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Note 5 - Debt
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
5.           Debt:

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

   
As of
 
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2013
   
December 31,
2012
 
Asset-based revolving credit facility due June 30, 2016
  $ 174,955     $ 177,575  
Term loan due June 30, 2016
    55,417       57,604  
Industrial revenue bond due April 1, 2018
    5,125       5,125  
Capital lease
    1,380       1,407  
Total debt
    236,877       241,711  
    Less current amount
    (15,255 )     (15,282 )
Total long-term debt
  $ 221,622     $ 226,429  

On March 16, 2012, the Company amended its existing asset-based credit facility (the ABL 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 ABL Credit Facility consists of a revolving credit line of $315 million and a $64 million term loan, with monthly principal payments.  At March 31, 2013, the term loan balance was $55.4 million.  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 June 30, 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 ($39.4 million at March 31, 2013), or 60% of the principal balance of the term loan then outstanding ($33.2 million at March 31, 2013), 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%.

As of March 31, 2013, $4.4 million of bank financing fees were included in “Prepaid expenses and other” and “Other long-term assets” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.  The financing fees are being amortized over the remaining term of the credit facility.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with its covenants and had approximately $89 million of availability under the ABL Credit Facility.

As part of the Chicago Tube and Iron Company (CTI) acquisition on July 1, 2011, the Company assumed approximately $5.9 million of IRB indebtedness issued through the Stanly County, North Carolina Industrial Revenue and Pollution Control Authority.  The bond matures in April 2018, with the option to provide principal payments annually on April 1st.  On April 1, 2013, the Company paid an optional principal payment of $785 thousand.  Interest is payable monthly, with a variable rate that resets weekly.   As a 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 March 31, 2013 was 0.22% 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 March 31, 2013, the effect of the swap agreement on the bond was to fix the rate at 3.46%.  The swap agreement matures in April 2018, and is reduced annually by the amount of the optional principal payments on the bond.  The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other parties to the interest rate swap agreement.  However, the Company does not anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties.