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Financing Arrangements
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financing Arrangements [Text Block]
Financing Arrangements
Debt consists of the following:
    
 
April 30, 2015
 
October 31, 2014
Credit Agreement —interest rate of 2.91% for the period ended April 30, 2015 and 2.15% for the period ended October 31, 2014
$
279,100

 
$
260,500

Equipment security note
1,741

 
1,985

Capital lease obligations
5,997

 
6,967

Insurance broker financing agreement

 
568

Total debt
286,838

 
270,020

Less: Current debt
1,323

 
1,918

Total long-term debt
$
285,515

 
$
268,102



The weighted average interest rate of all debt was 2.43% and 1.93% for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and April 30, 2014, respectively.

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to a Credit Agreement, dated October 25, 2013, as amended (the "Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Syndication Agent, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, The PrivateBank and Trust Company, Compass Bank and Citizens Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents, and the other lender parties thereto.

On April 29, 2015, the Company executed a Fourth Amendment to the Credit Amendment that maintains the commitment period to September 29, 2019 and allows for an incremental increase of $25,000 (or if certain ratios are met, $100,000) in the existing revolving commitments of $360,000, subject to the Company's pro forma compliance with financial covenants, the administrative agent's approval and the Company obtaining commitments for such increase.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company's option, at LIBOR or the base (or “prime”) rate established from time to time by the administrative agent, in each case plus an applicable margin. The Fourth Amendment provides for an interest rate margin on LIBOR loans of 1.25% to 3.00% and of 0.25% to 2.00% on base rate loans depending on the Company's leverage ratio.

The Credit Agreement contains customary restrictive and financial covenants, including covenants regarding the Company’s outstanding indebtedness and maximum leverage and interest coverage ratios. The Credit Agreement also contains standard provisions relating to conditions of borrowing. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including the non-payment of obligations by the Company and the bankruptcy of the Company. If an event of default occurs, all amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be accelerated and become immediately due and payable. The Company was in compliance with the financial covenants as of April 30, 2015, and October 31, 2014.

After considering letters of credit of $2,980 that the Company has issued, available funds under the Credit Agreement were $77,920 at April 30, 2015.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are collateralized by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the tangible and intangible property of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the stock of foreign subsidiaries.

Other Debt:
In July 2014, the Company entered into a finance agreement with an insurance broker for various insurance policies that bears interest at a fixed rate of 1.87% and requires monthly payments of $95 through April 2015. As of April 30, 2015, $0 remained outstanding under this agreement.

On September 2, 2013, the Company entered into an equipment security note that bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.47% and requires monthly payments of $44 through September 2018. As of April 30, 2015, $1,741 remained outstanding under this agreement and $495 was classified as current debt and $1,246 was classified as long term debt in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company maintains capital leases for equipment used in its manufacturing facilities with lease terms expiring between 2018 and 2020. As of April 30, 2015, the present value of minimum lease payments under its capital leases amounted to $5,997.

Derivatives:

On February 25, 2014, the Company entered into an interest rate swap with an aggregate notional amount of $75,000 designated as a cash flow hedge of a portion of the Company's Credit Agreement to manage interest rate exposure on the Company’s floating rate LIBOR based debt.   The interest rate swap is an agreement to exchange payment streams based on the notional principal amount. This agreement fixes the Company’s future interest payments at 2.74% plus the applicable rate (defined above), on an amount of the Company’s debt principal equal to the then-outstanding swap notional amount. The forward interest rate swap commenced on March 1, 2015 with an initial $25,000 base notional amount with $25,000 increases to the base notional amount on September 1, 2015 and March 1, 2016, respectively.   The base notional amount plus each incremental addition to the base notional amount have a five year maturity of February 29, 2020, August 31, 2020 and February 28, 2021, respectively. On the date the interest swap was entered into, the Company designated the interest rate swap as a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be paid relative to its variable rate monies borrowed.   Any ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship is recognized immediately into earnings. The Company determined the mark-to-market adjustment for the interest rate swap to be a gain of $387 and a loss of $1,118, net of tax, for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, which is reflected in other comprehensive income. The first base notional amount of $25,000 commenced on March 1, 2015 and $55 of cash flow hedge settlements was realized as interest expense.
Scheduled repayments of debt for the next five years are listed below:
     
Twelve Months Ending April 30,
 
Credit Agreement
 
Equipment Security Note
 
Capital Lease Obligations
 
Total
2016
 
$

 
$
495

 
$
828

 
$
1,323

2017
 

 
507

 
861

 
1,368

2018
 

 
519

 
895

 
1,414

2019
 

 
220

 
865

 
1,085

2020
 
279,100

 

 
484

 
279,584

Thereafter
 

 

 
2,064

 
2,064

Total
 
$
279,100

 
$
1,741

 
$
5,997

 
$
286,838