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Debt and Other Financing Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Other Financing Arrangements

NOTE 8 - DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

A summary of the Company's long-term obligations as December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

 

Principal

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan Facility

 

 

518,700

 

 

 

488,298

 

 

 

11.1

%

 

 

396,000

 

 

 

375,920

 

 

 

12.6

%

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00% Senior Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

239,601

 

 

 

238,126

 

 

 

6.0

%

 

Other debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European CapEx loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

Finance leases

 

 

1,090

 

 

 

1,090

 

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

1,124

 

 

 

1,124

 

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

489,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

615,954

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

(7,939

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,322

)

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

 

 

$

481,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

610,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt maturities due in the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Debt Maturities

 

Amount

 

2025

 

$

7,939

 

2026

 

 

5,595

 

2027

 

 

5,398

 

2028

 

 

500,858

 

2029

 

 

 

Total debt liabilities

 

$

519,790

 

 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

On December 15, 2022, the Company entered into a $400.0 million term loan facility (the “2022 Term Loan Facility”) pursuant to a credit agreement (the “2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement”) with Oaktree Fund Administration L.L.C., in its capacity as the administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent, and other lenders party thereto. Concurrent with the execution of the 2022 Term Loan Facility, the Company entered into a $60.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) pursuant to a credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent, collateral agent and issuing bank, and other lenders and issuing banks thereunder.

On August 14, 2024, the Company amended and restated the 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement in the form of an amended and restated credit agreement, by and among Oaktree Fund Administration L.L.C., in its capacity as the administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as a collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement” and, together with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company incurred a new $520.0 million term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities” or “SSCF”). The proceeds of the Term Loan Facility were used to (i) refinance the 2022 Term Loan Facility, (ii) discharge the Company’s 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025, (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing, and (iv) for general corporate purposes. The Term Loan Facility matures on December 15, 2028 (with no springing maturity).

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized a $12.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to the prepayment of the 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement in connection with the debt refinancing.

Simultaneously with the execution of the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Company amended the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to the First Amendment to Credit Agreement to, among other things (i) amend the financial covenants contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement, (ii) amend the maturity date applicable to the revolving commitments to remove the springing maturity applicable, thereto and (iii) require that the borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement be repaid in the event the Company holds cash in excess of a certain threshold. The revolving commitments will mature on December 15, 2027.

Prepayments

Amounts borrowed under the Term Loan Facility may be voluntarily prepaid subject to a prepayment premium of 2.00% of the loan principal plus the net present value of any lost interest in the first year, and 2.00% and 1.00% of the loan principal during second and

third years. After the third anniversary of the date of the amendment and restatement date, there is no prepayment premium.

The Credit Agreements include certain mandatory prepayment provisions, including, among others, a requirement (i) to prepay amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, if any, with any cash on hand in excess of $50 million at the end of each calendar month, (ii) to prepay amounts under the Term Loan Facility with any amount of Liquidity (defined as the sum of unrestricted cash and cash equivalent balances and amounts available to be drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility), after giving effect to any prepayment required under clause (i) above, in excess of $80 million at the end of each calendar month, and (iii) to prepay the Term Loan Facility with 75% of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement) generated by the Company, subject to customary deductions.

The SSCF may become due and payable upon the event of default, which the Company has accounted for separately as a derivative liability. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has recorded a derivative liability of $1.4 million in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2024, the Company prepaid $2.2 million in principal for the Term Loan Facility under one of the mandatory prepayment provisions.

Interest Rates

Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (i) the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”), with a floor of 2.50% per annum, or (ii) a base rate (“Term Base Rate”), with a floor of 2.50% per annum, equal to the highest of (1) the rate of interest in effect as publicly announced by the administrative agent as its prime rate, (2) the New York Federal Reserve Bank (the “NYFRB”) rate plus 0.50%, and (3) SOFR for an interest period of one month plus 1.00% , in each case, plus the applicable rate of 7.50% per annum for SOFR loans and 6.50% per annum for Term Base Rate loans. In the event of a payment default under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, past due amounts shall be subject to an additional default interest rate of 2.00%.

As of December 31, 2024, the interest rate in effect on borrowings under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Facility was 11.9%.

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (i) SOFR plus 0.10% (or, with respect to any borrowings denominated in Euros, the adjusted Euro Interbank Offered Rate, “EURIBOR”), with a floor of 0.00% per annum or (ii) a base rate (“Revolving Loan Base Rate”), with a floor of 1.00% per annum, equal to the highest of (1) the rate of interest in effect as publicly announced by the administrative agent as its prime rate, (2) the NYFRB rate plus 0.50% and (3) SOFR for an interest period of one month plus 1.00% , in each case, plus the applicable rate. The applicable rate is determined by reference to the Company’s Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and ranges between 3.50% and 4.50% per annum for SOFR (4.5% per annum for the current fiscal quarter) and EURIBOR loans, and between 2.50% and 3.50% per annum for Revolving Base Rate loans (3.5% per annum for the current fiscal quarter). The commitment fee for the unused commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility varies between 0.50% and 0.625% per annum depending on the Company’s Secured Net Leverage Ratio (0.625% per annum for the current fiscal quarter). Commitment fees are included in interest expense. In the event of a payment default under the Revolving Credit Agreement, past due amounts shall be subject to an additional default interest rate of 2.00% .

Guarantees and Collateral Security

The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreements are unconditionally guaranteed by all material subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “SSCF Subsidiary Guarantors”), with customary exceptions including, among other things, where providing such guarantees is not permitted by law, regulation or contract or would result in adverse tax consequences. The guarantees of such obligations are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by substantially all of the Company’s assets and the SSCF Subsidiary Guarantors’ assets, including but not limited to: (i) a perfected pledge of all of the capital stock issued by each of the SSCF Subsidiary Guarantors (subject to certain exceptions) and (ii) perfected security interests in and mortgages on substantially all tangible and intangible personal property and material fee-owned real property of the Company and the SSCF Subsidiary Guarantors (subject to certain exceptions and exclusions). The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreements are secured by liens on a pari passu basis, but the obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement have payment priority over the obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Covenants

The Credit Agreements contain a number of restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness and guarantee indebtedness, create or incur liens, engage in mergers or consolidations, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets, make investments, acquisitions, loans or advances, pay dividends, distributions or other restricted payments, or repurchase its capital stock. The Credit Agreements also restrict the Company’s ability to prepay, redeem or repurchase any subordinated indebtedness or preferred stock, enter into agreements that limit its ability to incur

liens on its assets or that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other restricted payments, and enter into certain transactions with its affiliates.

The Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain:

(i)
A Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement) of no more than 3.75:1.00 for the relevant test periods ending during the period beginning on December 31, 2024 through and including March 31, 2025, and no more than 3.50:1.00 for the relevant test periods ending on June 30, 2025 and thereafter; and
(ii)
Liquidity of at least $37.5 million (subject to adjustments up to $50.0 million following any increase in the commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility).

The Revolving Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain:

(i)
A Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) of no more than 4.75:1.00 for the test period ending September 30, 2024, and no more than 4.50:1.00 for each test period ending thereafter;
(ii)
A Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) of no more than 4.75:1.00 for the test period ending September 30, 2024, no more than 3.75:1.00 for the relevant test periods ending during the period beginning December 31, 2024 through March 31, 2025, and no more than 3.50:1.00 for the relevant test periods ending on June 30, 2025 and thereafter; and
(iii)
Liquidity of at least $37.5 million (subject to adjustments up to $50.0 million following any increase in the commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility) but only so long as loans under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility are outstanding.

Additionally, if the Company pays the preferred stock dividends in cash to the preferred shareholders, the Credit Agreements require it to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreements) to be no less than 1.10:1.00 at the end of the period such payment is made.

The Credit Agreements contain customary default provisions that include among other things: non-payment of principal or interest when due, failure to comply with obligations, covenants or other provisions in the Credit Agreements, any failure of representations and warranties, cross-default under other debt agreements for obligations in excess of $20.0 million, insolvency, failure to pay judgments in excess of $20.0 million within 60 days of the judicial award, failure to pay any material plan withdrawal obligations under ERISA, invalidity of the loan agreement, invalidity of any security interest in the loan collateral, change of control and failure to maintain the financial covenants. In the event a default occurs, all commitments under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities would be terminated and the lenders would be entitled to declare the principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all borrowings outstanding to be due and payable.

In addition, the Credit Agreements contain customary representations and warranties and other covenants.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreements.

 

Available Unused Commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and unused commitments of $42.5 million, which has been reduced for outstanding letters of credit of $17.5 million.

 

Senior Notes

On June 15, 2017, the Company issued €250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due June 15, 2025 (the “Notes”). In connection with the closing of the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Company redeemed all of the Notes remaining outstanding at a redemption price of 100.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, August 26, 2024 (the “Redemption Date”), in accordance with the Indenture, dated June 15, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as registrar and transfer agent and The Bank of New York Mellon acting through its London Branch, as trustee. As of the Redemption Date, the Notes were no longer deemed outstanding and interest on the Notes ceased to accrue. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized a $0.9 million loss on extinguishment of debt in connection with the redemption of the Notes.

European Debt

In connection with the acquisition of UNIWHEELS AG in 2017, the Company assumed $70.7 million of outstanding debt. As of December 31, 2023, $0.8 million of the assumed debt remained outstanding. The outstanding debt was repaid in full during 2024.

 

Factoring Arrangements

 

The Company sells certain customer trade receivables under factoring arrangements with designated financial institutions and are accounted for as a sale. The fair value of assets received as proceeds in exchange for the transfer of accounts receivable under these factoring arrangements approximates fair value of such receivables and cash proceeds are included in cash provided by operating activities. The Company’s ongoing involvement under the factoring arrangements is limited to processing of customer payments on the factored receivables. Factoring arrangements incorporate customary representations and warranties, including representations as to validity of amounts due, completeness of performance obligations, and absence of commercial disputes.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company sold trade receivables totaling $708.8 million and $734.8 million and incurred factoring fees of $5.9 million and $4.2 million.

 

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, receivables of $70.9 million and $92.4 million had been factored and had not yet been paid by customers to the respective financial institutions. The collective limit under the Company's factoring arrangements was $142.1 million as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.