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CREDIT FROM BANKING INSTITUTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
CREDIT FROM BANKING INSTITUTIONS
NOTE 10 - CREDIT FROM BANKING INSTITUTIONS
 
A.
Short term loans:
 
   
US dollars
 
   
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2018
   
2017
 
             
Short-term loans - linked to the Colombian Pezo
   
599
     
-
 
Short-term loans - linked to the Mexican Pezo
   
1,526
     
-
 
Current maturities of long-term loan (note 10B)
   
8,350
     
-
 
Others
   
84
     
48
 
     
10,559
     
48
 
 
B.
Long term loan:
 
In August 2018, the company signed on Loan Agreement (the “Loan agreement”) with commercial Israeli bank (the “Bank”) under which the company has received an amount of approximately $81.7 million (296 million Nis) (the “Loan”) from the bank for a period of 5-years that bears an annual interest rate of Prime rate (as of December 31, 2018 the prime rate was 1.75%) + 0.53%. In December 2018 the company repaid to the bank in an early repayment an amount of approximately $8.0 million (30 million NIS).
 
According to the loan agreement the company was obligated to comply with the following covenants (the “Loan Covenants”):
 
·
Equity to total assets Ratio - The Ratio will not be less than 30%.
·
Total equity - Total equity will not be less than $15 million.
·
Net debt to EBITDA Ratio - The Ratio will not exceed 4.
·
EBITDA - EBITDA will not be less than $10 million.
 
The company is required to submit calculation of the covenants to the bank once a year based on the audited financial statement by the end of April of each year
 
Upon non compliance with any of the above covenants, the bank shell have the right to demand immediate repayment of the remaining balance of the loan.
 
As of December 31, 2018, the company is in compliance with the loan covenants

C.
Maturity dates:
 
   
US dollars
 
   
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
 
2018
 
       
First year - current maturities
   
8,350
 
Second year
   
16,700
 
Third year
   
16,700
 
Fourth year
   
16,700
 
Fifth year
   
12,522
 
     
70,972
 

D.      Lines of credit:
 
Unutilized short-term lines of credit of the Group as of December 31, 2018, aggregated to US$ 1.9 million.