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US Flag Senior Credit Facility
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
US Flag Senior Credit Facility [Abstract]  
US Flag Senior Credit Facility

Note 15. US Flag Senior Credit Facility

On September 24, 2013, we entered into a US Flag senior secured credit facility. The Credit Facility matures on September 24, 2018 and includes a term loan facility in the principal amount of $45 million and a revolving credit facility (“LOC”) in the principal amount up to $50 million. The LOC facility includes a $20 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $5 million sublimit for swingline loans.  As of September 24, 2013, the Credit Facility had four lenders, each with commitments ranging from $15 million to $30 million. The facility carries an accordion feature, whereby an additional term loan up to $50 million may be advanced subject to certain financial requirements.

In conjunction with entering into the new Credit Facility, we used the Credit Facility to refinance and retire all indebtedness outstanding under our previously-existing LOC facility scheduled to expire in September 2014 and our five-year variable rate financing agreement we entered into on November 30, 2012.  As a result, both the old LOC facility and the old five-year variable rate facilities were terminated concurrently with the establishment of the new Credit Facility. The total amount paid off was approximately $46.6 million with $21.0 million of this amount drawn from the new LOC.

We categorized this refinancing as a debt extinguishment. The total fees associated with this facility included $1.4 million of bank fees and $148,000 of third party fees. All bank fees associated with the term loan facility were expensed during the third quarter of 2013, while all the fees associated with new LOC facility will be amortized and expensed over the term of the Credit Facility. Approximately $800,000 was expensed in the third quarter of 2013.  

For an update on our obligations and commitments see page 57 of the Liquidity and Capital Resource section of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis.