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REVOLVING BANK LOAN AND LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
REVOLVING BANK LOAN AND LONG-TERM DEBT  
REVOLVING BANK LOAN AND LONG-TERM DEBT

5. REVOLVING BANK LOAN AND LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Outstanding long-term debt at December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012 (prior to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement which was effective March 20, 2014), consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

December 28, 2013

 

December 29, 2012

 

Secured term loan

 

$

3,408

 

$

3,908

 

Less current portion

 

 

(500

)

Total long-term debt

 

$

3,408

 

$

3,408

 

 

The Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) effective November 18, 2011. The Credit Agreement provided the Company with a revolving credit facility in the amount of $20,000,000 (“Revolving Commitment”) and funded a term loan in the original principal amount of $4,648,000. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are secured by the Company’s accounts receivable, inventories, machinery, equipment, vehicles, certain real estate and the common stock of all of the Company’s subsidiaries. Borrowings under the Revolving Commitment are limited to 80% of eligible accounts receivable and 50% of eligible inventories. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest based on a London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or prime rate based option.

 

The Credit Agreement either limits or requires prior approval by the lender of additional borrowings, acquisition of stock of other companies, purchase of treasury shares and payment of cash dividends. Payment of accrued interest is due monthly or at the end of the applicable LIBOR period on both the revolving credit borrowings and the term debt borrowings. Principal payments under the term loan are due quarterly with a final payment of all remaining unpaid principal at the maturity date.

 

The Company entered into the First Amendment to Credit Agreement effective March 21, 2013 to reduce the revolving credit limit to $15,000,000 and to modify certain of the financial covenants, related definitions and test dates. The Company entered into a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement effective March 20, 2014 to, among other things, (i) increase the Revolving Commitment to $18,000,000 from $15,000,000, (ii) terminate the Term Loan Commitment upon the repayment in full of the outstanding principal balance (and accrued interest thereon), (iii) modify the Borrowing Base calculation to provide for borrowing availability in respect of new Capital Expenditures, (iv) decrease pricing on the Revolving Loans, and (v) extend the maturity date to May 1, 2016, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Amendment. The Credit Agreement as amended provides for the following:

 

·     The Revolving Commitment is $18,000,000.

·     Borrowings under the Revolving Commitment are limited to (a) 80% of eligible accounts receivable, (b) the lesser of 50% of eligible inventories and $8,500,000 plus (c) the lesser of 80% of new Capital Expenditures not to exceed $4,000,000 in the aggregate and $2,000,000 with respect to each of Fiscal Year 2014 and 2015.

·     The Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not permitted to be below 1.05 to 1.0 for the Computation Period ending June 28, 2014 increasing to 1.15 to 1.0 for the Computation Period ending September 27, 2014 and each Fiscal Quarter end thereafter.

·     The Company must not permit Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (Minimum EBITDA) to be less than $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013 or permit the Minimum EBITDA to be less than $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve-month period ending March 29, 2014.

·     The Company must maintain a Minimum Tangible Net Worth as of the last day of any Computation Period of $35,000,000 increased by (but not decreased by) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income beginning with the 2013 fiscal year.

·      The Balance Sheet Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Computation Period may not exceed 1.00 to 1.00.

·     The Company must pay within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to fifty percent of Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year. The lender waived this provision for the 2012 fiscal year.

·      The maturity date of the credit facility is May 1, 2016.

·      Interest rate pricing for the revolving credit facility is currently LIBOR plus 3.25% or the prime rate plus 1%. Commencing July 1, 2014, interest rate pricing will be lowered to LIBOR plus 3.00% or the prime rate plus .75%. An additional reduction is possible in the event the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is equal to or exceeds 1.5 to 1.0 with respect to any Computation Period ending on or after December 31, 2014.

 

Definitions under the Credit Agreement as amended are as follows:

 

·      Minimum Tangible Net Worth is defined as net worth plus subordinated debt, minus intangible assets (goodwill, intellectual property, prepaid expenses, deposits and deferred charges), minus all obligations owed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any affiliate or any or its subsidiaries and minus all loans owed by its officers, stockholders, subsidiaries or employees.

·      Excess Cash Flow is defined as meaning for any period, the remainder of (a) Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) for such period, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) scheduled repayments of principal of the term loan made during such period, plus, (ii) voluntary prepayments of the term loan during such period, plus (iii) mandatory prepayments of the term loan during such period to the extent the amount of such mandatory prepayment was included in EBITDA for such period, (iv) cash payments made in such period with respect to capital expenditures, plus (v) all income taxes paid in cash by the Company during such period, plus (vi) cash interest expense of the Company during such period.

·      Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is defined as, for any computation period, the ratio of (a) the sum for such period of (i) EBITDA minus (ii) the sum of income taxes paid in cash and all unfinanced capital expenditures to (b) the sum for such period of (i) interest expense plus (ii) required payments of principal of the term debt.

·      Balance Sheet Leverage Ratio is defined as the ratio of Total Debt to Tangible Net Worth.

 

Outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility as of December 28, 2013 were $1,000,000 which was also the highest balance outstanding during 2013. Average outstanding revolving credit during the year was $6,000. The weighted average interest rates on the outstanding revolving credit and term debt in 2013 and 2012, including the fee on the unused line of credit and other recurring bank charges but excluding finance charges for letters of credit was approximately 6.8% and 5.6%, respectively. At December 28, 2013, the Company had outstanding letters of credit totalling $5,415,000. At all times since the inception of the Credit Agreement, the Company has had sufficient qualifying and eligible assets such that the available borrowing capacity exceeded the cash needs of the Company and this situation is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

 

The Company believes that its existing cash balance, anticipated cash flow from operations and borrowings available under the Credit Agreement, will be sufficient to cover expected cash needs, including planned capital expenditures, for the next twelve months. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of December 28, 2013 and expects to be in compliance with all debt covenants, as amended, throughout 2014.