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Note 10 - Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

10.

DEBT

 

The below table presents details of the Company's debt:

 

   

December 31, 2019

   

December 31, 2018

 

Short term debt and current portion of long term debt

               

Working capital facilities

    23,179       21,975  
Loan from related parties     3,312       -  

Term loan

    16,800       9,800  
Equipment loan     801       0  

Finance lease obligations

    632       1,816  

Total

  $ 44,724     $ 33,591  
                 

Long term debt

               

Term loan, net of debt issuance costs

    105,075       120,462  

Equipment loan

    619       -  

Secured revolving credit facility

    23,097       31,152  

Finance lease obligations

    1,353       486  

Total Long Term Debt

  $ 130,144     $ 152,100  

 

Working capital facilities

 

The Company has a number of working capital facilities in various countries in which it operates. These facilities provide for a fund based combined borrowing capacity of approximately $30.0 million for a number of working capital products. These facilities bear interest at benchmark rate plus margins between 3.0% and 4.5% and are due on demand. These facilities are collateralized by various Company assets and have a total outstanding balance of $23.2 million as of December 31, 2019.

 

 

Loan from related parties

 

On August 26, 2019, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Tribus Capital Limited, as lender (“Tribus”), pursuant to which Tribus made a single-draw unsecured term loan to the Company in the aggregate amount of $1.5 million.  The Company will pay interest on such loan at the rate of 8.5% per annum.  All principal and interest on the loan is due and payable on February 26, 2020.  Tribus is an affiliate of the Aegis Stockholder. 

 

On November 20, 2019, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Bluemoss Ergon Limited , as lender (“Bluemoss”), pursuant to which Bluemoss made a single-draw unsecured term loan to the Company in the aggregate amount of $1.75 million.  The Company will pay interest on such loan at the rate of 8.5% per annum.  All principal and interest on the loan is due and payable on May 20, 2020. Bluemoss is an affiliate of the Aegis Stockholder.

 

Term loan

 

On October 27, 2017, the Company entered into a Senior Term Agreement ("Term loan") to provide funding for the acquisition of ESM Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries in the amount of $140 million for a five year term. The Term loan was fully funded on November 22, 2017 and is to be repaid based on a quarterly repayment schedule beginning six months after the first utilization date.

 

Principal payments due on the term loan are as follows:

 

Years

 

Amount

 

2020

    16,800  

2021

    21,000  

2022

    88,200  
    $ 126,000  

 

The Term loan has a floating interest rate of USD LIBOR plus 4.5% annually for the first year and thereafter the margin will range between 3.75% and 4.5% subject to certain financial ratios.

 

In connection with the Term loan, the Company incurred issuance costs of $7.3 million which are net against the Term loan on the balance sheet. Unamortized debt issuance costs as of December 31, 2019 amount to $4.1 million.

 
As per the various debt agreements, the Group is required to meet certain financial covenants on a quarterly basis. One of the subsidiaries of the Company was in non-compliance with respect to one of such covenants for the relevant period ended December 31, 2019. This was due to step-up in the requirement of the covenant relative to the previous period when the Company was in compliance. The Company sought from the respective lender consortium an appropriate waiver with regards to this non-compliance. The Company has since received the requisite waiver from the relevant lender consortium. Further, we have received an in-principle approval from the lender consortium to revise the basis of the covenant testing going forward. Basis the revised covenant testing approach, we would have met the covenant for December 31, 2019 and also expect to meet all covenants in the future.
 

Secured revolving credit facility

The Company has a secured revolving credit facility which is effective through March 2022. Under this agreement, we may borrow the lesser of the borrowing base calculation and $40 million. As long as no default has occurred and with lender consent, we may increase the maximum availability to $60 million in $5 million increments, and we may request letters of credit in an amount equal to the aggregate revolving credit commitments. The borrowing base is generally defined as 90% of our eligible accounts receivable less certain reserves.
 

As of December 31, 2019, we had $23,097 of outstanding borrowings and our remaining borrowing capacity was $14,751. Our borrowings bear interest at one-month LIBOR plus 1.50% to 1.75%, depending on current availability.

 

We have entered into factoring agreements with financial institutions to sell certain of our accounts receivable under non-recourse agreements. Under the arrangement, the Company sells the trade receivables on a non-recourse basis and accounts for the transactions as sales of receivables. The applicable receivables are removed from the Company's consolidated balance sheet when the cash proceeds are received by the Company. We do not service any factored accounts after the factoring has occurred. We utilize factoring arrangements as part of our financing for working capital. The aggregate gross amount factored under these agreements was $9.9 million for year the ended December 31, 2019.

 

BMO Equipment Loan

 

The Company has entered into agreements to secure loans against US and Canadian assets in the amount of $2,062 at the interest of 7.568% per annum, to be repaid over 2.5 years. The loan was funded in January 2019 and the total outstanding balance as of December 31,2019 is $1,420.

 

Finance lease obligations

 

From time to time and when management believes it to be advantageous, we may enter into other arrangements to finance the purchase or construction of capital assets.