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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
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10.Debt

 

The Company’s debt at December 31, 2015, net of unamortized deferred issuance costs of $12.3 million, consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Successor

 

(in thousands)

 

December 31,
2015

 

Total Term Loan outstanding

 

$

410,536 

 

Less: Amounts due within one year

 

4,250 

 

 

 

 

 

Total long-term debt due after one year

 

$

406,286 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015, the Company assessed the amount recorded under the Term Loan (defined below) and the Revolving Loan (defined below) and determined that such amounts approximated fair value. The fair values of the debt are based on quoted inactive market prices and are therefore classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy.

 

The Term Loan is presented net of deferred costs of issuance, which are amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the Term Loan. Gross deferred issuance costs at the inception of the Term Loan were $12.9 million and as of December 31, 2015 there were $12.3 million of unamortized deferred issuance costs.

 

Scheduled principal repayments under the Term Loan subsequent to December 31, 2015 are as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

Amount

 

2016

 

$

4,250 

 

2017

 

4,250 

 

2018

 

4,250 

 

2019

 

4,250 

 

2020

 

4,250 

 

Thereafter

 

401,625 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

422,875 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Facility (Successor)

 

On July 31, 2015, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, AgroFresh Inc. as the borrower and its parent, AF Solutions Holdings LLC (“AF Solutions Holdings”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as the guarantor, entered into a Credit Agreement with Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility consists of a $425 million term loan (the “Term Loan”), with an amortization equal to 1.00% per year, and a $25 million revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Loan”). The Revolving Loan includes a $10 million letter-of-credit sub-facility, issuances against which reduce the available capacity for borrowing. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has issued $1.5 million of letters of credit outstanding, against which no funds have been drawn. The Term Loan has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2021, and the Revolving Loan has a scheduled maturity date of July 31, 2019. The interest rates on borrowings under the facilities are either the alternate base rate plus 3.75% or LIBOR plus 4.75% per annum, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor (with step-downs in respect of borrowings under the Revolving Loans dependent upon the achievement of certain financial ratios). The obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by liens on substantially all of the assets of (a) AgroFresh Inc. and its direct wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, and (b) AF Solutions Holdings, including the common stock of AgroFresh Inc.

 

Certain restrictive covenants are contained in the Credit Facility, which the Company was in compliance with as of December 31, 2015. The Credit Facility imposes an overall cap on the total amount of dividends the Company can pay, together with the total amount of shares and warrants the Company can repurchase, of $12.0 million per fiscal year, and imposes certain other conditions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends.

 

On November 18, 2015, the Credit Facility was amended. An existing provision in the credit agreement permits the Company, subject to an overall cap of $12.0 million per fiscal year and certain other conditions, to pay dividends to the Company’s public stockholders and to redeem or repurchase, through July 31, 2016, the Company’s outstanding warrants for an aggregate purchase price of up to $10.0 million. The amendment expanded the scope of this provision to also permit the repurchase of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock or other equity securities (subject to the same overall cap and other conditions).

 

The net proceeds of the Term Loan were used to fund a portion of the purchase price payable to Rohm and Haas in connection with the Business Combination. Amounts available under the Revolving Loan may also be used for working capital, general corporate purposes, and other uses, all as more fully set forth in the Credit Agreement. At December 31, 2015, there was $422.9 million outstanding under the Term Loan and no balance outstanding under the Revolving Loan.

 

As of December 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the senior secured net leverage covenant and the other covenants in the facility.

 

As of the Closing Date, the Company incurred approximately $12.9 million in debt issuance costs related to the Term Loan and $1.3 million in costs related to the Revolving Loan. The debt issuance costs associated with the Term Loan were capitalized against the principal balance of the debt, and the Revolving Loan costs were capitalized in Other Assets. All issuance costs will be accreted through interest expense for the duration of each respective debt facility. The accretion in interest expense during the period August 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 was approximately $0.8 million.