Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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Debt

Our Credit Agreement, dated July 1, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”) contains (i) a $100 million, five-year undrawn revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”), (ii) a $150 million five-year delayed draw amortizing term loan (“Term Loan A-1”) and (iii) a $150 million seven-year delayed draw amortizing term loan (“Term Loan A-2” and collectively with Term Loan A-1, the “Term Loans”). The following loans were outstanding under the Credit Agreement:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Term loan A-1	$	50,000	$	37,500
Term loan A-2	50,000		37,500
Total debt	100,000		75,000
Less: unamortized loan fees	(43)		(46)
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees	$	99,957	$	74,954

Both Term Loan A-1 and Term Loan A-2 bear interest at one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%. The margin of 1.50% is variable and determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio. The interest rate was 6.36% and 5.89% at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company's cash payments for interest were $1.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Shentel had no debt outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2022; therefore, the Company made no interest payments during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Shentel is charged commitment fees on unutilized portions of its Revolver and Term Loans. The Company recorded $0.2 million related to these fees for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 which is included in other income (expense), net in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Credit Agreement contains a borrowing deadline of June 30, 2023, after which the Company will not be able to borrow against the undrawn portion of the Term Loans.

The Credit Agreement includes various covenants, including total net leverage ratio and debt service coverage ratio financial covenants.

Shentel’s Term Loans require quarterly payments based on a percentage of the outstanding balance. Based on the outstanding balance as of March 31, 2023, Term Loan A-1 requires quarterly principal repayments of $0.3 million from September 30, 2023 through June 30, 2024; then increasing to $0.6 million quarterly from September 30, 2024 through March 31, 2026, with the remaining balance due June 30, 2026. Based on the outstanding balance as of December 31, 2022, Term Loan A-2 requires quarterly principal repayments of $0.1 million through March 31, 2028, with the remaining balance due June 30, 2028.

The following table summarizes the expected payments of Shentel's outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2023:

(in thousands)	Amount
2023	$	875
2024	2,375
2025	3,000
2026	45,500
2027	500
2028	47,750
Total	$	100,000

The Credit Agreement is fully secured by a pledge and unconditional guarantee from the Company and all of its subsidiaries, except Shenandoah Telephone Company. This provides the lenders a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company.

The International Exchange (ICE) Benchmark Administration ceased the publication of one-week and two-month LIBOR on December 31, 2021 and the remaining tenors (overnight, one-month, three-month, six-month and 12-month) will cease to be published on June 30, 2023. The Company's term loans and revolver identify LIBOR as a reference rate for tenors ceasing on June 30, 2023 and maturing after 2023. Alternative reference rates that replace LIBOR may not yield the same or similar economic results over the terms of the financial instruments. The transition from LIBOR could result in us paying higher or lower interest rates on our current LIBOR-indexed term loans. The Credit Agreement includes provisions that provide for the identification of a LIBOR replacement rate. Any changes to the reference rate will be agreed through an amendment to the Credit Agreement and are expected to reference the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and be entered into during 2023. Additionally, we expect to utilize the accounting relief available under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 848, Reference Rate Reform, and therefore do not expect significant modification to current accounting.