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Note 6 - Long-term Debt
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
6.
LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Long-term debt consists of the following:
 
   
June 30, 201
8
   
March 31, 201
8
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Long-term debt
  $
6,520
    $
6,678
 
Less current maturities
   
(660
)
   
(655
)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities
   
5,860
     
6,023
 
Less unamortized debt issuance costs
   
(224
)
   
(233
)
Total long-term debt, net of current maturities and unamortized debt issuance costs
  $
5,636
    $
5,790
 
 
Term Loans
 
The Company executed a loan agreement with a lender providing for
$2,500,000
in aggregate credit facilities (the
“2015
Loan”) secured by substantially all the Company’s assets, pursuant to a Term Loan Agreement dated
July 
30,
2015
(the
“2015
Loan Agreement”). The
2015
Loan Agreement is evidenced by a promissory note in the amount of
$2,500,000,
the repayment of which is partially guaranteed under the provisions of a United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Rural Development Guarantee program. The proceeds of the
2015
Loan were used to pay off a
$500,000
short term note payable that matured on
September 18, 2015,
and to acquire new processing equipment and leasehold improvements at the Company’s Kona, Hawaii facility.
 
The provisions of the
2015
Loan Agreement require the payment of principal and interest until its maturity on
September 
1,
2022,
the obligation fully amortizes over
seven
(
7
) years. Interest on the
2015
Loan accrues on the outstanding principal balance at an annual variable rate equal to the published Wall Street Journal prime rate (
5.00%
at
June 
30,
2018
) plus
2.0%
and is adjustable on the
first
day of each calendar quarter and fixed for that quarter. At
no
time shall the annual interest rate be less than
6.00%.
The
2015
Loan has a prepayment penalty of
5%
for any prepayment made prior to the
first
anniversary of the date of the
2015
Loan Agreement, which penalty is reduced by
1%
each year thereafter until the
fifth
anniversary of such date, after which there is
no
prepayment penalty. The balance under the
2015
Loan was
$1,644,000
and
$1,726,000
at
June 30, 2018
and
March 
31,
2018,
respectively.
  
The
2015
Loan includes a
one
-time origination and guaranty fee totaling
$113,900
and an annual renewal fee payable in the amount of
0.50%
of the USDA guaranteed portion of the outstanding principal balance as of
December 
31
of each year, beginning
December 
31,
2015.
The USDA has guaranteed
80%
of all amounts owing under the
2015
Loan. The Company is subject to financial covenants and customary affirmative and negative covenants.
 
The Company executed a loan agreement with a lender providing for
$5,500,000
in aggregate credit facilities (the “Loan”) secured by substantially all the Company’s assets, including a mortgage on the Company's interest in its lease at the National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, pursuant to a Term Loan Agreement dated
August 
14,
2012
(the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement is evidenced by promissory notes in the amounts of
$2,250,000
and
$3,250,000,
the repayment of which is partially guaranteed under the provisions of a USDA Rural Development Guarantee. The proceeds of the Loan have been used to acquire new processing equipment and leasehold improvements at the Company’s Kona, Hawaii facility.
 
The provisions of the Loan required the payment of interest only for the
first
12
months of the term; thereafter, and until its maturity on
August 
14,
2032,
the obligation fully amortizes over
nineteen
(
19
) years. Interest on the Loan accrues on the outstanding principal balance at an annual variable rate equal to the published Wall Street Journal prime rate (
5.00%
at
June 
30,
2018
) plus
1.0%
and is adjustable on the
first
day of each calendar quarter and fixed for that quarter. At
no
time shall the annual interest rate be less than
5.50%.
The balance under this Loan was
$4,596,000
and
$4,648,000
at
June 30, 2018
and
March 
31,
2018,
respectively.
 
The Loan includes a
one
-time origination and guaranty fees totaling
$214,500
and an annual renewal fee payable in the amount of
0.25%
of the USDA guaranteed portion of the outstanding principal balance as of
December 
31
of each year, beginning
December 
31,
2012.
The USDA has guaranteed
80%
of all amounts owing under the Loan. The Company is subject to financial covenants and customary affirmative and negative covenants.
 
On
October 6, 2017,
the Company entered into an Equipment Finance Agreement (the “Equipment Agreement”) with a lender, which provides up to
$175,000
of financing for equipment. The interest rate on this loan is
4.75%.
The provisions of the Equipment Agreement require the payment of principal and interest until its maturity on
October 
31,
2022,
the obligation fully amortizes over
five
(
5
) years. The balance under this loan was
$149,000
and
$156,000
at
June 30, 2018
and
March 31, 2018,
respectively. 
  
Capital Leases
 
The Company has
three
capital leases providing for
$278,000
in equipment, secured by the equipment financed. The capital leases mature at various dates between
May 2019
and
March 2021
and are payable in
60
equal monthly payments, except for
one
which is payable in
36
equal monthly payments. The interest rates under these capital leases range from
4.18%
to
12.90%.
The aggregate balance under these leases was
$131,000
and
$148,000
at
June 
30,
2018
and
March 31, 2018,
respectively.
  
Future principal payments under the term loan and capital lease agreements as of
June 
30,
2018
are as follows:
 
Payments Due
 
(in thousands)
 
Next 12 Months
  $
660
 
Year 2
   
684
 
Year 3
   
685
 
Year 4
   
716
 
Year 5
   
398
 
Thereafter
   
3,377
 
Total principal payments
  $
6,520