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Indebtedness and Credit Agreement
12 Months Ended
Feb. 27, 2016
Indebtedness and Credit Agreement  
Indebtedness and Credit Agreement

 

14. Indebtedness and Credit Agreement

        Following is a summary of indebtedness and lease financing obligations at February 27, 2016 and February 28, 2015:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Secured Debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior secured revolving credit facility due January 2020 ($2,100,000 and $1,725,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $33,903 and $42,782)

 

$

2,066,097

 

$

1,682,218

 

8.00% senior secured notes (senior lien) due August 2020 ($650,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $7,773)

 

 

 

 

642,227

 

Tranche 1 Term Loan (second lien) due August 2020 ($470,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $5,414 and $6,638)

 

 

464,586

 

 

463,362

 

Tranche 2 Term Loan (second lien) due June 2021 ($500,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $3,007 and $3,572)

 

 

496,993

 

 

496,428

 

Other secured

 

 

90

 

 

5,367

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

 

 

3,027,766

 

 

3,289,602

 

Guaranteed Unsecured Debt:

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

9.25% senior notes due March 2020 ($902,000 face value plus unamortized premium of $2,743 and $3,415 and less unamortized debt issuance costs of $10,180 and $12,783)

 

 

894,563

 

 

892,632

 

6.75% senior notes due June 2021 ($810,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $7,872 and $9,355)

 

 

802,128

 

 

800,645

 

6.125% senior notes due April 2023 ($1,800,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $30,343)

 

 

1,769,657

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

 

 

3,466,348

 

 

1,693,277

 

Unguaranteed Unsecured Debt:

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

8.5% convertible notes due May 2015 ($64,168 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $63)

 

 

 

 

64,105

 

7.7% notes due February 2027 ($295,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $1,794 and $1,959)

 

 

293,206

 

 

293,041

 

6.875% fixed-rate senior notes due December 2028 ($128,000 face value less unamortized debt issuance costs of $837 and $902)

 

 

127,163

 

 

127,098

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

 

 

420,369

 

 

484,244

 

Lease financing obligations

 

 

79,653

 

 

91,993

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total debt

 

 

6,994,136

 

 

5,559,116

 

Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations

 

 

(26,848

)

 

(100,376

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

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

 

$

6,967,288

 

$

5,458,740

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Credit Facility

        On January 13, 2015, the Company amended and restated its senior secured credit facility ("Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility" or "revolver"), which, among other things, increased borrowing capacity from $1,795,000 to $3,000,000 (which further increased to $3,700,000 upon the redemption of its 8.00% senior secured notes due August 2020 ("8.00% Notes") on August 15, 2015), and extended the maturity to January 2020 from February 2018. The Company used borrowings under the revolver to repay and retire all of the $1,143,650 outstanding under its Tranche 7 Senior Secured Term Loan due 2020, along with associated fees and expenses. Borrowings under the revolver bear interest at a rate per annum between (i) LIBOR plus 1.50% and LIBOR plus 2.00% with respect to Eurodollar borrowings and (ii) the alternate base rate plus 0.50% and the alternate base rate plus 1.00% with respect to ABR borrowings, in each case, based upon the average revolver availability (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility). The Company is required to pay fees between 0.250% and 0.375% per annum on the daily unused amount of the revolver, depending on the Average Revolver Availability (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility). Amounts drawn under the revolver become due and payable on January 13, 2020.

        On February 10, 2015, the Company amended the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility to, among other things, increase the flexibility of Rite Aid to incur and/or issue unsecured indebtedness, including in connection with the Acquisition, and made certain other modifications to the covenants applicable to Rite Aid and its subsidiaries.

        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 February 27, 2016, the Company had $2,100,000 of borrowings outstanding under the revolver and had letters of credit outstanding against the revolver of $69,301, which resulted in additional borrowing capacity of $1,530,699.

        The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility restricts the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) from accumulating cash on hand, and under certain circumstances, requires the funds in the Company's deposit accounts to be applied first to the repayment of outstanding revolving loans under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility and then to be held as collateral for the senior obligations.

        The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility allows the Company to have outstanding, at any time, up to $1,500,000 (or $1,800,000 solely to the extent incurred for the purpose of funding of the Acquisition) in secured second priority debt, split-priority term loan debt, unsecured debt and disqualified preferred stock in addition to borrowings under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility and existing indebtedness, provided that not in excess of $750,000 of such secured second priority debt, split-priority term loan debt, unsecured debt and disqualified preferred stock shall mature or require scheduled payments of principal prior to 90 days after the latest of (a) the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility and (b) the latest maturity date of any Term Loan or Other Revolving Loan (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility) (excluding bridge facilities allowing extensions on customary terms to at least the date that is 90 days after such date and, with respect to any escrow notes issued by Rite Aid, excluding any special mandatory redemption of the type described in clause (iii) of the definition of "Escrow Notes" in the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility). Subject to the limitations described in clauses (a) and (b) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility additionally allows the Company to issue or incur an unlimited amount of unsecured debt and disqualified preferred stock so long as a Financial Covenant Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility) is not in effect; provided, however, that certain of the Company's other outstanding indebtedness limits the amount of unsecured debt that can be incurred if certain interest coverage levels are not met at the time of incurrence or other exemptions are not available. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility also contains certain restrictions on the amount of secured first priority debt the Company is able to incur. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility also allows for the voluntary repurchase of any debt or other convertible debt, so long as the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility is not in default and the Company maintains availability under its revolving credit facility of more than $365,000.

        The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility has a financial covenant that requires the Company to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00 to 1.00 (a) on any date on which availability under the revolving credit facility is less than $200,000 or (b) on the third consecutive business day on which availability under the revolving credit facility is less than $250,000 and, in each case, ending on and excluding the first day thereafter, if any, which is the 30th consecutive calendar day on which availability under the revolving credit facility is equal to or greater than $250,000. As of February 27, 2016, the availability was at a level that did not trigger this covenant. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility also contains covenants which place restrictions on the incurrence of debt, the payments of dividends, sale of assets, mergers and acquisitions and the granting of liens.

        The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default.

        The Company also has two second priority secured term loan facilities. The first includes a $470,000 second priority secured term loan (the "Tranche 1 Term Loan"). The Tranche 1 Term Loan matures on August 21, 2020 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 4.75% with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 3.75%. The second includes a $500,000 second priority secured term loan (the "Tranche 2 Term Loan"). The Tranche 2 Term Loan matures on June 21, 2021 and currently bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 3.875% with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%, if the Company chooses to make LIBOR borrowings, or at Citibank's base rate plus 2.875%.

        With the exception of EIC, substantially all of Rite Aid Corporation's 100 percent owned subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, second priority secured term loan facilities, and unsecured guaranteed notes. The Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility and second priority secured term loan facilities are secured, on a senior or second priority basis, as applicable, by a lien on, among other things, accounts receivable, inventory and prescription files of the Subsidiary Guarantors. The subsidiary guarantees related to the Company's Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility and second priority secured term loan facilities 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. The Company has no independent assets or operations. Additionally, prior to the Acquisition, the subsidiaries, including joint ventures, that did not guarantee the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, the credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities and applicable notes, were minor. Accordingly, condensed consolidating financial information for the Company and subsidiaries is not presented for those periods. Subsequent to the Acquisition, other than EIC, the subsidiaries, including joint ventures, that do not guarantee the credit facility, second priority secured term loan facilities and applicable notes, are minor. As such, condensed consolidating financial information for the Company, its guaranteeing subsidiaries and non-guaranteeing subsidiaries is presented for those periods subsequent to the Acquisition. See Note 24 "Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Information" for additional disclosure.

Other 2016 Transactions

        On April 2, 2015, the Company issued $1,800,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% Notes, the net proceeds of which, along with other available cash and borrowings under its Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, were used to finance the cash portion of the Acquisition, which closed on June 24, 2015. 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 the Company's obligations under the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, second priority secured term loan facilities, the 9.25% senior notes due 2020 (the "9.25% Notes") and the 6.75% senior notes due 2021 (the "6.75% Notes") (the "Rite Aid Subsidiary Guarantors"), including EnvisionRx and certain of its domestic subsidiaries other than, among others, EIC (the "EnvisionRx Subsidiary Guarantors" and, together with the Rite Aid Subsidiary Guarantors, the "Subsidiary Guarantors"). The guarantees are unsecured. The 6.125% Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Rite Aid Corporation and rank equally in right of payment with all of its other unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness.

        During May 2015, $64,089 of the Company's 8.5% convertible notes due 2015 were converted into 24,762 shares of common stock, pursuant to their terms. The remaining $79 of the Company's 8.5% convertible notes due 2015 were repaid by the Company upon maturity.

        On August 15, 2015, the Company completed the redemption of all of its outstanding $650,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.00% Notes. In connection with the redemption, the Company recorded a loss on debt retirement, including call premium and unamortized debt issue costs, of $33,205 during the second quarter of fiscal 2016.

2015 Transactions

        On October 15, 2014, the Company completed the redemption of all of its outstanding $270,000 aggregate principal amount of its 10.25% senior notes due October 2019 at their contractually determined early redemption price of 105.125% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest. The Company funded this redemption with borrowings under its revolving credit facility. The Company recorded a loss on debt retirement of $18,512 related to this transaction.

2014 Transactions

        In June 2013, the Company completed a tender offer for its 7.5% senior secured notes due 2017 in which $419,237 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 7.5% notes were tendered and repurchased. In July 2013, the Company redeemed the remaining 7.5% notes for $85,154, which included the call premium and interest to the redemption date. The tender offer for, and redemption of, the 7.5% notes were funded using the proceeds from the Tranche 2 Term Loan, borrowings under the Company's revolving credit facility and available cash.

        On July 2, 2013, the Company issued $810,000 of its 6.75% senior notes due 2021. 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 the Company's obligations under the senior secured credit facility, the second priority secured term loan facilities and the outstanding 8.00% senior secured notes due 2020, 10.25% senior secured notes due 2019 and 9.25% senior notes due 2020. The Company used the net proceeds of the 6.75% notes, borrowings under its revolving credit facility and available cash to repurchase and repay all of the Company's outstanding $810,000 aggregate principal of 9.5% senior notes due 2017.

        In July 2013, the Company completed a tender offer for its 9.5% notes in which $739,642 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 9.5% notes were tendered and repurchased. In August 2013, the Company redeemed the remaining 9.5% notes for $73,440, which included the call premium and interest to the redemption date.

        In connection with these refinancing transactions, the Company recorded a loss on debt retirement, including tender and call premium and interest, unamortized debt issue costs and unamortized discount of $62,172.

        As of March 2, 2013, Rite Aid Lease Management Company, a 100 percent owned subsidiary of the Company, had 213,000 shares of its Cumulative Preferred Stock, Class A, par value $100 per share ("RALMCO Cumulative Preferred Stock"), outstanding. The carrying amount of the RALMCO Cumulative Preferred Stock as of November 29, 2013 was $20,763 and was recorded in Other Noncurrent Liabilities. On November 29, 2013, the Company repurchased all of the outstanding RALMCO Cumulative Preferred Stock for $21,034. In connection with this transaction, the Company recorded a loss on debt retirement of $271.

Interest Rates and Maturities

        The annual weighted average interest rate on the Company's indebtedness was 5.4%, 5.8%, and 6.4% for fiscal 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

        The aggregate annual principal payments of long-term debt for the five succeeding fiscal years are as follows: 2017—$90; 2018—$0; 2019—$0; 2020—$2,100,000 and $4,905,000 in 2021 and thereafter.