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Note 10 - Revolving Credit Facility Financing Agreement
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NOTE
10 – REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY FINANCING
AGREEMENT
On
November 13, 2012, the Company entered into a new
three-year revolving credit facility (“Credit
Facility”) with Salus Capital Partners, LLC
(“Salus”) collateralized by all assets of the
Company. The Credit Facility refinanced the
Company’s previous credit facility with Wells
Fargo. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Facility, Salus provides the Company with a revolving
credit facility and facilitates the issuance of letters
of credit in favor of suppliers or factors.
As
of December 31, 2012, the Company’s borrowings under
its Credit Facility consist of the following:
Availability
under the Credit Facility is determined by a formula
that considers a specified percentage of the
Company’s accounts receivable and a specified
percentage of the Company’s
inventory. The maximum availability is $10
million, of which up to $5 million is available for
the issuance of letters of
credit. Interest accrues under the Credit
Facility at the prime rate plus 4.75%, subject to a
minimum rate of 8.00%. Letters of credit
issued to third parties are cash collateralized by
amounts drawn under the Credit
Facility. At closing, $4,700,000 was drawn
under the Credit Facility, which reduced the
availability of the Credit Facility, to cash
collateralize letters of credit issued by Wells
Fargo, which and were outstanding at such
date. In addition, the Company paid
financing costs of $432,000 at closing, which were
capitalized, and will pay a collateral monitoring fee
of $3,000 per month and will pay unused commitment
fees of 0.75% of the remaining availability under the
Credit Facility. A termination fee of
$75,000 was paid at closing to Wells Fargo, which was
included in Other interest expense in the 2012
Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
As
of December 31, 2012, maximum total availability
under the Credit Facility was approximately
$6,899,000, of which $5,311,000 was outstanding at
December 31, 2012, leaving approximately $1,588,000
available for further
borrowings.
For
the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the
Company paid approximately $492,000, $291,000 and
$219,000 in interest expense and fees, respectively,
under the combined credit facilities.
The
Salus agreement was amended on April 11, 2013 to
modify certain borrowing availability formulas.
It is currently estimated that these amendments
will increase borrowing availability by up to
$650,000. The Company paid a $100,000 fee in
connection with the amendment. Salus also
waived covenant violations caused by the late
delivery of 2012 audited financial statements and the
explanatory paragraph regarding a going concern
uncertainty contained in the auditor’s
unqualified opinion for such financial
statements.
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