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CREDIT AGREEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
CREDIT AGREEMENTS
CREDIT AGREEMENTS

Receivables Finance Agreement with Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited and Lloyds Bank PLC

On August 1, 2014, the Company’s U.K. subsidiary (“U.K. Borrower”) entered into a receivables finance agreement for an asset-based lending funding facility (the “Lloyds Agreement”) with Lloyds Bank PLC and Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited (together, “Lloyds”). The Lloyds Agreement provides the U.K. Borrower with the ability to borrow up to $22,229 (£15,000). Extensions of credit are based on a percentage of the eligible accounts receivable less required reserves from the Company's U.K. operations. The initial term is two years with renewal periods every three months thereafter. Borrowings under this facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of the U.K. Borrower.

The credit facility under the Lloyds Agreement contains two tranches. The first tranche is a revolving facility based on the billed temporary contracting and permanent recruitment activities in the U.K. operation ("Lloyds Tranche A"). The borrowing limit of Lloyds Tranche A is $17,783 (£12,000) based on 83% of eligible billed temporary contracting and permanent recruitment receivables. The second tranche is a revolving facility that is based on the unbilled work-in-progress (as defined under the receivables finance agreement) activities in the Company's U.K. operations ("Lloyds Tranche B"). The borrowing limit of Lloyds Tranche B is $4,446 (£3,000) based on 75% of eligible work-in-progress from temporary contracting and 25% of eligible work-in-progress from permanent recruitment activities. For both tranches, borrowings may be made with an interest rate based on a base rate as determined by Lloyds Bank PLC, based on the Bank of England base rate, plus 1.75%.

The Lloyds Agreement contains various restrictions and covenants including (1) that true credit note dilution may not exceed 5%, measured at audit on a regular basis; (2) debt turn may not exceed 55 days over a three month rolling period; (3) dividends by the U.K. Borrower to the Company are restricted to the value of post tax profits; and (4) at the end of each month, there must be a minimum excess availability of $2,964 (£2,000).
The details of the Lloyds Agreement as of March 31, 2015 were as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2015
Borrowing capacity
 
$
12,706

Less: outstanding borrowing
 

Additional borrowing availability
 
$
12,706

Interest rates on outstanding borrowing
 
2.25
%


The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Lloyds Agreement as of March 31, 2015.

Loan and Security Agreement with Siena Lending Group LLC

On August 1, 2014, the Company and its U.S. subsidiary (“U.S. Borrower”) entered into a loan and security agreement for a credit facility (the “Siena Agreement”) with Siena Lending Group LLC ("Siena"). The Siena Agreement provides the U.S. Borrower with the ability to borrow up to $10,000 (subject to a borrowing base and an availability block), including up to $1,000 for the issuance of letters of credit.

After the sale of the Company’s Legal eDiscovery business on November 9, 2014, the aforementioned borrowing limit was reduced to $5,000 (subject to a borrowing base and an availability block). The availability block was $2,000 prior to the sale of the Company's Legal eDiscovery business and decreased to $1,000 after the sale of the Company’s Legal eDiscovery business. The availability block will be eliminated on the date on which the U.S. Borrower notifies Siena that the U.S. Borrower’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 1.1x on a trailing six month basis. Extensions of credit are based on borrowing base calculated on a percentage of the eligible accounts receivable less required reserves related to the U.S. operations. The term of the Siena Agreement is three years expiring on August 1, 2017. Borrowings may be made with an interest rate based on a base rate (with a floor of 3.25%) plus 1.75%. The interest rate for letters of credit is 4.5% on face amount of each letter of credit issued and outstanding. Borrowings under the Siena Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of the U.S. Borrower. Upon the completion of the sale of US IT, the Company may exercise its right to exit the facility subject to a facility exit fee of 2.0% or $100.

The Siena Agreement contains various restrictions and covenants including (1) a requirement that the U.S. Borrower maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of equal to or greater than 1.1x after the date on which the U.S. Borrower notifies Siena that the U.S. Borrower’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 1.1x on a trailing six month basis; (2) a limit on the payment of dividends by the U.S. Borrower; (3) restrictions on the ability of the U.S. Borrower to incur additional debt, acquire, merge or otherwise change the ownership of the U.S. Borrower; (4) restrictions on investments and acquisitions; and (5) restrictions on dispositions of assets.
The details of the Siena Agreement as of March 31, 2015 were as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2015
Borrowing base
 
$
2,563

Less: adjustments to the borrowing base
 
 
Minimum availability
 
(1,000
)
Outstanding letters of credits
 
(385
)
Adjusted borrowing base
 
1,178

Less: outstanding borrowing
 

Additional borrowing availability
 
$
1,178

Interest rates on outstanding borrowing
 
5.00
%


The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Siena Agreement as of March 31, 2015.

Credit Agreement with Westpac Banking Corporation 

On November 29, 2011, certain Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries of the Company entered into a facility agreement with Westpac Banking Corporation and Westpac New Zealand Limited (collectively, “Westpac”). On September 30, 2013, the Company and certain of its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries entered into a waiver letter to waive compliance with a financial covenant contained in the facility agreement at the September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 testing dates, and on December 19, 2013, the Company and certain of its Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries entered into a Deed of Variation to the facility agreement to amend certain terms and conditions of the facility agreement. On December 2, 2014, the Company and certain Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries entered into a Third Deed of Variation to amend certain terms and conditions of the facility agreement (as amended, the “Facility Agreement”).
The Facility Agreement provides three tranches: (1) an invoice discounting facility of up to $7,607 (AUD10,000) (“Tranche A”) for an Australian subsidiary of the Company, the availability under which facility is based on an agreed percentage of eligible accounts receivable; (2) an overdraft facility of up to $1,494 (NZD2,000) (“Tranche B”) for a New Zealand subsidiary of the Company; and (3) a financial guarantee facility of up to $3,804 (AUD5,000) (“Tranche C”) for the Australian subsidiary.   
The Facility Agreement does not have a stated maturity date and can be terminated by Westpac upon 90 days written notice. Borrowings under Tranche A may be made with an interest rate based on the Invoice Finance 30-day Bank Bill Rate (as defined in the Facility Agreement) plus a margin of 1.10%. Borrowings under Tranche B may be made with an interest rate based on the Commercial Lending Rate (as defined in the Facility Agreement) plus a margin of 1.83%. Each of Tranche A and Tranche B bears a fee, payable monthly, equal to 1.50% and 0.96%, respectively, of the size of Westpac’s commitment under such tranche. Borrowings under Tranche C may be made incurring a fee equal to 2.10% of the face value of the financial guarantee requested. Amounts owing under the Facility Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Australian subsidiary, its Australian parent company and the New Zealand subsidiary (collectively, the “Obligors”) and certain of their subsidiaries.
The details of the Facility Agreement as of March 31, 2015 were as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2015
Tranche A:
 

Borrowing capacity
$
7,607

Less: outstanding borrowing

Additional borrowing availability
$
7,607

Interest rates on outstanding borrowing
4.49
%
Tranche B:
 

Borrowing capacity
$
1,494

Less: outstanding borrowing

Additional borrowing availability
$
1,494

Interest rates on outstanding borrowing
8.28
%
Tranche C:
 

Financial guarantee capacity
$
3,804

Less: outstanding financial guarantee requested
(2,338
)
Additional availability for financial guarantee
$
1,466

Interest rates on financial guarantee requested
2.10
%

 
The Facility Agreement contains various restrictions and covenants applicable to the Obligors and certain of their subsidiaries, including: (a) a requirement that the Obligors maintain (1) a minimum Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Facility Agreement) as of the last day of each calendar quarter of not less than the higher of 85% of the Tangible Net Worth as of the last day of the previous calendar year and $13,312 (AUD17,500); (2) a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Facility Agreement) of 1.5x; and (3) a maximum Borrowing Base Ratio (as defined in the Facility Agreement) as of the last day of each calendar quarter of not more than 0.8; and (b) a limitation on certain intercompany payments with permitted payments outside the Obligor group restricted to a defined amount derived from the net profits of the Obligors and their subsidiaries. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Facility Agreement as of March 31, 2015.
Other Credit Agreements
The Company also has lending arrangements with local banks through its subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium and Singapore. As of March 31, 2015, the Netherlands subsidiary could borrow up to $1,597 (€1,487) based on an agreed percentage of accounts receivable related to its operations. This facility terminated upon sale of the Netherlands business. The Belgium subsidiary has a $1,074 (€1,000) overdraft facility. Borrowings under the Belgium and the Netherlands lending arrangements may be made using an interest rate based on the one-month EURIBOR plus a margin, and the interest rate under each of these arrangements was 2.50% as of March 31, 2015. The lending arrangement in the Netherlands expires annually each June, but can be renewed for one-year periods at that time. The lending arrangement in Belgium has no expiration date and can be terminated with a 15-day notice period. In Singapore, the Company’s subsidiary can borrow up to $364 (SGD500) for working capital purposes. Interest on borrowings under the Singapore overdraft facility is based on the Singapore Prime Rate plus a margin of 1.75%, and it was 6.00% on March 31, 2015. The Singapore overdraft facility expires annually each August, but can be renewed for one-year periods at that time. There were no outstanding borrowings under the Belgium, the Netherlands, and Singapore lending agreements as of March 31, 2015.
The average aggregate monthly outstanding borrowings under the Revolver Agreement, Facility Agreement and the various credit agreements in Belgium, the Netherlands and Singapore were $1,547 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding borrowings for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 3.99%.  
The Company continues to use the aforementioned credit to support its ongoing global working capital requirements, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes and to support letters of credit. Letters of credit and bank guarantees are used primarily to support office leases.