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Note 9 - Debt And Capital Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Capital Leases Disclosures [Text Block]

NOTE 9:  DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASES

Debt and capital leases and related maturities and interest rates were as follows at December 31, 2018 and 2017 (in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

(in millions)

 

Type

 

Maturity

 

Weighted-Average

Effective

Interest Rate

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Carrying Value

 

Current portion:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term note

 

 

 

8.84%

 

 

$

394

 

 

$

 

 

 

Capital leases

 

 

 

Various

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

Other debt

 

 

 

Various

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

396

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current portion:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term note

 

2019

 

8.84%

 

 

 

 

 

 

393

 

 

 

Capital leases

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

Other debt

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

401

 

 

$

403

 

 

Annual maturities of debt and capital leases outstanding at December 31, 2018, were as follows (in millions):  

 

 

(in millions)

 

Carrying

Value

 

 

Maturity

Value

 

2019

 

$

396

 

 

$

397

 

2020

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

2021

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

2022

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 and thereafter

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Total

 

$

401

 

 

$

402

 

 

On September 3, 2013, the Company entered into (i) a Senior Secured First Lien Term Credit Agreement (the “Term Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto (the “First Lien Lenders”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and (ii) a Senior Secured Second Lien Term Credit Agreement (the “Second Lien Term Credit Agreement,” and together with the Term Credit Agreement, the “Term Credit Agreements”), with the lenders party thereto (the “Second Lien Lenders,” and together with the First Lien Lenders, the “Term Credit Lenders”), Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.  Additionally, the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) entered into an Asset Based Revolving Credit Agreement (the “ABL Credit Agreement” and together with the Term Credit Agreements, the “Credit Agreements”) with the lenders party thereto (the “ABL Lenders” and together with the First Lien Lenders and the Second Lien Lenders, the “Lenders”) and Bank of America N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent, Barclays Bank PLC as syndication agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.  Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreements, the Term Credit Lenders provided the Company with term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $695 million, consisting of $420 million of first-lien term loans (the “First Lien Loans”) and $275 million of second-lien term loans (the “Second Lien Loans”).  Net proceeds from the Term Credit Agreements were $664 million ($695 million aggregate principal less $15 million stated discount and $16 million in debt transaction costs). The loans  made under the Term Credit Agreement become due on the earlier to occur of (i) the maturity date of September 3, 2019 or (ii) the acceleration of such loans following the occurrence of an event of default (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement).  The Second Lien Term Credit Agreement was prepaid and terminated on November 15, 2016  using the proceeds from the sale of Series A Preferred Stock together with cash on hand.  

 

The Credit Agreements limit, among other things, the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to (i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur or create liens, (iii) dispose of assets, (iv) make restricted payments (including dividend payments, et al.) and (v) make investments.  In addition to other customary affirmative covenants, the Credit Agreements provide for a periodic delivery by the Company of its various financial statements as set forth in the Credit Agreements.  Events of default under the Credit Agreements include, among others, failure to pay any loan, interest or other amount due under the applicable credit agreement, breach of specific covenants and a change of control of the Company.  Upon an event of default, the applicable lenders may declare the outstanding obligations under the applicable credit agreement to be immediately due and payable and exercise other rights and remedies provided for in such Credit Agreements.

 

The First Lien Loans bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 6.25% per annum, with a LIBOR floor of 1% or Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement) plus 5.25%.  Under the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Loans bore interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2.75%-3.25% per annum or Base Rate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) plus 1.75%-2.25% per annum, based on Excess Availability (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) until the ABL Credit Agreement was amended as discussed below.  Each existing and future direct or indirect U.S. subsidiary of the Company (other than immaterial subsidiaries, unrestricted subsidiaries and certain other subsidiaries) have agreed to provide unconditional guarantees of the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreements. Subject to certain exceptions, obligations under the Term Credit Agreement are secured by: (i) a first lien on all assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, other than the ABL Collateral (as defined below), including a first lien on 100% of the stock of material domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the stock of material first-tier foreign subsidiaries (collectively the “Term Collateral”) and (ii) a second lien on the ABL Collateral. Obligations under the Asset Based Revolving Credit Agreement are secured by: (i) a first lien on cash, accounts receivable, inventory, machinery and equipment (the “ABL Collateral”) and (ii) a second lien on the Term Collateral.  The aggregate carrying value of the Term Collateral and ABL Collateral as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $1,310 million and $1,385 million, respectively.

 

The Company may voluntarily prepay the First Lien Loans. 

 

As defined in the Term Credit Agreement, the Company is required to prepay loans with net proceeds from asset sales, recovery events or issuance of indebtedness, subject to, in the case of net proceeds received from asset sales or recovery events, reinvestment rights by the Company in assets used or usable by the business within certain time limits.  On October 2, 2017, Kodak prepaid $6 million of principal under the Term Credit Agreement from proceeds from a royalty payment.  On July 7, 2016, Kodak prepaid $5 million of principal under the Term Credit Agreement from proceeds received from the sale of a business.  Under the terms of the Term Credit Agreement, the prepayments were applied first to the installment principal payments of $4 million due over the next twelve months, then ratably to the remaining scheduled payments.  With the prepayments, Kodak does not owe any future scheduled principal payments until the maturity date of the loan.

 

On an annual basis, the Company will prepay on June 30 of the following fiscal year loans in an amount equal to a percentage of Excess Cash Flow (“ECF”) as defined in the Term Credit Agreement, provided no such prepayment is required if such prepayment would cause U.S. liquidity (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement) to be less than $100 million or the Secured Leverage ratio is less than 2.25 to 1.00.  For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, ECF was a negative amount.  For 2016, the Secured Leverage Ratio was below 2.25 to 1.00.  Therefore, no prepayments of First Lien term debt have been required.  Any mandatory prepayments as described above shall be reduced by any mandatory prepayments of the First Lien Loans.

 

Under the Term Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain a Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined therein) not to exceed specified levels. The Secured Leverage Ratio under the Term Credit Agreement is tested at the end of each quarter based on the prior four quarters.  The maximum Secured Leverage Ratio permitted under the Term Credit Agreement declined on June 30, 2015 from 3.75:1 to 3.25:1 and further declined on December 31, 2015 from 3.25:1 to 2.75:1, with no further adjustments for the remainder of the agreement.  

 

Under the terms of the Credit Agreements, the Company may designate Restricted Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries provided the aggregate sales of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries are less than 7.5% of the consolidated sales of Kodak and the aggregate assets of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries are less than 7.5% of Kodak’s consolidated assets. Further, under the ABL Credit Agreement, on a pro forma basis at the time of designation and immediately after giving effect thereto, Excess Availability must be at least $30 million and the pro forma Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio must be no less than 1.0 to 1.0. Upon designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Company is required to provide to the Lenders reconciling statements to eliminate all financial information pertaining to Unrestricted Subsidiaries which is included in its annual and quarterly financial statements.

 

In March 2018, the Company designated five subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Kodak PE Tech, LLC, Kodak LB Tech, LLC, Kodak Realty, Inc., Kodakit Singapore Pte. Limited and KP Services (Jersey) Ltd. This action allowed the Company to better position assets which may be monetized in the future and address costs related to underutilized properties. Collectively, these subsidiaries have sales of approximately $12 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 and assets of $21 million as of December 31, 2018, which represent 1% and 1%, respectively, of Kodak’s consolidated sales for the year ended December 31, 2018 and consolidated assets as of December 31, 2018.  Each of the capitalized but undefined terms has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreements. EBITDA of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, as calculated under the Term Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement, is a loss and is excluded from the calculation of the Secured Leverage Ratio. Therefore, designating these Subsidiaries as Unrestricted had the impact of improving the Secured Leverage Ratio.

 

Kodak intends to conduct its operations in a manner that will result in continued compliance with the secured leverage ratio covenant; however, future compliance may depend on Kodak undertaking one or more actions, such as the repatriation of cash into the U.S., the management of operating cash outflows, the designation of subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, a monetization of assets, a debt refinancing, the raising of equity capital, or a similar transaction.

 

See also the Going Concern subsection of Note 1, “Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements”.

 

ABL Credit Agreement

 

On May 26, 2016, the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “ABL Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, which amended and restated the existing Asset Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2013 (the “Prior Credit Agreement”). Each of the capitalized but undefined terms used in the context of describing the ABL Credit Agreement has the meaning ascribed to such term in the ABL Credit Agreement.

 

The ABL Credit Agreement decreased the aggregate amount of commitments from $200 million to $150 million and extended the maturity date to the earlier of May 26, 2021 or the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest scheduled maturity date of any of the Company’s outstanding term loans or refinancings thereof, of which the earliest maturity date is currently September 3, 2019.   The ABL Credit Agreement, among other things, lowered reserve requirements by eliminating the Availability Block and removed the ability to use Qualified Cash to support Excess Availability.

 

Each existing direct or indirect U.S. subsidiary of the Company (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and certain other subsidiaries) has reaffirmed its unconditional guarantee (and any such future subsidiaries must provide an unconditional guarantee) of the obligations of the Company under the ABL Credit Agreement.

 

The Lenders will make available asset-based revolving loans (the “ABL Loans”) and letters of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $150 million, subject to the Borrowing Base.  The Company has issued approximately $85 million and $96 million of letters of credit under the ABL Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.  The Company had approximately $19 million and $20 million of Excess Availability under the ABL Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.  Availability is subject to the borrowing base calculation, reserves and other limitations.

 

The ABL Loans bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2.25% - 2.75% per annum or Base Rate plus 1.25% - 1.75% per annum based on Excess Availability.

 

Excess Availability is equal to the sum of (i) 85% of the amount of the Eligible Receivables less a Dilution Reserve, (ii) the lesser of 85% of Net Orderly Liquidation Value or 75% of the Eligible Inventory (iii) the lesser of 75% of Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Equipment or $11 million, as of December 31, 2018 (which $11 million decreases by $1 million per quarter) and (iv) Eligible Cash less (a) Rent and Charges Reserves, (b) Principal Outstanding and (c) Outstanding Letters of Credit.

 

Under the ABL Credit Agreement, Kodak is required to maintain a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.00 to 1.00 when Excess Availability is less than 12.5% of lender commitments.  As of December 31, 2018 and 2017 12.5% of lender commitments were $18.75 million. 

 

If Excess Availability falls below 12.5% of lender commitments, Kodak may, in addition to the requirement to be in compliance with the minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, become subject to cash dominion control.  Since Excess Availability was greater than 12.5% of lender commitments at December 31, 2017, Kodak is not required to have a minimum Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio of 1.0 to 1.0.

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, Kodak had funded $3 million and $6 million, respectively, to the Eligible Cash account, held with the ABL Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, which is classified as Restricted cash in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

 

Reporting requirements under the Term Credit Agreement require the Company to provide annual audited financial statements accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or other material qualification or exception, except for any such qualification or exception with respect to any indebtedness maturing within 364 days after the date of such financial statements.  Lenders may take the position that the going concern explanatory paragraph contained in the audit report on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 does not satisfy the requirements under the Term Credit Agreement.  Under the Term Credit Agreement, if notice of a failure to comply with the reporting covenant is given to the Company by the lenders, an event of default would occur thereunder if such failure is not cured within thirty days after such notice is given, unless such event of default is waived by the requisite lenders.  In the event of default, the debt could become immediately due.

 

The Company’s ABL Credit Agreement contains an opinion delivery requirement that corresponds to the requirement under the Term Credit Agreement, although under the ABL Credit Agreement there is an additional requirement that the opinion be reasonably acceptable to the agent under the ABL Credit Agreement.  On March 31, 2019 the Company obtained a waiver from the agent and lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement with respect to any event of default under the reporting covenant that may be deemed to occur in relation to the going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report.   Such waiver does not waive any cross-default that may occur in the event of the occurrence of an event of default under the Term Credit Agreement as described above.

 

The Company intends to repay the Term Credit Agreement using proceeds from the sale of the Flexographic Packaging segment and to amend and restate or refinance the Term Credit Agreement prior to the maturity of the Term Credit Agreement or ABL Credit Agreement and prior to the date on which any event of default would occur under the Term Credit Agreement.