Note 10 – Long-Term Debt

We have a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders that provided for an unsecured total revolving commitment of $650 million as of November 30, 2016. On December 7, 2016, the Credit Agreement was amended to increase the unsecured revolving commitment of the Credit Agreement from $650 million to $1 billion. The amendment also extended the maturity date of the Credit Agreement from January 16, 2020 to December 7, 2021. Borrowings accrue interest under one of two alternative methods as described in the Credit Agreement. With each borrowing against our credit line, we can elect the interest rate method based on our funding needs at the time. We also incur loan commitment fees and letter of credit fees under the Credit Agreement. Outstanding letters of credit reduce the borrowing availability under the Credit Agreement on a dollar-for-dollar basis. As of November 30, 2016, the outstanding revolving loan principal balance was $498.10 million and the face amount of outstanding letters of credit was $1.50 million. For the three- and nine-months ended November 30, 2016, borrowings under the Credit Agreement incurred interest charges at rates ranging from 2.02 to 4.25 percent and 1.93 to 4.25 percent, respectively. For the three- and nine-months ended November 30, 2015, borrowings under the Credit Agreement incurred interest charges at rates ranging from 1.44 to 3.75 percent and 1.43 to 4.00 percent, respectively. As of November 30, 2016, the amount available for borrowings under the Credit Agreement was $150.40 million.

Additional information regarding a subsequent amendment to our Credit Agreement is provided in Note 16 to these consolidated condensed financial statements.

A summary of our long-term debt is as follows:

LONG-TERM DEBT

(in thousands)


	Original
	Date	Interest			November 30,		February 29,
	Borrowed	Rates		Matures	2016		2016
$37.61 million unsecured loan with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (the "MBFC Loan"), interest is set and payable quarterly at a Base Rate, plus a margin of up to 1.00%, or applicable LIBOR plus a margin of up to 2.00%, as determined by the interest rate elected and the Leverage Ratio. Loan subject to holder's call on or after March 1, 2018. Loan can be prepaid without penalty. (1)	03/13	Floating		03/23	$	29,917	$	33,706
$100 million unsecured Senior Notes payable at a fixed interest rate of 3.90%. Interest payable semi-annually. Annual principal payments of $20 million began in January 2014. Prepayment of notes are subject to a "make whole" premium.	01/11	3.90	%	01/18		39,692		39,496
Credit Agreement	01/15	Floating		01/20		495,293		546,712
Total long-term debt						564,902		619,914
Less current maturities of long-term debt						(24,528)		(22,644)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities					$	540,374	$	597,270

(1)

A $3.80 million principal payment was made on March 1, 2016. The remaining principal balance of the MBFC loan is payable as follows: $5.70 million on March 1, 2017; $1.90 million annually on March 1, 2018 through 2022; and $14.81 million on March 1, 2023. Any remaining outstanding principal and interest is due upon maturity on March 1, 2023.

The fair market value of the fixed rate debt at November 30, 2016, computed using a discounted cash flow analysis and comparable market rates was $40.31 million, compared to the $39.69 million book value and represents a Level 2 liability. Our other long-term debt has floating interest rates, and its book value approximates its fair value at November 30, 2016.

At the beginning of fiscal year 2017, we adopted ASU 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs”, which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability rather than an asset. We have made the necessary conforming reclassifications to the February 29, 2016 consolidated condensed balance sheet and related footnote disclosures. Note 2 to these consolidated condensed financial statements provides further information regarding the impact of this recent accounting change.

All of our debt is unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. Our debt agreements require the maintenance of certain financial covenants, including maximum leverage ratios, minimum interest coverage ratios and minimum consolidated net worth levels (as each of these terms is defined in the various agreements). Our debt agreements also contain other customary covenants, including among other things, covenants restricting or limiting the Company, except under certain conditions set forth therein, from (1) incurring debt, (2) incurring liens on its properties, (3) making certain types of investments, (4) selling certain assets or making other fundamental changes relating to mergers and consolidations, and (5) repurchasing shares of our common stock and paying dividends. As of November 30, 2016, our debt agreements effectively limited our ability to incur more than $180.77 million of additional debt from all sources, including the Credit Agreement. We were in compliance with the terms of these agreements as of November 30,

2016.