Note 9 - Long-term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

9.   LONG-TERM DEBT

On March 15, 2021, we entered into a senior secured term loan facility ("Term Facility") with TCW Asset Management Company, LLC, as agent, for the lenders party thereto in the amount of $130 million. The Term Facility provided for quarterly payments of principal and bears interest of LIBOR plus 7.00% through June 30, 2021. After this date, interest was assessed quarterly based on our total leverage ratio. The total leverage ratio is calculated as (a) Total Debt to (b) EBITDA. If our total leverage ratio is greater than or equal to 4.00, the effective interest rate will be SOFR plus 7.50% (or at our option, Prime Rate plus 6.50%). If our total leverage ratio is less than 4.00, but greater than 3.00, the effective interest rate will be SOFR plus 7.00% (or at our option, Prime Rate plus 6.00%). If our total leverage ratio is less than 3.00, the effective interest rate will be SOFR plus 6.50% (or at our option, Prime Rate plus 5.50%). The Term Facility also has a SOFR floor rate of 1.00%. In June 2022, we entered into a second amendment with TCW to further amend our Term Facility to consent to modifications in our borrowing capacity under the ABL Facility as described below, and to adjust certain pricing and prepayment terms, among other things. The second amendment also modified the interest index whereas SOFR will be used to calculate interest rather than LIBOR. The effective interest rate was increased to SOFR plus 7.50% through November 2022. In November 2022, the Term Facility was amended to increase the effective interest rate to LIBOR plus 7.00% until June 2023 and to  provide certain EBITDA adjustments with response to financial covenants, among other things. 

Our Term Facility is collateralized by a second-lien on accounts receivable, inventory, cash and related assets and a first-lien on substantially all other assets. The Term Facility matures on March 15, 2026.

On March 15, 2021, we also entered into a senior secured asset-based credit facility ("ABL Facility") with Bank of America, N.A. ("Bank of America") as agent, for the lenders party thereto. The ABL Facility provides a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility up to a principal amount of $150 million, which includes a sub-limit for the issuance of letters of credit up to $5 million. The ABL Facility may be increased up to an additional $50 million at the Borrowers’ request and the Lenders’ option, subject to customary conditions. In December of 2021, we amended our ABL Facility to temporarily increase our borrowing capacity from $150 million to $175 million until June 2022, at which time our borrowing capacity will go down to $165 million. In June 2022, we further amended our ABL Facility to temporarily increase our borrowing capacity by $25 million to $200 million through December 31, 2022, which thereafter will be reduced to $175 million. In November 2022, we entered into a third amendment to our ABL Facility to provide certain EBITDA adjustments with respect to our financial covenants. The ABL Facility includes a separate first in, last out (FILO) tranche, which allows the Company to borrow at higher advance rates on eligible accounts receivables and inventory balances. As of December 31, 2022, we had borrowing capacity of $56.2 million.

Interest expense was approximately $18.3 million, $10.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. 

The ABL Facility is collateralized by first-lien on accounts receivable, inventory, cash and related assets and a second-lien on substantially all other assets. The ABL Facility matures on March 15, 2026. Interest on the ABL Facility is based on the amount available to be borrowed as set forth on the following chart:

	Average Availability as a
Revolver Pricing Level (1)	Percentage of Commitments	Base Rate			Term SOFR Loan			Base Rate for FILO			Term SOFR FILO Loans
I	> 66.7%		0.00	%		1.25	%		0.50	%		1.75	%
II	>33.3% and < or equal to 66.7%		0.00	%		1.50	%		0.50	%		2.00	%
III	< or equal to 33.3%		0.25	%		1.75	%		0.75	%		2.25	%

⁽¹⁾ Tier II applied until June 30, 2021.

In connection with the Term Facility and ABL Facility, we had to pay certain fees that were capitalized and will be amortized over the life of each respective loan. In addition, the ABL Facility requires us to pay an annual collateral management fee in the amount of $75,000 due on each anniversary of the ABL Facility issuance date, until it matures.

Current and long-term debt consisted of the following: 

	December 31,			December 31,
($ in thousands)	2022			2021
Term Facility that matures in 2026 with an effective interest rate of 12.14% and 8.00% as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively	$	116,332		$	127,563
ABL Facility that matures in 2026:
LIBOR borrowings with an effective interest rate of 5.47% and 1.88% as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		140,000			140,000
Prime borrowings with an effective interest rate of 7.27% and 3.50% as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		3,301			6,072
Total debt		259,633			273,635
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs		(2,737	)		(3,591	)
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs		256,896			270,044
Less: Debt maturing within one year		(3,250	)		(3,250	)
Long-term debt	$	253,646		$	266,794

Credit Facility Covenants

The Term Facility contains restrictive covenants which require us to maintain a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the agreement. We are in compliance with all Term Facility covenants as of  December 31, 2022.

Our ABL Facility contains a restrictive covenant which requires us to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio upon a triggering event taking place (as defined in the ABL Facility agreement). During the twelve months ended  December 31, 2022, there were no triggering events and the covenant was not in effect.

Huntington Credit Facility

The Huntington credit facility was terminated in March 2021 and was replaced by the ABL Facility. We had no outstanding borrowings against Huntington Credit Facility at fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.