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Note 4 - PNC Credit Facility
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 4 – PNC Credit Facility
 
2014 PNC Credit Facility
 
In September 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the "2014 Credit Agreement") with PNC Bank, National Association ("PNC") which provides for a five-year $30 million senior secured revolving credit facility which replaced a prior revolving credit facility and term loan with PNC that totaled $16 million (the "2012 Credit Agreement"). The 2014 Credit Agreement allows the Company to borrow up to 85% of eligible receivables and up to 85% of the appraised value of trucks and equipment. Under the 2014 Credit Agreement, there are no required principal payments until maturity and the Company had the option to pay variable interest rate based on (i) 1, 2 or 3 month LIBOR plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.50% to 3.50% for LIBOR Rate Loans or (ii) interest at PNC Base Rate plus an applicable margin of 1.00% to 2.00% for Domestic Rate Loans. Interest is calculated monthly and added to the principal balance of the loan. Additionally, the Company incurs an unused credit line fee of 0.375%. The revolving credit facility is collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and subject to financial covenants.
 
Effective February 27, 2015, the Company
entered into a Consent and First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) with respect to the 2014 Credit Agreement. The First Amendment, among other things, (i) modified certain financial covenants, and (ii) consented to a $100,000 principal prepayment by the Company to a third party bank. Effective March 29, 2015, the Company entered into a second amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement with PNC to increase the Company’s leverage ratio, as defined from 2.75 to 1 to 3.50 to 1 and to exclude certain capital expenditures from the calculation of the fixed charge ratio. In July and October 2015, the Company entered into a third and fourth amendment, respectively, to the 2014 Credit Agreement with PNC.  The amendments were made to administrative terms of the agreement and did not modify any terms of the financial covenants.
Effective December 31, 2015, the Company entered into a fifth amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement. The fifth amendment, among other things, (i) increased the applicable margin for Domestic Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans by 25 basis points (ii) adjusted the Company’s leverage ratio, as defined, to 4.25 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2015, 4.50 to 1.00 as of March 31, 2016, and 3.50 to 1.00 as of June 30, 2016 and each quarter thereafter, and (iii) limited capital expenditures, as defined to an aggregate amount of $7,800,000 during the period commencing October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
 
 
On March 29, 2016, the Company entered into a Sixth Amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the 2014 Credit Agreement. The Sixth Amendment, among other things, (i) reduced the revolving line of credit commitment from $40 million back to its original $30 million, (ii) reset the fixed charge coverage ratio to build to a trailing four quarters beginning with the quarter ended December 31, 2015, (iii) added a new covenant which established a minimum monthly availability requirement for the period of March 2016 through March 2017 ranging from $1.5 million to $8.0 million, (iv) converted the leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios to springing covenants which would only be triggered upon failure to meet the new availability covenant until it expires in March 2017; thereafter they will be individually tested quarterly, (v) increased the applicable margin for Domestic Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans by 175 basis points, and (vi) reinstated a full cash dominion requirement.
 
On August 10, 2016, the Company entered into a Seventh Amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement that among other things; (i) reset and extended the minimum monthly availability covenant from the date of amendment through June 30, 2017 at amounts ranging from $658,000 to $3.5 million, (ii) extended the period of time that the leverage ratio and fixed charge coverage ratio are springing covenants through July 1, 2017; (iii) provided for a 0.5% monthly reduction in the advance rate on the appraised value of equipment to 80% through February 2017, and (iv) included an amendment fee of $200,000.
     
 
On October 4, 2016, the Company entered into an Eighth Amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement that among other things; (i) reset the minimum monthly availability covenant to $500,000 from September 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016 and $1 million thereafter; and (ii) reset the leverage ratio for each quarterly period as follows:
 
Fiscal Quarter Ending:
Maximum Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2017
5.50:1.00
June 30, 2017
4.50:1.00
September 30, 2017
4.50:1.00
December 31, 2017
7.00:1.00
March 31, 2018
5.50:1.00
June 30, 2018
5.00:1.00
September 30, 2018
5.00:1.00
December 31, 2018
5.00:1.00
March 31, 2019
3.50:1.00
June 30, 2019 and each fiscal quarter thereafter
3.50:1.00
 
As of September 30, 2016, the Company had an outstanding principle loan balance of $25,318,584 and unamortized debt issuance costs of $469,054. The interest rate at September 30, 2016 was 5.0% for the $25,250,000 of outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans and
6.5% for the $68,584 of outstanding Domestic Rate Loans.
The outstanding principle loan balance matures in September 2019. As of September 30, 2016, approximately $1.3 million was available under the revolving credit facility.
 
Interest Rate Swap
 
On September 17, 2015, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with PNC which the Company designated as a fair value hedge against the variability in future interest payments related to its 2014 Credit Agreement. The terms of the interest rate swap agreement include a notional amount of $10 million, a fixed payment rate of 1.88% plus applicable a margin ranging from 4.50% to 5.50% paid by the Company and a floating payment rate equal to LIBOR plus applicable margin of 4.50% to 5.50% paid by PNC. The purpose of the swap agreement is to adjust the interest rate profile of the Company’s debt obligations and to achieve a targeted mix of floating and fixed rate debt.
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the fair market value of the swap instrument increased by $65,000 and resulted in a decrease to the liability and a reduction in interest expense. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the fair market value of the swap decreased by $107,000 and resulted in an increase in the liability and additional interest expense.