XML 19 R9.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.19.1
Note 2 - Long-term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
NOTE 2 - Long-Term Debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
(In thousands)
 
2019
   
2018
 
                 
Note payable to BB&T, pursuant to revolving credit agreement, maturing May 2023
  $
24,126
    $
1,193
 
Term loan payable to BB&T maturing January 22, 2026
   
63,452
     
-
 
Term loan payable to BB&T maturing February 26, 2024
   
30,000
     
31,500
 
Term loan payable to BB&T maturing May 2020
   
-
     
85,000
 
    $
117,578
    $
117,693
 
Less:
               
Payments due within one year included in current liabilities
   
15,286
     
6,000
 
                 
Debt issuance costs
   
361
     
171
 
Long-term debt less current maturities
  $
101,931
    $
111,522
 
 
 
Effective
February 28, 2017,
the Company entered into a
7
-year credit agreement with BB&T (the “Credit Agreement”) that provided a revolving credit facility of
$35
million which was to terminate on
February 25, 2022,
and provided a term loan of
$42
million, which matures on
February 26, 2024.
Both loans were based upon the
one
-month LIBOR rate for U.S. dollar based borrowings. Interest was payable for each loan at LIBOR (rounded up to the next
1/100
th
of
1%
) plus
0.75%.
The Company pays a commitment fee of
0.10%
per annum on the average unused portion of the commitment under the credit facility.
 
Effective
May 2, 2018,
and concurrently with the closing of the CID Resources acquisition, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
May 2, 2018 (
the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), with BB&T pursuant to which the Company’s existing revolving credit facility was increased from
$35
million to
$75
million and which provided an additional term loan in the principal amount of
$85
million.
No
principal payments were due on the
$85
million term loan prior to its maturity. The term of the revolving credit facility was extended until
May 2023
and the
$85
million term loan was to mature in
May 2020.
The Company’s existing term loan with the original principal amount of
$42
million remains outstanding with a maturity date of
February 2024
and with the same amortization schedule. The scheduled amortization for the
$42
million term loan is as follows:
2019
through
2023
-
$6.0
million per year; and
2024
-
$1.5
million.
 
Obligations outstanding under the revolving credit facility and the
$42
million term loan generally have a variable interest rate of
one
-month LIBOR plus
0.68%
(
3.17%
at
March 31, 2019). 
The available balance under the revolving credit facility is reduced by outstanding letters of credit. As of
March 31, 2019,
there were
no
outstanding letters of credit. The term loans do
not
contain pre-payment penalties.
 
On
January 22, 2019,
the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement pursuant to which the existing
$85
million term loan was restructured. The Company used
$20
million borrowed under its existing revolving credit facility to reduce the principal amount to
$65
million. The maturity date on the loan was extended to
January 22, 2026
and the interest rate was lowered to a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus
0.85%
(
3.34%
at
March 31, 2019). 
The scheduled amortization for the
$65
million term loan is as follows: 
2019
-
$8.5
million,
2020
through
2025
-
$9.3
million per year; and
2026
-
$0.8
million. The revolving credit facility,
$42
million term loan and
$65
million term loan are collectively referred to as the “Credit Facilities”.
 
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, contains customary events of default and negative covenants, including but
not
limited to those governing indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, investments, restricted payments, and sales of assets. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, also requires the Company to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least
1.25:1
and a funded debt to EBITDA ratio
not
to exceed
4.0:1.
 As of
March 31, 2019,
the Company was in compliance with these ratios. The Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the operating assets of the Company as collateral, and the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facilities are guaranteed by all of its domestic subsidiaries. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Facilities are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of an event of default as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended.
 
Effective
March 3, 2017,
in order to reduce the interest rate risk on its future debt, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement (“original swap”) with BB&T that was designed to effectively convert or hedge the variable interest rate on a portion of its future borrowings to achieve a net fixed rate of
3.12%
per annum, beginning
March 1, 2018
with a notional amount of
$18.0
million. The notional amount of the interest rate swap is reduced by
$0.3
million per month beginning
April 1, 2018
through
February 26, 2024. 
Under the terms of the interest rate swap, the Company will receive variable interest rate payments and make fixed interest rate payments on an amount equal to the notional amount at that time. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap designated as the hedging instrument that effectively offset the variability of cash flows associated with the variable rate, long-term debt obligation were recorded in OCI, net of related income tax effects. On
May 2, 2018,
in conjunction with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the original swap was modified (“amended swap”) to achieve a net fixed rate of
3.05%
per annum effective
May 1, 2018
and the remaining notional amount was
$17.5
million. There were
no
other changes to the original swap. As a result of the change, the Company has discontinued hedge accounting for the original swap and has elected
not
to designate the amended swap. As of
May 2, 2018,
the fair value of the original swap was
$0.1
million and is being amortized as interest expense over the remaining life of the amended swap. Changes to the fair value of the amended swap are recorded as interest expense. As of
March 31 2019,
the negative fair value of the amended swap was
$0.1
million and was included in other current liabilities.