Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal and Administrative Proceedings

The Company is engaged in certain legal and administrative proceedings incidental to its normal business activities. In the opinion of management and counsel, based upon currently-available facts, it is remote that the ultimate outcome of any litigation and other proceedings, including those pertaining to environmental matters, relating to the Company and its subsidiaries, will have a material adverse effect on the overall results of the Company’s operations, its cash flows or its financial position.

Borrowing Arrangements with Affiliate

The Company is a co-borrower with an unconsolidated affiliate for a $15.5 million revolving line of credit agreement with BB&T, of which $12.8 million was outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and has a maturity date of March 2020. The affiliate has agreed to reimburse and indemnify the Company for any payments and expenses the Company may

incur from this agreement. The Company holds a lien on the affiliate’s membership interest in a joint venture as collateral for payment under the revolving line of credit.

In addition, the Company has a $6.0 million interest-only loan, due December 31, 2022, outstanding from this unconsolidated affiliate as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  The interest rate is one-month LIBOR plus a current spread of 1.75%.

Letters of Credit

In the normal course of business, the Company provides certain third parties with standby letter of credit agreements guaranteeing its payment for certain insurance claims, contract performance and permit requirements.  At March 31, 2019, the Company was contingently liable for $36.1 million in letters of credit, of which $2.3 million were issued under the Company’s Revolving Facility.

Employees

The Company maintains collective bargaining agreements relating to the union employees within the Building Materials business and Magnesia Specialties segment.  Of the Magnesia Specialties segment, 100% of its hourly employees are represented by labor unions.  The Manistee collective bargaining agreement expires in August 2019. The Woodville collective bargaining agreement expires June 2022.