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| Debt and Interest Rate Swap | Debt and Interest Rate Swap Debt
The carrying amount of the Company’s long-term debt consists of the following:
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the weighted average effective interest rate on aggregate debt was approximately 3.7% and 4.4%, respectively.
During each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized total amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs of $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively, to interest expense.
The approximate aggregate fair value of the term loans as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $351.8 million and $376.1 million, respectively, which was estimated on the basis of inputs that are observable in the market and which is considered a Level 2 measurement method in the fair value hierarchy.
As of March 31, 2021, aggregate future payments of principal are as follows:
Initial Term Loan
On May 12, 2017, the Company entered into a credit agreement with certain lenders and a collateral agent in connection with the acquisition of Exar Corporation. The credit agreement provided for an initial secured term B loan facility, or the “Initial Term Loan,” in an aggregate principal amount of $425.0 million. The credit agreement permits the Company to request incremental loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of $160.0 million (subject to adjustments for any voluntary prepayments), plus an unlimited amount that is subject to pro forma compliance with certain secured leverage ratio and total leverage ratio tests. Incremental loans are subject to certain additional conditions, including obtaining additional commitments from the lenders then party to the credit agreement or new lenders.
Loans under the Initial Term Loan bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a rate equal to either (i) a base rate equal to the highest of (x) the federal funds rate, plus 0.50%, (y) the prime rate then in effect and (z) an adjusted LIBOR rate determined on the basis of a one- three- or six-month interest period, plus 1.0% or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate, subject to a floor of 0.75%, in each case, plus an applicable margin of 2.50% in the case of LIBOR rate loans and 1.50% in the case of base rate loans. Commencing on September 30, 2017, the Initial Term Loan amortizes in equal quarterly installments equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Initial Term Loan, with the balance payable on the maturity date. The Initial Term Loan has a term of seven years and will mature on May 12, 2024, at which time all outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Initial Term Loan is due. The Company is also required to pay fees customary for a credit facility of this size and type.
The Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the outstanding principal amount of term loans under the credit agreement with the net cash proceeds from the disposition of certain assets and the receipt of insurance proceeds upon certain casualty and condemnation events, in each case, to the extent not reinvested within a specified time period, from excess cash flow beyond stated threshold amounts, and from the incurrence of certain indebtedness. The Company has the right to prepay its term loans under the credit agreement, in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty, subject to certain limitations and a 1.0% soft call premium applicable during the first six months of the loan term. The Company exercised its right to prepay and made aggregate prepayments of principal of $213.0 million from origination of the Initial Term Loan through March 31, 2021.
The Company’s obligations under the credit agreement are required to be guaranteed by certain of its domestic subsidiaries meeting materiality thresholds set forth in the credit agreement. Such obligations, including the guaranties, are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors pursuant to a security agreement with the collateral agent.
The credit agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, undergo certain fundamental changes, make investments, make certain restricted payments, and sell assets, in each case, subject to limitations and exceptions. As of March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with such covenants. The credit agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other indebtedness, covenant defaults, change in control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, the lenders may require immediate payment of all obligations under the credit agreement, and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the credit agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law.
The debt is carried at its principal amount, net of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, and is not adjusted to fair value each period. The issuance date fair value of the liability component of the debt in the amount of $398.5 million was determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, in which the projected interest and principal payments were discounted back to the issuance date of the term loan at a market interest rate for nonconvertible debt of 4.6%, which represents a Level 3 fair value measurement. The debt discount of $2.1 million and debt issuance costs of $6.0 million are being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method from the issuance date through the contractual maturity date of the term loan of May 12, 2024.
Incremental Term Loan
In connection with the acquisition of the Wi-Fi and Broadband assets business, on July 31, 2020, the Company entered into an incremental term loan agreement with certain lenders that amends the credit agreement, dated as of May 12, 2017 and provides for a secured incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Incremental Term Loan”).
The Incremental Term Loan bears interest, at the Company’s option, at an Adjusted LIBOR plus a fixed applicable margin of 4.25% per annum or an Adjusted Base Rate plus a fixed applicable margin of 3.25% per annum. The Incremental Term Loan is subject to a financial covenant of an initial maximum total net leverage ratio of 3.5 to 1 which decreases to 3.0 to 1 beginning with the sixth full fiscal quarter ending after July 31, 2020. During any period during which the Company (i) fails to maintain a public corporate rating from S&P that is equal to or higher than BB- and a public corporate rating from Moody's that is equal to or higher than Ba3 or (ii) fails to maintain a total leverage ratio of 3.0 to 1 or less, the applicable margin will increase to 4.75% in the case of LIBOR Rate loans and 3.75% in the case of Base Rate loans. As of March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with such covenants.
Commencing on July 31, 2020, the Incremental Term Loan amortizes in quarterly installments of principal equal to (i) 1.25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Term Loan on the last day of each of the first through
fourth full fiscal quarters of the Company after July 31, 2020, (ii) 2.50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Term Loan on the last day of each of the fifth through eighth full fiscal quarters of the Company after July 31, 2020, and (iii) 3.75% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Term Loan on the last day of each of the ninth through the eleventh full fiscal quarters of the Company after July 31, 2020. The Incremental Term Loan has a term of three years and will mature on July 31, 2023, at which time all outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Incremental Term Loan is due. The Company is also required to pay fees customary for a credit facility of this size and type. The Company has made aggregate payments of principal of $37.2 million to date through March 31, 2021.
The debt is carried at its principal amount, net of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, and is not adjusted to fair value each period. The issuance date fair value of the liability component of the debt in the amount of $181.1 million was determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, in which the projected interest and principal payments were discounted back to the issuance date of the term loan at a market interest rate for nonconvertible debt of 3.2%, which represents a Level 3 fair value measurement. The debt discount of $0.9 million and debt issuance costs of $1.8 million are being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method from the issuance date through the contractual maturity date of the term loan of July 31, 2023.
Interest Rate Swap In November 2017, the Company entered into a fixed-for-floating interest rate swap with an amortizing notional amount to swap a substantial portion of variable rate LIBOR interest payments under its initial term loan for fixed interest payments bearing an interest rate of 1.74685% through the expiration of the swap in October 2020. The Company's outstanding initial term loan is still subject to a 2.5% fixed applicable margin during the term of the loan. The interest rate swap was designated as a cash flow hedge of a portion of floating rate interest payments on the initial term loan and effectively fixed the interest rate on a substantial portion of the Company’s long-term debt at approximately 4.25% until the expiration of the swap in October 2020. Accordingly, the Company applied cash flow hedge accounting to the interest rate swap and it was recorded at fair value as an asset or liability and the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap, as measured quarterly, were reported in other comprehensive income (loss) until expiration of the swap. The decrease in fair value related to the interest rate swap liability included in other comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.2 million.
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