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Debt Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Obligations
Debt Obligations
 
 
As of
(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
Senior Term Loan due December 2021, related party
 
$
34,000

 
$
40,000

Less: net unamortized debt issuance costs
 
(989
)
 
(1,163
)
Less: net unamortized debt discount
 
(1,020
)
 
(1,200
)
Senior Term Loan due December 2021, net
 
31,991

 
37,637

Finance lease obligations
 
6,390

 
6,729

 
 
38,381

 
44,366

Less: Current maturities
 
(24,192
)
 
(23,932
)
Total long-term debt
 
$
14,189

 
$
20,434


Senior Term Loan
On December 7, 2018, the Company, and ADA-ES, Inc. ("ADA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary, and certain other subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors, The Bank of New York Mellon as administrative agent, and Apollo Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd and Apollo A-N Credit Fund (Delaware) L.P. (collectively "Apollo"), affiliates of a beneficial owner of greater than five percent of the Company's common stock and a related party, entered into the Senior Term Loan in the amount of $70.0 million less original issue discount of $2.1 million. Proceeds from the Senior Term Loan were used to fund the Carbon Solutions Acquisition as disclosed in Note 2. The Company also paid debt issuance costs of $2.0 million related to the Senior Term Loan. The Senior Term Loan has a term of 36 months and bears interest at a rate equal to 3-month LIBOR (subject to a 1.5% floor) + 4.75% per annum, which is adjusted quarterly to the current 3-month LIBOR rate, and interest is payable quarterly in arrears. Quarterly principal payments of $6.0 million were required beginning in March 2019, and the Company may prepay the Senior Term Loan at any time without penalty. The Senior Term Loan is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the cash flows from Tinuum Group and Tinuum Services (collectively, the "Tinuum Entities"), but excluding the Company's equity interests in the Tinuum entities.
The Senior Term Loan includes, among others, the following covenants: (1) Beginning December 31, 2018 and as of the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter, the Company must maintain a minimum cash balance of $5.0 million and shall not permit "expected future net cash flows from the refined coal business" (as defined in the Senior Term Loan) to be less than 1.75 times the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Term Loan; (2) Beginning in January 2019, annual collective dividends and buybacks of Company shares in an aggregate amount, not to exceed $30.0 million, is permitted so long as (a) no default or event of default exists under the Senior Term Loan and (b) expected future net cash flows from the refined coal business as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter exceed $100.0 million.
Line of Credit
On December 7, 2018, ADA-ES, Inc. ("ADA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as borrower, the Company, as guarantor, and a bank (the "Lender") entered into an amendment to the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement (the "Line of Credit"). This amendment provided, among other things, for ADA to be able to enter into the Senior Term Loan as a guarantor so long as the principal amount of the Senior Term Loan did not exceed $70.0 million. Additionally, the financial covenants in the Line of Credit were amended and restated to be consistent with the Senior Term Loan covenants, including maintaining a minimum cash balance of $5.0 million.
As of March 31, 2020, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Line of Credit.