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Debt

On May 29, 2015, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a $40.0 million loan and security agreement with Nations, consisting of a $20.0 million Term Loan and a $20.0 million Revolving Loan (combined, the “Equipment-based Facility”), which replaced its prior credit facility with Comerica (“Prior Credit Facility”). The amount of the Revolving Loan that may be borrowed from time to time is determined quarterly and may not exceed $20.0 million. In addition, the sum of the outstanding balances of the Equipment-based Facility may not exceed the lesser of $40.0 million or 65% of the appraised value of the collateral pledged for the loans. At September 30, 2015, the Company had approximately $34.3 million of borrowing base which was the result of calculating 65% of the appraised value (where appraised value equals net operating liquidated value) of the Company’s collateral. The Revolving Loan may be utilized by the Company to provide ongoing working capital and for other general corporate purposes. At September 30, 2015, the Company had $13.1 million drawn on the Revolving Loan, $19.0 million Term Loan outstanding and $2.2 million of borrowings available.

The Equipment-based Facility bears interest at an initial fixed annual rate of 12%, which is subject to (i) a decrease of up to two percentage points based on the Company's fixed charge coverage ratio for each of the most recently ended four quarters beginning with the four quarters ended June 30, 2016; and (ii) an increase of two percentage points beginning December 31, 2015 based on the fixed charge coverage ratio at the end of the following two quarters. Principal on the Term Loan is payable in 47 monthly installments (with accrued interest) with a final payment of the then outstanding principal amount on May 29, 2019. Up to $5.0 million of the Term Loan may be prepaid in any year, but subject to a pre-payment fee that declines as the Term Loan nears maturity. Outstanding Revolving Loans are payable in full thirty days before the maturity date of the Term Loan.

The Equipment-based Facility is secured by all of the Company's personal property except accounts receivable, including all of its construction equipment, which forms the basis of availability under the Revolving Loan. The Equipment-based Facility is also secured by one-half of the equipment of the Company's 50%-owned affiliates, Road and Highway Builders, LLC and Myers & Sons Construction, L.P. pursuant to a separate security agreement with those entities. If a default occurs, Nations may exercise the Company's rights in the collateral, with all of the rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code, including, among other things, the right to sell the collateral at public or private sale.

The proceeds of the Term Loan of $20.0 million and our initial draw of $14.6 million under the Revolving Loan were utilized by the Company to repay the balance outstanding and terminate the Prior Credit Facility and for other general corporate purposes. In addition, in connection with incurring this debt, we recorded $1.3 million in deferred debt issuance costs which are included in “Other assets, net” in our condensed consolidated balance sheet, which is being amortized over the term of the Equipment-based Facility.

The Company’s Equipment-based Facility has no financial covenants; however, it contains restrictions on the Company’s ability to:

Incur liens and encumbrances;

Incur further indebtedness;

Dispose of a material portion of assets or merge with a third party;

Make acquisitions; and

Make investments in securities.

Due to this new Equipment-based Facility agreement, the Company’s Letter of Credit, which under our Prior Credit Facility reduced the Company’s borrowing availability, is now collateralized with cash. Refer to Note 2 for more information regarding the Company’s cash and cash equivalents including restricted cash used as collateral.

Interest expense was $1.1 million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, compared to $0.2 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. This increase in interest expense was driven by the increased interest rate on the new Equipment-based Facility agreement, as described above.

Fair Value

The Company’s debt is recorded at the carrying amount in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company uses an income approach to determine the fair value of its 12% Equipment-based Term Loan due May 29, 2019 using estimated cash flows, which is a Level 3 fair value measurement. As of September 30, 2015, the carrying values and fair values are as follows (amounts in thousands):

	September 30, 2015
	Carrying Value		Fair Value

Equipment-based revolving loan	$	13,100	$	–
Equipment-based term loan		18,980		18,980
Total Equipment-based Facility debt	$	32,080	$	18,980

The Equipment-based revolving loan’s fair value was not practicable to estimate as the timing of cash drawdowns and repayments cannot be determined. The effective interest rate of the Equipment-based revolving loan was 12.17% at September 30, 2015 with a maturity date of May 29, 2019.

As of December 31, 2014, the recorded value of the Company’s Prior Credit Facility approximated its fair value, as the amount outstanding at any given point in time was the principal amount due and interest was paid based on this amount considering the duration outstanding. In order to extinguish this Prior Credit Facility debt, the Company incurred costs of $0.2 million which is included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations.