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Debt

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Debt
6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Note 8. Debt
The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):
 
February 28, 2019
 
August 31, 2018
Senior Credit Facility
 
 
 
Revolver
$

 
$

Term Loan
200,000

 
247,500

Total Senior Credit Facility
200,000

 
247,500

5.625% Senior Notes
287,559

 
287,559

Total Senior Indebtedness
487,559

 
535,059

Less: Current maturities of long-term debt
(30,000
)
 
(30,000
)
Debt issuance costs
(1,986
)
 
(2,364
)
Total long-term debt, less current maturities
$
455,573

 
$
502,695


The Company’s Senior Credit Facility matures on May 8, 2020 and provides a $300 million revolver, a $300 million term loan and a $450 million expansion option, subject to certain conditions. Borrowings are subject to a pricing grid, which can result in increases or decreases to the borrowing spread, depending on the Company’s leverage ratio, ranging from a spread of 1.00% to 2.25% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR and from 0.00% to 1.25% in the case of loans bearing interest at the base rate. As of February 28, 2019, the borrowing spread on LIBOR based borrowings was 1.75% (aggregating to a 4.25% variable rate borrowing cost on the outstanding term loan balance). In addition, a non-use fee is payable quarterly on the average unused credit line under the revolver ranging from 0.15% to 0.35% per annum. As of February 28, 2019, the unused credit line and amount available for borrowing under the revolver was $298.8 million. Quarterly term loan principal payments of $3.8 million began on June 30, 2016, increased to $7.5 million starting on June 30, 2017 and extend through March 31, 2020, with the remaining principal due at maturity. The Senior Credit Facility, which is secured substantially by all of the Company’s domestic personal property assets, also contains customary limits and restrictions concerning investments, sales of assets, liens on assets, dividends and other payments. The two financial covenants included in the Senior Credit Facility agreement are a maximum leverage ratio of 3.75:1 and a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.5:1. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at February 28, 2019.
During the three months ended February 28, 2019, in addition to the quarterly term loan principal payment of $7.5 million, the Company prepaid $32.5 million against the remaining principal balance of the term loan.
On April 16, 2012, the Company issued $300 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”), of which $287.6 million remains outstanding. The Senior Notes require no principal installments prior to their June 15, 2022 maturity, require semiannual interest payments in December and June of each year and contain certain financial and non-financial covenants. The Senior Notes include a call feature that allows the Company to repurchase them anytime on or after June 15, 2017 at stated redemption prices (currently ranging from 100.00% to 101.88%), plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company was in compliance with all the terms of the Senior Notes at February 28, 2019.
On March 29, 2019, the Company refinanced its credit facility resulting in a new $600 million senior credit facility, comprised of a $400 million revolving line of credit and a $200 million term loan. The new facility, which will mature in March 2024, includes a reduction in pricing, bears an initial interest rate of LIBOR + 1.625bps, and expands the revolving credit facility from $300 million to $400 million. In addition, the new credit facility contains financial covenants that are consistent with the prior facility, with enhancements that improve overall liquidity, and provides the option for future expansion through a $300 million accordion on the revolver. Borrowings under the credit agreement are secured by substantially all personal property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiary guarantors and certain equity interests owned by the foreign law pledgors.