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Note 7 - Debt
12 Months Ended
May 27, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
7.
             
Debt
 
 Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):
 
   
May 27, 2018
   
May 28, 2017
 
Term loan with JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMorgan”), BMO Harris Bank N,A. (“BMO”), and City National Bank (“CNB”); due in quarterly principal and interest payments of $1,250 beginning December 1, 2016 through September 23, 2021 with the remainder due on maturity, with interest based on the Company’s leverage ratio at a per annum rate of the Eurodollar rate plus a spread of between 1.25% and 2.25%
  $
42,500
    $
47,500
 
Total principal amount of long-term debt
   
42,500
     
47,500
 
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs
   
(200
)    
(261
)
Total long-term debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
   
42,300
     
47,239
 
Less: current portion of long-term debt, net
   
(4,940
)    
(4,940
)
Long-term debt, net
  $
37,360
    $
42,299
 
 
The future minimum principal payments of the Company’s debt for each year presented are as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Term Loan
 
Fiscal year 2019
  $
5,000
 
Fiscal year 2020
   
5,000
 
Fiscal year 2021
   
5,000
 
Fiscal year 2022
   
27,500
 
Fiscal year 2023
   
 
Thereafter
   
 
Total
  $
42,500
 
 
 
On
September 23, 2016,
the Company entered into a Credit Agreement with JPMorgan, BMO, and City National Bank, as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and JPMorgan as administrative agent, pursuant to which the Lenders provided the Company with a
$100
million revolving line of credit (the “Revolver”) and a
$50
million term loan facility (the “Term Loan”), guaranteed by each of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, with the exception of the Company’s investment in Windset.
 
Both the Revolver and the Term Loan mature in
five
years (on
September 23, 2021),
with the Term Loan providing for quarterly principal payments of
$1.25
million commencing
December 1, 2016,
with the remainder due at maturity.
 
Interest on both the Revolver and the Term Loan is based on either the prime rate or Eurodollar rate, at the Company’s discretion, plus a spread based on the Company’s leverage ratio (generally defined as the ratio of the Company’s total indebtedness on such date to the Company’s consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) for the period of
four
consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date). The spread is at a per annum rate of (i) between
0.25%
and
1.25%
if the prime rate is elected or (ii) between
1.25%
and
2.25%
if the Eurodollar rate is elected.
 
The Credit Agreement provides the Company the right to increase the Revolver commitments and/or the Term Loan commitments by obtaining additional commitments either from
one
or more of the Lenders or another lending institution at an amount of up to
$75
million.
 
The Credit Agreement contains customary financial covenants and events of default under which the obligation could be accelerated and/or the interest rate increased. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants as of
May 27, 2018.
 
On
November 1, 2016,
the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement (“Swap”) with BMO at a notional amount of
$50
million. The Swap has the effect of changing the Company’s Term Loan obligation from a variable interest rate to a fixed
30
-day LIBOR rate of
1.22%.
As of
May 27, 2018,
the interest rate on the Term Loan was
3.22%.
For further discussion regarding the Company’s use of derivative instruments, see the Financial Instruments section of Note
1
– Organization, Basis of Presentation, and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
 
In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company incurred in fiscal year
2017
lender and
third
-party debt issuance costs of
$897,000,
of which
$598,000
and
$299,000
was allocated to the Revolver and Term Loan, respectively. Amortization of loan origination fees for fiscal years
2018,
2017
and
2016
were
$181,000,
$142,000
and
$293,000,
respectively.
 
Concurrent with the close of the Credit Agreement, all of the proceeds of the Term Loan, and
$1.5
million of the Revolver, was used by the Company to repay all then existing debt. Accordingly, the Company recognized a loss on debt refinancing of
$1.2
million, which included
$233,000
of payments for early debt extinguishment penalties and
$1.0
million from the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs on the Company’s then existing debt as of
September 23, 2016.
 
 
As of
May 27, 2018,
$27.0
million was outstanding on the Revolver. As of
May 27, 2018,
the interest rate on the Revolver was
3.91%
for the
$23.0
million under the Libor option, and
5.75%
for the
$4.0
million under the Alternative Base Rate (Prime) option.