Short-term and Long-term debt

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Short-term and Long-term debt

Short-term and Long-term debt

Note 8 - Short-term and Long-term debt

Elements of short-term and long-term debt are as follows:

	June 30,		December 31,
	2022		2021
(in thousands)	(unaudited)
Short-term & long-term debt
Short-term debt:
- Revolving credit line and other debt	$	—	$	15,000
- Term loan facility – current		4,250		5,248
Subtotal		4,250		20,248
Long-term debt:
- Term loan facility- net of current portion of long-term debt		69,687		74,618
- FILO term loan		15,000		—
- Less: deferred financing costs on term loan		(4,010)		(1,473)
Subtotal		80,677		73,145
Total short-term & long-term debt	$	84,927	$	93,393

Revolving Credit Facility

On March 2, 2022, Hudson Technologies Company (“HTC”) and Hudson Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), as borrowers (collectively, the “Borrowers”), and Hudson Technologies, Inc (the “Company”) as a guarantor, entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended Wells Fargo Facility”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and lender (“Agent” or “Wells Fargo”) and such other lenders as have or may thereafter become a party to the Wells Fargo Facility. The Amended Wells Fargo facility amended and restated the prior Wells Fargo Facility entered into on December 19, 2019.

Under the terms of the Amended Wells Fargo Facility, the Borrowers may borrow up to $90 million consisting of: (i) $15 million immediately borrowed in the form of a “first in last out” term loan (the “FILO Tranche”) and (ii) from time to time, up to $75 million at any time consisting of revolving loans (the “Revolving Loans”) in a maximum amount up to the lesser of $75 million and a borrowing base that is calculated based on the outstanding amount of the Borrowers’ eligible receivables and eligible inventory, as described in the Amended Wells Fargo Facility. The Amended Wells Fargo Facility also contains a sublimit of $9 million for swing line loans and $2 million for letters of credit.

Amounts borrowed under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility may be used for working capital needs, certain permitted acquisitions, and to reimburse drawings under letters of credit.

Interest under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility is payable in arrears on the first day of each month. Interest charges with respect to Revolving Loans are computed on the actual principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at a rate per annum equal to (A) with respect to Base Rate loans, the sum of (i) a rate per annum equal to the higher of (1) 1.0%, (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (3) one month term SOFR plus 1.0%, and (4) the prime commercial lending rate of Wells Fargo, plus (ii) between 1.25% and 1.75% depending on average monthly undrawn availability and (B) with respect to SOFR loans, the sum of the applicable SOFR rate plus between 2.36% and 2.86% depending on average quarterly undrawn availability. Interest charges with respect to the FILO Tranche are computed on the actual principal amount of FILO Tranche loans outstanding at a rate per annum equal to (A) with respect to Base Rate FILO Tranche loans, the sum of (i) a rate per annum equal to the higher of (1) 1.0%, (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (3) one month term SOFR plus 1.0%, and (4) the prime commercial lending rate of Wells Fargo, plus (ii) 6.5% and (B) with respect to SOFR FILO Tranche loans, the sum of the applicable SOFR rate plus 7.50%.

In connection with the closing of the Amended Wells Fargo Facility, the Company also entered into a First Amendment to Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2022 (the “Amended Revolver Guaranty and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and certain subsidiaries are continuing to unconditionally guarantee the payment and performance of all obligations owing by Borrowers to Wells Fargo, as Agent for the benefit of the revolving lenders. Pursuant to the Amended Revolver Guaranty and Security Agreement, Borrowers, the Company and certain other subsidiaries are continuing to grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Wells Fargo Facility lenders, a security interest in substantially all of their respective assets, including receivables, equipment, general intangibles (including intellectual property), inventory, subsidiary stock, real property, and certain other assets.

The Amended Wells Fargo Facility contains a financial covenant requiring the Company to maintain at all times minimum liquidity (defined as availability under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility plus unrestricted cash) of at least $5 million, of which at least $3 million must be derived from availability. The Amended Wells Fargo Facility also contains a springing covenant, which takes effect only upon a failure to maintain undrawn availability of at least $11.25 million or upon an election by the Borrowers to increase the inventory component of the borrowing base, requiring the Company to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (FCCR) of not less than 1.00 to 1.00, as of the end of each trailing period of twelve consecutive months commencing with the month prior to the triggering of the covenant. The FCCR (as defined in the Wells Fargo Facility) is the ratio of (a) EBITDA for such period, minus unfinanced capital expenditures made during such period, to (b) the aggregate amount of (i) interest expense required to be paid (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non-cash interest expense) during such period, (ii) scheduled principal payments (but excluding principal payments relating to outstanding Revolving Loans under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility), (iii) all net federal, state, and local income taxes required to be paid during such period (provided, that any tax refunds received shall be applied to the period in which the cash outlay for such taxes was made), (iv) all restricted payments paid (as defined in the Amended Wells Fargo Facility) during such period, and (v) to the extent not otherwise deducted from EBITDA for such period, all payments required to be made during such period in respect of any funding deficiency or funding shortfall with respect to any pension plan. The FCCR covenant ceases after the Borrowers have been in compliance therewith for two consecutive months.

The Amended Wells Fargo Facility also contains customary non-financial covenants relating to the Company and the Borrowers, including limitations on Borrowers’ ability to pay dividends on common stock or preferred stock, and also includes certain events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other obligations, events of bankruptcy and insolvency, certain ERISA events, judgments in excess of specified amounts, impairments to guarantees and a change of control.

The Company evaluated the Amended Wells Fargo Facility in accordance with the provisions of ASC 470 to determine if the amendment was a modification or an extinguishment of debt and concluded that the amendment was a modification of the original revolving credit facility for accounting purposes. As a result, the Company capitalized an additional $0.9 million of deferred financing costs in connection with the amendment, which, along with the $0.2 million of remaining deferred financing costs of the original revolving facility, is being amortized over the remaining five year term of the Amended Wells Fargo Facility.

The commitments under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility will expire and the full outstanding principal amount of the loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are due and payable in full on March 2, 2027, unless the commitments are terminated and the outstanding principal amount of the loans are accelerated sooner following an event of default or in the event of certain other cross-defaults.

2022 Term Loan Facility

On March 2, 2022, Hudson Technologies Company (“HTC”), an indirect subsidiary of Hudson Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), and the Company’s subsidiary Hudson Holdings, Inc., as borrowers (collectively, the “Borrowers”), and the Company, as guarantor, became obligated under a Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Facility”) with TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as administrative agent (“Term Loan Agent”) and the lender parties thereto (the “Term Loan Lenders”).

Under the terms of the Term Loan Facility, the Borrowers have immediately borrowed $85 million pursuant to a term loan (the “Term Loan”). Amounts borrowed under the Term Loan Facility were used by the Borrowers to repay the outstanding principal amount and related fees and expenses under the Prior Term Loan Facility (as defined below) and for other corporate purposes. The Company paid approximately $4.3 million of term loan deferred financing costs.

The Term Loan matures on March 2, 2027, or earlier upon certain acceleration or cross default events. Principal payments on the Term Loan are required on a quarterly basis, commencing with the quarter ended March 31, 2022, in the amount of 5% of the original principal amount of the outstanding Term Loan per annum. The Term Loan Facility also requires annual payments of 50% of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Term Loan Facility); provided that commencing with the year ending December 31, 2023 such payments may be reduced depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio (as defined in the Term Loan Facility) for the applicable year. The Term Loan Facility also requires mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans in the event of certain asset dispositions, debt issuances, and other events. The Term Loan may be prepaid at the option of the Borrowers subject to a prepayment premium of 3% in year one, 2% in year two,1% in year three, and zero in year four and thereafter.

Interest on the Term Loan is generally payable monthly, in arrears. Interest charges with respect to the Term Loan are computed on the actual principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding at a rate per annum equal to (A) with respect to Base Rate loans, the sum of (i) a rate per annum equal to the higher of (1) 2.0%, (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (3) one month term SOFR plus 1.0%, and (4) the prime commercial lending rate quoted by The Wall Street Journal, plus (ii) between 6.0% and 7.0% depending on the applicable leverage ratio and (B) with respect to SOFR loans, the sum of the applicable SOFR rate plus between 7.0% and 8.0% depending on the applicable leverage ratio.

Borrowers and the Company granted to the Term Loan Agent, for the benefit of the Term Loan Lenders, a security interest in substantially all of their respective assets, including receivables, equipment, general intangibles (including intellectual property), inventory, subsidiary stock, real property, and certain other assets.

The Term Loan Facility contains a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant and a leverage ratio covenant, each tested quarterly. The fixed charge coverage ratio (“FCCR”) covenant requires compliance with specified levels of (i) EBITDA minus unfunded capital expenditures to (ii) interest expense, scheduled principal payments, and other specified payments, in each case as specified in the Term Loan Facility, for a trailing four quarter period.  For the period ended June 30, 2022, the FCCR was 5.30 to 1.0 against a requirement of at least 1.10 to 1.0.  The leverage ratio (“LR”) covenant is tested as of the last day of each fiscal quarter. The LR is the ratio of (i) funded debt as of such date minus the lesser of $15,000,000 or the Company’s unrestricted cash to (b) trailing twelve-month EBITDA, in each case as specified in the Term Loan Facility. As of June 30, 2022, the LR was approximately 0.73 to 1.0, compared to the maximum of 4.00 to 1.0. The Term Loan Facility also contains customary non-financial covenants relating to the Company and the Borrowers, including limitations on Borrowers’ ability to pay dividends on common stock or preferred stock, and also includes certain events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other obligations, events of bankruptcy and insolvency, certain ERISA events, judgments in excess of specified amounts, impairments to guarantees and a change of control.

In connection with the closing of the Term Loan Facility, the Company also entered into a Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2022 (the “Term Loan Guarantee”), pursuant to which the Company affirmed its unconditional guarantee of the payment and performance of all obligations owing by Borrowers to Term Loan Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Term Loan Lenders.

The Term Loan Agent and the Agent have entered into an intercreditor agreement governing the relative priority of their security interests granted by the Borrowers and the Guarantor in the collateral, providing that the Agent shall have a first priority security interest in the accounts receivable, inventory, deposit accounts and certain other assets (the “Revolving Credit Priority Collateral”) and the Term Loan Agent shall have a first priority security interest in the equipment, real property, capital stock of subsidiaries and certain other assets (the “Term Loan Priority Collateral”).

Termination of Prior Term Loan Facility

In conjunction with entry into the new Term Loan Facility as described above, on March 2, 2022 the Company’s existing term loans set forth in the Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent and administrative agent, and the various lenders thereunder, as amended (the “Prior Term Loan Facility”), which had a principal balance of approximately $63.9 million after payment of a $16.0 million excess cash flow amount thereunder, was repaid in full, together with associated required lender fees and expenses of $3.3 million, and the Prior Term Loan Facility was terminated. The termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility constituted an extinguishment of debt, which resulted in the Company recording an additional $4.7 million of interest expense during the first quarter of 2022, which included the aforementioned $3.3 million of prior lender fees and expenses and $1.3 million of pre-existing deferred financing costs from the Prior Term Loan Facility.

The Company was in compliance with all covenants, under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility and the Term Loan Facility, as of June 30, 2022.

The Company’s ability to comply with these covenants in future quarters may be affected by events beyond the Company’s control, including general economic conditions, weather conditions, regulations and refrigerant pricing. Therefore, we cannot make any assurance that we will continue to be in compliance during future periods.

The Company believes that it will be able to satisfy its working capital requirements for the foreseeable future from anticipated cash flows from operations and available funds under the Amended Wells Fargo Facility. Any unanticipated expenses, including, but not limited to, an increase in the cost of refrigerants purchased by the Company, an increase in operating expenses or failure to achieve expected revenues from the Company’s RefrigerantSide(R) Services and/or refrigerant sales or additional expansion or acquisition costs that may arise in the future would adversely affect the Company’s future capital needs. There can be no assurance that the Company’s

proposed or future plans will be successful, and as such, the Company may require additional capital sooner than anticipated, which capital may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all.

CARES Act Loan

On April 23, 2020 the Company received a loan in the amount of $2.475 million from Meridian Bank under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) pursuant to the CARES Act. The loan had a term of two years, was unsecured, and bore interest at a fixed rate of one percent per annum, with the first nine months of principal and interest deferred. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in applying for the loan the Company made a good faith assertion based upon the degree of uncertainty introduced to the capital markets and the industries affecting the Company’s customers and the Company’s dependency to curtail expenses to fund ongoing operations. The PPP loan proceeds have been used in part to help offset payroll costs as stipulated in the legislation. All or a portion of the PPP loan may be forgiven by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) upon application by the Company and upon documentation of expenditures in accordance with the SBA requirements. Under the CARES Act, loan forgiveness is available for the sum of documented payroll costs and other covered areas, such as rent payments, mortgage interest and utilities, as applicable. During the third quarter of 2021, the Company received forgiveness of the loan from the SBA, resulting in $2.475 million of Other Income recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Capital Lease Obligations

The Company rents certain equipment with a de minimis net book value at June 30, 2022 under leases which have been classified as capital leases.

Scheduled maturities of the Company’s long-term debt and capital lease obligations are as follows:

Years ended June 30,	Amount
(in thousands)
‑2023	$	4,250
-2024		4,250
-2025		4,250
-2026		4,250
-2027		71,937
Thereafter		—
Total	$	88,937