Note 9 - Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

9. Debt

2021 Credit Agreement

On April 5, 2021, we and certain of our foreign subsidiaries entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2021 Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent. The 2021 Credit Agreement provides us and certain of our foreign subsidiaries access to a senior secured credit facility until   April 3, 2026, consisting of a term loan facility in an amount up to $100.0 million and a revolving facility in an amount up to $450.0 million with an option to expand the credit facility by up to $275.0 million, with the consent of the lenders willing to provide additional borrowings in the form of increases to their revolving facility commitment or funding of incremental term loans. Borrowings may be denominated in U.S. dollars or certain other currencies.

The fee for committed funds under the revolving facility of the 2021 Credit Agreement ranges from an annual rate of 0.15% to 0.30%, depending on our leverage ratio. Borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars under the 2021 Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for eurocurrency liabilities, but in any case, not less than 0%, plus an additional spread of 1.10% to 1.70%, depending on our leverage ratio or (b) the Alternate Base Rate which is the greatest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (iii) the adjusted LIBO rate for a one month period, but in any case, not less than 1.0%, plus, in any such case, 1.0%, plus an additional spread of 0.10% to 0.70%, depending on our leverage ratio.

In connection with the 2021 Credit Agreement, we reaffirmed our security interest in favor of the lenders in substantially all our personal property and pledged the stock of our domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the stock of our first-tier foreign subsidiaries. The obligations under the 2021 Credit Agreement are also guaranteed by certain of our first-tier domestic subsidiaries, and those subsidiaries also provided a security interest in their similar personal property.

Our 2021 Credit Agreement restricts the payment of dividends or repurchasing of stock requiring that, after giving effect to such payments, no default exists or would result from such payment.  Additionally, cash dividends are restricted to $7.5 million per quarter and approved levels of other restricted payments range from $60.0 million to unlimited based on our net leverage ratio (not taking into account any acquisition holiday) after giving effect to such payment.

The 2021 Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including but not limited to covenants restricting our ability to incur indebtedness and liens and merge or consolidate with another entity. Further, the 2021 Credit Agreement contains the following covenants:

• a covenant requiring us to maintain an indebtedness to EBITDA ratio, determined as of the end of each of our fiscal quarters, of no greater than 3.50 to 1.00, with certain alternative requirements for permitted acquisitions greater than $50.0 million;

• a covenant requiring us to maintain an EBITDA to interest expense ratio for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters as of the end of each quarter of no less than 3.00 to 1; and

• a covenant restricting us from paying dividends or repurchasing stock if, after giving effect to such payments and assuming no default exists or would result from such payment, our leverage ratio is greater than 2.50 to 1, in such case limiting such payments to $60.0 million during any fiscal year.

Redemption of Senior Notes

In the second quarter of 2021, the Company redeemed $300.0 million principal amount outstanding of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2025 ("Senior Notes"). We used the proceeds from the borrowings under the 2021 Credit Agreement to retire our Senior Notes and pay the $8.4 million call premium due upon redemption in the second quarter of 2021. In addition, we wrote off $2.9 million of unamortized debt issuance costs in the second quarter of 2021.

Debt outstanding as of December 31 consisted of the following:

	2021			2020
Senior unsecured notes	$	—		$	300.0
Credit facility borrowings:
Revolving credit facility borrowings		168.0			10.0
Term loan facility borrowings		98.8			—
Secured borrowings		0.7			1.5
Finance lease liabilities		0.1			0.1
Unamortized debt issuance costs		—			(3.1	)
Total debt		267.6			308.5
Less: current portion of long-term debt(a)		(4.2	)		(10.9	)
Long-term debt	$	263.4		$	297.6

^(a) As of December 31, 2021, the Company is required to repay $3.8 million in outstanding credit facility borrowings and $0.4 million of current maturities of secured borrowings over the next 12 months.

As of December 31, 2021, we had outstanding borrowings of $98.8 million and $168.0 million under our term loan facility and revolving facility, respectively. We had letters of credit and bank guarantees outstanding in the amount of $2.9 million, leaving approximately $279.1 million of unused borrowing capacity on our revolving facility. Commitment fees on unused lines of credit for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $0.6 million. The overall weighted average cost of debt is approximately 1.3% and net of a related cross-currency swap instrument is approximately 0.3%. Further details regarding the cross-currency swap instrument are discussed in Note 11.

The aggregate maturities of our outstanding debt, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, as of December 31, 2021, are as follows:

2022	$	4.2
2023		5.3
2024		6.3
2025		8.8
2026		243.0
Thereafter		—
Total aggregate maturities	$	267.6