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Note 7 - Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
7
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DEBT
 
Current and long-term debt consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
 
(in thousands)
 
December 31, 2015
   
December 31, 2014
 
   
Current
   
Long-Term
   
Current
   
Long-Term
 
Borrowings under Credit Facility
  $ -     $ 3,002     $ -     $ -  
Revenue equipment installment notes; weighted average interest rate of 3.6% at December 31, 2015, and 3.7% December 31, 2014, due in monthly installments with final maturities at various dates ranging from January 2016 to January 2022, secured by related revenue equipment
    38,461       163,387       27,550       155,832  
Real estate note; weighted average
interest rate of 2.0% and 2.5% at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, due in monthly installments with fixed maturity at December 2018 and August 2035, secured by related real-estate
    1,184       30,124       166       3,608  
Other note payable, interest rate of 3.0% at December 31, 2014
    -       -       108       91  
Total debt
    39,645       196,513       27,824       159,531  
Principal portion of capital lease obligations, secured by related revenue equipment
    4,031       10,547       1,606       13,372  
                                 
Total debt and capital lease obligations
  $ 43,676     $ 207,060     $ 29,430     $ 172,903  
 
We and substantially all of our subsidiaries (collectively, the "Borrowers") are parties to a Third Amended and Restated Credit Facility (the "Credit Facility") with Bank of America, N.A., as agent (the "Agent") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPM," and together with the Agent, the "Lenders").
 
The Credit Facility is a $95.0 million revolving credit facility, with an uncommitted accordion feature that, so long as no event of default exists, allows us to request an increase in the revolving credit facility of up to $50.0 million subject to lender acceptance of the additional funding commitment
.  The Credit Facility included, within our $95.0 million revolving credit facility, a letter of credit sub facility in an aggregate amount of $95.0 million and a swing line sub facility in an aggregate amount equal to the greater of $10.0 million or 10% of the Lenders' aggregate commitments under the Credit Facility from time-to-time.
 
In August 2015, we entered into an eleventh amendment to the Credit Facility, which, among other things, (i) amended the "Applicable Margin" to improve the interest rate grid as set forth in the tables below, (ii) improved the unused line fee pricing to 0.25% per annum, retroactive to July 1, 2015 (previously the fee was 0.375% per annum when availability was less than $50.0 million and 0.5% per annum when availability was at or over such amount), (iii) required each of Driven Analytic Solutions, LLC ("DAS") and Covenant Properties, LLC ("CPI") to be joined to the Credit Agreement as guarantors, (iv) required each of DAS, CPI and Star Properties Exchange, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, to pledge certain of its assets as security, (v) contained conditional amendments increasing the borrowing base real estate sublimit and lowering the amortization of the real estate sublimit, (vi) made technical amendments to a variety of sections, including without limitation, permitted investments, permitted stock repurchases, permitted indebtedness, and permitted liens, (vii) consented to the purchase of the Company's headquarters, including related financing, and (viii) extended the maturity date from September 2017 to September 2018.  Following the effectiveness of the eleventh amendment, the applicable margin was changed as follows:
 
New Pricing
 
Level
 
Average Pricing
Availability
 
Base Rate
Loans
   
LIBOR
Loans
   
L/C
Fee
 
I
 
> $40,000,000
    .50 %     1.50 %   1.50 %
II
≤ $40,000,000
but
> $20,000,000   .75 %     1.75 %   1.75 %
III
 
≤ $20,000,000
    1.00 %     2.00 %   2.00 %
 
Prior Pricing
 
Level
 
Average Pricing
Availability
 
Base
Rate
Loans
 
 
LIBOR
Loans
 
 
L/C
Fee
 
I
 
> $75,000,000
    .50 %     1.50 %     1.50 %
II
≤ $75,000,000
but
> $50,000,000    .75 %     1.75 %     1.75 %
III
≤ $50,000,000
but
> $25,000,000    1.00 %     2.00 %     2.00 %
IV
 
≤ $25,000,000
    1.25 %     2.25 %     2.25 %
 
In exchange for these amendments, we agreed to pay fees of $0.2 million. Based on availability as of December 31, 2015, there was no fixed charge coverage requirement.
 
The unused line fee is the product of 0.25% times the average daily amount by which the Lenders' aggregate revolving commitments under the Credit Facility exceed the outstanding principal amount of revolver loans and the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility.  The obligations under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by us and secured by a pledge of substantially all of our assets, with the notable exclusion of any real estate or revenue equipment pledged under other financing agreements, including revenue equipment installment notes and capital leases.
 
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to a borrowing base limited to the lesser of (A) $95.0 million, minus the sum of the stated amount of all outstanding letters of credit; or (B) the sum of (i) 85% of eligible accounts receivable, plus (ii) the lesser of (a) 85% of the appraised net orderly liquidation value of eligible revenue equipment, (b) 95% of the net book value of eligible revenue equipment, or (c) 35% of the Lenders' aggregate revolving commitments under the Credit Facility, plus (iii) the lesser of (a) $25.0 million or (b) 65% of the appraised fair market value of eligible real estate.  We had $3.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2015, undrawn letters of credit outstanding of approximately $31.4 million, and available borrowing capacity of $60.6 million.
 
The Credit Facility includes usual and customary events of default for a facility of this nature and provides that, upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, payment of all amounts payable under the Credit Facility may be accelerated, and the Lenders' commitments may be terminated.  If an event of default occurs under the Credit Facility and the Lenders cause all of the outstanding debt obligations under the Credit Facility to become due and payable, this could result in a default under other debt instruments that contain acceleration or cross-default provisions. The Credit Facility contains certain restrictions and covenants relating to, among other things, debt, dividends, liens, acquisitions and dispositions outside of the ordinary course of business, and affiliate transactions. Failure to comply with the covenants and restrictions set forth in the Credit Facility could result in an event of default.
 
Capital lease obligations are utilized to finance a portion of our revenue equipment and are entered into with certain finance companies who are not parties to our Credit Facility. The leases in effect at December 31, 2015 terminate in January 2016 through February 2022 and contain guarantees of the residual value of the related equipment by us. As such, the residual guarantees are included in the related debt balance as a balloon payment at the end of the related term as well as included in the future minimum capital lease payments. These lease agreements require us to pay personal property taxes, maintenance, and operating expenses.
 
Pricing for the revenue equipment installment notes is quoted by the respective financial affiliates of our primary revenue equipment suppliers and other lenders at the funding of each group of equipment acquired and include fixed annual rates for new equipment under retail installment contracts. The notes included in the funding are due in monthly installments with final maturities at various dates ranging from January 2016 to January 2022. The notes contain certain requirements regarding payment, insuring of collateral, and other matters, but do not have any financial or other material covenants or events of default except certain notes totaling $215.5 million are cross-defaulted with the Credit Facility. Additionally, a portion of the our fuel hedge contracts totaling $27.3 million at December 31, 2015, is cross-defaulted with the Credit Facility. Additional borrowings from the financial affiliates of our primary revenue equipment suppliers and other lenders are expected to be available to fund new tractors expected to be delivered in 2016, while any other property and equipment purchases, including trailers, are expected to be funded with a combination of available cash, notes, operating leases, capital leases, and/or from the Credit Facility.
 
In August 2015, we financed a portion of the purchase of our corporate headquarters, a maintenance facility, and certain surrounding property in Chattanooga, Tennessee by entering into a $28.0 million variable rate note with a third party lender. Concurrently with entering into the note, we entered into an interest rate swap to effectively fix the related interest rate to 4.2%. See Note 13 for further information about the interest rate swap.
 
As of December 31, 2015, the scheduled principal payments of debt, excluding capital leases for which future payments are discussed in Note 8 are as follows:
 
   
(in thousands)
 
           2016
  $ 39,645  
           2017
    40,253  
           2018
    58,735  
           2019
    33,846  
           2020
    34,479  
Thereafter
  $ 29,200