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LONG-TERM DEBT | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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LONG-TERM DEBT | NOTE 6. LONG-TERM DEBT On November 15, 2011, we amended and restated our $60.0 million Credit Facility with a new facility (as amended, the “Credit Facility”). We utilized the Credit Facility to finance the acquisition of the Monarch Casino Black Hawk and the Credit Facility is available to be used for working capital needs, general corporate purposes and for ongoing capital expenditure requirements. Borrowings are secured by liens on substantially all of the Company’s real and personal property. The Credit Facility contains customary covenants for a facility of this nature, including, but not limited to, covenants requiring the preservation and maintenance of the Company’s assets and covenants restricting our ability to merge, transfer ownership of Monarch, incur additional indebtedness, encumber assets and make certain investments. The Credit Facility contains covenants requiring that the Company maintain certain financial ratios and achieves a minimum level of Earnings-Before-Interest-Taxes-Depreciation and Amortization and other non-cash charges (“Adjusted EBITDA”) on a trailing four-quarter basis. It also contains provisions that restrict cash transfers between Monarch and its affiliates and contains provisions requiring the achievement of certain financial ratios before the Company can repurchase common stock or pay dividends. Management does not consider the covenants to restrict normal functioning of day-to-day operations. In addition to other customary covenants for a facility of this nature, as of December 31, 2015, we are required to maintain a leverage ratio, defined as consolidated debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, of no more than 2.0:1 and a fixed charge coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by fixed charges, as defined) of at least 1.15:1. As of December 31, 2015, the Company’s leverage ratio and fixed charge coverage ratios were 0.8:1 and 42.0:1, respectively. The Credit Facility is structured to reduce the maximum principal available by $1.5 million each quarter. The Credit Facility also allows us to permanently reduce the maximum principal available at any time so long as the amount of such reduction is at least $0.5 million and a multiple of $50,000. During the second quarter of 2015 we exercised this option and permanently reduced the amount available under the credit facility by $20 million and in the fourth quarter of 2015 by an additional $15 million. As of December 31, 2015 the maximum principle available under the credit facility is $48.5 million. The maturity date of the Credit Facility is November 15, 2016. As such, the entire amount outstanding under the credit facility at December 31, 2015 of $40.9 million is classified as a current liability in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015. At December 31, 2014, our leverage ratio was such that pricing for borrowings under the Credit Facility was LIBOR plus 1.5%. At December 31, 2014, the one-month LIBOR interest rate was 0.17%. The carrying value of the debt outstanding under the Credit Facility approximates fair value because the interest fluctuates with the lender’s prime rate or other market rates of interest. Subject to entering into a new or amended credit facility with sufficient borrowing capacity to refinance the outstanding balance and to complete the Black Hawk Expansion Plan, we believe, based on the relationship with our current lenders and our recent and projected financial performance, that our existing cash balances, cash flow from operations and borrowings available under the existing, amended or new Credit Facility will provide us with sufficient resources to fund our operations, meet our debt obligations, and fulfill our capital expenditure plans over the next twelve months; however, our operations are subject to financial, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow, we could be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as reducing, delaying or eliminating planned capital expenditures, selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital.

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