Note 9 - Line of Credit

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

9. LINE OF CREDIT

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to a loan agreement with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, amended and restated effective

February

20,

2009,

which provides for a

$35

million revolving credit facility and includes a sub-limit of

$5

million for letters of credit (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and expires

December

11,

2019.

  The Revolving Credit Facility has been amended several times, most recently pursuant to the Sixth Amendment entered into on

June

13,

2016

when another daily borrowing rate option was added, and the Fifth Amendment entered into on

December

14,

2015

when certain definitions, including without limitation those of terms that are elements of the financial covenants contained in the Revolving Credit Facility, including Applicable LIBOR Rate Margin, Applicable Prime Rate Margin, Fixed Charge Ratio, Letter of Credit Applicable Margin and Permitted Dividend.  The Amendment also deletes the definition of Modified Current Ratio.  The Fifth Amendment also revised certain provisions relating to unused line fees, permitted dividends, a permitted disposition, fees for unused availability under the revolving credit line and certain elements of the financial and operating covenants.  Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at

one

of

two

alternative rates, as selected by the Company at each incremental borrowing.  These alternatives are: (i) LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), plus applicable margin, typically borrowed in fixed

30

-day increments or (ii) the agent bank’s prime rate generally borrowed over shorter durations.  The Company also pays unused line fees based on the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility that is not drawn.  Unused line fees are recorded as interest expense.  The effective interest rate, including unused line fees, for the fiscal year ended

December

31,

2016

was

2.3%.

All borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility are collateralized by all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and a pledge of the stock of its subsidiaries.  The Revolving Credit Facility also contains various financial and non-financial covenants, such as a covenant that restricts on the Company’s ability to borrow in order to pay dividends.  The Company paid a special cash dividend on

December

30,

2015

which was expressly permitted under the Revolving Credit Facility. As of

December

31,

2016,

the Company was in compliance with all covenants contained in its Revolving Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the line of credit as of

December

31,

2016

and

January

2,

2016

were

$14.3

million and

$21.0

million, respectively.  At

December

31,

2016

and

January

2,

2016,

there were letters of credit outstanding for

$0.8

million.  At

December

31,

2016,

the Company had availability for additional borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility of

$19.9

million.