5. DEBT

The Company’s debt as of June 30, 2017 and 2016 consists of the following:


	As of June 30, 2017								As of June 30, 2016
	Principal		Unamortized Discount		Debt Issuance Costs		Total		Principal		Unamortized Discount		Debt Issuance Costs		Total
		(Amounts in thousands)								(Amounts in thousands)
Convertible notes due 2019	$	370,000	$	(25,251)	$	(2,646)	$	342,103	$	370,000	$	(36,943)	$	(3,934)	$	329,123
Revolving credit facility		250,000		—		(5,933)		244,067		275,000		—		(3,438)		271,562
Total debt	$	620,000	$	(25,251)	$	(8,579)	$	586,170	$	645,000	$	(36,943)	$	(7,372)	$	600,685

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019

In June 2012, the Company completed an offering of $370 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2019 (“2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes bear interest at the rate of 2.875% per annum, and the Company is required to make semi‑annual interest payments on the outstanding principal balance of the 2019 Notes on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning December 15, 2012. The 2019 Notes mature on June 15, 2019. Interest expense recognized on the 2019 Notes for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $23.6 million, $22.8 million and $22.1 million, respectively. Interest expense recognized includes the contractual coupon interest, the accretion of the debt discount and amortization of the debt issuance costs, and is recorded in Interest and other expense consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Revolving credit facility

On June 2, 2017, the Company entered into a new $1 billion, 5-year revolving credit facility (“New Credit Facility”) with a final maturity in June 2022. The New Credit Facility replaces the Company’s prior $650 million credit facility under the Sixth Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2014 (as amended) (“Prior Credit Facility”) that was set to mature in March 2021. The Company repaid the Prior Credit Facility using a combination of cash on hand of $50 million and a borrowing under the New Credit Facility of $250 million. Royal Gold may repay borrowings under the New Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty. The Company has $750 million of availability under the New Credit Facility as of June 30, 2017.

The New Credit Facility was entered into by Royal Gold as borrower, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Gold as guarantor, and the Bank of Nova Scotia (“BNS”), as administrative agent, and BNS, HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HSBC”), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”), Bank of America, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, The Bank of Montreal, National Bank Financial, and Royal Bank of Canada, as lenders. Other agents under the New Credit Facility include BNS, HSBC and CIBC as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, HSBC as Syndication Agent and CIBC as Documentation Agent.

Features of the New Credit Facility include: (1) a $350 million increase in maximum aggregate commitments over the Prior Credit Facility from $650 million to $1.0 billion; (2) a final maturity of June 2022 as compared to March 2021 under the Prior Credit Facility; (3) a $250 million accordion feature, which allows the Company to increase commitments under the facility, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions and receipt of additional commitments from existing or new lenders, to an aggregate commitment amount of up to $1.25 billion; (4) commitment fees on undrawn amounts ranging from 0.25% per annum to 0.55% per annum based on the Company’s leverage ratio (as defined therein); (5) an interest rate, as selected by the Company, based on the Company’s leverage ratio, which rates range from either (i) LIBOR + 1.25% per annum to LIBOR + 2.75% per annum or (ii) the “base rate” plus an applicable margin of 0.25% per annum to 1.75% per annum, where the “base rate” is equal to the greatest of (A) the applicable annual interest rate charged by BNS for U.S. Dollar loans, (B) the aggregate of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined therein) plus 0.5% per annum and (C) LIBOR for an interest period of one month plus 1.0% per annum; (6) a minimum interest coverage ratio (as defined therein) of 3.0 to 1.0, and (7) a maximum leverage ratio (as defined therein) of 3.5 to 1.0, increasing to 4.0 to 1.0 for two quarters following completion of a material permitted acquisition of $250 million or more (as further defined therein).

As of June 30, 2017, the interest rate on borrowings under the New Credit Facility was LIBOR plus 1.75% for an all-in rate of 2.97%. The Company was in compliance with each financial covenant (leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio) under the New Credit Facility as of June 30, 2017. Interest expense recognized on the revolving credit facility for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $9.9 million, $8.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and included interest on the outstanding borrowings and the amortization of the debt issuance costs.