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Long-Term Debt Payable to Banks
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Long-Term Debt Payable to Banks

NOTE  9.      Long-Term Debt Payable to Banks

Revolving Credit Facility On August 26, 2013 the Company refinanced the Former Senior Credit Facility (as defined below) with a new five-year Revolving Credit Facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” or “Facility”),which provides the Company with a $20,000 unsecured revolving line of credit with an accordion feature that may increase the amount to 2.5 times EBITDA (as defined in the Facility) to a maximum of $35,000. The term of the Facility is through August 26, 2018.

The Company has the option, subject to bank approval, during the five-year term of the Revolving Credit Facility, to convert the Facility to a secured credit facility which increases the borrowing limit to 3.5 times EBITDA (as defined in the Facility) up to a maximum of $35,000. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has not exercised this option.                                                               

 

Amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility generally accrue interest at a floating rate, adjusted monthly. The floating rate is the then-current London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) monthly floating rate plus an applicable margin based on the Company’s ratio of funded debt to EBITDA. The Company also must pay a quarterly unused commitment fee of 0.125%. Amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility are generally due and payable on the expiration date of the Facility (August 26, 2018), and the Company can elect to prepay some or all of the outstanding balance from time to time without penalty. Up to $8,000 of the available funds can be used to support the issuance of letters of credit. During the first nine months of fiscal 2014, the Revolving Credit Facility had a blended interest rate of approximately 0.132%, which mainly represents a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Facility.  

The Revolving Credit Facility includes customary representations and warranties and requires the Company to comply with customary covenants, including, among other things, the following financial covenants: maintain at least a specified minimum level of tangible net worth; maintain a ratio of funded debt to EBITDA not exceeding a specified amount; and maintain a ratio of EBIT (as defined in the Facility) to cash interest expense not below a specified amount.

The Revolving Credit Facility does not restrict the Company’s ability to pay cash dividends on shares of its common stock, subject to maintaining $5,000 available under the Facility after the dividend payment and complying with the financial covenants included in the Facility. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility does not restrict the Company’s ability to acquire or purchase other businesses or their assets provided that the businesses or assets are in a line of business which is substantially similar to the Company’s current business.

As of December 31, 2013, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Facility, $202 in outstanding (standby) letters of credit, and $19,798 in unsecured revolving line of credit availability. As of December 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with the covenant provisions of the Facility.

Former Senior Credit Facility Prior to August 26, 2013, the Company had a five-year, $33,000 senior credit facility consisting of a $10,000 revolving line of credit and, at the inception of the credit agreement in August 2008, a term loan totaling $23,000 (the “Former Senior Credit Facility”). In June 2012, the Company paid in full the term loan.

The Former Senior Credit Facility contained certain financial covenants which required a minimum fixed charge coverage and leverage ratios. The Former Senior Credit Facility bore interest at the “Base Rate” or LIBOR plus applicable margins based on the Company’s leverage ratio. During fiscal 2014, the Former Senior Credit Facility had a blended interest rate of approximately 0.375%, which represents a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the revolving line of credit. The Former Senior Credit Facility was secured by all of the Company’s assets and allowed the Company to issue letters of credit against the total borrowing capacity of the Former Senior Credit Facility.