XML 25 R14.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.2
Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense
Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands): 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
10.75% Senior Notes due 2023
$300,000 $300,000 
Senior Secured Promissory Note15,000 — 
Finance leases and other notes20,071 35,898 
Unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs(23,412)(8,795)
     Total long-term debt311,659 327,103 
Less current portion7,609 18,738 
    Total non-current portion of long-term debt$304,050 $308,365 
The Company was in compliance with the debt covenants under its existing debt agreements as of September 30, 2020.
Debt Discounts and Issuance Costs
The following discounts and issuance costs on debt represent the unamortized discount to fair value of the Senior Notes, the Senior Secured Promissory Note, and the unamortized debt issuance costs on Senior Notes (in thousands). For discussion of the change in unamortized discount on Senior Notes, see discussion below.
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes$11,616 $2,156 
Unamortized discount on Senior Secured Promissory Note6,496 — 
Unamortized deferred debt issuance costs5,300 6,639 
Total unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs$23,412 $8,795 
Interest Expense
The Company’s interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, consisted of the following (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Cash payments for interest$1,187 $1,435 $19,858 $21,863 
Change in accrued interest8,250 9,236 8,446 8,050 
Amortization of discounts1,656 265 3,837 789 
Amortization of deferred debt costs543 590 2,794 1,745 
Commitment and other fees paid12 27 36 
Other42 46 115 73 
Interest expense - continuing operations$11,683 $11,584 $35,077 $32,556 

Senior Secured Notes
On October 2, 2018, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 10.75% senior secured notes due October 2023 (the “Senior Notes”) in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The Senior Notes were issued at a price of 99.042% of par to yield 11%. The Senior Notes are secured by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors other than accounts receivable, inventory and certain related assets. Net proceeds from the offering of approximately $290 million were used to repay the Company’s existing indebtedness under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, to repay the Company’s outstanding borrowings under its previous credit facility (the "Prior ABL Facility"), and for general corporate purposes.
Indenture
The Company’s Senior Notes were issued under and are governed by an indenture, dated as of October 2, 2018 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”), and UMB Bank, N.A. as Trustee and Collateral Agent (the “Trustee”). The Senior Notes are jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on a senior secured basis by the Guarantors and are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ assets, other than accounts receivable, inventory and certain related assets.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain subsidiaries to:

incur additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock;
pay dividends or make other distributions to its stockholders;
repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness and certain refinancings thereof;
make certain investments;
incur liens;
enter into certain types of transactions with affiliates;
limit dividends or other payments by restricted subsidiaries to the Company; and
sell assets or consolidate or merge with or into other companies.
These limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture), the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes may declare the entire principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately.
At any time on or prior to October 15, 2020, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 110.8% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, with an amount of cash not greater than the net proceeds from certain equity offerings. At any time prior to October 15, 2020, the Company may redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes plus a “make-whole” premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The Company may also redeem all or a part of the Senior Notes at any time on or after October 15, 2020, at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
The Company may redeem all, but not less than all, of the Senior Notes in connection with a company sale transaction, at a redemption price of 105.4% of principal for a company sale that occurs on or after April 15, 2019, and on or before October 15, 2019, or 108.1% of principal amount for a company sale that occurs after October 15, 2019, and before October 15, 2020, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. If the Company experiences a change of control, the Company may be required to offer to purchase the Senior Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date.
The Senior Notes and the Guarantees rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness, effectively senior to all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the Senior Notes but junior to other indebtedness that is secured by liens on assets other than collateral for the Senior Notes to the extent of the value of such assets, and senior to all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness.
Pursuant to a collateral rights agreement, the Senior Notes and Guarantees are secured by first priority liens, subject to limited exceptions, on the collateral securing the Senior Notes, consisting of substantially all of the property and assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company and the Guarantors, except for certain excluded property described in the Indenture.
As discussed in Note 3. Acquisition, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and as a portion of the consideration for the Stock Purchase, Ascribe, on behalf of the Company, conveyed to Seller Senior Notes with an aggregate par amount equal to $34.4 million (the "Ascribe Senior Notes") and Ascribe entered into an Exchange Agreement dated March 9, 2020, with the Company pursuant to which, among other things, Ascribe exchanged the Ascribe Senior Notes for (a) 118,805 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and (b) an amount in cash for accrued interest on the Ascribe Senior Notes approximately equal to $1.5 million, representing the accrued (but unpaid) interest, from and including the most recent date to which interest had been paid pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes but excluding the date of the closing of the CJWS Transaction, on the aggregate principal amount of the Ascribe Senior Notes. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company issued a Senior Secured Promissory Note on March 9, 2020, in favor of Ascribe in an aggregate principal amount equal to $15 million. See discussion of the Senior Secured Promissory Note below. For further discussion of the Series A Preferred Stock, see Note 10. Series A Participating Preferred Stock.
If Ascribe is required to pay the Make-Whole Payment to Seller, described in Note 3. Acquisitions, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company will be required to reimburse to Ascribe the amount of such Make-Whole Payment (such amount, the "Make-Whole Reimbursement Amount") either (i) in cash (a) to the extent the Company has available cash (as determined by an independent committee of the Company's board of directors) and (b) subject to satisfaction of certain "Payment Conditions" set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement (as defined below) or (ii) if the Company is unable to pay the full Make-Whole Reimbursement Amount in cash pursuant to clause "(i)" of this paragraph, in additional Senior Notes as permitted under the Indenture.
The conveyance of the $34.4 million in Ascribe Senior Notes to Seller by Ascribe, along with other aspects of the Exchange Agreement and Purchase Agreement considered in the aggregate, was deemed for accounting purposes to be an effective extinguishment of the existing Ascribe Senior Notes pursuant to ASC 470-50 "Debt - Modifications and Extinguishments" ("ASC 470-50") and a reissuance of a new issue of Ascribe Senior Notes as of March 9, 2020. The new issue of Ascribe Senior Notes was recorded at its estimated fair value based on the bond market pricing discount of 37% at March 9, 2020, resulting in a net carrying value at time of reissuance of $21.6 million, net of discount. This discount is amortized over the remaining term of the Ascribe Senior Notes through 2023. The deemed reissuance of Ascribe Senior Notes, along with the issuance of the Senior Secured Promissory Note and the Series A Preferred Stock, each also recorded at their estimated fair values, resulted in a net debt extinguishment gain of $22.9 million, net of transaction fees paid to Ascribe. As Ascribe was a beneficial owner of the Company prior to the acquisition, the net extinguishment gain was accounted for as a capital contribution as an adjustment within Additional Paid-In Capital as part of Stockholders' Equity.
ABL Facility
On October 2, 2018, the Company terminated the Prior ABL Facility and Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement and entered into an ABL Credit Agreement (the “Initial ABL Credit Agreement”) among the Company, as borrower (in such capacity, the “Borrower”) and the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “ABL Lenders”). Pursuant to the Initial ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Lenders extended to the Borrower a revolving credit facility in the initial maximum aggregate principal amount of $150 million (reduced to $75 million pursuant to the subsequent amendments described below), subject to borrowing base capacity (the “ABL Facility”). The Initial ABL Facility includes a sublimit for letters of credit of up to $50 million in the aggregate, and for borrowings on same-day notice under swingline loans subject to a sublimit of the lesser of (a) $15 million (reduced to $7.5 million pursuant to the subsequent amendments described below) and (b) the aggregate commitments of the ABL Lenders. The Initial ABL Facility also provides capacity for base rate protective advances up to $10 million at the discretion of the Administrative Agent and provisions relating to overadvances.
The Initial ABL Credit Agreement was amended pursuant to a Limited Consent and First Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement (the "First Amendment"), dated as of March 9, 2020, in connection with the CJWS Transaction and which, among other things, reduced aggregate commitments from $150 million to $120 million, and expanded the definition of the borrowing base to also include eligible pledged cash which can be advanced to the
Administrative Agent as necessary. The Initial ABL Credit Agreement was further amended pursuant to a Second Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2020 (the "Second Amendment"), which, among other things, (i) further reduced aggregate commitments from $120 million to $75 million, (ii) made proportionate downward adjustments to certain of the Availability (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) thresholds that can trigger certain springing covenants such as consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and cash dominion provisions, and (iii) included additional requirements for the Company, such as prepayment requirements for cash accumulation over a specified threshold, an increase in the applicable rates on outstanding borrowings, as well as provisions precluding defensive Initial ABL Credit Agreement drawdowns. In connection with the reductions in the aggregate commitment effected by the First Amendment and Second Amendment, certain deferred financing cost assets of $1.1 million were charged to interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. On October 15, 2020, the Initial ABL Credit Agreement was further amended pursuant to a Third Amendment to ABL Credit Agreement (the "Third Amendment"), pursuant to which, among other things, the issuance of the Second Lien Promissory Note (see discussion below) and the grant of the liens in connection therewith were permitted. The Initial ABL Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and the Third Amendment, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified to date, is hereafter defined as the "ABL Credit Agreement."
Borrowings under the ABL Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to an applicable rate, plus, at Borrower’s option, either (a) a base rate or (b) a LIBOR rate. The applicable rate is fixed from the Second Amendment effective date to July 1, 2020. Following July 1, 2020, the applicable rate is determined by reference to the average daily availability as a percentage of the borrowing base during the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such applicable quarter. The applicable rate was increased as set forth in the Second Amendment.
Principal amounts outstanding under the ABL Facility will be due and payable in full on the maturity date, October 2, 2023, which is five years from the closing of the facility; provided that if the Senior Notes have not been redeemed by July 3, 2023, then the maturity date shall be July 3, 2023. We had $16.3 million of Availability, as defined under the ABL Facility, and subject to borrowing restrictions that are in place as of September 30, 2020. To avoid triggering certain of the consolidated fixed charge coverage ratios and cash dominion covenants which spring into effect under certain minimum availability covenant requirements defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, as amended, as of June 30, 2020, in early July 2020 we repaid the $2.6 million amount of borrowings that was previously outstanding, and during the third quarter of 2020, we advanced $7.4 million, net, of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent. Also beginning during the third quarter of 2020, we are currently subject to increased financial and borrowing base information reporting. The amount of net advances of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent as of September 30, 2020 is reflected as restricted cash in the accompanying consolidating balance sheet. As of November 2, 2020, the amount of cumulative net advances of our available cash balance to the Administrative Agent has been reduced to $3.4 million.
Substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries of the Company guarantee the borrowings under the ABL Facility, and Borrower guarantees the payment and performance by each specified loan party of its obligations under its guaranty with respect to swap obligations. All obligations under the ABL Facility and the related guarantees are secured by a perfected first-priority security interest in substantially all accounts receivable, inventory, and certain other assets, not including equity interests. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $35.6 million of letters of credit outstanding under the ABL Facility.
The Senior Secured Promissory Note
Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company issued a Senior Secured Promissory Note on March 9, 2020, in favor of Ascribe in an aggregate principal amount equal to $15 million (the "Senior Secured Promissory Note"). Interest on the Senior Secured Promissory Note is payable monthly, at an initial interest rate of 10% per annum, increasing by an additional 2% per annum beginning on January 1, 2021, and on January 1 of each succeeding year thereafter until the Senior Secured Promissory Note matures on October 15, 2023. The Senior Secured Promissory Note is secured by a lien upon certain of the Company's existing and after-acquired property, which are also secured by the Company's existing Senior Secured Notes. As a part of the Exchange Agreement and pursuant to ASC 470-50, the Senior Secured Promissory Note was recorded at its estimated fair value, resulting in a net carrying value, net of discount, of $7 million at time of issuance. This discount is amortized using the effective interest method over the remaining term of the Senior Secured Promissory Note. The proceeds of the Senior Secured Promissory Note were used to finance a portion of the purchase price consideration paid in connection with the Stock Purchase. Such proceeds were net of approximately $0.5 million of associated fees related to the issuance of the Senior Secured Promissory Note, which were considered in the determination of the $22.9 million net extinguishment gain discussed above.
Second Lien Delayed Draw Promissory Note and Security Agreement
On October 15, 2020, the Company entered into that certain Second Lien Delayed Draw Promissory Note, in favor of Ascribe, in an aggregate principal amount equal to $15,000,000 (the “Second Lien Promissory Note”). An Initial Advance (as defined in the Second Lien Promissory Note) in an amount of $7,500,000 was drawn on October 15, 2020. The Second Lien Promissory Note is secured by a second lien upon certain of the Company’s existing and after-acquired property pursuant to that certain Second Lien Security Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2020, by and among the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company in favor of Ascribe, as secured party (the “Security Agreement”), which collateral also secures the Company’s ABL Credit Agreement on a first lien basis. Interest shall be calculated on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the date each advance is made at a rate per annum equal to 9.75%, calculated monthly and payable in cash in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July, and October. The proceeds of the Second Lien Promissory Note will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes.