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LONG-TERM DEBT
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT LONG-TERM DEBT
We have a revolving credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A., PNC Bank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Key Bank, N.A. dated as of February 9, 2024 (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Revolving Credit Facility provides for a revolving line of credit of up to $255.0 million, and matures on February 9, 2029. We have an option to increase the amount to $405.0 million, subject to lender approval. Included in the Revolving Credit Facility is a $25.0 million sub-limit for “Swingline” loans and a $25.0 million sub-limit for letters of credit. As of December 29, 2024, $7.6 million was drawn on the Revolving Credit Facility as a Swingline loan and $2.7 million was utilized by outstanding standby letters of credit, leaving $244.7 million unused under the Revolving Credit Facility, which is constrained by our most restrictive covenant making $118.5 million available for additional borrowing. As of December 31, 2023, $6.2 million was utilized by outstanding standby letters of credit under our prior revolving credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, N.A., KeyBank, N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A., which provided for a revolving line of credit of up to $300.0 million and included a $30.0 million sub-limit for “Swingline” loans and a $125.0 million sub-limit for letters of credit.
Under the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility, we have the option to borrow funds under the revolving line of credit as a Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) Loan, for a one-, three or six-month term, or as a Base Rate Loan, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility. Under a Term SOFR Loan, we are required to pay a variable rate of interest on funds borrowed based on the Term SOFR Screen Rate two days prior for the equivalent term, plus an adjustment of 0.10%, plus an applicable spread between 1.75% and 3.50%. Under a Base Rate Loan we are required to pay a variable rate of interest on funds borrowed based on a base rate plus an applicable spread between 0.75% and 2.50%. The base rate is the greater of the one-month Term SOFR Screen Rate two days prior plus 1.0%, the prime rate (as announced by Bank of America), or the federal funds rate plus 0.50%. The applicable spread is determined by the consolidated leverage ratio, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility.
Under a Swingline loan, we are required to pay a variable rate of interest on funds borrowed based on the base rate plus applicable spread between 0.75% and 2.50%, as described above. At December 29, 2024, the applicable spread on the base rate was 0.75% and the base rate was 7.50%, resulting in an interest rate of 8.25%.
A commitment fee between 0.35% and 0.50% is applied against the Revolving Credit Facility’s unused borrowing capacity, with the specific rate determined by the consolidated leverage ratio, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility. Letters of credit are priced at a margin between 1.50% and 3.25%, with the specific rate determined by the consolidated leverage ratio, plus a fronting fee of 0.25%.
Obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by TrueBlue and material U.S. domestic subsidiaries, and are secured by substantially all of the assets of TrueBlue and material U.S. domestic subsidiaries. The Revolving Credit Facility contains customary representations and warranties, events of default, and affirmative and negative covenants, including, among others, financial covenants.
The following financial covenants, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, were in effect as of December 29, 2024:
•Consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio greater than 1.25, defined as the trailing twelve months bank-adjusted cash flow divided by cash interest expense. As of December 29, 2024, our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio was 4.92.
•Asset coverage ratio greater than 1.00, defined as the ratio of (a) 60% of accounts receivable to (b) total debt outstanding less unrestricted cash in excess of $50.0 million, subject to certain minimums. Under this covenant we are limited to $25.0 million in aggregate share repurchases in any twelve-month period. As of December 29, 2024, our asset coverage ratio was 12.52.
The following financial covenant, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, will replace the asset coverage ratio beginning the fiscal first quarter of 2026, or earlier at our discretion, subject to the terms of the agreement:
•Consolidated leverage ratio less than 3.00, defined as our funded indebtedness divided by trailing twelve months consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility.
As of December 29, 2024, we were in compliance with all effective covenants related to the Revolving Credit Facility.