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Debt
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
Debt at September 30 consists of:
 
 
2017
 
2016
Revolving credit agreement
$
18,557

 
$
12,751

Foreign subsidiary borrowings
8,346

 
9,540

Capital lease obligations
352

 
153

 
 
 
 
Term loan
4,060

 
16,429

   Less: unamortized debt issuance cost
(47
)
 
(241
)
Term loan less unamortized debt issuance cost
4,013

 
16,188

 
 
 
 
Total debt
31,268

 
38,632

 
 
 
 
Less – current maturities
(26,117
)
 
(31,009
)
Total long-term debt
$
5,151

 
$
7,623


On November 9, 2016, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement ("Credit Facility") with its Lender. The Credit Facility matures on June 25, 2020 and consisted of secured loans is an aggregate principal amount of to $39,871. The Credit Facility was comprised of (i) a senior secured revolving credit facility with a maximum borrowing amount of $35,000, including swing line loans and letters of credit provided by the Lender and (ii) a secured term loan facility in the amount of $$4,871 (the "Term Facility"). Amounts borrowed under the 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 new Term Facility is repayable in monthly installments of $81, which commenced December 1, 2016. The terms of the Credit Facility contain both a lock-box arrangement and a subjective acceleration clause. As a result, the amount outstanding on the revolving credit facility is classified as a short-term liability. The amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility were used to repay the amounts outstanding under the Company's Credit and Security Agreement (the "2015 Credit Agreement"), for working capital, for general corporate purposes and to pay fees and expenses associated with this transaction. In connection with entering into the Credit Facility, the Company terminated its interest rate swap agreement with the Lender and subsequently entered into another agreement on November 30, 2016, as referenced in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -Derivative Financial Instruments, of the consolidated financial statements.
In the prior year, the Company had the 2015 Credit Agreement in place with its Lender until it entered in the above Credit Facility. The 2015 Credit Agreement was comprised of (i) a five-year revolving credit facility with a maximum borrowing amount of up to $25,000, which reduced to $20,000 on January 1, 2016, and (ii) a five-year term loan of $20,000.  Amounts borrowed under the 2015 Credit Agreement were 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 $714 starting September 30, 2015. The amounts borrowed under the 2015 Credit Agreement were used to repay the Company's previous revolver and term note, to fund the acquisition of Maniago and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The 2015 Credit Agreement also had an accordion feature, which allowed 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.
Borrowings bear 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 Credit Facility. The revolver has a rate based on LIBOR plus 3.75% spread and a prime rate which resulted in a weighted average rate of 4.8% and 3.9% at September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively and the term loan has a rate of 5.5% and 3.8% at September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which was based on LIBOR plus 4.25% spread. This rate becomes effective at a fixed rate of 5.8% and 3.9% after giving effect to the interest rate swap agreement as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. There is also a commitment fee ranging from 0.15% to 0.375%, to be incurred on the unused balance.
The Company entered into its First Amendment Agreement ("First Amendment") to the Credit Facility on February 16, 2017. The First Amendment assigned its Lender as Administrative Agent and assigned a portion of its Credit Facility to a participating Lender.

Under the Company's Credit Facility, the Company is subject to certain customary loan covenants. These include, without limitation, covenants that require maintenance of certain specified financial ratios, including that the Company meeting a minimum EBITDA

and the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio to commence on September 30, 2017. In the event of a default, we may not be able to access our revolver, which could impact the ability to fund working capital needs, capital expenditures and invest in new business opportunities. On August 4, 2017, the Company entered into its Second Amendment Agreement ("Second Amendment") with its lender to (i) amend certain definitions within its Credit Facility to, among other things, effect the changes described herein and to reset the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility) to build to a trailing four quarters in each of the fiscal 2018 quarters, commencing with the quarter ended December 31, 2017; (ii) replace certain of its financial covenants outlined in the description of the Credit Facility and amend its financial covenants with a revised minimum EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2017 and to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio commencing on December 31, 2017; (iii) reduce its maximum revolving amount of $35,000 to $30,000; and (iv) the Company must use its cash proceeds from the sale of the Irish building discussed in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Asset Held for Sale, of the consolidated financial statements to reduce the Term Facility by $700 and use the remaining proceeds to reduce the revolver. On November 28, 2017, the Company obtained a consent letter from its Lender which extended to December 31, 2017 the date to consummate such sale of the Irish property. The Company is in compliance with its loan covenants as of September 30, 2017.

Foreign subsidiary borrowings
As of September 30, 2017 and 2016, the total foreign debt borrowings were $8,346 and $9,540, respectively, of which $5,805 and $5,833, respectively is current. Current debt as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, consists of $2,618 and $3,262 of short-term borrowings, $1,340 and $2,014 is the current portion of long-term debt, and $1,847 and $557, of factoring. Interest rates are based on Euribor rates plus spread 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 balance sheets. The carrying value of the receivables pledged as collateral was $3,548 and $1,156 at September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Payments on long-term debt under the Credit Facility and foreign term debt (excluding capital lease obligations, see Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies, of the consolidated financial statements) over the next 5 years are as follows:
 
 
Minimum long-term debt payments
 
 
 
2018
 
$
3,014

2019
 
2,195

2020
 
2,453

2021
 
279

2022
 

2023 and thereafter
 

 Total Minimum long-term debt payments
 
$
7,941


Debt Issuance costs
The Company incurred debt issuance costs related to its 2015 Credit Agreement in the amount of $724 ($194 had been amortized prior to the write-off in November 2016). The Company incurred an additional $562 of debt issuance costs in November 2016 and August 2017 and wrote off a combined $323 of debt issuance costs during fiscal 2017 due to the debt modification accounting for deferred financing costs as it relates to the term note and due to the Second Amendment. These costs are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Total debt issuance cost in the amount of $769 is split between the Term Facility and the revolving credit facility. The portion noted above within the debt table relates to the Term Facility in the amount of $61, net of amortization of $14 at September 30, 2017. The remaining $707 of debt issuance cost relates to the revolving credit facility. This portion is shown in the consolidated balance sheet as a deferred charge in other current assets, which was reclassed from other long-term assets due to the classification of the revolving credit facility noted above, net of amortization of $282 at September 30, 2017.