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Debt

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Debt
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
The components of debt were as follows:
September 30, 2023 December 31, 2022
(in thousands)
Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility $ 750,000  $ 699,513 
Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility —  — 
Total debt 750,000  699,513 
Less: Unamortized original issue discount (11,852) (1,464)
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs (4,310) (6,493)
Less: Current portion of long-term debt (7,500) (8,350)
Long-term debt, less current portion $ 726,338  $ 683,206 

On July 12, 2018, the Company entered into the following credit arrangements with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, collateral agent and a letter of credit issuer:

•a first lien senior secured term loan facility, in an aggregate principal amount of $835.0 million, maturing on July 12, 2025 (“First Lien Term Loan Facility”);
•a first lien senior secured revolving credit facility, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million, including a $40.0 million letter of credit sub-facility, maturing on July 12, 2023 (“Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the First Lien Term Loan Facility, the “First Lien Facilities”).
The following discussion summarizes historical amendments to the First Lien Facilities and various terms thereunder.
Amended First Lien Facilities
On June 3, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment to the First Lien Facilities under which, (i) the aggregate commitments under the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility were increased from $100.0 million to $145.0 million; (ii) the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility was extended from July 12, 2023 to June 3, 2027 or, if earlier, 91 days prior to the maturity of the Company’s term loans under the Amended First Lien Facilities, subject to extension or refinancing; and (iii) the interest rate benchmark applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility was converted from LIBOR to term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). The First Lien Term Loan Facility as amended is hereinafter referred to as the “Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility” and the
Revolving Credit Facility as amended is herein after referred to as the “Amended Revolving Credit Facility” (and together with the Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility, the “Amended First Lien Facilities”). The Company’s existing term loans under the Amended First Lien Facilities remained in effect. Upon the effectiveness of the Amended First Lien Facilities, the Company did not have any outstanding principal balance on the Amended Revolving Credit Facility. The Amended First Lien Facilities did not modify the financial covenants, negative covenants, mandatory prepayment events or security provisions or arrangements under the First Lien Facilities.
Second Amended First Lien Facilities
On September 28, 2023, the Company entered into a second amendment to the Amended First Lien Facilities by which, (i) the aggregate commitments under the Company’s Amended Revolving Credit Facility were increased from $145.0 million to $160.0 million; (ii) the maturity date of the Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility was extended from July 12, 2025 to September 30, 2030 by providing for the refinancing and replacement in full of the term loan outstanding thereunder with a new term loan in an aggregate initial principal amount of $750.0 million, subject to an original issue discount of 1.5%; and (iii) the interest rate benchmark applicable to the First Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility was converted from LIBOR to term SOFR. As so amended, the First Lien Term Loan Facility is hereinafter referred to as the “Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility” and the Amended Revolving Credit Facility is hereinafter referred to as the “Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility” (and together with the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility, the “Second Amended First Lien Facilities”). Upon the effectiveness of the Second Amended First Lien Facilities, no revolving loans were outstanding under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility. The Second Amended First Lien Facilities did not modify the financial covenants, negative covenants, mandatory prepayment events or security provisions or arrangements under the Amended First Lien Facilities.

The Company is required to make scheduled quarterly payments equal to 0.25% of the aggregate initial outstanding principal amount of the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility, or approximately $1.9 million per quarter, with the remaining balance payable at maturity. The Company may make voluntary prepayments on the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility at any time prior to maturity at par. Voluntary prepayments of the term loan within six months after the effectiveness of the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility in connection with certain repricing transactions will require payment of a 1.00% prepayment premium.
The Company is required to make prepayments on the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, debt incurrences, casualty events and sale-leaseback transactions, subject to certain specified limitations, thresholds and reinvestment rights. Additionally, the Company is required to make annual prepayments on the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility with a percentage (subject to leverage-based reductions) of the Company’s excess cash flow, as defined therein, if the excess cash flow exceeds a certain specified threshold. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company was not required to make a prepayment under the Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility or the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility based on the Company’s excess cash flow.
The Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility was accounted for as a modification, extinguishment, or new loan for certain lenders in accordance with the applicable accounting guidance. Accordingly, original issue discount and debt issuance costs of $11.9 million and $4.3 million, respectively, will be amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility. The Company recognized $7.8 million for the loss on debt extinguishment and write-off of third-party costs of the debt modification within interest expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
The Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility has an interest rate calculated at a per annum rate of, at the Company’s option, either (a) a SOFR rate, plus 4.00% or (b) an alternative base rate, plus 3.00%, with the alternative base rate (“ABR”) determined by reference to the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the rate the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending rate in New York City, (iii) one-month SOFR plus 1.00%, and (iv) zero%. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility is 3.00% for SOFR loans and 2.00% for ABR loans, in each case, subject to adjustment pursuant to a leverage-based pricing grid. As of September 30, 2023, the Second Amended First Lien
Term Loan Facility accrued interest at one-month SOFR plus 4.00%, and the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility accrued interest at one-month SOFR plus 2.50% based upon the current pricing grid.
The Borrower from time to time may elect to convert all or a portion of its SOFR loans under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility into ABR loans, and may elect to convert all or a portion of its SOFR loans under the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility into ABR loans, in each case, subject to a minimum conversion amount of $2.5 million.
The Company’s obligations under the Second Amended First Lien Facilities are guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior secured first-priority basis, by substantially all of the Company’s domestic wholly-owned material subsidiaries, as defined in the agreement, and are secured by first-priority security interests in substantially all of the assets of the Company and its domestic wholly-owned material subsidiaries, subject to certain permitted liens and exceptions. Collateral includes all outstanding equity interests in whatever form of the borrower and each restricted subsidiary that is owned by any credit party.
As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $158.7 million in available borrowing under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility, after utilizing $1.3 million for letters of credit. The Company is required to pay a quarterly fee of 0.38% on unutilized commitments under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility, subject to adjustment pursuant to a leverage-based pricing grid. As of both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the quarterly fee on unutilized commitments under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility and the Amended Revolving Credit Facility, respectively, was 0.38%.
Debt Covenants
The Second Amended First Lien Facilities contain certain covenants and restrictions that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things: (a) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred equity interests; (b) create or permit the existence of certain liens; (c) make certain loans or investments (including acquisitions); (d) pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of the capital stock or make other restricted payments; (e) consolidate, merge, sell, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; (f) sell assets; (g) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (h) enter into sale-leaseback transactions; (i) restrict dividends from the Company’s subsidiaries or restrict liens; (j) change the Company’s fiscal year; and (k) modify the terms of certain debt agreements. In addition, the Second Amended First Lien Facilities also provide for customary events of default. The Company was in compliance with the covenants through the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
The Company is also subject to a springing financial maintenance covenant under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility, which requires the Company to not exceed a specified first lien leverage ratio at the end of each fiscal quarter if the outstanding loans and letters of credit under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility, subject to certain exceptions, exceed 35% of the total commitments under the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility at the end of such fiscal quarter. The Company was not subject to this covenant as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, as outstanding loans and letters of credit did not exceed 35% of the total commitments under the facility.
Other
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs related to the Second Amended First Lien Term Loan Facility are included in interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and were as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023 2022 2023 2022
(in thousands)
Debt discount amortization $ 139  $ 133  $ 413  $ 395 
Debt issuance costs amortization 609  588  1,812  1,750 
Total debt discount and issuance costs $ 748  $ 721  $ 2,225  $ 2,145 

Interest expense also includes the amortization of debt issuance costs for the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility of $0.1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and $0.2 million and $0.4 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Unamortized debt issuance costs for the Second Amended Revolving Credit Facility are recorded in other non-current assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 was 8.8% and 5.5%, respectively.