Note 5 - Credit Facilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Credit Facilities

Sterling Credit Facility:

SGRP and certain of its US and Canadian subsidiaries, namely SPAR Marketing Force, Inc., National Assembly Services, Inc., SPAR Group International, Inc., SPAR Trademarks, Inc., SPAR Acquisition, Inc., SPAR Canada, Inc., SPAR Canada Company ("SCC"), and SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") (together with SGRP, SCC and SWI, each a "Borrower"), are parties to a Revolving Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 6, 2010, as amended in June 2011, July 2012, January 2013, July 2013, and October 2013 (as amended, the "Sterling Loan Agreement"), with Sterling National Bank (the "Lender"), and their Secured Revolving Loan Note in the amended maximum principal amounts of $6.5 million to Sterling National Bank (as amended by all loan amendments, the "Sterling Note"), to document and govern their credit facility with the Lender (including such agreement and note, the "Sterling Credit Facility"). The Sterling Credit Facility currently is scheduled to expire and the Borrowers’ loans thereunder will become due on July 6, 2016.

The Sterling Loan Agreement currently requires the Borrowers to pay interest on the loans thereunder equal to the Agent's floating Prime Rate (as defined such agreement) minus one half of one percent (1/2%) per annum, and a fee on the maximum unused line thereunder equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum.

Revolving Loans of up to $6.5 million are available to the Borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility based upon the borrowing base formula defined in the Sterling Loan Agreement (principally 85% of "eligible" US and Canadian accounts receivable less certain reserves). The Sterling Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers (other than SGRP's non-Canadian foreign subsidiaries, certain designated domestic subsidiaries, and their respective equity and assets).

Due to the lockbox arrangement and the Lender's ability to invoke a subjective acceleration clause at its discretion, borrowings under the Sterling Credit Facility are classified as current.

The Sterling Loan Agreement contains certain financial and other restrictive covenants and also limits certain expenditures by the Borrowers, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures and other investments. At December 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with such covenants.

The amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement dated as of July 1, 2013, among other things, extended the scheduled term of the Sterling Credit Facility to July 6, 2016 (with no early termination fee), and eliminated the requirement for a "closed lock box" so that collections no longer automatically pay down the loans under the Sterling Loan Agreement.

As a result of the October 30, 2013, Amendment to the Sterling Loan Agreement, the Company's Canadian subsidiaries, SCC and SWI, were added as Borrowers, their receivables are now included in the Company's borrowing base and pledged to Sterling, and advances are available to those Canadian borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. SCC has retired its existing credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and replaced it by becoming a borrower under the Sterling Credit Facility. On January 1, 2014, SWI merged into SCC.

International Credit Facilities: 

SPARFACTS Australia Pty. Ltd., has a secured line of credit facility with Oxford Funding Pty Ltd. for $1.2 million (Australian) or approximately $1.1 million (based upon the exchange rate at December 31, 2013). The facility provides for borrowing based upon a formula, as defined in the agreement (principally 80% of eligible accounts receivable less certain deductions). The agreement technically expired on October 31, 2012, but is being extended from month to month at the Company's request. SPARFACTS is in the process of renegotiating new financing.

SPAR Canada Company, a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary ("SCC"), had a secured credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC") providing for a Demand Operating Loan for a maximum borrowing of approximately $701,000. The Demand Operating Loan provided for borrowing based upon a formula, as defined in the agreement (principally 75% of eligible accounts receivable less certain deductions) and had a minimum total debt to tangible net worth covenant. The RBC facility was paid in full and terminated October 30, 2013, when SCC became a borrower under the amended Sterling Credit Facility.

On March 7, 2011, the Japanese subsidiary, SPAR FM Japan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, secured a term loan with Mizuho Bank in the amount of 20.0 million Yen (Japanese), or approximately $190,000. The loan is payable in monthly installments of 238,000 Yen or $2,300 at an interest rate of 0.1% per annum with a maturity date of February 28, 2018. The outstanding balance at December 31, 2013, was approximately 11.9 million Yen or $113,000 (based upon the exchange rate at December 31, 2013).

Summary of Company Credit and Other Debt Facilities (dollars in thousands):

	December 31, 2013		Interest Rate1			December 31, 2012		Interest Rate2
Credit Facilities Loan Balance:
United States	$	3,615		2.8	%	$	1,762		4.3	%
Australia		696		7.0	%		210		9.4	%
Canada	–			–			421		4.0	%
	$	4,311				$	2,393
Other Debt Facility:
Japan Term Loan	$	113		0.1	%	$	171		0.1	%

	December 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Unused Availability:
United States	$	2,885	$	4,248
Australia		368		1,035
Canada	–			331
	$	3,253	$	5,614

(1)      Based on interest rate at December 31, 2013

(2)      Based on interest rate at December 31, 2012

Management believes that based upon the continuation of the Company's existing credit facilities, projected results of operations, vendor payment requirements and other financing available to the Company (including amounts due to affiliates), sources of cash availability should be manageable and sufficient to support ongoing operations over the next year. However, delays in collection of receivables due from any of the Company's major clients, or a significant reduction in business from such clients could have a material adverse effect on the Company's cash resources and its ongoing ability to fund operations.