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Debt and Capital Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Capital Leases
Note 11 – Debt and Capital Leases
Debt
On February 17, 2017, we entered into a secured five year credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the Third Amended Credit Agreement), which increased the principal amount of our revolving credit facility to up to $450.0 million borrowing capacity, with sublimits for multicurrency borrowings, letters of credit and swing-line notes, and provided an additional $175.0 million accordion feature. Borrowings may be used to finance working capital needs, for letters of credit and for general corporate purposes in the ordinary course of business, including the financing of permitted acquisitions (as defined in the Third Amended Credit Agreement).
In 2018, we borrowed $82.5 million under our revolving credit facility to fund the acquisition of Griswold and an additional $20.0 million to fund the Merged Plan as part of the proposed plan termination process.
Borrowings under the Third Amended Credit Agreement can be made as alternate base rate loans or euro-currency loans. Alternate base rate loans bear interest that includes a base reference rate plus a spread of 37.5 to 75.0 basis points, depending on our leverage ratio. The base reference rate is the greater of the prime rate; federal funds effective rate (or the overnight bank funding rate, if greater) plus 50 basis points. Euro-currency loans bear interest based on adjusted LIBOR plus a spread of 137.5 to 175.0 basis points, depending on our leverage ratio. Based on our leverage ratio as of December 31, 2018, the spread was 150.0 basis points.
We incurred interest expense on our outstanding debt of $6.1 million, $5.2 million, and $3.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
In addition to interest payable on the principal amount of indebtedness outstanding from time to time under the Third Amended Credit Agreement, we are required to pay a quarterly fee of 20 to 30 basis points (based upon our leverage ratio) of the unused amount of the lenders’ commitments under the Third Amended Credit Agreement. We incurred an unused commitment fee of $0.6 million, $0.6 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
The Third Amended Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, mandatory prepayments and events of default under which our payment obligations may be accelerated. If an event of default occurs, the lenders may, among other things, terminate their commitments and declare all outstanding borrowings to be immediately due and payable together with accrued interest and fees. The financial covenants include requirements to maintain (1) a leverage ratio of no more than 3.25 to 1.00, subject to an election to increase the maximum leverage ratio to 3.50 to 1.00 for one fiscal year in connection with a permitted acquisition, and (2) an interest coverage ratio of no less than 3.00 to 1.00.
All obligations under the Third Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by each of our existing and future material domestic subsidiaries, as defined in the Third Amended Credit Agreement (the Guarantors). The obligations are also secured by a Third Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2017, entered into by us and the Guarantors which grants to the administrative agent, for the benefit of the lenders, a security interest, subject to certain exceptions, in substantially all of the non-real estate assets of the Guarantors. These assets include, but are not limited to, receivables, equipment, intellectual property, inventory, and stock in certain subsidiaries.
All revolving loans are due on the maturity date, February 17, 2022. We are not required to make any quarterly principal payments under the Third Amended Credit Agreement and as of December 31, 2018, we had $228.5 million in outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility. However, we made discretionary principal payments totaling $5.0 million and $110.2 million on our revolving credit facility in 2018 and 2017, respectively.
As of December 31, 2018, we had $1.7 million of outstanding line of credit issuance costs that will be amortized over the life of the Third Amended Credit Agreement, which will terminate in February 2022. We recorded amortization expense of $0.6 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, related to these deferred costs.
In March 2017, we entered into an interest rate swap to hedge the variable interest rate on $75.0 million of our $450.0 million revolving credit facility. For further information regarding the interest rate swap, refer to “Note 3 – Hedging Transactions and Derivative Financial Instruments.”
Restriction on Payment of Dividends
Our Third Amended Credit Agreement generally permits us to pay cash dividends to our shareholders, provided that (i) no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the dividend payment and (ii) our leverage ratio does not exceed 2.75 to 1.00. If our leverage ratio exceeds 2.75 to 1.00, we may nonetheless make up to $20.0 million in restricted payments, including cash dividends, during the fiscal year, provided that no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the payments. Our leverage ratio did not exceed 2.75 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2018.
Capital Leases
We have a capital lease obligation related to our manufacturing facility in Eschenbach, Germany. Under the terms of the leasing agreement, we have an option to purchase the property upon the expiration of the lease in 2021 at a price which is the greater of (i) the then-current market value or (ii) the residual book value of the land including the buildings and installations thereon. The total obligation recorded for this lease as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $5.0 million and $5.7 million, respectively. Depreciation expense related to this capital lease was $0.3 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The depreciation expense related to this capital lease was recorded in Cost of sales” on our consolidated statements of operations. Accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $3.5 million and $3.3 million, respectively.
We also incurred an immaterial amount of interest expense on this capital lease for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The interest expense related to this capital lease was recorded in “Interest expense, net” on our consolidated statements of operations.