Debt and Receivables Securitization

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt and Receivables Securitization

NOTE H – Debt and Receivables Securitization

We maintain a $500,000,000 multi-year revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a group of lenders.  On February 16, 2018, the Company amended the terms of the Credit Facility, extending the maturity by three years to February 2023.  Debt issuance costs of $805,000 were incurred as a result of the renewal.  These costs have been deferred and will be amortized over the life of the Credit Facility to interest expense.  Borrowings under the Credit Facility have maturities of up to one year.  We have the option to borrow at rates equal to an applicable margin over the LIBOR, Prime rate or Overnight Bank Funding Rate.  The applicable margin is determined by our credit rating.  There were no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility at August 31, 2018.  As discussed in “NOTE G – Guarantees,” we provided $13,912,000 in letters of credit for third-party beneficiaries as of August 31, 2018.  While not drawn against at August 31, 2018, $12,800,000 of these letters of credit were issued against availability under the Credit Facility, leaving $487,200,000 available at August 31, 2018.

We also maintain a $50,000,000 revolving trade accounts receivable securitization facility (the “AR Facility”) which matures in January 2019.  Pursuant to the terms of the AR Facility, certain of our subsidiaries sell their accounts receivable without recourse, on a revolving basis, to Worthington Receivables Corporation (“WRC”), a wholly-owned, consolidated, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary.  In turn, WRC may sell without recourse, on a revolving basis, up to $50,000,000 of undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable to a third-party bank.  We retain an undivided interest in this pool and are subject to risk of loss based on the collectability of the receivables from this retained interest.  Because the amount eligible to be sold excludes receivables more than 90 days past due, receivables offset by an allowance for doubtful accounts due to bankruptcy or other cause, concentrations over certain limits with specific customers and certain reserve amounts, we believe additional risk of loss is minimal.  As of August 31, 2018, no undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable had been sold.