(10) Debt

Debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands):

	April 3,			December 31,
	2016			2015
	(Unaudited)
Current:
Revolving Credit facility	$	2,581		$	2,132
Current portion of long term debt		1,714			1,714
Current portion of capital lease obligation		192			0
Current debt	$	4,487		$	3,846
Long Term:
Term loan	$	9,571		$	10,000
Note payable – related party		6,500			5,500
Capital lease obligation		3,123			0
Less unamortized debt issuance and modification costs		(1,486	)		(1,220	)
Long term debt net of unamortized debt costs	$	17,708		$	14,280

The Company adopted new accounting guidance effective January 1, 2016 which requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction of the carrying amount of the related debt. Upon adoption, the Company reclassified $1,220,000 from other assets to long-term debt to reflect this guidance in the comparable balance as of December 31, 2015.

Note Payable – Related Party

During 2015, the Company received the proceeds of subordinated indebtedness from GFCM in an amount of $5,500,000. On February 26, 2016, the Company further amended the GFCM note to increase the amount by $1,000,000 to $6,500,000. GFCM is an entity controlled by the Company’s president and chief executive officer, Jeffrey T. Gill and one of our directors, R. Scott Gill. GFCM, Jeffrey T. Gill and R. Scott Gill are significant beneficial stockholders of the Company. The promissory note bears interest at a rate of 8.00% per year. All principal and interest on the promissory note, as amended, will be due and payable on January 30, 2019.

Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan

On October 30, 2015, the Company secured debt financing consisting of a $12,000,000 term loan (“Term Loan”) and a $15,000,000 revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”). Proceeds from the two new financing arrangements (collectively the “Loan Agreements”) were used in part to repay the senior secured debt with a prior lender and the Meritor Note. Borrowing availability under the Revolving Credit Facility is determined by a weekly borrowing base collateral calculation that includes specified percentages of the value of eligible accounts receivable and inventory, less certain reserves and subject to certain other adjustments. Borrowing availability under the Term Loan is also evaluated using a separate borrowing base collateral calculation that includes designated percentages of real estate, machinery and equipment appraisals, in each case less certain reserves and subject to certain other adjustments. If the appraised value of such collateral causes the Term Loan borrowing base to fall below the then current Term Loan balance, the Company is required to make a partial prepayment of such difference and related fees.

On February 25, 2016, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Term Loan Amendment”) to the Term Loan and an amendment (the “Revolving Credit Amendment”) to the Revolving Credit Facility (together, the “Amendments”). The Amendments increased the Company’s borrowing capability under its Revolving Credit Facility and provided for an agreement on use of proceeds from the sale of its Toluca, Mexico property and buildings, as described below.

As a result of the Term Loan Amendment, the Company deposited $6,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale-leaseback of its Toluca, Mexico property and buildings (the “Toluca Sale-Leaseback”) into a Cash Collateral Account, to be held for up to one year as additional collateral for the Term Loan. Amounts deposited in the Cash Collateral Account that are subsequently used to pay down the principal of the Term Loan must be accompanied by an additional amount equal to the present value of the avoided interest associated with that principal payment. If the Company meets certain milestones as determined by the lender after its review of the Company’s revised business plan, up to $1,000,000 may be released from the Cash Collateral Account to the Company. The Term Loan Amendment also permitted the Company to retain the remaining balance of the proceeds from Toluca Sale-Leaseback, and increased the interest rate of the Term Loan by 1.0%.

In addition, under the Amendments, the Company’s minimum excess availability provision was reduced from $4,000,000 to $3,000,000. The lender further agreed to remove certain reserves which had been established against the Company’s “borrowing base.” These changes are estimated to provide the Company with $1,655,000 in additional borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Based on the above mentioned calculation, at April 3, 2016, the Company had actual total borrowing base availability under the Revolving Credit Facility of $5,897,000 of which it had drawn $2,581,000, leaving $3,316,000 still available for borrowing, $3,000,000 of which was reserved for compliance with the minimum excess availability provisions of the Revolving Credit Facility. Along with an unrestricted cash balance of $2,306,000, the Company had total cash and available borrowing capacity of $2,622,000 as of April 3, 2016. Approximately $2,192,000 of this unrestricted cash balance related to the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries.

The Company’s obligations under each of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan, as amended, continue to be guaranteed by the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all assets of the Company and the guarantors.

The Loan Agreements, as amended, contain a number of customary representations and warranties, affirmative, negative and financial maintenance covenants, events of default and remedies upon default, including acceleration and rights to foreclose on the collateral securing each lender. If the Company’s borrowing availability under the Revolving Credit Facility falls below $3,000,000, the Company must maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1 to 1, as measured on a trailing twelve months’ basis.

Non-compliance with the Company’s debt covenants would provide the debt holders with certain contractual rights, including the right to demand immediate repayment of all outstanding borrowings. Since the nonrenewal of Sypris Technologies’ supply agreement with Dana (see Note 4 “Management’s Recovery Plans”), the Company has also experienced negative cash flows from consolidated operations, which could hamper or materially increase the costs of the Company’s ability to comply with such covenants. The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the ongoing realization of assets, satisfaction of liabilities and continuity of operations as a going concern in the ordinary course of business, but there can be no assurances that the Company’s current initiatives, forecasts and plans will ultimately succeed, which could materially and adversely impair the Company’s ability to operate, its cash flows, financial condition and ongoing results.

The classification of debt as of April 3, 2016 and December 31, 2015 considers debt outstanding under the Loan Agreements on a long-term basis. However, the Revolving Credit Facility allows the lender to establish certain reserves against the borrowing base which could, under certain circumstances, cause a potential event of default. Because such an event is not objectively measureable in advance and because the Company is required to maintain a lock-box arrangement, ASC 470-10-45 requires the otherwise long-term revolving advances to be classified as a current liability. As a result, all borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility have been classified in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a current liability.

Capital Lease Obligation

On March 9, 2016, the Company completed the sale of its 24-acre Toluca property pursuant to an agreement with Promotora y Desarrolladora Pulso Inmobiliario, S.C. (together with its affiliates and assignees, “Buyer”) for 215,000,000 Mexican Pesos, or approximately $12,182,000 in U.S. currency. Simultaneously, the Company entered a long-term lease of the 9 acres and buildings currently occupied by the Company and needed for its ongoing business in Toluca (see Note 6 “Toluca Sale-Leaseback”). The Company incurred transaction related expenses of $1,116,000.

The Company recorded a gain on the sale of $2,370,000 during the three months ended April 3, 2016, which is included in other income, net in the consolidated income statement, and recorded a deferred gain of $5,537,000, which will be recognized over the ten year lease term. The Company’s base rent, which is denominated in U.S. currency, is $936,000 annually, adjusted based on U.S. CPI with certain cap conditions. As a result of the Toluca Sale-Leaseback, the Company initially recorded a capital lease obligation of $3,315,000 for the building.

The future minimum payments for capital leases as of April 3, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

	Capital Lease
2016 (remaining 9 months)	$	396
2017		503
2018		549
2019		549
2020		503
Thereafter		2,834
Total future payments		5,334
Less: Amount representing interest		(2,019	)
Present value of future minimum payments		3,315
Less: Current portion		(192	)
Long term portion	$	3,123