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Debt
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

Note 10—Debt

Long-term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets is as follows:

 

     January 31  
(In thousands)    2019      2018  

USD Term Loan (4.02% and 2.85% as of January 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively); maturity date November 30, 2022

   $ 11,250      $ 15,000  

USD Term Loan (4.02% and 3.06% as of January 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively); maturity date of January 31, 2022

     6,992        8,372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     18,242        23,372  

Debt Issuance Costs, net of accumulated amortization

     (164      (226

Current Portion of Term Loan

     (5,208      (5,498
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

   $ 12,870      $ 17,648  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The schedule of required principal payments remaining during the next five years on long-term debt outstanding as of January 31, 2019 is as follows:

 

(In thousands)       

Fiscal 2020

   $ 5,208  

Fiscal 2021

     5,208  

Fiscal 2022

     5,576  

Fiscal 2023

     2,250  

Fiscal 2024

     —    
  

 

 

 
   $ 18,242  
  

 

 

 

On February 28, 2017, the Company and the Company’s wholly owned Danish subsidiary, ANI ApS (together, the “Parties”) entered into a Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”). The Parties also entered into a related Security and Pledge Agreement with the Lender. The Credit Agreement provided for a term loan to ANI ApS in the amount of $9.2 million. On November 30, 2017, the Parties entered into a Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement with the Lender. The Second Amendment provided for a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $15.0 million, in addition to the revolving credit facility for the Company and the term loan previously borrowed by ANI ApS at the original closing under the Credit Agreement. The proceeds from the term loan were used to repay the entire $14.6 million principal balance of the revolving loan outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of that date.

The term loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR rate plus a margin that varies within a range of 1.0% to 1.5% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. In connection with the Credit Agreement, AstroNova and ANI ApS entered into certain hedging arrangements with the Lender to manage the variable interest rate risk and currency risk associated with its payments in respect of the $9.2 million term loan. In connection with the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement, AstroNova entered into certain hedging arrangements with the Lender to manage the variable interest rate risk and currency exchange risk associated with its payments in respect of the $15.0 million term loan. Refer to Note 11, “Derivative Financial Instruments and Risk Management” for further information about these arrangements.

The Parties must comply with various customary financial and non-financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. The financial covenants consist of a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio. The Credit Agreement contains limitations, in each case subject to various exceptions and thresholds, on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur future indebtedness, to place liens on assets, to conduct mergers or acquisitions, to sell assets, to alter their capital structure, to make investments and loans, to change the nature of their business, and to prepay subordinated indebtedness. The Credit Agreement permits the Company to pay cash dividends on and repurchase shares of its common stock, subject to certain limitations.

 

The Lender is entitled to accelerate repayment of the loans and to terminate its revolving credit commitment under the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of any of various customary events of default, which include, among other events, the following: failure to pay when due any principal, interest or other amounts in respect of the loans, breach of any of the Company’s covenants or representations under the loan documents, default under any other of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ significant indebtedness agreements, a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a significant unsatisfied judgment against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or a change of control of the Company.

The obligations of ANI ApS in respect of the $9.2 million term loan are guaranteed by the Company and TrojanLabel ApS. The Company’s obligations in respect of the $15.0 million term loan, revolving credit facility and its guarantee in respect of the ANI ApS term loan are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company (including a pledge of a portion of the equity interests held by the Company in ANI ApS and the Company’s wholly-owned German subsidiary AstroNova GmbH), subject to certain exceptions.

As of January 31, 2019, the Company believes it is in compliance with all of the covenants in the Credit Agreement.