DEBT | NOTE 3 — DEBT HDS’s long-term debt as of July 31, 2016 and January 31, 2016 consisted of the following (dollars in millions): July 31, 2016 January 31, 2016 Outstanding Interest Outstanding Interest Senior ABL Facility due 2018 $ — — $ — — Term Loans due 2021 December 2014 First Priority Notes due 2021 April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 — — October 2012 Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 — — February 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 Total gross long-term debt $ $ Less unamortized discount ) ) Less unamortized deferred financing costs ) ) Total net long-term debt $ $ Less current installments ) ) Total net long-term debt, excluding current installments $ $ (1) Represents the stated rate of interest, without including the effect of discounts or premiums. On April 11, 2016, HDS issued $1,000 million of 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the “April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes”) at par. HDS received approximately $985 million, net of transaction fees. The transaction fees of $15 million are reflected as deferred financing costs in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and will be amortized into interest expense over the term of the notes. On April 27, 2016, HDS used the net proceeds from the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes issuance, together with available cash, to redeem all of the outstanding $1,000 million aggregate principal of the 11.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 (the “October 2012 Senior Unsecured Notes”), and pay a $106 million make-whole premium calculated in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing such notes and pay $4 million of accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date. As a result, the Company incurred a $115 million loss on extinguishment of the debt, which includes the $106 million make-whole premium and the write-off of $9 million of unamortized deferred financing costs, in accordance with ASC 470-50, “Debt — Modifications and Extinguishments.” Senior Credit Facilities Asset Based Lending Facility HDS’s Senior Asset Based Lending Facility due 2018 (“Senior ABL Facility”) provides for senior secured revolving loans and letters of credit of up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $1,500 million (subject to availability under a borrowing base). Extensions of credit under the Senior ABL Facility are limited by a borrowing base calculated periodically based on specified percentages of the value of eligible inventory and eligible accounts receivable, subject to certain reserves and other adjustments. A portion of the Senior ABL Facility is available for letters of credit and swingline loans. As of July 31, 2016, HDS had $1,289 million of additional available borrowings under the Senior ABL Facility (after giving effect to the borrowing base limitations and approximately $34 million in letters of credit issued and including $89 million of borrowings available on qualifying cash balances). At HDS’s option, the interest rates applicable to the loans under the Senior ABL Facility are based (i) in the case of U.S. dollar-denominated loans, either at London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin, or Prime Rate plus an applicable margin and (ii) in the case of Canadian dollar-denominated loans, either the banker’s acceptance (“BA”) rate plus an applicable margin, or the Canadian Prime Rate plus an applicable margin. The margins applicable for each elected interest rate are subject to a pricing grid, as defined in the agreement governing the Senior ABL Facility, based on average excess availability for the previous fiscal quarter. The Senior ABL Facility also contains a letter of credit fee computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin (as defined in the Senior ABL Facility agreement) then in effect for LIBOR Loans (as defined in the Senior ABL Facility agreement) and an unused commitment fee subject to a pricing grid, included in the agreement governing the Senior ABL Facility, based on the Average Daily Used Percentage (as defined in the agreement). The Senior ABL Facility also permits HDS to add one or more incremental term loan facilities to be included in the Senior ABL Facility or one or more revolving credit facility commitments to be included in the Senior ABL Facility. The Senior ABL Facility will mature on June 28, 2018 (or the maturity date under HDS’s Term Loan Facility, if earlier). Senior Secured Term Loan Facility HDS’s Senior Term Facility consists of a senior secured term loan facility (the ‘‘Term Loan Facility,’’ and the term loans thereunder, the ‘‘Term Loans’’) providing for Term Loans in an original aggregate principal amount of $850 million. The Term Loan Facility will mature on August 13, 2021 (the ‘‘Term Loan Maturity Date’’). The Term Loans amortize in equal quarterly installments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 1.00% of the original principal amount of the Term Loan Facility beginning December 2015 with the balance payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The Term Loans bear interest at the applicable margin for borrowings of 2.75% for LIBOR borrowings and 1.75% for base rate borrowings, with the LIBOR floor at 1.00%. For additional information on our Senior ABL Facility or Term Loan Facility (collectively, the “Senior Credit Facilities”), including guarantees and security, please refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016. Secured Notes 5.25% Senior Secured First Priority Notes due 2021 HDS’s 5.25% Senior Secured First Priority Notes due 2021 (the “December 2014 First Priority Notes”) bear interest at 5.25% per annum and will mature on December 15, 2021. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on June 15 th and December 15 th of each year. Redemption HDS may redeem the December 2014 First Priority Notes, in whole or in part, at any time (1) prior to December 15, 2017, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus the applicable make-whole premium set forth in the indenture governing the December 2014 First Priority Notes and (2) on and after December 15, 2017, at the applicable redemption price set forth below (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on December 15 of the year set forth below. Year Percentage 2017 % 2018 % 2019 % 2020 and thereafter % In addition, at any time prior to December 15, 2017, HDS may redeem on one or more occasions up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the December 2014 First Priority Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 105.25% of the principal amount of the December 2014 First Priority Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, provided, however, that if the December 2014 First Priority Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of December 2014 First Priority Notes equal to at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of December 2014 First Priority Notes must remain outstanding immediately after each such redemption of December 2014 First Priority Notes. Collateral The December 2014 First Priority Notes and the related guarantees are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of HDS and the Subsidiary Guarantors (other than the ABL Priority Collateral (both as defined in the indenture governing the December 2014 First Priority Notes), in which the December 2014 First Priority Notes and the related guarantees have a second-priority security interest), including pledges of all capital stock of HDS’s restricted subsidiaries directly owned by HDS and the Subsidiary Guarantors (but only up to 65% of each series of capital stock of each direct Foreign Subsidiary owned by HDS or any Subsidiary Guarantor), subject to certain thresholds, exceptions and permitted liens, and excluding any Excluded Assets and Excluded Subsidiary Securities (each as defined in the indenture governing the December 2014 First Priority Notes, and together, the “Cash Flow Priority Collateral”). The indenture governing the December 2014 First Priority Notes and the applicable collateral documents provide that any capital stock and other securities of any of HDS’s subsidiaries will be excluded from the collateral to the extent the pledge of such capital stock or other securities to secure the December 2014 First Priority Notes would cause such subsidiary to be required to file separate financial statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X (as in effect from time to time). For additional information on the December 2014 First Priority Notes, including guarantees and security, please refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016. Unsecured Notes 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 HDS issued $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes (“April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes”) under an Indenture, dated as of April 11, 2016 (“April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture”) among HDS, certain subsidiaries of HDS as guarantors and the Trustee. The April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.75% and will mature on April 15, 2024. Interest is paid semi-annually on April 15 th and October 15 th of each year with first interest payment scheduled October 15, 2016. The April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are unsecured senior indebtedness of HDS and rank equal in right of payment with all of HDS’s existing and future senior indebtedness, senior in right of payment to all of HDS’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness, and effectively subordinated to all of HDS’s existing and future indebtedness, including, without limitation, indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities and December 2014 First Priority Notes, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing each indebtedness. The April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by each of HDS’s direct and indirect domestic existing and future subsidiaries that is a wholly owned domestic subsidiary (other than certain excluded subsidiaries), and by each other domestic subsidiary that is a borrower under the Senior ABL Facility or that guarantees HDS’s obligations under any credit facility or capital markets securities. These guarantees are subject to release under customary circumstances as stipulated in the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture. Redemption HDS may redeem the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at any time (1) prior to April 15, 2019, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus the applicable make-whole premium set forth in the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and (2) on and after April 15, 2019, at the applicable redemption price set forth below (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of the year set forth below. Year Percentage 2019 % 2020 % 2021 % 2022 and thereafter % In addition, at any time prior to April 15, 2019, HDS may redeem on one or more occasions up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 105.75% of the principal amount in respect of the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, provided, however, that if the April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes are redeemed, an aggregate principal amount of April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes equal to at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes must remain outstanding immediately after each such redemption of April 2016 Senior Unsecured Notes. 7.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 HDS’s 7.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 (the ‘‘February 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes’’) bear interest at 7.5% per annum and will mature on July 15, 2020. Interest is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 th and October 15 th of each year. Redemption HDS may redeem the February 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, at any time (1) prior to October 15, 2016, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus the applicable make-whole premium set forth in the indenture governing the February 2013 Senior Unsecured Notes and (2) on and after October 15, 2016, at the applicable redemption price set forth below (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 15 of the year set forth below. Year Percentage 2016 % 2017 % 2018 and thereafter % 11.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 HDS’s 11.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2020 (the ‘‘October 2012 Senior Unsecured Notes’’) bore interest at 11.5% per annum with a maturity date of July 15, 2020. Interest was paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 th and October 15 th of each year, prior to the April 27, 2016 redemption of all of the outstanding $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of the October 2012 Senior Unsecured Notes. Debt covenants HDS’s outstanding debt agreements contain various restrictive covenants including, but not limited to, limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and dividend payments and restrictions on the use of proceeds from asset dispositions. As of July 31, 2016, HDS was in compliance with all such covenants that were in effect on such date. |