Note 8 - Line of Credit and Long-term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

8. LINE OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT:

The Company’s Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) dated October 25, 2018 (“Credit Agreement”), as amended on January 31, 2020 by the Consent and Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo (collectively the “Amended Credit Agreement”) provides for a term loan, as well as letters of credit and revolving loans in the aggregate amount of up to $74 million, subject to a borrowing base (“Revolver Commitment”). The borrowing base is calculated by applying various advance rates to eligible accounts receivable, contract assets, inventories, and equipment, subject to various exclusions, adjustments, and sublimits. The Amended Credit Agreement will expire on October 25, 2024.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, as well as customary affirmative and negative covenants, events of default, and indemnification provisions in favor of the lender. The negative covenants include restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens and indebtedness and certain acquisitions and dispositions of assets and other matters, all subject to certain exceptions. The Amended Credit Agreement also requires the Company to regularly provide financial information to Wells Fargo and to maintain a Senior Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) not greater than 3.00 and a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of at least 1.10 to 1.00. The Company was in compliance with its financial covenants as of December 31, 2020.

The Company's obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by a security interest in certain real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and substantially all of Company’s and its subsidiaries’ other assets.

Interest expense from revolving loan borrowings, long-term debt, and finance leases was $0.9 million, net of amounts capitalized of $0.1 million in 2020, $0.5 million in 2019, and $0.6 million in 2018. A nominal amount of interest was capitalized in 2019 and 2018.

Line of Credit (Revolving Loan)

As of December 31, 2020, the Company had no outstanding revolving loan borrowings and $1.6 million of outstanding letters of credit under the Amended Credit Agreement and additional revolving loan borrowing capacity of $53 million. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement. Revolving loan borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at rates related to the daily three month LIBOR plus 1.5% to 2.0%. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the weighted-average interest rate for outstanding revolving loan borrowings was 1.73% and 3.43% respectively. The Amended Credit Agreement provides a mechanism for determining an alternative benchmark rate to the LIBOR, which may include the Secured Overnight Financing Rate. The Amended Credit Agreement requires the payment of an unused line fee of between 0.25% and 0.375%, based on the amount by which the Revolver Commitment exceeds the average daily balance of outstanding borrowings (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) during any month. Such fee is payable monthly in arrears.

Long-Term Debt

Pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement, on March 31, 2020, the Company entered into a term loan for $15.9 million with Wells Fargo that matures on October 25, 2024 and bears interest at the daily three month LIBOR plus 2.0% to 2.5%. The term loan requires monthly principal payments of $0.3 million plus accrued interest. As of December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance of the term loan was $13.8 million. The Company is obligated to prepay the term loan to the extent that the outstanding principal balance at any time exceeds 60% of the fair market value of specified real property securing the loan. The Company is also obligated to prepay the term loan in an amount equal to 20% of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement). The prepayment from Excess Cash Flow generated in 2020 that is required in 2021 is $4.6 million. Subject to certain limitations, the Company may also voluntarily prepay all or a portion of the loan balance upon ten business days’ written notice.

Future principal payments of long-term debt, which excludes prepayments for periods beyond 2021 that may be required by Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), are as follows (in thousands):

Year ending December 31,
2021	$	7,746
2022		3,176
2023		2,840
Total future principal payments		13,762
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs		(173	)
Less: Current portion of long-term debt		(7,701	)
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$	5,888