(12) Debt

Long-term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets is as follows:


(In thousands)	October 28, 2017			January 31, 2017
USD Term Loan with a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin of 1.0% to 1.5%, (1.78% as of October 28, 2017), and maturity date of January 31, 2022	$	8,648		$	—
Less:
Debt Issuance Costs, net of accumulated amortization	$	(147	)	$	—
Current Portion of Term Loan	$	(1,656	)	$	—

Long-Term Debt	$	6,845		$	—

The schedule of required principal payments remaining during the next five years on long-term debt outstanding as of October 28, 2017 is as follows:


(In thousands)
Fiscal 2018	$	552
Fiscal 2019		1,472
Fiscal 2020		1,840
Fiscal 2021		2,208
Fiscal 2022		2,576

	$	8,648

On February 28, 2017, the Parties entered into a Credit Agreement with the Lender. The Parties also entered into a related Security and Pledge Agreement with the Lender. The Credit Agreement provides for a term loan to ANI ApS in the amount of $9.2 million.

The term loan bears interest under the Credit Agreement at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR rate plus a margin that varies within a range of 1.0% to 1.5% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. Amounts borrowed under the revolving credit facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) the LIBOR rate (or in the case of revolving credit loans denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the applicable quoted rate), plus a margin that varies within a range of 1.0% to 1.5% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, or (b) a fluctuating reference rate equal to the highest of (i) the federal funds’ rate plus 0.50%, (ii) Bank of America’s publicly announced prime rate or (iii) the LIBOR rate plus 1.00%, plus a margin that varies within a range of 0.0% to 0.5% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio.

In connection with the Credit Agreement, AstroNova and ANI ApS entered into certain hedging arrangements with the Lender to manage the variable interest rate risk and currency risk associated with its payments in respect of the term loan. Refer to Note 13, “Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk Management” for further information about these arrangements.

The Parties must comply with various customary financial and non-financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. The financial covenants consist of a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio. The Credit Agreement contains limitations, in each case subject to various exceptions and thresholds, on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur future indebtedness, to place liens on assets, to conduct mergers or acquisitions, to sell assets, to alter their capital structure, to make investments and loans, to change the nature of their business, and to prepay subordinated indebtedness. The Credit Agreement permits the Company to pay cash dividends on and repurchase shares of its common stock, subject to certain limitations.

In connection with the May 1, 2017 stock repurchase (refer to Note 8, “Shareholders’ Equity”), the Parties entered into a consent and amendment with the Lender, dated as of May 1, 2017, relating to the Credit Agreement solely for purposes of effecting the stock repurchase. The amendment increased the aggregate amount of certain repurchases of Company equity interests permitted to be made by the Company under the Credit Agreement in the Company’s fiscal year ending January 31, 2018, from $5,000,000 to $12,000,000, subject to certain conditions. The amendment prohibits the Company from making other repurchases of Company equity interests under such permission in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2018. The amendment also provides that the aggregate amount paid in cash by the Company to effect the stock repurchase shall not be deducted from the Company’s consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of calculating the consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio covenant to which the Company is subject under the Credit Agreement with respect to any trailing four-fiscal-quarter measurement period through and including the measurement period ending January 31, 2018.

The Lender is entitled to accelerate repayment of the loans and to terminate its revolving credit commitment under the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of any of various customary events of default, which include, among other events, the following: failure to pay when due any principal, interest or other amounts in respect of the loans, breach of any of the Company’s covenants or representations under the loan documents, default under any other of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ significant indebtedness agreements, a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a significant unsatisfied judgment against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or a change of control of the Company.

The obligations of ANI ApS in respect of the term loan are guaranteed by the Company and TrojanLabel. The Company’s obligations in respect of the revolving credit facility and its guarantee in respect of the term loan are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company (including a pledge of a portion of the equity interests held by the Company in ANI ApS and the Company’s wholly-owned German subsidiary Astro-Med GmbH), subject to certain exceptions.

As of October 28, 2017, we believe the Company is in compliance with all of the covenants in the Credit Agreement.

Subsequent to the fiscal quarter end, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., on November 30, 2017. The Second Amendment provides for a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $15.0 million. Refer to Note 19, “Subsequent Event” for further details.