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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

Note 5  Debt  

Credit Agreement

The Company, together with certain direct and indirect subsidiaries, have an outstanding credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with a consortium of lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement provides the Company a revolving credit note (“U.S. Revolving Note”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $350,000.

All subsidiary borrowers and guarantors participating in the Credit Agreement have entered into a related pledge and security agreement. The security agreement grants a security interest to the lenders in substantially all of the personal property of subsidiaries designated as borrowers to secure their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement, including stock and membership interest of specified subsidiaries (limited to 66% of the stock in case of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries). The Credit Agreement restricts the amount of dividend payments the Company can make to shareholders.

The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio and a Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Definitions for these financial ratios are provided in the Credit Agreement.

Under the Credit Agreement, U.S. Dollar denominated loans bear interest at either a base rate (“Base Rate Loans”) or Eurocurrency rate (“Eurocurrency Rate Loans”), plus a margin (“Applicable Rate”).  The base rate is equal to the highest of the Federal Funds Rate (2.40% at December 31, 2018) plus 0.50%, Bank of America’s prime rate (5.50% at December 31, 2018), or a one month Eurocurrency rate (0.00% at December 31, 2018) plus 1.00%. The Eurocurrency rate for loans denominated in U.S. Dollars is equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (2.50% at December 31, 2018). All loans denominated in a currency other than the U.S. Dollar must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Interest is payable at least quarterly.  

The Applicable Rate varies based on the Consolidated Leverage Ratio reported by the Company. As long as the Company is not in default of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the lowest and highest possible Applicable Rate is 1.25% and 2.00%, respectively, for Eurocurrency Rate Loans and 0.25% and 1.00%, respectively, for Base Rate Loans.

The Company also has two fixed interest rate loans with the German Investment Corporation (“DEG”), a subsidiary of KfW banking group, a German government-owned development bank.

Note 5 — Debt – (Continued)

DEG China Loan

The first, a loan we used to fund capital investments in China (the “DEG China Loan”), is subject to semi-annual principal payments that began March, 2015 and end September, 2019.  Under the terms of the DEG China Loan, the Company must maintain a minimum Debt-to-Equity Ratio, Current Ratio and Debt Service Coverage Ratio, as defined by the DEG China Loan agreement, based on the financial statements of Gentherm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Gentherm Automotive Systems (China) Ltd.

DEG Vietnam Loan

The Company’s second fixed interest rate senior loan agreement with DEG was used to finance the construction and set up of the Vietnam production facility (“DEG Vietnam Loan”).  The DEG Vietnam Loan is subject to semi-annual principal payments that began November, 2017 and will end May, 2023.  Under the terms of the DEG Vietnam Loan, the Company must maintain a minimum Currency Ratio, Equity Ratio and Enhanced Equity Ratio, as defined by the DEG Vietnam Loan agreement, based on the financial statements of Gentherm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Gentherm Vietnam Co. Ltd.

As of December 31, 2018, we were in compliance with all terms as outlined in the Credit Agreement, DEG China Loan and DEG Vietnam Loan. Undrawn borrowing capacity under the U.S. Revolving Note was $221,871 as of December 31, 2018. The following table summarizes the Company’s debt at December 31, 2018.

 

 

Interest
Rate

 

 

Principal
Balance

 

Credit Agreement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Revolving Note (U.S. Dollar Denominations)

 

4.02

%

 

$

122,000

 

U.S. Revolving Note (Euro Denominations)

 

1.50

%

 

$

5,727

 

DEG China Loan

 

4.25

%

 

 

913

 

DEG Vietnam Loan

 

5.21

%

 

 

11,250

 

Total debt

 

 

 

 

$

139,890

 

Current portion

 

 

 

 

 

(3,413

)

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

 

 

 

$

136,477

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s debt at December 31, 2017.

 

 

Interest
Rate

 

 

Principal
Balance

 

Credit Agreements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Revolving Note (U.S. Dollar Denominations)

 

3.07

%

 

 

129,000

 

DEG China Loan

 

4.25

%

 

 

1,919

 

DEG Vietnam Loan

 

5.21

%

 

 

13,750

 

Total debt

 

 

 

 

$

144,669

 

Current portion

 

 

 

 

 

(3,460

)

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

 

 

 

$

141,209

 

Note 5 — Debt – (Continued)

The scheduled principal maturities of our debt as of December 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

Year

 

U.S.
Revolving
Note

 

 

DEG China Loan

 

 

DEG Vietnam Loan

 

 

Total

  

2019

 

$

 

 

$

913

 

 

$

2,500

 

 

$

3,413

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

2,500

 

2021

 

 

127,727

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

130,227

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

2,500

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

1,250

 

Total

 

$

127,727

 

 

$

913

 

 

$

11,250

 

 

$

139,890