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218 LEVERAGED BUYOUTS
Revolving Credit Facility In the “Revolving Credit Facility” section of the debt
schedule, the banker inputs the spread, term, and commitment fee associated with
the facility (see Exhibit 5.26). The facility’s size is linked from an assumptions
page where the financing structure is entered (see Exhibits 5.14 and 5.54) and the
beginning balance line item for the first year of the projection period is linked from
the balance sheet. If no revolver draw is contemplated as part of the LBO financing
structure, then the beginning balance is zero.
The revolver’s drawdown/(repayment) line item feeds from the cash available
for optional debt repayment line item at the top of the debt schedule. In the event the
cash available for optional debt repayment amount is negative in any year (e.g., in a
downside case), a revolver draw (or use of cash on the balance sheet, if applicable)
is required. In the following period, the outstanding revolver debt is then repaid first
from any positive cash available for optional debt repayment (i.e., once mandatory
repayments are satisfied).
In connection with the ValueCo LBO, we contemplated a $100 million revolver,
which is priced at L+325 bps with a term of six years. The revolver is assumed to be
undrawn at the close of the transaction and remains undrawn throughout the pro-
jection period. Therefore, no interest expense is incurred. ValueCo, however, must
pay an annual commitment fee of 50 bps on the undrawn portion of the revolver,
translating into an expense of $500,000 ($100 million × 0.50%) per year (see
Exhibit 5.26).
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This amount is included in interest expense on the income statement.
Term Loan Facility In the “Term Loan Facility” section of the debt schedule, the
banker inputs the spread, term, and mandatory repayment schedule associated with
the facility (see Exhibit 5.27). The facility’s size is linked from the sources and uses
of funds on the transaction summary page (see Exhibit 5.46). For the ValueCo LBO,
we contemplated a $450 million TLB with a coupon of L+350 bps and a term of
seven years.
Mandatory Repayments (Amortization) Unlike a revolving credit facility, which
only requires repayment at the maturity date of all the outstanding advances, a term
loan facility is fully funded at close and has a set amortization schedule as defined
in the corresponding credit agreement. While amortization schedules vary per term
loan tranche, the standard for TLBs is 1% amortization per year on the principal
amount of the loan with a bullet payment of the loan balance at maturity.
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As noted in Exhibit 5.27 under the repayment schedule line item, ValueCo’s new
TLB requires an annual 1% amortization payment equating to $4.5 million ($450
million x 1%).
Optional Repayments A typical LBO model employs a “100% cash flow sweep”
that assumes all cash generated by the target after making mandatory debt repay-
ments is applied to the optional repayment of outstanding prepayable debt (typically
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To the extent the revolver is used, the commitment expense will decline and ValueCo will
be charged interest on the amount of the revolver draw at L+325 bps.
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Credit agreements typically also have a provision requiring the borrower to prepay term
loans in an amount equal to a specified percentage (and definition) of excess cash flow and in
the event of specified asset sales and issuances of certain debt or equity.