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Debt
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
Shentel Broadband Operations LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shentel, has a credit agreement which contains a $150 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) and $525 million in delayed draw amortizing term loans, including Term Loans A-1, A-2 and A-3 in the table below (collectively, the “Term Loans” and collectively with Revolver, the “Credit Agreement”). As of March 31, 2025, the availability under our Revolver was $143.0 million. The following loans were outstanding under the Credit Agreement:

(in thousands)March 31,
2025		December 31,
2024
Term loan A-1$142,645 $144,451 
Term loan A-2148,134 148,506 
Term loan A-3225,000 125,000 
Total debt515,779 417,957 
Less: unamortized loan fees(1,232)(1,078)
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees$514,547 $416,879 

The Term Loans bear interest at one-month term SOFR plus a margin. The margin is variable and determined by the Company’s net leverage ratio. Interest is paid monthly. The weighted-average interest rate was 6.71% for the Term Loans at March 31, 2025.

Shentel is charged commitment fees on unutilized portions of its Revolver and Term Loans. The Company recorded $0.2 million and $0.1 million related to these fees for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which are included in interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Interest expense recorded in Shentel’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations consisted of the following:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(in thousands)20252024
Interest expense
$7,262 $5,383 
Less: capitalized interest
(2,370)(1,307)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest
$4,892 $4,076 

The Credit Agreement includes various covenants, including total net leverage ratio and debt service coverage ratio financial covenants.

Shentel’s Term Loans require quarterly payments based on a percentage of the outstanding balance. As of March 31, 2025, Term Loan A-1 was due to mature on July 1, 2026. On April 16, 2025, Shentel amended the Credit Agreement to extend the maturity date of the Revolver and Term Loan A-1 to July 1, 2027. Both Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan A-3 mature on July 1, 2028.

The April 16, 2025 amendment of Shentel’s Credit Agreement also amended certain covenant provisions, including increasing the maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) permitted as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to 4.75:1.00.

The following table summarizes the expected payments of Shentel’s outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2025:
(in thousands)
Original
As Amended
2025 (remainder of the year)$8,074 $8,074 
2026141,052 10,430 
202710,170 140,792 
2028356,483 356,483 
Total$515,779 $515,779 
Shentel has not borrowed against its Revolver as of March 31, 2025. In the event borrowings are made in the future, the entire outstanding principal amount borrowed against the Revolver is due July 1, 2027.

Although no borrowings have been executed under the Revolver, Shentel has executed letter of credit arrangements totaling $7.0 million that reduce the available balance of the Revolver. The letter of credit arrangements were executed primarily pursuant to the requirements of the National Telecommunications and Information (“NTIA”) government grant program, discussed further in Note 14, Government Grants. These amounts are not considered borrowed, as no cash has been disbursed to Shentel or other parties.

The Credit Agreement is fully secured by a pledge and unconditional guarantee from the Company and all of its subsidiaries, except Shenandoah Telephone Company. This provides the lenders a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company.