Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Debt

Debt

11. Debt

Credit Facilities

On November 22, 2022, the Company’s subsidiaries, BK Technologies, Inc. and RELM Communications, Inc. (the “Subsidiaries”), entered into an accounts receivable financing arrangement via an Invoice Purchase and Security Agreement (“IPSA”) with Alterna Capital Solutions, LLC (“Alterna”).  On November 28, 2022, the Subsidiaries and Alterna entered into a rider to the IPSA, to modify the agreement to, among other things, provide a credit facility for up to 75% of net orderly liquidation value of inventory, not to exceed 100% of the eligible accounts receivable balance.   The IPSA, which provides for a one-year line of credit with a maximum capacity of up to $15 million (the “Line of Credit”), is scheduled to be renewed in November 2023, unless canceled by the mutual consent of the parties. The Line of Credit bears an interest rate of Prime plus 1.85%. The effective borrowing rate under the IPSA was 9.85% as of March 31, 2023.   Interest and related servicing fees for the three months ended March 31, 2023, were approximately $0.2 million. Under the arrangement, the Company may transfer eligible short-term trade receivables to the conduit, with full recourse, on a daily basis in exchange for cash.  Generally, at the transfer date, the Company may receive cash equal to approximately 85% of the value of the transferred receivables.  The Company accounts for the transfers of receivables as a secured borrowing due to the Company’s continuing involvement with the accounts receivable.

The Company used approximately $4.5 million  of IPSA funding to repay the outstanding balance of the credit facility with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., which subsequently expired on January 31, 2023.

 During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company transferred receivables having an aggregate face value of $24.0 million to the conduit in exchange for proceeds of $20.8 million, of which $19.9 million was funded by re-invested collections. There were no losses incurred on these transfers during the three months ended March 31, 2023.  The IPSA matures on November 22, 2023.

 At March 31, 2023, the outstanding borrowings under this credit facility were approximately $7.0 million and the outstanding principal amount of receivables transferred under this facility amounted to $7.2 million.

Notes Payable

 On April 6, 2021, BK Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and JPMC, as a lender, entered into a Master Loan Agreement in the amount of $743 to finance various items of manufacturing equipment (the “JPMC Credit Agreement”). The Company used funds obtained from the Line of Credit to replace the JPMC Credit Agreement.

On September 25, 2019, BK Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a division of U.S. Bank National Association, as a lender, entered into a Master Loan Agreement in the amount of $425 to finance various items of manufacturing equipment. The loan is collateralized by the equipment purchased using the proceeds. The Master Loan Agreement is payable in 60 equal monthly principal and interest payments of approximately $8 beginning on October 25, 2019, matures on September 25, 2024, and bears a fixed interest rate of 5.11%.  

The following table summarizes the notes payable principal repayments subsequent to March 31, 2023:

	March 31, 2023
Remaining nine months of 2023	$	208
2024		263
2025		66
Thereafter		—
Total payments	$	537