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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
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Long-Term Debt
 
Revolving Credit Facility
 
On June 28, 2013, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lakeland Protective Wear Inc. (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Senior Loan Agreement”) with AloStar Business Credit, a division of AloStar Bank of Commerce (the “Senior Lender”). The Senior Loan Agreement provides the Borrowers with a three-year $15 million revolving line of credit, at a variable interest rate based on LIBOR, with a first priority lien on substantially all of the United States and Canada assets of the Company, except for the Canadian warehouse.
 
On March 31, 2015, the Borrowers entered into a First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement with the Senior Lender (the “Amendment”) relating to their senior revolving credit facility. Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties agreed to (i) reduce the rate of interest on the revolving loans by 200 basis points and correspondingly lower the minimum interest rate floor from 6.25% to 4.25% per annum, and (ii) extend the maturity date of the credit facility to June 28, 2017.
 
On June 3, 2015, the Borrowers entered into a Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Senior Loan Agreement. The primary purposes of the Second Amendment were to (i) modify the definition of Permitted Asset Disposition to provide the Company with the ability to transfer the stock of the Company’s then wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Lakeland Brazil and (ii) allow the Borrowers to transfer funds to Lakeland Brazil for the specific purposes of settling arbitration claims, paying contractual expenses, and paying expenses incurred in connection with a transfer of the stock of Lakeland Brazil so long as, after giving effect to any such transfer, the amount Borrowers have as excess availability under the revolver loans, excluding the $15 million facility cap for this purpose only, calculated pursuant to and under the Senior Loan Agreement, is at least $3.0 million. Also, as part of the Second Amendment, Lender consented to the sale of the Company’s corporate offices in Ronkonkoma, New York on the condition that the net cash proceeds from the sale in the amount of at least $450,000 are used by the Company to pay down the Borrower’s obligations to Lender under the Senior Loan Agreement. 
 
On June 28, 2013, the Borrowers also entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Subordinated Loan Agreement”) with LKL Investments, LLC, an affiliate of Arenal Capital, a private equity fund (the “Junior Lender”). The Subordinated Loan Agreement provided for a $3.5 million term loan to be made to the Borrowers with a second priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company in the United States and Canada, except for the Canadian warehouse and except for a first lien on the Company’s Mexican facility. Pursuant to the Subordinated Loan Agreement, among other things, Borrowers issued to the Junior Lender a five-year term loan promissory note (the “Note”). At the election of the Junior Lender, interest under the Note may have been paid in cash, by PIK in additional notes or payable in shares of common stock (“Common Stock”), of the Company. The Junior Lender also, in connection with this transaction, received a common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to 566,015 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment), representing beneficial ownership of approximately 9.58% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company, as of the closing of the transactions completed by the Subordinated Loan Agreement. The Company’s receipt of gross proceeds of $3.5 million (before original issue discount of $2.2 million related to the associated warrant) in subordinated debt financing was a condition precedent set by the Senior Lender, of which this transaction satisfied. The Warrant was fully exercised at October 31, 2014.
 
On October 29, 2014, with the proceeds from a private placement of 1,110,000 shares of its common stock, the Company repaid in full the Subordinated Debt. The early extinguishment of the Subordinated Debt resulted in a one-time pretax non-cash charge of approximately $1.6 million for the remaining unamortized original issue discount on the Subordinated Debt and a pretax non-cash charge of approximately $0.6 million for the remaining unamortized fees paid at the closing of the June 2013 Subordinated Debt financing. These charges were included in the Company’s financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2014 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. The $0.6 million of unamortized fees attributable to the Senior Debt will remain on the Company’s books and continue to be amortized over the remaining term of the Senior Debt through June 2017 as amended.
 
The following is a summary of the material terms of the Senior Credit Facility:
 
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Borrowers are Lakeland Industries, Inc. and its Canadian operating subsidiary Lakeland Protective Wear Inc.
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Borrowing pursuant to a revolving credit facility is subject to a borrowing base calculated as the sum of:
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85% of eligible accounts receivable as defined.
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The lesser of 60% of eligible inventory as defined or 85% of net orderly liquidation value of inventory.
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In transit inventory in bound to the US up to a cap of $1,000,000.
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Receivables and inventory held by the Canadian operating subsidiary to be included, up to a cap of $2 million of availability.
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On October 31, 2015, there was $6.6 million available under the senior credit facility.
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Collateral:
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A perfected first security lien on all of the Borrowers United States and Canadian assets, other than its Mexican plant and the Canadian warehouse.
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Pledge of 65% of Lakeland US stock in all foreign subsidiaries and 100% pledge of stock of its Canadian subsidiaries.
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Collection:
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All customers of Borrowers must remit to a lockbox controlled by Senior Lender or into a blocked account with all collection proceeds applied against the outstanding loan balance.
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Maturity:
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An initial term of three years from June 28, 2013 (the “Closing Date”), which has been extended to June 28, 2017 pursuant to the Amendment.
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Prepayment penalties of 2% if prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date and 1% thereafter.
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Interest Rate:
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Rate equal to LIBOR rate plus 525 basis points, reduced to 325 basis points on March 31, 2015 per the Amendment.
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Initial rate was 6.25% and rate at October 31, 2015 was 4.25% per annum.
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Floor rate of 6.25%, reduced to 4.25% on March 31, 2015 per annum per the Amendment.
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Fees: Borrowers paid to the Lender the following fees:
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Origination fee of $225,000, paid on the Closing Date and being amortized over the term of loans and is included in “intangibles, prepaid bank fees and other assets, net” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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0.50% per annum on unused portion of commitment.
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A non-refundable collateral monitoring fee in the amount of $3,000 per month.
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All legal and other out of pocket costs.
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Financial Covenants:
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Borrowers covenanted that, from the Closing Date until the commitment termination date and full payment of the obligations to Senior Lender, Lakeland Industries, Inc. (the parent company), together with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, excluding its Brazilian subsidiary (now sold), shall comply with the following additional covenants:
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. At the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrowers, Borrowers shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.1 to 1.00 for the four quarter period then ending.
Minimum Quarterly Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”). Borrowers shall achieve, on a rolling four quarter basis excluding the operations of the Borrower’s Brazilian subsidiary, EBITDA of not less than $4.1 million.
Capital Expenditures. Borrowers shall not during any fiscal year make capital expenditures in an amount exceeding $1 million in the aggregate.
The Company is in compliance with all loan covenants of the Senior Debt at October 31, 2015.
 Other Covenants:
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Financial reporting requirements as defined.
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Limitation on total net investment in foreign subsidiaries of a maximum of $1.0 million per annum.
 
Borrowings in UK
 
On December 3, 2014, the Company and its UK subsidiary amended the terms of its existing financing facility with HSBC to provide for (i) a one-year extension of the maturity date of the existing financing facility to January 18, 2016, (ii) an increase in the facility limit from £1,250,000 (approximately USD $1.9 million) to £1,500,000 (approximately USD $2.3 million), and (iii) a decrease in the annual interest rate margin from 3.46% to 3.0%. In addition, pursuant to a letter agreement dated December 5, 2014, the Company agreed that £400,000 (approximately USD $0.6 million) of the note payable by the UK subsidiary to the Company shall be subordinated in priority of payment to the subsidiary’s obligations to HSBC under the financing facility. There was nothing outstanding under this facility at October 31, 2015. The per annum interest rate repayment rate was 3.44% and the term was for a minimum period of one year renewable on January 18, 2016.
 
Canada Loans
 
In September 2013, the Company refinanced its loan with the Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for a principal amount of approximately Canadian and US $1.1 million (based on exchange rates at time of closing). Such loan is for a term of 240 months at an interest rate of 6.45% per annum with fixed monthly payments of approximately US $6,447 (C$8,169) including principal and interest. It is collateralized by a mortgage on the Company's warehouse in Brantford, Ontario. The amount outstanding at October 31, 2015 is C$1,042,362 which is included as US $797,339 long term borrowings on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, net of current maturities of US $50,000.
 
China Loan
 
On October 10, 2015, Weifang Lakeland Safety Products Co., Ltd., (“WF”) and Bank of China Anqiu Branch completed an agreement for WF to obtain a line of credit for financing in the amount RMB 5,000,000 (approximately US $0.8 million). The effective per annum interest rate is currently 7%. The loan is collateralized by inventory owned by WF. The balance under this loan outstanding at October 31, 2015 was RMB 5,000,000 (approximately US $0.8 million) and is included in short-term borrowings on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The line of credit is due within a one year period.
 
On September 21, 2015 WF and Chinese Rural Credit Cooperative Bank (“CRCCB”) completed an agreement for WF to obtain a line of credit for financing in the amount of US $1.3 million, with interest at 120% of the benchmark rate supplied by WRCCB (which is currently 4.6% per annum). The effective per annum interest rate is currently 5.52%. The loan is collateralized by inventory owned by WF. WRCCB had hired a professional firm to supervise WF’s inventory flow. The balance under this loan outstanding at October 31, 2015 was US $1.3 million and is included in short-term borrowings on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The line of credit is due within a one year period.
 
Argentina Loan
 
In April 2015, the Company’s Argentina subsidiary was granted a $300,000 line of credit denominated in Argentine pesos, pursuant to a standby letter of credit granted by the parent company. There are several drawdowns each with six month terms at an annual rate of 34%. The balance under this loan outstanding at October 31, 2015 was US $0.2 million and is included in short-term borrowings on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.