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Note 12 - Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]

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Debt

 

Long-term obligations consists of the following (in thousands):

 

   

December 31,

 
   

2023

   

2022

 

Current:

               

Finance lease obligation, current portion

  $ 1,327     $ 1,102  

Equipment financing obligations, current portion

    618       398  

Note payable – related party, current portion

    0       2,500  

Working capital line of credit

    500       0  

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations

  $ 2,445     $ 4,000  
Long-Term:                

Finance lease obligations

  $ 1,852     $ 2,536  

Equipment financing obligations

    1,333       738  

Note payable – related party

    6,500       4,000  

Less unamortized debt issuance and modification costs

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Long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net of unamortized debt costs

  $ 9,669     $ 7,263  

 

The Company had no capitalized interest in 2023 or 2022.

 

Note Payable Related Party

 

The Company has received the benefit of loans from GFCM in the form of secured promissory note obligations totaling $6,500,000 in principal as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 (the “Note”). GFCM is an entity controlled by the Company’s Chairman, 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.

 

During the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company and GFCM amended the Note to, among other things: (i) increase the principal amount by $2,500,000 to $6,500,000, (ii) extend the maturity dates for $2,000,000 of the obligation to April 1, 2025, $2,000,000 to April 1, 2026 and the balance to April 1, 2027 (iii) adjust the interest rate beginning on November 10, 2023 and on each April 1 thereafter, to reflect the greater of 8% or 500 basis points above the five-year Treasury note average during the previous 90-day period, and (iv) allow for the deferral of payment for up to 60% of the interest due on the Note to April 1, 2025. On February 7, 2024, the Company further amended the Note to increase the principal amount due on April 1, 2027 by another $2,500,000. The amendment increased the aggregate amount previously loaned by GFCM to the Company from $6,500,000 to $9,000,000 (see Note 21).

 

The weighted average interest rate for the Note as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 8.7% and 8.0%, respectively. Interest paid on the Note during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 totaled approximately $479,000 and $526,000, respectively.

 

Obligations under the promissory note are guaranteed by all of the subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all assets of the Company, including those in Mexico.

 

Finance Lease Obligations

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $3,179,000 outstanding under finance lease obligations for both property and machinery and equipment with maturities through 2026 and a weighted average interest rate of 8.8%.

 

 

Equipment Financing Obligations

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $1,951,000 outstanding under equipment financing facilities, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.8% and payments due through 2028. Payments on the Company’s equipment financing obligations are due as follows (in thousands):

 

Next 12 months

  $ 733  

12 to 24 months

    557  

24 to 36 months

    461  

36 to 48 months

    349  

48 to 60 months

    110  

Thereafter

    0  

Total payments

    2,210  

Less imputed interest

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Total equipment financing obligations

  $ 1,951