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DEBT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
DEBT
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DEBT

In June 2011, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent (the “Agent”), and RBS Citizens Business Capital, a division of RBS Citizens, N.A., as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and syndication agent, as well as certain other lender participants.  The Credit Agreement is secured by a first priority security interest on substantially all of the Company’s assets.  The Credit Agreement has a scheduled maturity date of June 28, 2016.  The Credit Agreement replaces the Company’s previous $100 million revolving credit facility.  Accordingly, concurrent with the closing of the Credit Agreement, the Company’s previous revolving credit agreement was extinguished.  The Company did not incur any early termination penalties in connection with the termination of the previous facility.
 
In August 2011, the Company entered into the First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) with its lenders under the Company’s Credit Agreement.  The Amendment was entered into to permit an increase to the total commitment of the revolving credit facility under the Credit Agreement (the “Revolver”) from $150 million to $175 million.  Under the Credit Agreement the Company had the option, subject to certain conditions, to request up to two increases to the $150 million Revolver in minimum increments of $25 million and not to exceed $50 million in the aggregate (any such increase, a “Revolver Increase”).  Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company requested a Revolver Increase of $25 million.  All lenders under the Credit Agreement agreed to participate in the Revolver Increase and the Revolver Increase was effective in August 2011.  The Company continues to have the option, subject to certain conditions, to request one additional Revolver Increase of $25 million.

Availability under the Revolver is based upon monthly (or more frequent under certain circumstances) borrowing base valuations of the Company’s inventory, accounts receivable, equipment and real property and reduced by certain reserves in effect from time to time.  A portion of the borrowings under the Revolver not in excess of $15 million is available for the issuance of letters of credit.  Another portion of the borrowings under the Revolver not in excess of $10 million may be utilized for swingline loans.  Outstanding borrowings under the Revolver bear interest at a rate, at the Company’s election, equal to (i) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50% or (ii) the Agent’s prime rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50%, in each case depending upon the average daily unused availability under the Revolver.  The Company is required to pay a monthly unused line fee equal to 0.375% times the average daily unused availability along with other customary fees and expenses of the Agent and the lenders.

The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, pay cash dividends, incur debt or liens, redeem or repurchase stock, enter into transactions with affiliates, merge, dissolve, pay off subordinated indebtedness, make investments and dispose of assets.  In addition, the Company is required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.1 to 1.0 as of the end of any period of 12 fiscal months when availability under the Revolver is less than 12.5% of the total revolving commitment.

If availability under the Revolver is less than 15% of the total revolving commitment or if there exists an event of default, amounts in any of the Company’s deposit accounts (other than certain excluded accounts) will be transferred daily into a blocked account held by the Agent and applied to reduce the outstanding amounts under the Revolver.

If the covenants under the Credit Agreement are breached, the lenders may, subject to various customary cure rights, require the immediate payment of all amounts outstanding and foreclose on the collateral.  Other customary events of default in the Credit Agreement include, without limitation, failure to pay obligations when due, initiation of insolvency proceedings, defaults on certain other indebtedness and the incurrence of certain judgments that are not stayed, satisfied, bonded or discharged within 30 days.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Credit Agreement.