Debt

Consolidated long-term debt of the Company consisted of the following:



	March 31,
	2018			2017
Capital lease obligations	$	98		$	551
Total senior debt	98			551
Debt assumed in the acquisition of STAHL	—			2,608
Term loan	375,463			432,500
Unamortized deferred financing costs, net	(12,243		)	(14,340		)
Total debt	363,318			421,319
Less: current portion	60,064			52,568
Total debt, less current portion	$	303,254		$	368,751

Through January 31, 2017 the Company had $131,500,000 outstanding under a revolving credit facility ("Replaced Revolving Credit Facility"). The Replaced Revolving Credit Facility provided availability up to a maximum of $225,000,000 and had an initial term ending January 23, 2020.

Through January 31, 2017 the Company, Columbus McKinnon Dutch Holdings 3 B.V. (“BV 3”), and Columbus McKinnon EMEA GmbH (“EMEA GMBH”) as borrowers (collectively referred to as the "Borrowers"), had outstanding $103,125,000 principal amount of a senior secured Term Loan ("Replaced Term Loan") which matured on February 19, 2020.

As described in Note 2, on January 31, 2017 the Company entered into a New Credit Agreement ("New Credit Agreement") and $545,000,000 of new debt facilities ("New Facilities") in connection with the STAHL acquisition. The New Facilities consist of a New Revolving Facility ("Revolver") in the amount of $100,000,000 and a $445,000,000 1st Lien Term Loan ("New Term Loan"). Proceeds from the New Facilities were used to fund the STAHL acquisition, pay fees and expenses associated with the acquisition, and refinance the Company's Replaced Revolving Credit Facility and Replaced Term Loan. The New Term Loan has a seven-year term maturing in 2024 and the Revolver has a five-year term maturing in 2022. At March 31, 2018 the Company has not drawn from the Revolver.

The key terms of the agreement are as follows:

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Term Loan: An aggregate $445,000,000 1st Lien Term Loan which requires quarterly principal amortization of 0.25% with the remaining principal due at maturity date. In addition, if the Company has Excess Cash Flow ("ECF") as defined in the New Credit Agreement, the ECF Percentage of the Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year minus optional prepayment of the Loans (except prepayments of Revolving Loans that are not accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of Revolving Commitments) pursuant to Section 2.10(a) of the New Credit Agreement other than to the extent that any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt, shall be applied toward the prepayment of the New Term Loan. The ECF Percentage is defined as 50% stepping down to 25% or 0% based on the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal year.


•	Revolver: An aggregate $100,000,000 secured revolving facility which includes sublimits for the issuance of standby letters of credit, swingline loans and multi-currency borrowings in certain specified foreign currencies.


•	Fees and Interest Rates: Commitment fees and interest rates are determined on the basis of either a Eurocurrency rate or a Base rate plus an applicable margin based upon the Company's Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement).

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Prepayments: Provisions permitting a Borrower to voluntarily prepay either the Term Loan or Revolver in whole or in part at any time, and provisions requiring certain mandatory prepayments of the Term Loan or Revolver on the occurrence of certain events which will permanently reduce the commitments under the New Credit Agreement, each without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of certain costs of the Lenders. A prepayment premium of 1% of the principal amount of the First Lien Term Loans is required if the prepayment is associated with a Repricing Transaction and it were to occur within the first twelve months.

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Covenants: Provisions containing covenants required of the Corporation and its subsidiaries including various affirmative and negative financial and operational covenants. The key financial covenant is triggered only on any date when any Extension of Credit under the Revolving Facility is outstanding (excluding any Letters of Credit) (the “Covenant Trigger”), and permits the Total Leverage Ratio for the Reference Period ended on such date to not exceed (i) 4.50:1.00 as of any date of determination prior to December 31, 2017, (ii) 4.00:1.00 as of any date of determination on December 31, 2017 and thereafter but prior to December 31, 2018, (iii) 3.50:1.00 as of any date of determination on December 31, 2018 and thereafter but prior to December 31, 2019 and (iv) 3.00:1.00 as of any date of determination on December 31, 2019 and thereafter. As there is no amount drawn on the Revolver as of March 31, 2017 the requirement to comply with the covenant is not triggered. Had we been required to determine the covenant ratio we would have been in compliance with the covenant provisions as of March 31, 2018 and 2017.

The New Facility is secured by all U.S. inventory, receivables, equipment, real property, subsidiary stock (limited to 65% of non-U.S. subsidiaries) and intellectual property. The New Credit Agreement allows, but limits our ability to pay dividends.

On February 26, 2018, the Company amended the New Credit Agreement (known as the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The Amended Credit Agreement has the same terms mentioned above except for a reduction in interest rates. The applicable rate for the repriced term loan was reduced from 3.00% to 2.50%. The Company has accounted for the Amended Credit Agreement as a debt modification, therefore, debt repricing fees incurred in fiscal 2018 were expensed as general and administrative expenses and the deferred financing fees incurred as part of the New Credit Agreement (discussed below) remain unchanged.

As mentioned above, on January 31, 2017 the Company borrowed $445,000,000 under the New Term Loan. The Company repaid the amount outstanding for the Replaced Revolving Credit Facility and Replaced Term Loan ($131,500,000 and $103,125,000, respectively) plus $652,000 in accrued interest and fees. The cost of debt refinancing on the Company's consolidated statement of operations includes the write-off of previously unamortized deferred financing costs and other expenses of $1,303,000 in fiscal 2017.

The outstanding balance of the New Term Loan was $375,463,000 and $432,500,000 as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company made $57,037,000 of principal payment on the New Term Loan during fiscal 2018 and $9,375,000 of principal payments on the Replaced Term Loan and $12,500,000 of principal payment on the New Term Loan during fiscal 2017. The Company is obligated to make $4,450,000 of principal payments over the next 12 months, however, plans to pay down $60,000,000 in total. This amount has been recorded within the current portion of long term debt on the Company's consolidated balance sheet with the remaining balance recorded as long-term debt.

There was $0 outstanding on the New Revolving Credit Facility and $4,478,000 outstanding letters of credit as of March 31, 2018. The outstanding letters of credit at March 31, 2018 consisted of $745,000 in commercial letters of credit and $3,733,000 of standby letters of credit.

In connection with the acquisition of STAHL, the Company assumed a loan that STAHL CraneSystems Shanghai Co Ltd ("STAHL China") entered into on November 22, 2016 with Dalian Konecranes Co Ltd ("Konecranes"). The principal amount loaned to STAHL China in the amount of 18,000,000 Yuan (approximately $2,608,000 as of March 31, 2017) was used to meet working capital needs. The annual interest rate was 4.35% with an original maturity date of February 24, 2017. The term of the loan was extended through a loan amendment with a new maturity date of May 24, 2017. Therefore, this loan was classified in current portion of long-term debt at March 31, 2017. The Company repaid the loan in full in fiscal 2018.

The gross balance of deferred financing costs on the term loan was $14,690,000 as of March 31, 2018 and 2017. The accumulated amortization balances were $2,447,000 and $350,000 as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. All of the deferred financing costs on the Replaced Term Loan were extinguished and are included in the cost of debt refinancing on the Company's consolidated statement of operations as of March 31, 2017.

The gross balance of deferred financing costs associated with the New Revolving Credit Facility and Replaced Revolving Credit Facility are included in other assets is $2,789,000 as of March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017. The accumulated amortization balances were $651,000 and $93,000 as of March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017 respectively. The balance includes $605,000 and $763,000 as of March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, respectively, related to the Replaced Revolving Credit Facility as certain lenders in the Replaced Revolving Credit Facility participate in the New Revolving Credit Facility. These balances are classified in other assets since no funds were drawn on the New Revolving Credit Facility in fiscal 2018 and 2017.

On June 22, 2007, the Company recorded a capital lease resulting from the sale and partial leaseback of its facility in Charlotte, North Carolina under a 10 year lease agreement. The Company also has capital leases on certain production machinery and equipment. The outstanding balance on the capital lease obligations of $98,000 and $551,000 as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, are included in senior debt in the consolidated balance sheets. $64,000 of the capital lease liability has been recorded within the current portion of long term debt on the Company's consolidated balance sheet with the remaining balance recorded as long term debt.

The principal payments obligated to be made as of March 31, 2018 on the above debt are as follows:



FY 2019	$	4,515
FY 2020	4,483
FY 2021	4,450
FY 2022	4,450
FY 2023	4,450
Thereafter	353,213
	$	375,561

Non-U.S. Lines of Credit and Loans

Unsecured and uncommitted lines of credit are available to meet short-term working capital needs for certain of our subsidiaries operating outside of the U.S. The lines of credit are available on an offering basis, meaning that transactions under the line of credit will be on such terms and conditions, including interest rate, maturity, representations, covenants, and events of default, as mutually agreed between our subsidiaries and the local bank at the time of each specific transaction. As of March 31, 2018, unsecured credit lines totaled approximately $5,176,000, of which $0 was drawn. In addition, unsecured lines of $17,877,000 were available for bank guarantees issued in the normal course of business of which $11,668,000 was utilized.