Revolving Credit Facility and Long-term Debt. Our outstanding debt obligations as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
2016 Term loan	$	92,500		$	145,000
2016 Revolving credit loans	138,500			180,000
2017 Debt facility	6,998			—
Less debt issuance costs	(592		)	(627		)
Total long-term debt	237,406			324,373
Less current portion	16,998			10,000
Long-term portion	$	220,408		$	314,373

2017 Debt Facility

On February 23, 2017, we entered into a loan agreement with HSBC Bank, whereby HSBC Bank agreed to provide us with a loan in the amount of approximately $7.0 million. The loan matures on February 1, 2018, with an extension available at the Company's option, subject to certain conditions. The loan agreement bears interest at the three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.0%, which resets quarterly. The loan is secured by assets equal to the currently outstanding loan balance. The loan contains covenants, representations and warranties and other terms customary for loans of this nature. Our interest rate as of March 31, 2017 was a variable rate of 2.06%.

2016 Term Loan and Revolving Credit Loans

On July 6, 2016, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended to date, the “Second Amended Credit Agreement”), with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and a lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner. In addition to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., U.S. Bank, National Association, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, are parties to the Second Amended Credit Agreement as lenders. The Second Amended Credit Agreement amends and restates in its entirety Merit’s previously outstanding Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and all amendments thereto. The Second Amended Credit Agreement was amended on September 28, 2016 to allow for a new revolving credit loan to our wholly-owned subsidiary and on March 20, 2017 to allow flexibility in how we apply net proceeds received from equity issuances to prepay outstanding indebtedness.

The Second Amended Credit Agreement provides for a term loan of $150 million and a revolving credit commitment up to an aggregate amount of $275 million, which includes a reserve of $25 million to make swingline loans from time to time. The term loan is payable in quarterly installments in the amounts provided in the Second Amended Credit Agreement until the maturity date of July 6, 2021, at which time the term and revolving credit loans, together with accrued interest thereon, will be due and payable. At any time prior to the maturity date, we may repay any amounts owing under all revolving credit loans, term loans, and all swingline loans in whole or in part, subject to certain minimum thresholds, without premium or penalty, other than breakage costs.

Revolving credit loans denominated in dollars and term loans made under the Second Amended Credit Agreement bear interest, at our election, at either a Base Rate or Eurocurrency Base Rate (as such terms are defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) plus the applicable margin, which increases as our Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) increases. Revolving credit loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) bear interest at the Eurocurrency rate plus the applicable margin. Swingline loans bear interest at the base rate plus the applicable margin. Upon an event of default, the interest rate may be increased by 2.0%. The revolving credit commitment will also carry a commitment fee of 0.15% to 0.40% per annum on the unused portion.

The Second Amended Credit Agreement is collateralized by substantially all our assets. The Second Amended Credit Agreement contains covenants, representations and warranties and other terms customary for loans of this nature. The Second Amended Credit Agreement requires that we maintain certain financial covenants, as follows:



		Covenant Requirement
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (1)
	Through March 31, 2017	4.5 to 1.0
	April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017	4.0 to 1.0
	July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017	3.75 to 1.0
	January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018	3.5 to 1.0
	April 1, 2018 and thereafter	3.25 to 1.0
Consolidated EBITDA (2)		1.25 to 1.0
Consolidated Net Income (3)		$0
Facility Capital Expenditures (4)		$30 million

(1)	Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) as of any fiscal quarter end.
(2)	Minimum ratio of Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement and adjusted for certain expenditures) to Consolidated Fixed Charges (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters.
(3)	Minimum level of Consolidated Net Income (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) for certain periods, and subject to certain adjustments.
(4)	Maximum level of the aggregate amount of all Facility Capital Expenditures (as defined in the Second Amended Credit Agreement) in any fiscal year.

Additionally, the Second Amended Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and affirmative and negative covenants for transactions of this type. As of March 31, 2017, we believe we were in compliance with all covenants set forth in the Second Amended Credit Agreement.

As of March 31, 2017, we had outstanding borrowings of approximately $231.0 million under the Second Amended Credit Agreement, with available borrowings of approximately $136.5 million, based on the leverage ratio required pursuant to the Second Amended Credit Agreement. Our interest rate as of March 31, 2017 was a fixed rate of 3.12% on $46.3 million and a fixed rate of 2.98% on $128.8 million as a result of interest rate swaps (see Note 10), and a variable floating rate of 2.98% on $56.0 million. Our interest rate as of December 31, 2016 was a fixed rate of 3.12% on $45.0 million and 2.98% on $130.0 million as a result of interest rate swaps and a variable floating rate of 2.77% on approximately $150.0 million.

Future Payments

Future minimum principal payments on our long-term debt as of March 31, 2017, are as follows (in thousands):



Years Ending	Future Minimum
December 31	Principal Payments
Remaining 2017	7,500
2018	19,498
2019	15,000
2020	17,500
2021	178,500
Total future minimum principal payments	$	237,998