LONG-TERM DEBT	12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2016
LONG-TERM DEBT	12. LONG-TERM DEBT The Company has a five-year credit agreement, which was entered into on June 30, 2016 and matures on June 30, 2021. The agreement provides for a $500,000 asset-based revolving credit facility and a $100,000 expansion option, subject to certain conditions. Borrowings outstanding on this facility totaled $360,000 at July 31, 2016, and are subject to a variable pricing structure which can result in increases or decreases to the borrowing spread. Depending on the Company’s borrowing availability as a percentage of the revolving credit commitment, pricing spreads can range from 1.25% to 1.75% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR, and from 0.25% to 0.75% for loans bearing interest at the base rate. As of July 31, 2016, the borrowing spread on the LIBOR-based borrowings of $320,000 was 1.50%, resulting in a total rate of approximately 1.97%, and the spread on the base loans of $40,000 was 0.5%, resulting in a total rate of 4.00%. In addition, a 0.25% annual fee is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the credit line under the revolver. The revolving credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets excluding real property, contains customary limits and restrictions concerning investments, sales of assets, liens on assets, stock repurchases and dividend and other payments depending on adjusted excess cash availability as defined in the agreement and summarized below. The terms of the facility permit prepayment without penalty at any time, subject to customary breakage costs relative to the LIBOR-based loans. Borrowing availability under the credit agreement is limited to the lesser of the facility total and the monthly calculated borrowing base, which is based on stipulated loan percentages applied to the Company’s eligible trade accounts receivable and eligible inventories plus a defined amount related to certain machinery and equipment. The credit agreement has no financial covenant restrictions for borrowings as long as the Company has adjusted excess availability under the facility that exceeds 10% of the lesser of the line commitment or the borrowing base total, with a floor of $40,000. Adjusted excess availability consists of the calculated borrowing base availability plus eligible cash on deposit as specified in the facility agreement. If the adjusted excess availability is less than the stipulated amount, then the Company must comply with one financial covenant, a trailing twelve-month minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1:1. The Company was in compliance with its financial covenant at July 31, 2016. Based on the July 2016 borrowing base calculation, the Company had borrowing availability in excess of the outstanding loan balances of approximately $114,000, and adjusted excess availability for covenant purposes of approximately $276,000 as of July 31, 2016. In fiscal 2016, total interest expense on the facility was $789 and the weighted-average interest rate on borrowings from the facility was 2.55%. The Company incurred fees to secure the facility of $7,850 in fiscal 2016, and those fees will be amortized ratably over the five-year term of the agreement, or a shorter period if the credit agreement period is shortened for any reason. The Company recorded charges related to the amortization of these fees, which are recorded in interest expense, of $131 in fiscal 2016, and the unamortized balance of these facility fees was $7,719 at July 31, 2016 and is included in Other long-term assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

12. LONG-TERM DEBT

The Company has a five-year credit agreement, which was entered into on June 30, 2016 and matures on June 30, 2021. The agreement provides for a $500,000 asset-based revolving credit facility and a $100,000 expansion option, subject to certain conditions. Borrowings outstanding on this facility totaled $360,000 at July 31, 2016, and are subject to a variable pricing structure which can result in increases or decreases to the borrowing spread. Depending on the Company’s borrowing availability as a percentage of the revolving credit commitment, pricing spreads can range from 1.25% to 1.75% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR, and from 0.25% to 0.75% for loans bearing interest at the base rate. As of July 31, 2016, the borrowing spread on the LIBOR-based borrowings of $320,000 was 1.50%, resulting in a total rate of approximately 1.97%, and the spread on the base loans of $40,000 was 0.5%, resulting in a total rate of 4.00%. In addition, a 0.25% annual fee is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the credit line under the revolver. The revolving credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets excluding real property, contains customary limits and restrictions concerning investments, sales of assets, liens on assets, stock repurchases and dividend and other payments depending on adjusted excess cash availability as defined in the agreement and summarized below. The terms of the facility permit prepayment without penalty at any time, subject to customary breakage costs relative to the LIBOR-based loans.

Borrowing availability under the credit agreement is limited to the lesser of the facility total and the monthly calculated borrowing base, which is based on stipulated loan percentages applied to the Company’s eligible trade accounts receivable and eligible inventories plus a defined amount related to certain machinery and equipment. The credit agreement has no financial covenant restrictions for borrowings as long as the Company has adjusted excess availability under the facility that exceeds 10% of the lesser of the line commitment or the borrowing base total, with a floor of $40,000. Adjusted excess availability consists of the calculated borrowing base availability plus eligible cash on deposit as specified in the facility agreement. If the adjusted excess availability is less than the stipulated amount, then the Company must comply with one financial covenant, a trailing twelve-month minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1:1. The Company was in compliance with its financial covenant at July 31, 2016. Based on the July 2016 borrowing base calculation, the Company had borrowing availability in excess of the outstanding loan balances of approximately $114,000, and adjusted excess availability for covenant purposes of approximately $276,000 as of July 31, 2016.

In fiscal 2016, total interest expense on the facility was $789 and the weighted-average interest rate on borrowings from the facility was 2.55%. The Company incurred fees to secure the facility of $7,850 in fiscal 2016, and those fees will be amortized ratably over the five-year term of the agreement, or a shorter period if the credit agreement period is shortened for any reason. The Company recorded charges related to the amortization of these fees, which are recorded in interest expense, of $131 in fiscal 2016, and the unamortized balance of these facility fees was $7,719 at July 31, 2016 and is included in Other long-term assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.