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Indebtedness
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Indebtedness

8. The Company has a revolving line of credit that is shown as long-term debt in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. The Company has no short term debt as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.  These are summarized in the following table:

 

Long-term indebtedness ($000's)

 

March 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Revolving line of credit

 

$

30,400

 

 

$

41,400

 

Deferred loan fees

 

 

(407

)

 

 

(449

)

Total indebtedness

 

$

29,993

 

 

$

40,951

 

 

AMVAC Chemical Corporation (“AMVAC”), the Company’s principal operating subsidiary, as borrower, and affiliates (including the Company), as guarantors and/or borrowers, are parties to a credit agreement, dated as of June 17, 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”), with a group of commercial lenders led by Bank of the West (AMVAC’s primary bank) as agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer. The Credit Agreement is a senior secured lending facility with a five year term and consisting of a revolving line of credit of $200 million and an accordion feature for up to $100 million. The Credit Agreement includes both AMVAC CV and AMVAC BV as borrowers. Under the Credit Agreement, revolving loans bear interest at a variable rate based, at borrower’s election with proper notice, on either (i) LIBOR plus the “Applicable Rate” which is based upon the Consolidated Funded Debt Ratio (“Eurocurrency Rate Loan”) or (ii) the greater of (x) the Prime Rate, (y) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, and (z) the Daily One-Month LIBOR Rate plus 1.00%, plus, in the case of (x), (y) or (z) the Applicable Rate (“Alternate Base Rate Loan”). Interest payments for Eurocurrency Rate Loans are payable on the last day of each interest period (either one, two, three or six months, as selected by the borrower) and the maturity date, while interest payments for Alternate Base Rate Loans are payable on the last business day of each month and the maturity date. The senior secured revolving line of credit matures on June 17, 2018.

Under the Credit Agreement, the Company has three key covenants (with which it was in compliance throughout the three months ended March 31, 2017). The covenants are as follows: (1) the Company must maintain its borrowings below a certain consolidated funded debt ratio, (2) the Company has a limitation on its annual spending on the acquisition of fixed asset capital additions, and (3) the Company must maintain a certain consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio.

At March 31, 2017, based on its performance against the most restrictive covenants listed above, the Company had the capacity to increase its borrowings by up to $119,994, according to the terms of the Credit Agreement. This compares to an available borrowing capacity of $65,373 as of March 31, 2016. The level of borrowing capacity is driven by three factors: (1) our financial performance, as measured in EBITDA for trailing twelve month period, which has improved, (2) net borrowings, which have decreased and (3) the leverage covenant (being the number of times EBITDA the Company may borrow under its credit facility agreement).