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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]

8. Long-Term Debt

    September 28, 2024     December 30, 2023  
    $     $  
Term loan facility   175,500     180,000  
Revolving credit facility   50,100     31,751  
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs   (977 )   (1,152 )
Total credit facilities   224,623     210,599  
Finance lease liabilities   65,303     52,630  
Total debt   289,926     263,229  
Less: current portion   29,796     24,346  
Total long-term debt   260,130     238,883  

Credit Facilities

On December 8, 2023, the Company entered into a five-year Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") providing for (i) a $180.0 million term loan credit facility (the "Term Loan Credit Facility") and (ii) an $85.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility" and together with the Term Loan Credit Facility, the "Credit Facilities"). The Revolving Credit Facility includes $30.0 million of borrowing capacity available for letters of credit and provides for borrowings of up to $10.0 million on same-day notice including in the form of swingline loans. As at September 28, 2024, $5.9 million in letters of credit were issued but undrawn under the Revolving Credit Facility.

The Credit Facilities mature on December 8, 2028. Borrowings under the Term Loan Credit Facility are repayable in quarterly principal installments of $2.3 million from the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2024 to the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2025, $3.4 million from the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2026 to the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2027, and $4.5 million from the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2028 to the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2028, with the remaining principal balance of $121.5 million due on the maturity date.

Borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at a margin over various reference rates, including a base rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and SOFR, selected at the option of the Company. The margin for the Credit Facilities is set quarterly based on the consolidated total net leverage ratio for the preceding fiscal quarter and will range from 1.00% to 2.25% with respect to base rate loans and from 2.00% to 3.25% for SOFR loans. For the three quarters ended September 28, 2024, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facilities was 8.29%. In addition, the Company is required to pay an undrawn fee under the Revolving Credit Facility quarterly based on the consolidated total net leverage ratio for the preceding fiscal quarter ranging from 0.20% to 0.40% on the undrawn revolving commitments thereunder. The Company is also required to pay customary letter of credit fees, to the extent letters of credit are issued and outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

As at September 28, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.

Finance Lease Liabilities

During the first three quarters of 2024, the Company recognized an additional finance lease liability of $25.7 million, in exchange for $24.6 million of right-of-use assets recorded in property, plant and equipment, related to an expansion of the Company's oat-based ingredient extraction operations, and $1.1 million in cash. The finance lease has an implicit rate of interest of 11.29% and a lease term of five years.