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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt
Note F – Debt

On January 25, 2012, the Company signed an amendment to its secured Loan Agreement with People's United Bank ("People's") which included an additional $5,000,000 term portion (the "2012 Term Loan").  The 2012 Term Loan requires quarterly payments of $178,571 for a period of seven (7) years, maturing on January 31, 2019.

Interest on the original term portion of the Loan Agreement is fixed at 4.98%.  Interest on the 2012 Term Loan is fixed at 3.90%   Prior to the amendment, the interest rate on the revolving credit portion of the Loan Agreement varied based on the LIBOR rate or People's Prime rate plus a margin spread of 2.25%, with a floor rate of 4.0%.  As part of the amendment signed on January 25, 2012, this was changed to the LIBOR rate or People's Prime rate plus 2.25%, with a floor of 3.25%; additionally the maturity date was extended to January 31, 2014.  During December 2011, the Company used $3,000,000 of the revolving credit, the proceeds of which, along with existing cash, were used to fund a discretionary pension payment made in December, 2011.  This amount was repaid in January 2012.  The Company did not utilize the revolving credit during the quarter ended September 29, 2012.

The Company has loan covenants under the Loan Agreement which require the Company to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.1 to 1, a leverage ratio of no more than 1.75 to 1, and minimum tangible net worth of $43 million as of the end of Fiscal 2010 increasing each year by 50% of consolidated net income.  As of December 31, 2011, this amount was approximately $45.8 million.  In addition, the Company has restrictions on, among other things, new capital leases, purchases or redemptions of its capital stock, mergers and divestitures, and new borrowing.  The Company was in compliance with all covenants in 2011 and for the three and nine month periods ended September 29, 2012.