving loans are outstanding (not including cash located in the Company's store deposit accounts, cash necessary to cover the Company's current liabilities and certain other exceptions) and from accumulating cash on hand with revolver borrowings in excess of $100,000 over three consecutive business days. The senior secured credit facility also states that if at any time (other than following the exercise of remedies or acceleration of any senior obligations or second priority debt and receipt of a triggering notice by the senior collateral agent from a representative of the senior obligations or the second priority debt) either (a) an event of default exists under the Company's senior secured credit facility or (b) the sum of revolver availability under the Company's senior secured credit facility and certain amounts held on deposit with the senior collateral agent in a concentration account is less than $100,000 for three consecutive business days (a "cash sweep period"), the funds in the Company's deposit accounts will be swept to a concentration account with the senior collateral agent and will be applied first to repay outstanding revolving loans under the senior secured credit facility, and then held as Collateral for the senior obligations until such cash sweep period is rescinded pursuant to the terms of the Company's senior secured credit facility.

        The senior secured credit facility allows the Company to have outstanding, at any time, up to $1,500,000 in secured second priority debt and unsecured debt in addition to borrowings under the senior secured credit facility and existing indebtedness, provided that not in excess of $750,000 of such secured second priority debt and unsecured debt shall mature or require scheduled payments of principal prior to three months after June 4, 2014. The senior secured credit facility allows the Company to incur an unlimited amount of unsecured debt with a maturity beyond three months after June 4, 2014; however, other debentures limit the amount of unsecured debt that can be incurred if certain interest coverage levels are not met at the time of incurrence of said debt. The senior secured facility also allows, so long as the senior secured credit facility is not in default, for the repurchase of any debt with a maturity on or before June 4, 2014, for the voluntary repurchase of debt with a maturity after June 4, 2014, and the mandatory repurchase of the Company's 8.5% convertible notes due 2015 if the Company maintains availability on the revolving credit facility of more than $100,000.

        The senior secured credit facility contains covenants which place restrictions on the incurrence of debt beyond the restrictions described above, the payments of dividends, sale of assets, mergers and acquisitions and the granting of liens. The credit facility has a financial covenant, which is the maintenance of a fixed charge coverage ratio. The covenant requires that, if availability on the revolving credit facility is less than $150,000, the Company must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.05 to 1.00. As of March 3, 2012, the Company was in compliance with this financial covenant.

        The senior secured credit facility provides for events of default including nonpayment, misrepresentation, breach of covenants and bankruptcy. It is also an event of default if the Company fails to make any required payment on debt having a principal amount in excess of $50,000 or any event occurs that enables, or which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would enable, the holder of such debt to accelerate the maturity or require the repurchase of such debt. The August 2010 amendments to the senior secured credit facility exclude the mandatory repurchase of the 8.5% convertible notes due 2015 from this event of default.

        Substantially all of Rite Aid Corporation's 100 percent owned subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the senior secured credit facility. The subsidiary guarantees of the senior secured credit facility; the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016 and the 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020 are secured by a senior lien on, among other things, accounts receivable, inventory and prescription files of the subsidiary guarantors. Rite Aid Corporation is a holding company with no direct operations and is dependent upon dividends, distributions and other payments from its subsidiaries to service payments due under the senior secured credit facility. The Company's 10.375% senior secured notes due 2016, the 7.5% senior secured notes due 2017 and the 10.25% senior secured notes due 2019 are secured on a second priority basis by the same collateral that secures the senior secured credit facility, the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016 and the 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020. The 8.625% senior notes due 2015, the 9.375% senior notes due 2015 and the 9.5% senior notes due 2017 are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company's 100 percent owned subsidiaries on an unsecured basis.

        The subsidiary guarantees related to the Company's senior secured credit facility and secured guaranteed notes and, on an unsecured basis, the unsecured guaranteed notes are full and unconditional and joint and several, and there are no restrictions on the ability of the Company to obtain funds from its subsidiaries. Also, the Company has no independent assets or operations, and subsidiaries not guaranteeing the credit facility and applicable notes are minor. Accordingly, condensed consolidating financial information for the Company and subsidiaries is not presented.

        The indentures that govern the Company's secured and guaranteed unsecured notes contain restrictions on the amount of additional secured and unsecured debt that can be incurred by the Company. As of March 3, 2012, the amount of additional secured and unsecured debt that could be incurred under these indentures was $1,006,200 (which does not include the ability to enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions.) However, the Company could not incur any additional secured debt assuming a fully drawn revolver and the outstanding letters of credit. The ability to issue additional unsecured debt under these indentures is governed by an interest coverage ratio test.

Other 2012 Transactions

        On February 14, 2012, the Company issued $481,000 of its 9.25% senior notes due March 2020. These notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Rite Aid Corporation and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company's obligations under the notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsubordinated basis, by all of its subsidiaries that guarantee our obligations under its senior secured credit facility and its unsecured outstanding 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020, 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016, 10.375% senior secured notes due 2016, 7.5% senior secured notes due 2017, 10.25% senior secured notes due 2019, 9.375% senior notes due 2015 and 9.5% senior notes due 2017. The proceeds of the notes, together with available cash, were used to repurchase and repay the 8.625% senior notes due March 2015. In February 2012, the Company completed a tender offer for the 8.625% notes in which $404,844 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 8.625% notes were tendered and repurchased by the Company. In February 2012, the Company called for the redemption of the remaining 8.625% notes. The Company satisfied and discharged the remaining 8.625% notes on March 14, 2012 for $55,644, which included the call premium and interest through the call date. The refinancing resulted in a loss for the period of $16,066.

        During August 2011, the Company repurchased $41,000 of its 8.625% senior notes due March 2015, $5,000 of its 9.375% senior notes due December 2015 and $4,496 of its 6.875% senior debentures due August 2013. These repurchases resulted in a gain for the period of $4,924.

        On March 1, 2011, the Company was notified by the NYSE that, as of March 1, 2011, it had regained compliance with the NYSE minimum share price listing requirement. The Company is now in compliance with all NYSE listing rules, and has actively been taking steps to maintain its listing and expects its efforts to maintain its NYSE listing will be successful. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will maintain compliance with the NYSE minimum share price rule or other continued listing requirements. In the event of a delisting, all holders of its $64,188 of outstanding 8.5% Convertible Notes due May 2015 ("Convertible Notes") would be entitled to require the Company to repurchase its Convertible Notes. The Company's senior secured credit facility permits the Company to make such a repurchase of the Convertible Notes; provided that, before and after such transaction, no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the senior secured credit facility and the Company has at least $100,000 of availability under its revolving credit facility. The Company's ability to pay cash to holders of the Convertible Notes may be limited by its financial resources at the time of such repurchase. The Company cannot assure you that sufficient financing will be available on terms acceptable to it if necessary to make any required repurchase of the Convertible Notes.

2011 Transactions

        In August 2010, the Company issued $650,000 of 8.00% senior secured notes due August 15, 2020. These notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Rite Aid Corporation and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company's obligations under these notes are guaranteed, subject to certain limitations, by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the obligations under the senior secured credit facility and the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016. These guarantees are shared, on a senior basis, with debt outstanding under the senior secured credit facility and the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016. The indenture that governs the 8.00% notes contains covenant provisions that, among other things, allow the holders of the notes to participate along with the term loan holders and holders of the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016 in the mandatory prepayments resulting from the proceeds of certain asset dispositions (at the option of the noteholder) and include limitations on the Company's ability to pay dividends, make investments or other restricted payments, incur debt, grant liens, sell assets and enter into sale-leaseback transactions.

        In July 2010, the Company repurchased $93,812 of its $158,000 outstanding 8.5% convertible notes. The Company's remaining 8.5% convertible notes require that the Company maintains a listing on the NYSE or certain other exchanges. In the event of a NYSE delisting, holders of these notes could require the Company to repurchase them, which the Company has the ability to do under the terms of our senior credit facility. On July 30, 2010, the Company received a notice of non-compliance from the NYSE because the price of its common stock had fallen below the NYSE's minimum share price rule. The Company's common stock continued to trade as usual on the NYSE and on March 1, 2011, the Company received notice that it had regained compliance with the NYSE's minimum share price listing requirement. The Company is currently in compliance with all NYSE listing rules.

2010 Transactions

        In October 2009, the Company issued $270,000 of 10.25% senior secured notes due October 15, 2019. These notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Rite Aid Corporation and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company's obligations under these notes are guaranteed, subject to certain limitations, by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the obligations under the senior secured credit facility and the 9.75% senior secured notes due 2016. The guarantees are secured by shared second priority liens with holders of the 10.375% senior secured notes due 2016 and 7.5% senior secured notes due 2017. The indenture that governs the 10.25% notes contains covenant provisions that, among other things, include limitations on the Company's ability to pay dividends, make investments or other restricted payments, incur debt, grant liens, sell assets and enter into sale-leaseback transactions. The 10.25% senior secured notes due October 2019 were issued at 99.2% of par.

        In June 2009, the Company issued $410,000 of 9.75% senior secured notes due June 12, 2016. These notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Rite Aid Corporation and rank equally in right of payment with all other unsubordinated indebtedness. The Company's obligations under these notes are guaranteed, subject to certain limitations, by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the obligations under the senior secured credit facility and its 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020. These guarantees are shared, on a senior basis, with debt outstanding under the senior secured credit facility and its 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020. The indenture that governs the 9.75% notes and its 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020 contains covenant provisions that, among other things, allow the holders of the notes to participate along with the holders of the 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020 in the mandatory prepayments resulting from the proceeds of certain asset dispositions (at the option of the noteholder) and include limitations on the Company's ability to pay dividends, make investments or other restricted payments, incur debt, grant liens, sell assets and enter into sale-leaseback transactions. The 9.75% senior secured notes due June 2016 were issued at 98.2% of par.

  • Interest Rates and Maturities

        The annual weighted average interest rate on the Company's indebtedness was 7.4%, 7.5%, and 6.8% for fiscal 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

        The aggregate annual principal payments of long-term debt for the five succeeding fiscal years are as follows: 2013—$59,445; 2014—$189,316; 2015—$1,044,692; 2016—$608,617 and $4,340,708 in 2017 and thereafter.