Deferred Financing Fees, Debt Discounts and Premiums
As of October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018, deferred financing fees, net of amortization, related to our Term Loans, Senior Notes, and Secured Senior Notes of $54.6 million and $62.9 million, respectively, were reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as a direct reduction in the carrying amount of our long-term debt. In addition, we had deferred financing fees, net of amortization, related to the Revolver of $1.2 million and $1.3 million as of October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018, respectively, which were reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in other assets. These deferred financing fees are being amortized over the applicable life of the Term Loans, the Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes under the effective interest method. For the three months ended October 31, 2018 and 2017, we amortized $4.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively, in deferred financing fees which are included in interest expense, net in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018, we amortized $8.5 million and $8.2 million, respectively, in deferred financing fees.
In addition, we have recorded debt discounts, net of premiums and accumulated amortization, of $12.1 million and $14.1 million as of October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018, respectively, as a direct reduction of the carrying amount of our long-term debt.
Affiliate Company Borrowings
In addition to the debt held by Infor and its subsidiaries discussed above, certain affiliates of the Company have other borrowings which are not reflected in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for any of the periods presented. These affiliate company borrowings are described below.
Holding Company PIK Notes
On April 8, 2014, Infor Software Parent, LLC (HoldCo), an indirect holding company of Infor, Inc., and its direct subsidiary Infor Software Parent, Inc., issued $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.125%/7.875% Senior Contingent Cash Pay Notes (the HoldCo Notes). The HoldCo Notes mature on May 1, 2021, and bear interest at the applicable rates per annum that is payable semi-annually in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 each year.
Interest is payable entirely in cash, unless certain conditions are satisfied, in which case interest on the HoldCo Notes may be paid by increasing the principal amount of the HoldCo Notes or by issuing new notes (PIK interest), or through a combination of cash and PIK interest. Interest on the HoldCo Notes, if paid in cash, accrues at a rate of 7.125% per annum. PIK interest on the HoldCo Notes accrues at a rate of 7.875% per annum. As of October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018, the total balance outstanding related to the HoldCo Notes was $750.0 million. We may fromtime-to-time service interest payments related to the HoldCo Notes. Any payment of interest that we may pay will be funded primarily through dividend distributions from Infor to HoldCo. See Note 16,Related Party Transactions – Dividends Paid to Affiliates.
The HoldCo Notes are HoldCo’s general unsecured senior obligations and are not guaranteed by any of HoldCo’s subsidiaries including Infor. The HoldCo Notes rank equally in right of payment with any future unsecured indebtedness of HoldCo, will be effectively subordinated to any future secured indebtedness of HoldCo to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of HoldCo’s subsidiaries, including Infor’s borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities and our Senior Notes.
12. Income Taxes
Income taxes have been provided in accordance with ASC 740,Income Taxes(ASC 740). The effective tax rate for the periods presented is the result of the mix of income earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax rates. Our effective tax rate may fluctuate as a result of changes in the forecasted annual income level and geographical mix of our operating earnings as well as a result of acquisitions, changes in liabilities recorded for unrecognized tax benefits, changes in the valuation allowances for deferred tax assets, tax settlements with U.S. and foreign tax authorities, and the impact from changes in enacted tax laws, including changes in tax rates.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 2017 Tax Act) that instituted fundamental changes to the taxation of multinational corporations. The 2017 Tax Act included numerous changes to the U.S. tax code that affect our business, including among other things: permanently reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%; limiting various business deductions including interest expense; modifying the maximum deduction of certain net operating losses; creating a provision to tax global intangiblelow-taxed income (GILTI); a base-erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT); a tax on foreign-derived intangible income (FDII); and imposing aone-time repatriation tax on deemed repatriated earnings and profits of U.S.-owned foreign subsidiaries (Transition Tax). In addition, in conjunction with the 2017 Tax Act, on December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118,Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (SAB 118), which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. SAB 118 allows for recording certain effects of the 2017 Tax Act as “provisional” during aone-year measurement period, which will end for Infor in the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
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