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Debt
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
Debt at September 30 consists of:
 
 
2016
 
2015
Revolving credit agreement
$
12,751

 
$
16,500

Foreign subsidiary borrowings
9,540

 
13,197

Capital lease obligations
153

 
252

 
 
 
 
Term loan
16,429

 
19,286

   Less: unamortized debt issuance cost
(241
)
 
(306
)
Term loan less unamortized debt issuance cost
16,188

 
18,980

 
 
 
 
Total debt
38,632

 
48,929

 
 
 
 
Less – current maturities
(31,009
)
 
(10,503
)
Total long-term debt
$
7,623

 
$
38,426


On June 26, 2015 the Company entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (the "2015 Credit Agreement") with its lender. The credit facility is comprised of (i) a five year revolving credit facility with a maximum borrowing amount of up to $25,000, which reduces to $20,000 on January 1, 2016, and (ii) a five year term loan of $20,000. Amounts borrowed under the 2015 credit facility are secured by substantially all the assets of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries and a pledge of 65% of the stock of its non-U.S. subsidiaries. The term loan under the 2015 Credit Agreement is repayable in quarterly installments of $714 beginning September 30, 2015. The amounts borrowed under the 2015 Credit Agreement were used to repay the Company's existing revolver and term note, to fund the acquisition of Maniago on July 1, 2015, as referenced in Note 11 and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The 2015 Credit Agreement also has an accordion feature, which allows the Company to increase the availability by up to $15,000 upon consent of the existing lenders or upon additional lenders being joined to the facility. Borrowings bore interest at the LIBOR rate, prime rate, or the eurocurrency reference rate depending on the type of loan requested by the Company in each case, plus the applicable margin as set forth in the 2015 Credit Agreement.

The revolver has a rate based on LIBOR plus 2.75% spread and a prime rate which resulted in a weighted average rate of 3.9% and 3.2% at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively and the term loan has a rate of 3.8% and 3.1% at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which was based on LIBOR plus 2.75% spread. This rate becomes effective at a fixed rate of 3.9% after giving effect to the interest rate swap agreement as of September 30, 2016. The interest rate swap was not in place as of September 30, 2015. There is also a commitment fee ranging from 0.15% to 0.35%, to be incurred on the unused balance.

The bank loans are subject to certain customary financial covenants including, without limitation, covenants that require the Company to not exceed a maximum leverage ratio and to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. As discussed in Note 13 Subsequent Event, on November 9, 2016, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit and Security agreement ("Amended and Restated Agreement") with its lender. The new Amended and Restated Agreement matures on June 25, 2020 and consists of senior secured loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $39,871 (the "Credit Facility"). The Credit Facility is comprised of (i) a senior secured revolving credit facility of a maximum borrowing amount of $35,000, including swing line loans and letters of credit provided by the lender and (ii) senior secured term loan facility in the amount of $4,871 (the "Term Facility"). The new Term Facility is repayable in monthly installments of $81 beginning December 1, 2016. The terms of Credit Facility contain both a lockbox arrangement and subjective acceleration clause.  As a result, the amounts outstanding on the revolving credit facility will be classified as a short term liability. The amounts borrowed under the Amended and Restated Agreement will be used to repay the amounts outstanding under the Company's existing Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2016, for working capital, for general corporate purposes and to pay fees and expenses associated with this transaction. In connection with entering into the Amended and Restated Agreement, the Company terminated its interest rate swap agreement with the lender. Upon closing of the Credit Facility, any defaults that may have existed under the 2015 Credit Agreement were waived and no longer in effect. As a result of the Amended and Restated Agreement and the inclusion of a lockbox arrangement and subjective acceleration clause, the revolver and all but $4,061 of the term loan at September 30, 2016 were classified as current maturities of long-term debt. Refer to Note 13 Subsequent Event for further discussion.

The Company incurred debt issuance costs in connection with its 2015 Credit Agreement in the amount of $724. As shown above, $241 of debt issuance costs as it relates to the term note, net of amortization of $81, remains as of September 30, 2016. The remaining $301 debt issuance cost relates to the revolver. This portion is shown in the consolidated balance sheet as a deferred charge in other assets, net of amortization of $101 at September 30, 2016.
Prior to the replacement of the revolver and term loan with the 2015 Credit Agreement as previously discussed, in October 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to its then existing credit agreement with its bank to increase the maximum borrowing amount from $30,000 to $40,000, of which $10,000 was a five (5) year term loan and $30,000 was a five (5) year revolving loan, secured by substantially all the assets of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries and a pledge of 65% of the stock of its non-U.S. subsidiaries. The term loan was repayable in quarterly installments of $500 starting December 1, 2011. The term loan was repaid in the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 and replaced by the 2015 Credit Agreement discussed previously.

As of September 30, 2016 and 2015, the total foreign debt borrowings were $9,540 and $13,197, respectively, of which $5,833 and $7,542, respectively is current. Current debt as of September 30, 2016 and 2015, consists of $3,262 and $3,184 of short-term borrowings, $2,014 and $2,371 is the current portion of long-term debt, and $557 and $1,987, of factoring. Interest rates on the term notes are based on Euribor rates which range from 1.0% to 4.0%. The factoring programs are uncommitted, whereby the Company offers receivables for sale to an unaffiliated financial institution, which are then subject to acceptance by the unaffiliated financial institution. Following the sale and transfer of the receivables to the unaffiliated financial institution, the receivables are not isolated from the Company, and effective control of the receivables is not passed to the unaffiliated financial institution, which does not have the right to pledge or sell the receivables. The Company accounts for the pledge of receivables under this agreement as short-term debt and continues to carry the receivables on its consolidated condensed balance sheets. There were $557 and $1,987 of short-term borrowings relating to this agreement at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, classified within short-term debt. The carrying value of the receivables pledged as collateral was $599 and $1,620 at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Payments on long-term debt under the 2015 Credit Agreement (excluding capital lease obligations, see Note 9) over the next 5 years are as follows:
 
 
Minimum long-term debt payments
 
 
 
2017
 
$
4,871

2018
 
4,132

2019
 
4,019

2020
 
21,599

2021
 
252

2022 and thereafter
 

 Total Minimum long-term debt payments
 
34,873