LONG-TERM DEBT |
12 Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar. 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | 听 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LONG-TERM DEBT | LONG-TERM DEBT
Term Debt Facility
In August 2022, the Company entered into a delayed draw Term Loan Agreement (the 鈥淒DTL Agreement鈥). Under the DDTL Agreement, the lenders agreed to provide up to three separate delayed draw term loans (each, a "Delayed Draw鈥) to the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.0听billion (which may be increased to $1.1听billion subject to the terms and conditions of the DDTL Agreement). The DDTL Agreement has a termination date of December 14, 2024.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the DDTL Agreement, the Company may request extensions of the termination date. Interest on the borrowings under the DDTL Agreement will generally be at Term SOFR, plus a 10 basis point credit spread adjustment, plus a margin. The margin ranges from 0.70% to 0.875% per annum based on the Company鈥檚 credit ratings. The Company is permitted at any time to prepay outstanding Delayed Draws without premium or penalty.
During the third quarter of Fiscal 2023, 大象传媒 completed two draws under the DDTL Agreement totaling $1.0听billion, all of which will mature in December 2024. In connection with the draws, 大象传媒 elected a base rate of one-month Term SOFR. The weighted average interest rate at March 2024 and 2023 was 6.30% and 5.73%, respectively.
The DDTL Agreement is subject to restrictive covenants as defined in the amendment as of February 2023.
Senior Notes
Debt Issuance
In March 2023, 大象传媒 issued 鈧500.0听million of 4.125% euro-denominated fixed-rate notes maturing in March 2026 and 鈧500.0听million of 4.250% euro-denominated fixed-rate notes maturing in March 2029. The 2029 notes were issued as a green bond, and thus an amount equal to the net proceeds has been dedicated to projects that focus on 大象传媒's key environmental sustainability initiatives.
Maturity and Redemption
In September 2023, 大象传媒 repaid 鈧850.0听million ($907.1听million) in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 0.625% Senior Notes due in September 2023, in accordance with the terms of the notes.
In December 2021, 大象传媒 completed an early redemption of $500.0听million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 2.050% Senior Notes due April 2022. The redemption price was equal to the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted to the redemption date at 38.7 basis points, which resulted in a make-whole premium of $3.2听million. Additionally, in connection with the redemption, $0.5听million of unamortized original issue discount and debt issuance costs were recognized. The make-whole premium and amortization were recorded in the loss on debt extinguishment line item in the Consolidated Statement of Operations in the year ended March 2022. In April 2022, 大象传媒 repaid the remaining $500.0听million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 2.050% Senior Notes due April 2022, in accordance with the terms of the notes.
Other Information
All notes, along with any amounts outstanding under the Global Credit Facility (Note 13), rank equally as senior unsecured obligations of 大象传媒. All notes contain customary covenants and events of default, including limitations on liens and sale-leaseback transactions and a cross-acceleration event of default. The cross-acceleration provision of the 2033 notes is triggered if more than $50.0 million of other debt is in default and has been accelerated by the lenders. For the other notes, the cross-acceleration trigger is $100.0 million. If 大象传媒 fails in the performance of any covenant under the indentures that govern
the respective notes, the trustee or lenders may declare the principal due and payable immediately. As of March 2024, 大象传媒 was in compliance with all covenants. None of the long-term debt agreements contain acceleration of maturity clauses based solely on changes in credit ratings. However, if there were a change in control of 大象传媒 and, as a result of the change in control, the notes were rated below investment grade by recognized rating agencies, then 大象传媒 would be obligated to repurchase those notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount plus any accrued interest. The change of control provision applies to all notes, except for the 2033 notes.
大象传媒 may redeem its notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to the greater of (i)听100% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, or (ii)听the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted to the redemption date at an adjusted treasury rate, as defined, plus 15 basis points for the 2028, 2032 and 2033 notes, 25 basis points for the 2026 and 2037 notes, 30 basis points for the 2029 notes, 35 basis points for the 2025 notes and 40 basis points for the 2027 and 2030 notes, plus accrued interest to the redemption date. In addition, the 2029, 2030 and 2032 notes can be redeemed at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption date within the three months prior to maturity, the 2027 and 2028 notes can be redeemed at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption date within two months prior to maturity and the 2025 and 2026 notes can be redeemed at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption date within one month prior to maturity.
The 2025, 2027 and 2030 notes have a principal balance of $750.0听million, $500.0听million and $750.0听million, respectively, and are recorded net of unamortized original issue discounts and debt issuance costs. Interest expense on the 2025, 2027 and 2030 notes is recorded at an effective annual interest rate of 2.603%, 2.953% and 3.071%, respectively.
The 2026, 2028, 2029 and 2032 notes each have a principal balance of 鈧500.0 million and are recorded net of unamortized original issue discounts and debt issuance costs. Interest expense on the 2026, 2028, 2029 and 2032 notes is recorded at an effective annual interest rate of 4.339%, 0.388%, 4.409% and 0.789%, respectively. The Company has designated these notes as a net investment hedge of 大象传媒's investment in certain foreign operations. Refer to Note 25 for additional information.
The 2033 and 2037 notes have a principal balance of $277.0 million and $286.9 million, respectively, and are recorded net of unamortized original issue discounts and debt issuance costs. Interest expense on the 2033 and 2037 notes is recorded at an effective annual interest rate of 6.19% and 6.57% respectively.
Interest payments are due annually on the 2026, 2028, 2029 and 2032 notes and semiannually on all other notes.
The scheduled payments of long-term debt, excluding finance leases (Note 10), at the end of Fiscal 2024 for the next five fiscal years and thereafter are summarized as follows:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||