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Note 5 - Debt and Lease Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
5.
Debt and Lease Obligations
 
Current and long-term debt and lease obligations consisted of the following at 
March 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019
:
 
(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2020
   
December 31, 2019
 
   
Current
   
Long-Term
   
Current
   
Long-Term
 
Borrowings under Credit Facility
  $
-
    $
24,262
    $
-
    $
-
 
Revenue equipment installment notes; weighted average interest rate of 3.7% at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, due in monthly installments with final maturities at various dates ranging from July 2020 to September 2024, secured by related revenue equipment
   
60,415
     
181,552
     
53,431
     
177,514
 
                                 
Real estate notes; interest rate of 3.3% at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, due in monthly installments with a fixed maturity at August 2035, secured by related real estate
   
1,105
     
22,389
     
1,093
     
22,670
 
Deferred loan costs
   
(117
)    
-
     
(147
)    
(7
)
Total debt
   
61,403
     
228,203
     
54,377
     
200,177
 
Principal portion of finance lease obligations, secured by related revenue equipment
   
7,062
     
24,901
     
7,258
     
26,010
 
Principal portion of operating lease obligations, secured by related revenue equipment
   
18,452
     
36,357
     
19,460
     
40,882
 
Total debt and lease obligations
  $
86,917
    $
289,461
    $
81,095
    $
267,069
 
 
We and substantially all of our subsidiaries are parties to the Credit Facility with Bank of America, N.A., as agent (the "Agent") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (together with the Agent, the "Lenders"). The Credit Facility is a
$95.0
million revolving credit facility, with an uncommitted accordion feature that, so long as
no
event of default exists, allows us to request an increase in the revolving credit facility of up to
$50.0
million subject to Lender acceptance of the additional funding commitment.  The Credit Facility includes, within our
$95.0
million revolving credit facility, a letter of credit sub facility in an aggregate amount of
$95.0
million and a swing line sub facility in an aggregate amount equal to the greater of
$10.0
million or
10%
of the Lenders' aggregate commitments under the Credit Facility from time-to-time. The Credit Facility matures in
September 2021.
 
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are classified as either "base rate loans" or "LIBOR loans." Base rate loans accrue interest at a base rate equal to the greater of the Agent’s prime rate, the federal funds rate plus
0.5%,
or LIBOR plus
1.0%,
plus an applicable margin ranging from
0.5%
to
1.0%;
while LIBOR loans accrue interest at LIBOR, plus an applicable margin ranging from
1.5%
to
2.0%.
The applicable rates are adjusted quarterly based on average pricing availability. The unused line fee is the product of
0.25%
times the average daily amount by which the Lenders' aggregate revolving commitments under the Credit Facility exceed the outstanding principal amount of revolver loans and the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility.  The obligations under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by us and secured by a pledge of substantially all of our assets, with the notable exclusion of any real estate or revenue equipment pledged under other financing agreements, including revenue equipment installment notes and finance leases.
 
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to a borrowing base limited to the lesser of (A)
$95.0
million, minus the sum of the stated amount of all outstanding letters of credit; or (B) the sum of (i)
85%
of eligible accounts receivable, plus (ii) the lesser of (a)
85%
of the appraised net orderly liquidation value of eligible revenue equipment, (b)
95%
of the net book value of eligible revenue equipment, or (c)
35%
of the Lenders' aggregate revolving commitments under the Credit Facility, plus (iii) the lesser of (a)
$25.0
million or (b)
75%
of the appraised fair market value of eligible real estate, as reduced by a periodic amortization amount.  We had 
$24.3
million
of borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility as of
March 31, 2020
, undrawn letters of credit outstanding of approximately
$35.1
million
, and available borrowing capacity of
$35.6
million
. The interest rate on outstanding borrowings as of
March 31, 2020
, was 
3.8%
on 
$4.3
million
 of base rate loans and there were 
$20.0
million
LIBOR loans with an interest rate of 
2.8%
. Based on availability as of
March 31, 2020
and
2019
, there was
no
fixed charge coverage requirement.
 
The Credit Facility includes usual and customary events of default for a facility of this nature and provides that, upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, payment of all amounts payable under the Credit Facility
may
be accelerated, and the Lenders' commitments
may
be terminated.  If an event of default occurs under the Credit Facility and the Lenders cause, or have the ability to cause, all of the outstanding debt obligations under the Credit Facility to become due and payable, this could result in a default under other debt instruments that contain acceleration or cross-default provisions. The Credit Facility contains certain restrictions and covenants relating to, among other things, debt, dividends, liens, acquisitions and dispositions outside of the ordinary course of business, and affiliate transactions. Failure to comply with the covenants and restrictions set forth in the Credit Facility could result in an event of default.
 
Pricing for the revenue equipment installment notes is quoted by the respective financial affiliates of our primary revenue equipment suppliers and other lenders at the funding of each group of equipment acquired and include fixed annual rates for new equipment under retail installment contracts. The notes included in the funding are due in monthly installments with final maturities at various dates ranging from 
September 2020
 
to
July 2023
.
The notes contain certain requirements regarding payment, insuring of collateral, and other matters, but do
not
have any financial or other material covenants or events of default except certain notes totaling 
$216.9
million
are cross-defaulted with the Credit Facility. Additional borrowings from the financial affiliates of our primary revenue equipment suppliers and other lenders are expected to be available to fund new tractors expected to be delivered in
2020,
while any other property and equipment purchases, including trailers, are expected to be funded with a combination of available cash, notes, operating leases, finance leases, and/or from the Credit Facility.
 
In
August 2015,
we financed a portion of the purchase of our corporate headquarters, a maintenance facility, and certain surrounding property in Chattanooga, Tennessee by entering into a
$28.0
million variable rate note with a
third
party lender. Concurrently with entering into the note, we entered into an interest rate swap to effectively fix the related interest rate to
4.2%.