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Note 6 - Debt
3 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
6. Debt
 
The carrying amounts of debt at April 2, 2016 and January 2, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
April 2, 2016
 
 
January 2, 2016
 
Revolving credit facility
 
$
244,500
 
  $ 77,000  
Term loan
 
 
125,000
 
    85,000  
Entrusted loan
 
 
9,536
 
    9,474  
Unamortized debt issuance costs
 
 
(1,673
)
    (721 )
Total debt
 
 
377,363
 
    170,753  
Less: Current maturities
 
 
6,250
 
    87,000  
Total long-term debt
 
$
371,113
 
 
$
83,753
 
 
Revolving Credit F
acility / Term Loan
 
On March 4, 2016, the company entered into a new credit agreement with Bank of America, as agent, for up to $700.0 million which consists of an unsecured revolving credit facility of $575.0 million and an unsecured term loan credit facility of up to $125.0 million. The new credit agreement is for a five year period. The new credit agreement replaced the company’s previous credit agreement dated May 31, 2013, which was terminated on March 4, 2016. As of April 2, 2016, the company had available $330.4 million of borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.5% (1.94% as of April 2, 2016). At April 2, 2016, the company was in compliance with all covenants under the revolving credit facility.
 
Entrusted Loan
 
During 2014, the company entered into an entrusted loan arrangement (“Entrusted Loan”) of RMB 110.0 million (approximately $17.9 million at that time) between two of its China legal entities, Littelfuse Semiconductor (Wuxi) Company (the “
Lender
”) and Suzhou Littelfuse OVS Ltd. (the “
Borrower
”), utilizing Bank of America, N.A., Shanghai Branch as agent. Direct borrowing and lending between two commonly owned commercial entities was strictly forbidden at the time under China’s regulations requiring the use of a third party agent to enable loans between Chinese legal entities. As a result, the Entrusted Loan is reflected as both a long-term asset and long-term debt on the company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and is reflected in the investing and financing activities in its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Interest expense and interest income will be recorded between the lender and borrower with no net impact on the company’s Consolidated Statements of Income since the amounts will be offsetting. The loan interest rate per annum is 5.25%. The Entrusted Loan is used to finance the operation and working capital needs of the borrower and matures in November 2019. The balance of the Entrusted Loan was RMB 61.5 million (approximately $9.5 million) at April 2, 2016.
 
Debt Issuance Costs
 
The company incurred debt issuance costs of $1.7 million in relation to the new credit agreement which will be amortized over the life of the new credit agreement. 
 
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03,
Interest - Imputation of Interest
(Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The amendments in this ASU require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The company adopted this guidance in the current quarter, on a retrospective basis, and has reclassified the unamortized debt issuance costs into long-term debt as shown in the table above.