NOTE 6 - LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consist of the following:

	July 29, 2018			October 29, 2017


3.25% convertible senior notes due in April 2019	$	57,424		$	57,337

2.77% capital lease obligation payable through July 2018		469			4,639

		57,893			61,976
Current portion		(57,893	)		(4,639	)

	$	-		$	57,337

In January 2015, we privately exchanged $57.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.25% convertible senior notes with a maturity date of April 1, 2016, for new 3.25% convertible senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of $57.5 million with a maturity date of April 1, 2019. The conversion rate of the new notes is the same as that of the exchanged notes, which were issued in March 2011 with a conversion rate of approximately 96 shares of common stock per $1,000 note principal, equivalent to a conversion price of $10.37 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events described in the indenture dated January 22, 2015. Note holders may convert each $1,000 principal amount of notes at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding April 1, 2019, and we are not required to redeem the notes prior to their maturity date. Interest on the notes accrues in arrears and is paid semiannually through the notes’ maturity date.

Our credit facility, which expires in December 2018, has a $50 million limit with an expansion capacity to $75 million, and is secured by substantially all of our assets located in the United States and common stock we own in certain of our foreign subsidiaries. The credit facility stipulates that we may not pay cash dividends on Photronics, Inc. stock, and contains the following financial covenants: minimum interest coverage ratio, total leverage ratio and minimum unrestricted cash balance, all of which we were in compliance with at July 29, 2018. We had no outstanding borrowings against the credit facility at July 29, 2018, and $50 million was available for borrowing. The interest rate on the credit facility (3.59% at July 29, 2018) is based on our total leverage ratio at LIBOR plus a spread, as defined in the credit facility. In April 2018, our credit facility was amended to change the definition of “Specified Capital Expenditures”, which is used to calculate the interest coverage ratio, and in August 2018 the credit facility was amended to allow the Company to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor.

In August 2013, we entered into a $26.4 million principal amount, five year capital lease to fund the purchase of a high-end lithography tool. Payments under the capital lease, which bears interest at 2.77%, are $0.5 million per month through July 2018. The lease is subject to a cross default with cross acceleration provision related to certain nonfinancial covenants in our credit facility. As of July 29, 2018, the total amount payable was $0.5 million, substantially all of which represented principal.