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Note 7 - Debt
6 Months Ended
Nov. 27, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
7.
Debt
 
Long - term debt, net consists of the following (in thousands):
 
   
November 27,
2016
   
May 29,
2016
 
Term loan with JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMorgan”), BMO Harris Bank N,A. (“BMO”), and City National Bank; due in quarterly principal and interest payments of $1,250 beginning December 1, 2016 through September 23, 2021 with the remainder due on maturity, with interest based on the Company
’s leverage ratio at a per annum rate of the Eurodollar rate plus a spread of between 1.25% and 2.25%
  $
50,000
    $
 
Real property loan agreement with General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE Capital”); due in monthly principal and interest payments of $133 through May 1, 2022 with interest based on a fixed rate of 4.02% per annum
   
     
14,167
 
Capital equipment loan with GE Capital; due in monthly principal and interest payments of $175 through May 1, 2019 with interest based on a fixed rate of 4.39% per annum
   
     
5,904
 
Capital equipment loan with GE Capital; due in monthly principal and interest payments of $95 through July 17, 2019 with interest based on a fixed rate of 3.68% per annum
   
     
5,558
 
Capital equipment loan with GE Capital; due in monthly principal and interest payments of $56 through December 1, 2019 with interest based on a fixed rate of 3.74% per annum
   
     
3,375
 
Capital equipment loan with Bank of America (“BofA”); due in monthly principal and interest payments of $68 through June 28, 2020 with interest based on a fixed rate of 2.79% per annum
   
     
3,158
 
Real property loan agreement with GE Capital; due in monthly principal payments of $32 through March 1, 2026, plus interest payable monthly at LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum
   
     
7,622
 
Capital equipment loan with GE Capital; due in monthly principal payments of $108 through March 1, 2021, plus interest payable monthly at LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum
   
     
8,873
 
Capital equipment loan with BofA; due in monthly principal and interest payments of $75 through November 27, 2020 with interest based on a fixed rate of 2.92% per annum
   
     
3,940
 
Industrial revenue bonds (“IRBs”) issued by Lifecore; due in annual payments through 2020 with interest at a variable rate set weekly by the bond remarketing agent (0.59% at May 29, 2016)
   
     
2,065
 
Total principal amount of long-term debt
   
50,000
     
54,662
 
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs
   
(289
)
   
(817
)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
   
49,711
     
53,845
 
Less: current portion of long-term debt, net
   
(4,940
)
   
(7,873
)
Long-term debt, net
  $
44,771
    $
45,972
 
 
On
September
23,
2016,
the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with JPMorgan, BMO, and City National Bank, as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and JPMorgan as administrative agent, pursuant to which the Lenders provided the Company with a
$100
million revolving line of credit (the “Revolver”) and a
$50
million term loan facility (the “Term Loan”), guaranteed by each of the Company
’s direct and indirect subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, with the exception of the Company’s investment in Windset.
 
Both the Revolver and the Term Loan mature in
five
years (on
September
23,
2021),
with the Term Loan providing for quarterly principal payments of
$1.25
million commencing
December
1,
2016,
with the remainder due at maturity.
 
Interest on both the Revolver and the Term Loan is based either the prime rate or Eurodollar rate, at the Company
’s discretion, plus a spread based on the Company’s leverage ratio (generally defined as the ratio of the Company’s total indebtedness on such date to the Company’s consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) for the period of
four
consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date). The spread is at a per annum rate of (i) between
0.25%
and
1.25%
if the prime rate is elected or (ii) between
1.25%
and
2.25%
if the Eurodollar rate is elected.
 
The Credit Agreement also contains an accordion feature that provides the Company the right to increase the Revolver commitments and/or the Term Loan commitments by obtaining additional commitments either from
one
or more of the Lenders or another lending institution at an amount of up to
$75
million.
 
 
The Credit Agreement contains customary financial covenants and events of default under which the obligation could be accelerated and/or the interest rate increased. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants as of
November
27,
2016.
 
On
November
1,
2016,
the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement (“Swap”) with BMO at a notional amount of
$50
million. The Swap has the effect of changing the Company
’s Term Loan obligation from a variable interest rate to a fixed
30
- day LIBOR rate of
1.22%.
As of
November
27,
2016,
the interest rate on the Term Loan was
2.97%.
For further discussion regarding the Company’s use of derivative instruments, see the Financial Instruments section of Note
1
– Organization, Basis of Presentation, and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
 
In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company incurred lender and
third
- party debt issuance costs of
$897,000,
of which
$598,000
and
$299,000
was allocated to the Revolver and Term Loan, respectively.
 
As of
November
27,
2016,
$1.5
million was outstanding on the Revolver. As of
November
27,
2016,
the interest rate on the Revolver was
2.29%.
 
Concurrent with the close of the Credit Agreement, all of the proceeds of the Term Loan, and
$1.5
million of the Revolver, was used by the Company to repay all then existing debt. Accordingly, the Company recognized a loss on debt refinancing of
$1.2
million, including
$233,000
of payments for early debt extinguishment penalties, for the quarter ended
November
27,
2016,
primarily related to the write - off of unamortized debt issuance costs on the Company
’s then existing debt as of
September
23,
2016.