Long-Term Debt and Financing Arrangements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Long-Term Debt and Financing Arrangements

NOTE 10. Long-Term Debt and Financing Arrangements

In December 2013, we amended our Credit Agreement to reduce the interest rate and commitment fees and extend the term until December 2018. The maximum unsecured borrowing capacity remained at $50.0 million. The interest rate under the Credit Agreement ranges from LIBOR plus 1.00% to 1.75% or Prime to Prime plus 0.75%. The commitment fees charged on the unused line of credit are between 0.10% and 0.25% per annum. The financial covenants require a total leverage ratio of not more than 3.0 to 1.0 and an interest coverage ratio of not less than 2.0 to 1.0.

We have standby letters of credit that expire in 2015. As of December 31, 2014, our letters of credit were $6.1 million.

Our unused and available borrowings under our bank revolving line of credit were $43.9 million as of December 31, 2014 and $44.8 million as of December 31, 2013. We were in compliance with our debt covenants as of December 31, 2014.

We have entered into various Equipment Notes (“Notes”) for the purchase of tractors and containers. The Notes are secured by the underlying equipment financed in the agreements.

Our outstanding debt is as follows (in thousands):

	Period Ended
	December 31,			December 31,
	2014			2013
Secured Equipment Notes due in December 2019 with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.2 million commencing in January 2015; interest is paid monthly at a fixed annual rate of 2.24%	$	13,387		$	-

Secured Equipment Notes due in November 2019 with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.5 million commencing in December 2014; interest is paid monthly at a fixed annual rate of 2.05%		28,429			-

Secured Equipment Notes due in September 2019 with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.4 million commencing in September 2014; interest is paid monthly at a fixed annual rate of 2.15%		22,772			-

Secured Equipment Notes due in February 2019 with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.4 million commencing in January 2014; interest is paid monthly at a fixed annual rate between 1.87% and 1.93%		21,016			-

Secured Equipment Notes due in June 2018 with quarterly principal and interest payments of $0.5 million commencing in August 2013; interest is paid quarterly at a fixed annual rate between 1.9% and 2.0%		6,475			8,246
		92,079			8,246

Less current portion		(19,619	)		(1,771	)
Total long-term debt	$	72,460		$	6,475

Aggregate principal payments, in thousands, due subsequent to December 31, 2014, are as follows:

2015	$	19,619
2016		20,023
2017		20,209
2018		19,668
2019		12,560
	$	92,079

In 2011, we entered into a lease agreement for 3,126 chassis for a period of 10 years. We are accounting for this lease as a capital lease. Interest on this capital lease obligation is based on interest rates that approximate currently available interest rates; therefore, indebtedness under this capital lease obligation approximates fair value.

We paid interest of $0.8 million, $0.9 million and $1.0 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to this capital lease.

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