NOTE F — LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

Long-Term Debt Obligations

Long-term debt consisted of a Term Loan under the Credit Agreement further described in Financing Arrangements within this Note and notes payable and capital lease obligations related to the financing of revenue equipment (tractors and trailers used primarily in ABF’s operations), real estate, and certain other equipment as follows:

	March 31		December 31
	2013		2012
	(in thousands)

Term Loan (interest rate of 1.7% at March 31, 2013)	$	92,500	$	95,000
Notes payable (weighted average interest rate of 3.0% at March 31, 2013)	34,080		37,756
Capital lease obligations (weighted average interest rate of 4.4% at March 31, 2013)	18,450		23,229
	145,030		155,985
Less current portion	39,861		43,044
Long-term debt, less current portion	$	105,169	$	112,941

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt obligations as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

			Term		Notes		Capital Lease
	Total		Loan(1)		Payable		Obligations(2)
	(in thousands)

Due in one year or less	$	42,771	$	13,434	$	16,728	$	12,609
Due after one year through two years	32,802		15,796		14,227		2,779
Due after two years through three years	25,679		18,184		4,282		3,213
Due after three years through four years	18,872		18,658		—		214
Due after four years through five years	32,306		32,085		—		221
Due after five years	421		—		—		421
Total payments	152,851		98,157		35,237		19,457
Less amounts representing interest	7,821		5,657		1,157		1,007
Long-term debt	$	145,030	$	92,500	$	34,080	$	18,450

(1) The future interest payments included in the scheduled maturities due under the Term Loan are calculated using variable interest rates based on the LIBOR swap curve, plus the anticipated applicable margin (see Term Loan within the Financing Arrangements section of this Note).

(2) Minimum payments of capital lease obligations include maximum amounts due under rental adjustment clauses contained in the capital lease agreements.

Assets securitized by notes payable or held under capital leases were included in property, plant and equipment as follows:

	March 31		December 31
	2013		2012
	(in thousands)

Land and structures (terminals)	$	1,794	$	1,794
Revenue equipment	81,588		93,004
Service, office, and other equipment	1,503		1,813
	84,885		96,611
Less accumulated amortization(1)	31,689		35,183
Net assets securitized by notes payable or held under capital leases	$	53,196	$	61,428

(1) Amortization of assets under capital leases and notes payable is included in depreciation expense.

Financing Arrangements

Term Loan

The Company has a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of financial institutions. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, a five-year, $100.0 million secured term loan (the “Term Loan”) was provided to finance a portion of the cost of the acquisition of Panther (see Note C). The Credit Agreement also provides the Company with the right to request revolving commitments thereunder up to an aggregate amount of $75.0 million, subject to the satisfaction of certain additional conditions provided in the agreement. There have been no borrowings under the revolving commitments. The Term Loan is secured by a lien on certain of the Company’s assets and pledges of the equity interests in certain subsidiaries (with these assets and subsidiaries defined in the Credit Agreement). The Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments and monthly interest payments, with remaining amounts outstanding due upon the maturity date of June 15, 2017. Borrowings under the Term Loan can be repaid in whole or in part at any time, without penalty, subject to required notice periods and compliance with minimum prepayment amounts. The Term Loan allows for the election of interest at a base rate or LIBOR plus a margin based on the adjusted leverage ratio, as defined, which is measured at the end of each fiscal quarter. The Credit Agreement contains conditions, representations and warranties, events of default, and indemnification provisions that are customary for financings of this type including, but not limited to, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum adjusted leverage ratio, and limitations on incurrence of debt, investments, liens on assets, transactions with affiliates, mergers, consolidations, and purchases and sales of assets. As of March 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with the covenants. For the reporting period ended March 31, 2013, the Company’s fixed charge coverage ratio was 1.5 to 1.0, compared to the minimum ratio required by the Credit Agreement of 1.25 to 1.0.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Program

The Company has an accounts receivable securitization program with PNC Bank which provides for cash proceeds of an amount up to $75.0 million. Under this facility, which matures on June 15, 2015, certain subsidiaries of the Company continuously sell a designated pool of trade accounts receivables to a wholly owned subsidiary which, in turn, may borrow funds on a revolving basis. This wholly owned consolidated subsidiary is a separate bankruptcy-remote entity, and its assets would be available only to satisfy the claims related to the lender’s interest in the trade accounts receivables. Advances under the facility bear interest based upon LIBOR, plus a margin, and an annual facility fee. The securitization agreement contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default that are customary for financings of this type, including a maximum adjusted leverage ratio covenant. As of March 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with the covenants. There have been no borrowings under this facility.

The accounts receivable securitization program includes a provision under which the Company may request and the letter of credit issuer may issue standby letters of credit, primarily in support of workers’ compensation and third-party casualty claims liabilities in various states in which the Company is self-insured. The outstanding standby letters of credit reduce the availability of borrowings under the facility. As of March 31, 2013, standby letters of credit of $19.8 million have been issued under the facility, which reduced the available borrowing capacity to $55.2 million.

As previously discussed in Note A, ABF and the IBT reached a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement which is currently subject to ratification by a majority of ABF’s IBT member employees who choose to vote. Until a collective bargaining agreement for the contract period subsequent to March 31, 2013 is in place, the accounts receivable securitization program requires the Company to maintain $50.0 million of available liquidity, which may consist of unrestricted cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments on hand, available borrowing capacity under the accounts receivable securitization facility, or any other revolving liquidity facility of the Company. The Company has maintained compliance with this provision, and had $160.2 million of available liquidity, as defined, as of March 31, 2013.

Letter of Credit Agreements

The Company has agreements with certain financial institutions to provide collateralized facilities for the issuance of letters of credit (“LC Agreements”). These financial institutions issue letters of credit on behalf of the Company primarily in support of the self-insurance program previously discussed within this Note. The Company pays quarterly fees to the financial institutions based on the amount of letters of credit outstanding. The LC Agreements contain no financial ratios or financial covenants which the Company is required to maintain. The LC Agreements require cash or short-term investments to be pledged as collateral for outstanding letters of credit. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had letters of credit outstanding of $26.3 million (including $19.8 million which were issued under the accounts receivable securitization facility previously described within this Note), of which $5.9 million were collateralized by restricted cash under the LC Agreements. The Company had up to $69.1 million available as of March 31, 2013 for issuance of letters of credit, subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements of issuance.

The Company has programs in place with multiple surety companies for the issuance of partially secured or unsecured surety bonds in support of the self-insurance program previously discussed within this Note. As of March 31, 2013, surety bonds outstanding related to the collateralized self-insurance program totaled $13.8 million, which were collateralized by letters of credit of $3.8 million issued under the previously described accounts receivable securitization facility. Under separate uncollateralized bond programs, surety bonds outstanding related to the Company’s self-insurance program totaled $41.2 million as of March 31, 2013.