NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT

On March 29, 2017, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a commercial bank which was subsequently amended on June 29, 2018 to extend the maturity date by two years to March 29, 2021 for the working capital portion of the Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $14.0 million credit facility, the proceeds of which may be utilized as follows: (i) $6.0 million for working capital, letters of credit (up to $2.0 million) and general corporate purposes and (ii) $8.0 million for acquisitions. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets with advances outstanding under the working capital portion of the credit facility at any time limited to a Borrowing Base (as defined in the Credit Agreement) equal to 80% of eligible accounts receivable plus the lesser of (i) 50% of eligible inventory and (ii) $3.0 million. Advances under the acquisition portion of the credit facility are limited to 75% of the purchase price of an acquired company and convert to a five-year term note at the time of the borrowing. Borrowings bear interest at the greater of (a) zero percent or (b) the One Month ICE LIBOR plus a LIBOR Margin of 2.5%. The LIBOR Margin may increase to as high as 3.0% depending on the Company’s cash flow leverage ratio. The interest rate as of March 31, 2020 was approximately 3.62%. The Company pays a fee of 0.25% per annum on the unused amount of the credit facility.

On August 21, 2019, certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into a Construction and Term Loan Agreement and a Master Equipment Finance Agreement with its existing commercial bank (collectively, the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement provides for a five-year, $3.2 million facility, the proceeds of which are to be utilized for expenditures to facilitate future growth at the Company’s treatment facility in Carthage, Texas (the “Texas Treatment Facility”) as follows: (i) $2.0 million for planned improvements and (ii) $1.2 million for equipment. Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement is secured by the Company’s real estate investment and equipment at the Texas Treatment Facility. Advances under the Loan Agreement mature five years from the Closing Date ("August 21, 2019") with monthly payments based on a 20-year amortization for the real estate portion and on a 6-year amortization for the equipment portion of the Loan Agreement. Borrowings during the advancing period for the real estate portion and for the entire term of the equipment portion of the Loan Agreement bear interest computed at the One Month ICE LIBOR, plus two-hundred and fifty (250) basis points which was a rate of 3.62% on March 31, 2020. The Company has entered into a forward rate lock to fix the rate on the real estate portion of the Loan Agreement at the expiration of the advancing period at 4.15%.

At March 31, 2020, long-term debt, bearing interest at 3.62%, consisted of the following (in thousands):



Acquisition loan, monthly payments of $43; maturing March 2022.	$	1,077
Equipment loan, monthly principal payments begin August 2020; maturing August 2024, net of debt issuance costs of $50 thousand.	686
Real estate loan, monthly principal payments begin August 2020; maturing August 2024.	608
Total long-term debt	2,371
Less: current portion	626
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$	1,745

The Company has availability under the Credit Agreement of $12.9 million ($5.9 million for the working capital and $7.0 million for the acquisitions) as of March 31, 2020. The Company has availability under the Loan Agreement of $1.9 million ($1.4 million for the real estate and $0.5 million for the equipment) as of March 31, 2020. The Company also has $0.1 million in letters of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2020.

The Credit and Loan Agreements contain affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, require the Company to maintain a maximum cash flow leverage ratio of no more than 3.0 to 1.0 and a minimum debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.15 to 1.00. The Credit and Loan Agreements also contain customary events of default which, if uncured, may terminate the agreements and require immediate repayment of all indebtedness to the lenders. The leverage ratio covenant may limit the amount available under the agreements. The Company was in compliance with all the financial covenants under the Credit and Loan Agreements as of March 31, 2020.

Payments due on long-term debt subsequent to March 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):



Twelve Months Ending March 31,
2021	$	636
2022	675
2023	201
2024	158
2025	751
	$	2,421

The Company utilizes performance bonds to support operations based on certain state requirements. At March 31, 2020, the Company had performance bonds outstanding covering financial assurance up to $1.0 million.

On April 20, 2020, Company received loan proceeds of $2.2 million under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under a promissory note from its existing commercial bank (the “PPP Loan”). The PPP, established as part of the CARES Act, provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels.

The application for these funds requires the Company to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. Some of the uncertainties related to the Company’s operations that are directly related to COVID-19 include, but are not limited to, the severity of the virus, the duration of the outbreak, governmental, business or other actions (which could include limitations on operations or mandates to provide products or services), impacts on the supply chain, and the effect on customer demand or changes to operations. In addition, the health of the Company’s workforce, and its ability to meet staffing needs in its route-based, treatment and distribution operations and other critical functions are uncertain and is vital to its operations.

The PPP Loan certification further requires the Company to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. While the Company does have availability under it Credit Agreement, $8.0 million of such availability can only be used for acquisitions and the $6.0 million that is available is in place to support working capital needs, along with current cash on hand. Further, the Company has a limited market capitalization and lack of history of being able to access the capital markets and as a result, the Company believes it meets the certification requirements.

The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria. The term of the Company’s PPP Loan is two years. The annual interest rate on the PPP Loan is 1% and no payments of principal or interest are due during the six-month period beginning on the date of the PPP Loan. The PPP Loan is subject to any new guidance and new requirements released by the Department of the Treasury who has recently indicated that all companies that have received funds in excess of $2.0 million will be subject to a government (Small Business Administration) audit to further ensure PPP loans are limited to eligible borrowers in need.