Note 12 - Credit Agreements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

12.   Credit Agreements

Short-term borrowings are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
ABL facility	$	21,308	$	30,961
Other lines of credit		28,570		27,753
Total	$	49,878	$	58,714

Long-term borrowings are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:

	March 31,			December 31,
	2020			2019
Term loan	$	830,000		$	830,000
Original issue discount and deferred financing costs		(17,406	)		(18,048	)
Finance lease obligation		27,417			25,962
Other		3,630			2,236
Total		843,641			840,150
Less: current portion of debt		2,394			553
Less: current portion of finance lease obligation		1,867			1,830
Total	$	839,380		$	837,767

The Company’s credit agreements originally provided for a $1,200,000 term loan B credit facility (Term Loan) and currently include a $300,000 uncommitted incremental term loan facility. The maturity date of the Term Loan is currently December 13, 2026. The Term Loan is guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries, and is secured by associated collateral agreements which pledge a first priority lien on virtually all of the Company’s assets, including fixed assets and intangibles, other than all cash, trade accounts receivable, inventory, and other current assets and proceeds thereof, which are secured by a second priority lien. The Term Loan initially bore interest at rates based upon either a base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75% or adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 2.75%, subject to a LIBOR floor of 0.75%. Currently, the Term Loan bears interest at rates based upon either a base rate plus an applicable margin of 0.75% or adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75%. The Term Loan agreement has been amended a number of times since inception.

In December 2019, the Company amended its Term Loan to extend the maturity date from May 31, 2023 to December 13, 2026, as well as to remove the LIBOR floor of 0.75% from the adjusted LIBOR rate. Additionally, language was added to the agreement to include a benchmark replacement rate, selected by the administrative agent and the borrower, as a replacement to LIBOR that would take affect at the time LIBOR ceases. In connection with this amendment and in accordance with ASC 470-50, the Company capitalized $1,247 of fees paid to creditors as deferred financing costs on long-term borrowings and expensed $432 of transaction fees in the fourth quarter of 2019. Additionally at the time of the amendment, the Company made a voluntary prepayment of $49,000 on the term loan, which resulted in the write-off of $926 of original issue discount and capitalized debt issuance costs as a loss on extinguishment of debt in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. 

The Term Loan does not require an Excess Cash Flow payment if the Company’s secured leverage ratio is maintained below 3.75 to 1.00 times. As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s net secured leverage ratio was 1.48 to 1.00 times, and the Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Term Loan. There are no financial maintenance covenants on the Term Loan.

The Company’s credit agreements also originally provided for a senior secured ABL revolving credit facility (ABL Facility). Borrowings under the ABL Facility are guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries, and are secured by associated collateral agreements which pledge a first priority lien on all cash, trade accounts receivable, inventory, and other current assets and proceeds thereof, and a second priority lien on all other assets, including fixed assets and intangibles of the Company and certain domestic subsidiaries. ABL Facility borrowings initially bore interest at rates based upon either a base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.00% or adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 2.00%, in each case, subject to adjustments based upon average availability under the ABL Facility. Currently, the ABL Facility bears interest at rates based upon either a base rate plus an applicable margin of 0.125% or an adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin of 1.125%, in each case, subject to adjustments based upon average availability under the ABL Facility. The ABL Facility agreement has been amended a number of times since inception.

As of March 31, 2020, there was $21,308 outstanding under the ABL Facility, leaving $265,438 of availability, net of outstanding letters of credit.

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, short-term borrowings consisted of borrowings by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries on local lines of credit and the ABL Facility, which totaled $49,878 and $58,714, respectively.