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Note 5 - Long-term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
5
.
LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Long-term debt as of
March
31,
2017
and
December
31,
2016
consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
   
March 31
, 201
7
   
December 31, 201
6
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
  $
450,000
    $
450,000
 
Senior Credit Facilities
   
93,750
     
95,000
 
Capital lease obligation
   
280
     
284
 
Total debt
   
544,030
     
545,284
 
Less unamortized debt issuance costs
   
(7,748
)
   
(8,148
)
Less current portion
of long-term debt
   
(6,875
)
   
(6,250
)
Total
Long-term debt
  $
529,407
    $
530,886
 
 
 
5.750%
Senior Unsecured Notes Due
2022.
On
June
17,
2015,
the Company issued
$450
million aggregate principal amount of
5.750%
senior unsecured notes due
2022
(the “Notes”). The Notes mature on
June
15,
2022
and interest is payable on
June
15
and
December
15
of each year.
 
The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and
may
not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. The Notes were offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule
144A
under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of
June
17,
2015.
The Indenture provides for early redemption of the Notes, at the option of the Company, at the prices and subject to the terms specified in the Indenture. The Indenture includes certain covenants relating to debt incurrence, liens, restricted payments, asset sales and transactions with affiliates, changes in control and mergers or sales of all or substantially all of the Company
’s assets. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to customary grace periods).
 
Senior Credit Facilities Due
2020.
On
June
30,
2015,
the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto.  The Credit Agreement provides for a
five
-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of
$200
million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a
five
-year term loan facility in an aggregate amount of
$100
million (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Senior Credit Facilities”). Concurrently with its entry into the Credit Agreement, the Company borrowed the full amount of the Term Loan Facility (the “Term Loan”).
 
Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bear interest, at the Company
’s option, at a rate per annum determined by reference to either the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or an adjusted base rate, in each case plus an applicable interest rate margin. The applicable interest rate margin with respect to LIBOR borrowings is a rate per annum between
1.50%
and
2.25%
and the applicable interest rate margin with respect to adjusted base rate borrowings is a rate per annum between
0.50%
and
1.25%,
in each case determined on a quarterly basis by reference to a pricing grid based upon the Company’s total net leverage ratio. In addition, the Company is required to pay commitment fees on any unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility at a rate between
0.25%
per annum and
0.40%
per annum, determined by reference to the pricing grid. As of 
March
31,
2017,
borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bore interest at a rate of
2.50%
per annum and commitment fees accrue at a rate of 
0.25%
per annum. Outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility were
$93.8
million and the Company had
$197.2
million available for borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility at
March
31,
2017.
 
The
Revolving Credit Facility also gives the Company the ability to issue letters of credit, which reduce the amount available for borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility. Letter of credit issuances under the Revolving Credit Facility of
$2.8
million at
March
31,
2017
were held for the benefit of certain general and liability insurance matters and bore interest at a rate of
1.625%
per annum.
 
The Senior Credit Facilities
may
be prepaid at any time without premium, and periodic principal repayments are due in certain quarterly installments as set forth in the Credit Agreement, with the outstanding balance of the Term Loan Facility to be paid on the
fifth
anniversary of funding.
 
The Company
may,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, obtain additional credit facilities of up to
$300
million under the Credit Agreement pursuant to an uncommitted incremental facility.
 
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, restricted payments, prepayments of certain indebtedness, investments, dispositions of assets, restrictions on subsidiary distributions and negative pledge clauses, fundamental changes, transactions with affiliates and amendments to organizational documents.
 The Credit Agreement also requires the Company to maintain specified ratios of total net leverage and
first
lien net leverage to consolidated operating cash flow. The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, including non-payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, material inaccuracy of any representation or warranty, failure to observe or perform any covenant, default in respect of other material debt of the Company and of its restricted subsidiaries, bankruptcy or insolvency, the entry against the Company or any of its restricted subsidiaries of a material judgment, the occurrence of certain ERISA events, impairment of the loan documentation and the occurrence of a change of control. 
 
The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of
March
31,
2017.
 
 
As of
March
31,
2017,
the future maturities of long-term debt were as follows (in thousands): 
 
Years Ending December 31
:
 
Amount
 
201
7
  $
5,013
 
201
8
   
8,767
 
201
9
   
12,517
 
20
20
   
67,517
 
202
1
   
17
 
Thereafter
   
450,199
 
Total
  $
544,030
 
 
 
On
February
13,
2017,
the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to permit, among other things, the incurrence of the
$650
million of senior secured loans expected to be used to finance the acquisition of NewWave. On
May
1,
2017,
the Company entered into a Restatement Agreement (the “Restatement Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company amended and restated the Credit Agreement (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). See Note
1
2
for details on this transaction.