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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

Note 11 – Debt

The following table summarizes the Company’s debt as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Interest

Rate

 

 

Principal

Balance

 

 

Interest

Rate

 

 

Principal

Balance

 

Amended Credit Agreement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1.68

%

 

$

174,000

 

 

 

3.05

%

 

$

50,000

 

U.S. Revolving Note (Euro Denominations)

 

 

1.50

%

 

 

19,099

 

 

 

1.25

%

 

 

21,874

 

DEG Vietnam Loan

 

 

5.21

%

 

 

7,500

 

 

 

5.21

%

 

 

8,750

 

Total debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,624

 

Less: current maturities

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,500

)

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

 

 

 

 

$

198,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

78,124

 

 

Amended Credit Agreement

The Company, together with certain direct and indirect subsidiaries, had a credit agreement dated August 7, 2014, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”) which included a revolving credit note (“U.S. Revolving Note”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $350,000.  

On June 27, 2019, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with a consortium of lenders and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The Amended Credit Agreement amended and restated in its entirety the Credit Agreement. The outstanding principal and interest of the U.S. Revolving Note under the Credit Agreement continued and constitute obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Amended Credit Agreement increased the U.S. Revolving Note from $350,000 to $475,000 and extended the maturity from March 17, 2021 to June 27, 2024. Subject to specified conditions that the Company does not satisfy as of June 30, 2020, the Company can increase the U.S. Revolving Note or incur secured term loans in an aggregate amount of $175,000.  The Amended Credit Agreement also provides $15,000 availability for the issuance of letters of credit and a maximum of $40,000 for swing line borrowing.  Any amount of the facility utilized for letters of credit or swing line loans outstanding will reduce the amount available under the Amended Credit Agreement.  The Company had no outstanding letters of credit issued under the Amended Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

The U.S. borrowers and guarantors participating in the Amended Credit Agreement also entered into a related amended and restated pledge and security agreement.  The amended and restated pledge and security agreement grants a security interest to the lenders in substantially all of the personal property of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries designated as borrowers to secure their respective obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement, including the stock and membership interests of specified subsidiaries (limited to 66% of the stock in the case of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries). In addition to the security obligations, all obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. The Amended Credit Agreement restricts, among other things, the amount of dividend payments the Company can make to shareholders.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains covenants, that, among other things, (i) prohibit or limit the ability of the borrowers and any material subsidiary to incur additional indebtedness, create liens, pay dividends, make certain types of investments (including acquisitions), enter into certain types of transactions with affiliates, prepay other indebtedness, sell assets, merge with other companies or enter into certain other transactions outside the ordinary course of business, and (ii) require that Gentherm maintain a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio and Consolidated Leverage Ratio (based on consolidated EBITDA for the applicable trailing 12-month period as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) as of the end of any fiscal quarter. The Amended Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default.

Under the Amended 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 rate for Base Rate Loans is equal to the highest of the Federal Funds Rate (0.08% at June 30, 2020) plus 0.50%, Bank of America’s prime rate (3.25% at June 30, 2020), or the Eurocurrency rate plus 1.00%. The rate for Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars is equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (0.16% at June 30, 2020). 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 Amended Credit Agreement, the lowest and highest possible Applicable Rate is 1.25% and 2.25%, respectively, for Eurocurrency Rate Loans and 0.25% and 1.25%, respectively, for Base Rate Loans.

In March 2020, the Company increased its borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement by $169,546 as a safeguard to increase its cash position and provide additional financial flexibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proceeds have been and will continue to be used for working capital and for other general corporate purposes permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company repaid a net amount of $32,822 of the amounts outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement. As of June 30, 2020, inclusive of the net new borrowings, $193,099 was outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement. Borrowing availability is subject to, among other things, the Company’s compliance with the minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio and Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter.  Based upon consolidated EBITDA for the trailing twelve months calculated for purposes of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, $159,342 remained available as of June 30, 2020 for additional borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement subject to specified conditions that Gentherm currently satisfies.

DEG Vietnam Loan

The Company also has a fixed interest rate loan with the German Investment Corporation (“DEG”), a subsidiary of KfW Banking Group, a Germany government-owned development bank.  The 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 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 June 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and DEG Vietnam Loan.

The scheduled principal maturities of our debt as of June 30, 2020 were as follows:

Year

 

U.S.

Revolving Note

 

 

DEG

Vietnam Note

 

 

Total

 

Remainder of 2020

 

$

 

 

$

1,250

 

 

$

1,250

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

2,500

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

2,500

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

1,250

 

2024

 

 

193,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

193,099

 

Total

 

$

193,099

 

 

$

7,500

 

 

$

200,599