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Line of Credit and Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Line of Credit and Long-term Debt

14. LINE OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

 

 

 

Balance outstanding as of December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Term Loan - ("FCC Loan") - repayable by monthly principle of payments of $164 and accrued interest at a rate of 7.71%; matures April 1, 2025

 

$

24,755

 

 

$

26,723

 

Term Loan - VFCE: CA$3.0M - non-revolving fixed rate loan with fixed interest rate of 4.98%; matures June 2023

 

 

 

 

 

491

 

Term Loan - Pure Sunfarms - CA$19.0M - Canadian prime interest rate plus an applicable margin, repayable in quarterly payments equal to 2.50% of the outstanding principal amount, interest rate of 8.7%; matures February 2024

 

 

9,664

 

 

 

11,870

 

Term loan - Pure Sunfarms - CA$25.0 - Canadian prime interest rate plus an applicable margin, repayable in quarterly payments equal to 2.50% of the outstanding principal amount starting June 30, 2021, interest rate of 8.7%; matures February 2024

 

 

14,867

 

 

 

17,806

 

BDC Facility - Pure Sunfarms - non-revolving demand loan at prime interest plus 3.75%, matures December 31, 2031

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

4,946

 

Total

 

$

53,467

 

 

$

61,836

 

The Company's line of credit ("Operating Loan") had $4,000 amount drawn on the facility as of December 31, 2022, while there was no amount drawn as of December 31, 2021.

The carrying value of the assets and securities pledged as collateral for the FCC Loan as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $113,159 and $233,187, respectively.

The carrying value of the assets pledged as collateral for the Operating Loan as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $26,666 and $34,741, respectively.

On March 2, 2022, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of the VFCE Term Loan and related advance balance on the term loan.

The Pure Sunfarms line of credit had $3,529 and $7,760 outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, Pure Sunfarms had an outstanding letter of credit issued to BC Hydro against the revolving line of credit of $C4,145.

The Company is required to comply with financial covenants, measured either quarterly or annually depending on the covenant. The Company was not in compliance with one financial covenant under the FCC Loan. Prior to December 31, 2022, the Company received a waiver from FCC for the annual test on December 31, 2022 for the one financial covenant. The covenant will be reinstated for fiscal year 2023. FCC measures the Company's financial covenants once a year on the last day of the year. Prior to December 31, 2022, Pure Sunfarms also received a waiver allowing Pure Sunfarms' fourth quarter inventory write-down, of approximately $11.0 million, to be excluded from its December 31, 2022 loan covenant calculations. The waiver was issued pursuant to an amended Term Loan agreement by the bank syndicate.

Village Farms was in compliance with all of its remaining covenants under its other credit facilities.

The weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was 9.12% and 5.15%, respectively.

Accrued interest payable on the Credit Facilities and loans as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $398 and $304, respectively, and these amounts are included in accrued liabilities in the statements of financial position.

The aggregate annual principal maturities of long-term debt for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

2023

 

$

8,309

 

2024

 

 

25,035

 

2025

 

 

23,190

 

2026

 

 

718

 

2027

 

 

671

 

Thereafter

 

 

2,213

 

 

 

$

60,136