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Note 8 - Debt:
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
(8)         Debt:

The Company’s debt is comprised of the following components:

(in thousands)
 
June 30,
2012
   
December 31,
2011
 
Asset-based revolving credit facility due June 30, 2016
  $ 219,915     $ 170,405  
Term loan due June 30, 2016
    61,979       66,354  
Industrial revenue bond due April 1, 2018
    5,125       5,880  
Capital lease
    1,487       1,577  
Total debt
    288,506       244,216  
Less current amount
    (8,967 )     (9,662 )
Total long-term debt
  $ 279,539     $ 234,554  

On March 16, 2012, the Company amended its existing asset-based revolving credit facility.  The amendment provided, among other things: (i) a reduction in the applicable margin for loans under the Company’s Loan and Security Agreement; (ii) additional revolving commitments to the borrowers in an aggregate principal amount of $50 million, which additional revolving commitments do not impact the borrowers’ incremental facilities; and (iii) permits certain transactions among the borrowers and Metales de Olympic, S. de R.L. de C.V., an indirect subsidiary of the Company.  The amended asset-based credit facility (the ABL Credit Facility) consists of a revolving credit line of $315 million and a $64 million term loan.  Revolver borrowings are limited to the lesser of a borrowing base, comprised of eligible receivables and inventories, or $315 million in the aggregate.  The ABL Credit Facility matures on July 1, 2016.

The ABL Credit Facility requires the Company to comply with various covenants, the most significant of which include: (i) until maturity of the ABL Credit Facility, if any commitments or obligations are outstanding and the Company’s availability is less than the greater of $20 million, 12.5% of the aggregate amount of revolver commitments, or 60% of the principal balance of the term loan then outstanding, then the Company must maintain a ratio of EBITDA minus certain capital expenditures and cash taxes paid to fixed charges of at least 1.10 to 1.00 for the most recent twelve fiscal month period; (ii) limitations on dividend payments; (iii) restrictions on additional indebtedness; and (iv) limitations on investments and joint ventures.  Effective with the March 16, 2012 amendment, the Company has the option to borrow under its revolver based on the agent’s base rate plus a premium ranging from 0.00% to 0.50% or the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a premium ranging from 1.50% to 2.00%.  The interest rate under the term loan is based on the agent’s base rate plus a premium ranging from 0.25% to 0.75% or LIBOR plus a premium ranging from 1.75% to 2.25%.

In June 2012, the Company entered into a forward starting fixed rate interest rate hedge commencing July 2013 in order to eliminate the variability of cash interest payments on $53 million of the outstanding LIBOR based borrowings under the ABL credit facility.  The hedge matures on June 1, 2016 and is reduced monthly by the principal payments on the term loan.  The interest rate hedge fixed the rate at 1.21%.  Although the Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other parties to the interest rate hedge agreement, the Company anticipates performance by the counterparties.

As of June 30, 2012, $5.4 million of bank financing fees were included in “Prepaid expenses and other” and “Other long-term assets” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.  This includes $1.2 million of financing fees paid for the March 16, 2012 amendment.  The financing fees are being amortized over the remaining term of the ABL Credit Facility.

As of June 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with its covenants and had approximately $85 million of availability under the ABL Credit Facility.

As part of the CTI acquisition, the Company assumed approximately $5.9 million of Industrial Revenue Bond indebtedness issued through the Stanly County, North Carolina Industrial Revenue and Pollution Control Authority (IRB).  The bond matures in April 2018, with the option to provide principal payments annually on April 1st.  On April 1, 2012, the Company paid an optional principal payment of $755 thousand.  Interest is payable monthly, with a variable rate that resets weekly.   As security for payment of the bonds, the Company obtained a direct pay letter of credit issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.  The letter of credit reduces annually by the principal reduction amount.  The interest rate at June 30, 2012 was 0.23% for the IRB debt.

The Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to reduce the impact of changes in interest rates on the above IRB.  At June 30, 2012, the effect of the swap agreement on the bond was to fix the rate at 3.46 percent.  The swap agreement matures April 2018, but is reduced annually by the amount of the optional principal payments on the bond.  Although, the Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other parties to the interest rate swap agreement, the Company anticipates performance by the counterparties.