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Note 7 - Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
7.
LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Long-term debt at
December 31,
consists of the following:
 
   
201
9
   
201
8
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Line of credit with a bank—due July 1, 2022, and collateralized by accounts receivable (1)
   
17,047
     
10,192
 
Equipment financing (2)
   
224,777
     
211,031
 
Total long-term debt
   
241,824
     
221,223
 
Less current maturities
   
(67,637
)    
(63,908
)
                 
Long-term debt—net of current maturities
  $
174,187
    $
157,315
 
 
 
(
1
)
Line of credit agreement with a bank provides for maximum borrowings of
$60.0
million and contains certain restrictive covenants that must be maintained by the Company on a consolidated basis. Borrowings on the line of credit are at an interest rate of LIBOR as of the
first
day of the month plus
1.25%
(
2.96%
at
December 
31,
2019
) and are secured by our trade accounts receivable. An “unused fee” of
0.25%
is charged if average daily borrowings are less than
$18.0
million in a given month. Monthly payments of interest are required under this agreement. Also, under the terms of the agreement the Company must maintain a debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio of less than
4.00:1.
The Company was in compliance with all provisions under this agreement throughout
2019.
At
December 31, 2019,
outstanding advances on the line were approximately
$17.4
million, including letters of credit totaling
$0.4
million, with availability to borrow
$42.6
million. At
December 31, 2018,
outstanding advances on the line were approximately
$10.9
million, including letters of credit totaling
$0.7
million.
 
 
(
2
)
Equipment financings consist of installment obligations for revenue equipment purchases, payable in various monthly installments with various maturity dates through
September 2026,
at a weighted average interest rate of
3.65%
as of
December 31, 2019
and collateralized by revenue equipment.
 
The Company has provided letters of credit to
third
parties totaling approximately
$430,000
and
$700,000
at
December 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
respectively. The letters are held by these
third
parties to assist such parties in collection of any amounts due by the Company should the Company default in its commitments to the parties.
 
Scheduled annual maturities on long-term debt outstanding at
December 31, 2019,
are:
 
2020
  $
67,637
 
2021
   
41,629
 
2022
   
55,460
 
2023
   
47,211
 
2024
   
26,157
 
2025
   
2,955
 
2026
   
775
 
         
Total
  $
241,824