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LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS  
LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

NOTE F – LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

Long-Term Debt Obligations

Long-term debt consisted of borrowings outstanding under the Company’s revolving credit facility and accounts receivable securitization program, both of which are further described in Financing Arrangements within this Note, and notes payable and finance lease obligations related to the financing of revenue equipment (tractors and trailers used primarily in Asset-Based segment operations), certain other equipment, and software as follows:

March 31

December 31

    

2020

    

2019

 

(in thousands)

Credit Facility (interest rate of 2.1%(1) at March 31, 2020)

$

250,000

$

70,000

Accounts receivable securitization borrowings (interest rate of 2.1% at March 31, 2020)

 

85,000

 

40,000

Notes payable (weighted-average interest rate of 3.3% at March 31, 2020)

 

198,908

 

213,504

Finance lease obligations (weighted-average interest rate of 3.3% at March 31, 2020)

 

14

 

15

 

533,922

 

323,519

Less current portion

 

56,977

 

57,305

Long-term debt, less current portion

$

476,945

$

266,214

(1)The interest rate swap mitigates interest rate risk by effectively converting $50.0 million of borrowings under the Credit Facility from variable-rate interest to fixed-rate interest with a per annum rate of 3.12% and 2.98% based on the margin of the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt obligations as of March 31, 2020 were as follows:

Accounts

Receivable

Credit

Securitization

Notes

Finance Lease

    

Total

    

Facility(1)

    

Program(1)

    

Payable

    

Obligations

 

(in thousands) 

Due in one year or less

 

$

68,124

 

$

4,233

 

$

1,245

 

$

62,639

$

7

Due after one year through two years

 

147,955

 

4,087

 

85,583

 

58,278

 

7

Due after two years through three years

 

51,217

 

4,414

 

 

46,803

 

Due after three years through four years

 

34,303

 

4,678

 

 

29,625

 

Due after four years through five years

 

266,658

 

252,430

 

 

14,228

 

Due after five years

Total payments

 

568,257

 

269,842

 

86,828

 

211,573

 

14

Less amounts representing interest

 

34,335

 

19,842

 

1,828

 

12,665

 

Long-term debt

 

$

533,922

 

$

250,000

 

$

85,000

 

$

198,908

$

14

(1)The future interest payments included in the scheduled maturities due are calculated using variable interest rates based on the LIBOR swap curve, plus the anticipated applicable margin.

Assets securing notes payable or held under finance leases were included in property, plant and equipment as follows:

March 31

December 31

    

2020

    

2019

 

(in thousands)

 

Revenue equipment

 

$

264,884

 

$

265,315

Software

2,140

2,140

Service, office, and other equipment

26,344

26,344

Total assets securing notes payable or held under finance leases

 

293,368

 

293,799

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(1)

 

81,672

 

71,405

Net assets securing notes payable or held under finance leases 

$

211,696

$

222,394

(1)Amortization of assets held under finance leases and depreciation of assets securing notes payable are included in depreciation expense.

Financing Arrangements

Credit Facility

The Company has a revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) under its Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with an initial maximum credit amount of $250.0 million, including a swing line facility in an aggregate amount of up to $25.0 million and a letter of credit sub-facility providing for the issuance of letters of credit up to an aggregate amount of $20.0 million. The Company may request additional revolving commitments or incremental term loans thereunder up to an aggregate amount of $125.0 million, subject to certain additional conditions as provided in the Credit Agreement. In March 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $180.0 million under the Credit Facility as a precautionary measure to preserve financial flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 31, 2020, the Company does not have any available borrowing capacity under the initial maximum credit amount of the Credit Facility.

Principal payments under the Credit Facility are due upon maturity of the facility on October 1, 2024; however, borrowings may be repaid, at the Company’s discretion, in whole or in part at any time, without penalty, subject to required notice periods and compliance with minimum prepayment amounts. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement can either be, at the Company’s election: (i) at an alternate base rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a spread; or (ii) at a Eurodollar rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a spread. The applicable spread is dependent upon the Company’s Adjusted Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). 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 interest coverage ratio, a maximum adjusted leverage ratio, and limitations on incurrence of debt, investments, liens on assets, certain sale and leaseback transactions, transactions with affiliates, mergers,

consolidations, purchases and sales of assets, and certain restricted payments. The leverage covenant under the Company’s Credit Agreement is based on a net debt calculation and consequently was not immediately impacted by the draw against the Credit Facility in March 2020. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement at March 31, 2020.

Interest Rate Swaps

The Company has an interest rate swap agreement with a $50.0 million notional amount which started on January 2, 2020 and will mature on June 30, 2022. The Company will receive floating-rate interest amounts based on one-month LIBOR in exchange for fixed-rate interest payments of 1.99% over the life of the agreement. The interest rate swap mitigates interest rate risk by effectively converting $50.0 million of borrowings under the Credit Facility from variable-rate interest to fixed-rate interest with a per annum rate of 3.12% based on the margin of the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020. The fair value of the interest rate swap of $1.9 million and $0.6 million was recorded in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company had a five-year interest rate swap agreement with a $50.0 million notional amount that matured on January 2, 2020 for which less than $0.1 million was recorded in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019.

The unrealized gain or loss on the interest rate swap instruments was reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, in stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the change in the unrealized income or loss on the interest rate swaps for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was reported in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The interest rate swaps are subject to certain customary provisions that could allow the counterparty to request immediate settlement of the fair value liability or asset upon violation of any or all of the provisions. The Company was in compliance with all provisions of the interest rate swap agreements at March 31, 2020.

On May 4, 2020, the Company extended the term of its $50.0 million notional amount interest rate swap agreement from June 30, 2022 to October 1, 2024. The Company will receive floating-rate interest amounts based on one-month LIBOR in exchange for fixed-rate interest payments of 0.43% beginning on June 30, 2022 throughout the remaining term of the agreement. From June 30, 2022 to October 1, 2024, the extended interest rate swap agreement will effectively convert $50.0 million of borrowings under the Credit Facility from variable-rate interest to fixed-rate interest with a per annum rate of 1.56% based on the margin of the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Program

The Company’s accounts receivable securitization program, which matures on October 1, 2021, allows for cash proceeds of $125.0 million to be provided under the program and has an accordion feature allowing the Company to request additional borrowings up to $25.0 million, subject to certain conditions. Under this program, 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. Borrowings under the accounts receivable securitization program 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. In March 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $45.0 million for a total of $85.0 million outstanding at March 31, 2020 under the program as a precautionary measure to preserve financial flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the accounts receivable securitization program at March 31, 2020.

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 program. As of March 31, 2020, standby letters of credit of $12.0 million have been issued under the program, which reduced the available borrowing capacity to $28.0 million.

Letter of Credit Agreements and Surety Bond Programs

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had letters of credit outstanding of $12.6 million (including $12.0 million issued under the accounts receivable securitization program). The Company has programs in place with multiple surety companies for the issuance of surety bonds in support of its self-insurance program. As of March 31, 2020, surety bonds outstanding related to the self-insurance program totaled $62.3 million.