Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt and the current period interest rates were as follows:



	(In thousands) December 31,
	2014			2013
Senior unsecured notes (fixed 9.75%)	$	200,000		$	200,000
Senior secured term loan (floating 4.75%)	90,000			132,625
Promissory note (fixed 5.0%) and other debt (fixed 5.41%)	52			77
Total Debt	290,052			332,702
Less current portion	26			25
Total long-term debt	$	290,026		$	332,677
Weighted-average interest rate	8.20		%	7.76		%

Future long-term debt payments at December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	(In thousands)
2015	$	26
2016	26
2017	90,000
2018	200,000
2019	—
Total	$	290,052

In 2014, we made voluntary principal prepayments of approximately $42.6 million on our senior secured term loan as discussed below. At December 31, 2014, we had approximately $58.5 million of available borrowing capacity, as discussed below.

Senior Secured Term Loan and Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (“Credit Facilities”)

We obtained our senior secured term loan (“Term Loan”), which matures on June 28, 2017, and entered into a $60.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”), which matures on June 28, 2016, in connection with the LaBarge Acquisition. The Credit Facilities provides the option of choosing the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” rate), or the Alternate Base Rate. The LIBOR rate may be for a one-, two-, three- or six-month period chosen by us. The payment of interest coincides with the LIBOR period we select.

On March 28, 2013, we executed an amendment to our Credit Facilities which completed a repricing of our Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility. The repricing reduced the interest rate spread on the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility by 50 basis points and the interest rate floor by 25 basis points under the LIBOR rate or the Alternate Base Rate. The LIBOR rate has a floor of 1.00% plus 3.75%. The Alternate Base Rate has a floor of 2.00% plus 2.75%. The Alternate Base Rate is the greater of the (a) Prime rate and (b) Federal Funds rate plus 0.5%. In connection with this repricing, we recognized approximately $0.5 million of financing and legal costs which were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the first quarter of 2013.

The Term Loan required quarterly principal payments of $0.5 million beginning on September 30, 2011 and mandatory prepayment of certain amounts of excess cash flow on an annual basis beginning 2012. In 2012, we made voluntary principal prepayments of $25.0 million on our Term Loan and eliminated all required quarterly principal payments going forward.

The Credit Facilities are collaterized by substantially all of our assets and contain minimum Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) and maximum leverage covenants under certain circumstances, as well as annual limitations on capital expenditures and limitation on future disposition of property, investments, acquisitions, repurchase of stock, dividends, and outside indebtedness. In the event that a certain minimum amount is borrowed and outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, for so long as any such amount is outstanding, we will be required to comply with a total leverage ratio. Furthermore, our consolidated EBITDA, as defined by these Credit Facilities, as of the end of any fiscal quarter on a trailing four-quarter basis is not permitted to be less than $50.0 million. At December 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all covenants. At December 31, 2014, there were no amounts outstanding that would have triggered the leverage covenant. However, we would have been in compliance with such leverage covenant.

On October 18, 2013, we executed an amendment to our Credit Facilities which increases the maximum leverage ratio, as defined, by 0.75 in all future periods.

At December 31, 2014, we had approximately $58.5 million of unused borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility after deducting approximately $1.5 million for standby letters of credit. Upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including but not limited to, the agreement of lenders to provide such facilities or commitments, we also have the option to add one or more incremental term loan facilities or increase commitments under our Credit Facility by an aggregate amount of up to $75.0 million.

Senior Unsecured Notes

In connection with the LaBarge Acquisition, we issued $200.0 million of senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) with interest of 9.75% per annum, payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning in 2012. The Notes become callable on July 15, 2015 and mature on July 15, 2018, at which time the entire principal amount is due.

Upon a change of control, as defined, we will be required to offer to purchase all of the Notes then outstanding for cash at 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the date of purchase on the Notes. A change of control under the indenture governing the Notes may also result in an event of default under our Credit Facilities which may cause the acceleration of indebtedness outstanding thereunder, in which case, proceeds of collateral pledged to secure borrowings thereunder would be used to repay such borrowings before we repay the Notes.

The Notes were issued by us (“Parent Company”) and guaranteed by all of our subsidiaries, other than one subsidiary (“Subsidiary Guarantors”) that was considered minor. The Parent Company has no independent assets or operations and the Subsidiary Guarantors are jointly and severally guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the Notes. Therefore, no condensed consolidating financial information for the Parent Company and its subsidiaries are presented.

Promissory Note

On December 23, 2013, we paid our $3.0 million promissory note issued in connection with the 2008 acquisition of DAS-New York, according to terms.

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt

The carrying amount of long-term debt approximates fair value, except for the Notes for which the fair value was approximately $213.0 million. Fair value was estimated using Level 2 inputs, based on the terms of the related debt, recent transactions and estimates using interest rates currently available to us for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.