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CORPORATE BORROWINGS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
CORPORATE BORROWINGS CORPORATE BORROWINGS
Indebtedness Outstanding. The following table presents the Company’s outstanding indebtedness:
 December 31,
Description(a)
20232022
Credit Agreement - Revolver, 6.46% (variable rate) due 2026
$63,000 $— 
Convertible Note, 1.88% (fixed rate) due 2041
201,250 201,250 
Note Purchase Agreement
Series A Senior Secured Notes, 3.53% (fixed rate) due 2027
12,000 15,200 
Senior Secured Notes, 3.80% (fixed rate) due 2029
17,600 20,000 
Total indebtedness outstanding293,850 236,450 
    Less unamortized loan fees(b)
(6,601)(6,115)
Total indebtedness outstanding, net287,249 230,335 
    Less current maturities of long-term debt(6,400)(5,600)
Long-term debt$280,849 $224,735 
(a) Interest rates are as of December 31, 2023.
(b) Loan fees are being amortized over the life of the debt agreements.

Credit Agreement. On February 14, 2020, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with multiple participants led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”), which provided for a $300,000 revolving credit facility. On May 14, 2021, the Company amended the Credit Agreement to extend the term and to increase the principal amount available to $400,000 and to permit the Company, subject to obtaining lender approval, to increase the amount of the revolving credit facility by up to an additional $100,000 provided certain conditions are satisfied and at the discretion of the lender. On August 31, 2022, the Credit Agreement was amended to change the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to SOFR. The Credit Agreement matures on May 14, 2026. The Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all assets, excluding real property.
The Credit Agreement includes certain requirements and covenants, with which the Company was in compliance at December 31, 2023. The Company incurred no new loan fees related to the Credit Agreement during 2023. The unamortized balance of total loan fees related to the Credit Agreement was $824 at December 31, 2023. The unamortized loan fees are being amortized over the life of the Credit Agreement.

Part of the cash portion of the consideration paid to acquire Penelope and transaction-related expenses were financed with $105,000 borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $63,000 outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement, leaving $337,000 available. The interest rate for the borrowings of the Credit Agreement at December 31, 2023 was 6.46%.

Note Purchase Agreements. The Company’s Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), with PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”), an affiliate of Prudential Financial, Inc., and certain affiliates of Prudential, provides for the issuance of $20,000 of Series A Senior Secured Notes and the issuance of up to $105,000 of additional Senior Secured Notes (or any higher amount solely to the extent Prudential has provided written notice to the Company of its authorization of such a higher amount). Effective August 23, 2023, the Note Purchase Agreement was amended to increase the total amount of Senior Secured Notes that may be issued under the facility of the Note Purchase Agreement to $250,000. Additionally, the period for issuing senior secured promissory notes under the Note Purchase Agreement was extended from August 23, 2023 to August 31, 2026.

During 2017, the Company issued $20,000 of Series A Senior Secured Notes with a maturity date of August 23, 2027. The Series A Senior Secured Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.53 percent per year. During 2019, the Company issued $20,000 of additional Senior Secured Notes with a maturity date of April 30, 2029. The Senior Secured Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.80 percent per year. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $12,000 of Series A Senior Secured Notes and $17,600 of additional Senior Secured Notes outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement, leaving $220,400 available of under the Note Purchase Agreement.

The Company did not capitalize any new loan fees related to the Note Purchase Agreement during 2023. The unamortized balance of total loan fees related to the Note Purchase Agreement was $71 at December 31, 2023 and is being amortized over the life of the Note Purchase Agreement. The Note Purchase Agreement is secured by substantially all assets, excluding real property. The Note Purchase Agreement includes certain requirements and covenants, with which the Company was in compliance at December 31, 2023.

Convertible Senior Notes. On November 16, 2021, the Company issued $201,250 in aggregate principal amount of 1.88% convertible senior notes due in 2041 (the “2041 Notes”). The total aggregate principal amount includes $26,250 aggregate principal amount of 2041 Notes purchased by the initial purchasers in the offering pursuant to their exercise in full of their option to purchase additional notes under the purchase agreement for the offering. The 2041 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 16, 2021 ( the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, as issuer, Luxco, Inc., MGPI Processing, Inc., and MGPI of Indiana, LLC, as subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The 2041 Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and interest is payable semi-annually in arrears at a fixed interest rate of 1.88% on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The 2041 Notes mature on November 15, 2041 (“Maturity Date”) unless earlier repurchased, redeemed, or converted, per the terms of the Indenture. Upon conversion, the Company will pay cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the 2041 Notes to be converted and pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at its election, in respect to the remainder, if any, of the Company’s conversion obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the 2041 Notes being converted.

The Company incurred no new loan fees related to the 2041 Notes during 2023. The unamortized balance of total loan fees related to the 2041 Notes was $5,706 at December 31, 2023 and is being amortized over the life of the 2041 Notes.

The initial conversion rate for the 2041 Notes is 10.3911 shares of Common Stock per $1 principal amount of the 2041 Notes. Prior to the Maturity Date, holders may convert at their option only in the following circumstances:

•During any calendar quarter commencing after the quarter ending March 31, 2022, if the closing sale price of Common Stock for at least 20 trading days in the period of 30 consecutive trading days is more than 130% of the conversion price;
•during the 5 consecutive business days following any 10 consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1 principal amount of the notes for each trading day was less than 98% of the product of the closing sale price of
Common Stock on such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day;
•upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, as defined in the Indenture;
•if the Company calls the notes for redemption; or
•during the period July 15, 2026 ending close of business day immediately preceding November 20, 2026 or the period July 15, 2041 and close of business day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

Debt Maturities. Aggregate amount of maturities for long-term debt as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:
2024$6,400 
20256,400 
202669,400 
20275,600 
20283,200 
Thereafter202,850 
Total$293,850