Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Long-term debt consisted of the following:


	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2019
	(Dollars in thousands)
Bank debt
Bank revolving loans	$	827,000	$	506,000	$	—
U.S. term loans	—		800,000		760,000
Canadian term loans	—		15,825		4,703
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans	29,239		30,906		31,127
Total bank debt	856,239		1,352,731		795,830

5½% Senior Notes	—		300,000		—
4¾% Senior Notes	300,000		300,000		300,000
3¼% Senior Notes	713,490		729,170		729,755
4⅛% Senior Notes	600,000		—		400,000
2¼% Senior Notes	548,839		—		—
Finance leases	32,582		22,167		33,288
Total debt - principal	3,051,150		2,704,068		2,258,873
Less unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discount	21,926		12,492		14,452
Total debt	3,029,224		2,691,576		2,244,421
Less current portion	854,653		578,001		29,813
	$	2,174,571	$	2,113,575	$	2,214,608

At March 31, 2020, the current portion of long-term debt consisted of $827.0 million of bank revolving loans under the Credit Agreement, $26.0 million of other foreign bank revolving and term loans and $1.7 million of finance leases.

On February 26, 2020, we issued (i) an additional $200 million aggregate principal amount of our 4⅛% Senior Notes due 2028, or the 4⅛% Notes, at 99.5 percent of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest from November 12, 2019, and €500 million aggregate principal amount of our 2¼% Senior Notes due 2028, or the 2¼% Notes, at 100 percent of their principal amount. We used the net proceeds from these issuances and revolving loan borrowings under the Credit Agreement to

prepay all of our outstanding U.S. A term loans under the Credit Agreement. As a result of this prepayment, we recorded a pre-tax charge for the loss on early extinguishment of debt of $1.5 million during the first quarter of 2020 for the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs.

2¼% SENIOR NOTES

The 2¼% Notes are general unsecured obligations of Silgan, ranking equal in right of payment with our existing and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness, including our 4¾% Senior Notes due 2025, or the 4¾% Notes, our 3¼% Senior Notes due 2025, or the 3¼% Notes, and the 4⅛% Notes, and ahead of our existing and future subordinated debt, if any. The 2¼% Notes are effectively subordinated to Silgan’s secured debt to the extent of the assets securing such debt and structurally subordinated to all obligations of subsidiaries of Silgan.

The 2¼% Notes will mature on June 1, 2028. Interest on the 2¼% Notes will be payable semi-annually in cash on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2020. The 2¼% Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture by and among Silgan, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as paying agent, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as registrar and transfer agent, which indenture contains covenants that are generally less restrictive than those in the Credit Agreement and substantially similar to the covenants in the indenture for the 4¾% Notes and the 3¼% Notes and the indenture for the 4⅛% Notes.

The 2¼% Notes are redeemable, at our option, in whole or in part, at any time after March 1, 2023, initially at 101.125 percent of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, declining ratably to 100 percent of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, on or after March 1, 2025.

In addition, prior to March 1, 2023, we may redeem up to 35 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 2¼% Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 102.25 percent of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. We may also redeem the 2¼% Notes, in whole or in part, prior to March 1, 2023 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of their principal amount plus a make-whole premium as provided in the indenture for the 2¼% Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. We will be required to make an offer to repurchase the 2¼% Notes at a repurchase price equal to 101 percent of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase, upon the occurrence of a change of control repurchase event as provided in the indenture for the 2¼% Notes.