Note 6 - Revolving Line of Credit and Long-term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Revolving Line of Credit and Long-term Debt

In connection with the acquisition of the Artegraft biologic graft business, we incurred debt in the amount of $65 million under a senior secured credit facility with a group of banks. This credit arrangement included a $25 million revolving credit line that was fully drawn at inception, as well as a $40 million five-year term loan. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we made scheduled principal payments on the term loan of $1.0 million and repaid the revolving line of credit in full. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we made scheduled principal payments on the term loan of $1.0 million, repaid the loan in full, and terminated the credit agreement in accordance with its terms.

Under the terms of the agreement, the loans bore interest at a rate per annum of, at our option, either (i) the Base Rate plus an applicable margin of from 1.25% to 1.75% depending on our consolidated leverage ratio, or (ii) the Eurodollar Rate plus an applicable margin of from 2.25% to 2.75% depending on our consolidated leverage ratio. Base Rate is defined in the credit agreement as a fluctuating rate per annum of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.5% or the prime rate of interest established from time to time by KeyBank National Association. Cash paid for interest during both of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $0.9 million.

We incurred debt issuance costs in connection with this credit arrangement of approximately $1.8 million. These costs were allocated between the revolving line of credit and the term loans, with the portion related to the revolving line of credit of $0.7 million recorded in other assets on our balance sheet, and the portion allocated to the term loan recorded as a deduction from the amount of the debt. All of these transaction costs were being amortized into interest expense on a straight-line basis as the result would not be materially different from using the interest method, over the five-year term of the arrangement. This resulted in an effective interest rate of approximately 4.2%.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, in connection with prepaying the term loan in full, we expensed the remaining unamortized transaction costs allocated to the term loan of $0.6 million. The term of the revolving line of credit was five years, with all outstanding amounts due on June 22, 2025. In November 2021 we terminated the credit agreement, including the revolving line of credit, as allowed for in the original agreement, and expensed the remaining unamortized transaction costs allocated to the revolving line of credit of $0.5 million.