Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Long-Term Debt

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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

NOTE 10

LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Long-term debt consists of the following at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

 

(Amounts in Thousands)   December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
Revolving Credit facility dated October 31, 2011, as amended, borrowings based uponeligible accounts receivable, subject to monthly borrowing base calculation, balance due on March 24, 2021. Effective interest rate for 2019 and 2018 was 6.6% and 5.8%, respectively. (1)   $ 321     $ 639  
Term Loan dated October 31, 2011, as amended, payable in equal monthly installments of principal, balance due on March 24, 2021. Effective interest rate for 2019 and 2018 was 6.9% and 5.5%, respectively. (1)     1,827 (2)     2,663 (2)
Promissory Note dated April 1, 2019, payable in twelve monthly installments of interest only, starting May 1, 2019 followed with twelve monthly installments of approximatelyt $208 in principal plus accrued interest.  Interest accrues at annual rate of 4.0%. (3)     1,732 (4)      ─  
Total debt     3,880       3,302  
Less current portion of long-term debt     1,300 (4)     1,184  
Long-term debt   $ 2,580     $ 2,118  

 

(1) Our revolving credit facility is collateralized by our accounts receivable and our term loan is collateralized by our property, plant, and equipment. Effective July 1, 2019, monthly installment principal payment on the Term Loan was amended to approximately $35,500 from approximately $101,600. See discussion of the amendment dated June 20, 2019 to the Company’s loan agreement below.

 

(2) Net of debt issuance costs of ($92,000) and ($80,000) at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

 

(3) Uncollateralized note.

 

(4) Net of debt discount/debt issuance costs of ($248,000) at December 31, 2019. The Promissory Note provides for prepayment of principal over the term of the Note without penalty. The Company made prepayments of principal totaling $520,000 in 2019 which was reflected in the current portion of the debt.

 

Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement

 

The Company entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 31, 2011 (“Amended Loan Agreement”), with PNC National Association (“PNC”), acting as agent and lender. The Amended Loan Agreement has been amended from time to time since the execution of the Amended Loan Agreement. The Amended Loan Agreement, as subsequently amended (“Revised Loan Agreement”), provides the Company with the following credit facility with a maturity date of March 24, 2021: (a) up to $12,000,000 revolving credit (“revolving credit”) and (b) a term loan (“term loan”) of approximately $6,100,000, which requires monthly installments of approximately $101,600 (based on a seven-year amortization). The maximum that the Company can borrow under the revolving credit is based on a percentage of eligible receivables (as defined) at any one time reduced by outstanding standby letters of credit and borrowing reductions that our lender may impose from time to time.

 

On March 29, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to its Revised Loan Agreement with its lender under the credit facility which provided the following:

 

waived the Company’s failure to meet the minimum quarterly fixed charge coverage ratio (“FCCR”) requirement for the fourth quarter of 2018;
waived the quarterly FCCR testing requirement for the first quarter of 2019;
revised the methodology to be used in calculating the FCCR in each of the second and third quarters of 2019 (with continued requirement to maintain a minimum 1.15:1 ratio in each of the quarters);
revised the minimum Tangible Adjusted Net Worth requirement (as defined in the Revised Loan Agreement) from $26,000,000 to $25,000,000;
eliminated the London InterBank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) interest payment option of paying annual rate of interest due on our term loan and revolving credit until the Company becomes compliant with its FCCR requirement again. Prior to this amendment, the Company had the option of paying annual rate of interest due on the revolving credit at prime (4.75% at December 31, 2019) plus 2% or LIBOR plus 3% and the term loan at prime plus 2.5% or LIBOR plus 3.5%;

 

provided consent for the $2,500,000 loan that the Company entered into with Robert Ferguson on April 1, 2019 discussed below. No principal prepayment on this loan was allowed until the Company received the restricted finite risk sinking funds of approximately $5,000,000 held as collateral by AIG Specialty Insurance Company (“AIG”) under our financial assurance policy resulting from the closure of the Company’s M&EC facility (see “Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies – Insurance” for a discussion of the receipt of this $5,000,000 in finite risk sinking funds on July 22, 2019); and
revised the annual rate used to calculate the Facility Fee (as defined in the Revised Loan Agreement) (unused revolving credit line fee) from 0.250% to 0.375%.

 

On June 20, 2019, we entered into another amendment to our Revised Loan Agreement with our lender under the credit facility which provided the following, among other things:

 

removal of the FCCR calculation requirement for the second, third and fourth quarter of 2019. Starting in the first quarter of 2020, the Company will again be required to maintain a minimum FCCR of not less than 1.15 to 1.0 for the four-quarter period ending March 31, 2020 and for each fiscal quarter thereafter;
requires the Company to maintain a minimum Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA” as defined in the Amendment) of at least (i) $475,000 for the one quarter period ending June 30, 2019; (ii) $2,350,000 for the two quarter period ending September 30, 2019; and (iii) $3,750,000 for the three quarter period ending December 31, 2019;
immediate release of $450,000 of the $1,000,000 indefinite reduction in borrowing availability that PNC had previously imposed; the release of another $300,000 of the remaining $550,000 reduction in borrowing availability if the Company meets it minimum Adjusted EBITDA requirement for the quarter ending September 30, 2019 as discussed above (which our lender released in November 2019), in addition to the Company having received no less than $4,000,000 of the restricted finite risk sinking funds held as collateral by AIG under our financial assurance policy; and the release the final $250,000 reduction in borrowing availability if we meet our Adjusted EBITDA requirement for the three quarter period ending December 31, 2019; and
reduce the term loan monthly principal payment starting July 1, 2019 from $101,600 to approximately $35,547, with the remaining balance of the term loan due at the maturity of the Revised Loan Agreement which is March 24, 2021.

 

Most of the other terms of the Revised Loan Agreement, as amended, remain principally unchanged. In connection with amendment dated March 29, 2019 and June 20, 2019, the Company paid its lender a fee of $20,000 and $50,000, respectively.

 

Pursuant to the Revised Loan Agreement, as amended, the Company may terminate the Revised Loan Agreement, as amended, upon 90 days’ prior written notice upon payment in full of its obligations under the Revised Loan Agreement, as amended. No early termination fee shall apply if the Company pays off its obligations after March 23, 2019.

 

At December 31, 2019, the borrowing availability under our revolving credit was approximately $8,714,000, based on our eligible receivables and includes an indefinite reduction of borrowing availability of $250,000 that the Company’s lender has imposed. This $8,714,000 in borrowing availability under our revolving credit also included a reduction in borrowing availability of approximately $2,639,000 from outstanding standby letters of credit.

 

The Company’s credit facility with PNC contains certain financial covenants, along with customary representations and warranties. A breach of any of these financial covenants, unless waived by PNC, could result in a default under our credit facility allowing our lender to immediately require the repayment of all outstanding debt under our credit facility and terminate all commitments to extend further credit. As discussed above, our lender waived/removed our FCCR testing requirement for each of the quarters in 2019. The Company met its “Adjusted EBITDA” minimum requirement in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2019 in accordance to the amendment dated June 20, 2019 as discussed above. Additionally, the Company met its remaining financial covenant requirements in each of the quarters of 2019. As a result of the Company meeting the “Adjusted EBITDA” minimum requirement for the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company’s lender is expected to release the remaining $250,000 reduction in borrowing availability subsequent to the filing of our 2019 Form 10-K.

 

Loan and Securities Purchase Agreement, Promissory Note and Subordination Agreement

 

On April 1, 2019, the Company completed a lending transaction with Robert Ferguson (the “Lender”), whereby the Company borrowed from the Lender the sum of $2,500,000 pursuant to the terms of a Loan and Security Purchase Agreement and promissory note (the “Loan”). The Lender is a shareholder of the Company. The Lender also currently serves as a consultant to the Company in connection with the Company’s TBI at its PFNWR subsidiary. The proceeds from the Loan were used for general working capital purposes. The Loan is unsecured, with a term of two years with interest payable at a fixed interest rate of 4.00% per annum. The Loan provides for monthly payments of accrued interest only during the first year of the Loan, with the first interest payment due May 1, 2019 and monthly payments of approximately $208,333 in principal plus accrued interest starting in the second year of the Loan. The Loan also allows for prepayment of principal payments over the term of the Loan without penalty with such prepayment of principal payments to be applied to the second year of the loan payments at the Company’s discretion. In 2019, the Company made total prepayments in principal of $520,000. In connection with the above Loan, the Lender agreed under the terms of the Loan and a Subordination Agreement with our credit facility lender, to subordinate payment under the Loan, and agreed that the Loan will be junior in right of payment to the credit facility in the event of default or bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding by us. In connection with this capital raise transaction described above and consideration for us receiving the Loan, the Company issued a Warrant (the “Warrant”) to the Lender to purchase up to 60,000 shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.51 per share, which was the closing bid price for a share of our Common Stock on NASDAQ.com immediately preceding the execution of the Loan and Warrant. The Warrant is exercisable six months from April 1, 2019 and expires on April 1, 2024 and remains outstanding at December 31, 2019. The fair value of the Warrant was estimated to be approximately $93,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: 50.76% volatility, risk free interest rate of 2.31%, an expected life of five years and no dividends. As further consideration for this capital raise transaction relating to the Loan, the Company issued 75,000 shares of its Common Stock to the Lender. The Company determined the fair value of the 75,000 shares of Common Stock to be approximately $263,000 which was based on the closing bid price for a share of the Company’s Common Stock on NASDAQ.com immediately preceding the execution of the Loan, pursuant to the Loan and Securities Purchase Agreement. The fair value of the Warrant and Common Stock and the related closing fees incurred totaling approximately $398,000 from the transaction was recorded as debt discount/debt issuance costs, which is being amortized over the term of the loan as interest expense – financing fees. The 75,000 shares of Common Stock, the Warrant and the 60,000 shares of Common Stock that may be purchased under the Warrant were and will be issued in a private placement that was and will be exempt from registration under Rule 506 and/or Sections 4(a)(2) and 4(a)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and bear a restrictive legend against resale except in a transaction registered under the Act or in a transaction exempt from registration thereunder.

 

Upon default, the Lender will have the right to elect to receive in full and complete satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under the Loan either: (a) the cash amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal balance owing under the loan and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (the “Payoff Amount”) or (b) upon meeting certain conditions, the number of whole shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Payoff Shares”) determined by dividing the Payoff Amount by the dollar amount equal to the closing bid price of our Common Stock on the date immediately prior to the date of default, as reported or quoted on the primary nationally recognized exchange or automated quotation system on which our Common Stock is listed; provided however, that the dollar amount of such closing bid price shall not be less than $3.51, the closing bid price for our Common Stock as disclosed on NASDAQ.com immediately preceding the signing of this loan agreement.

  

If issued, the Payoff Shares will not be registered and the Lender will not be entitled to registration rights with respect to the Payoff Shares. The aggregate number of shares, warrant shares, and Payoff Shares that are or will be issued to the Lender pursuant to the Loan, together with the aggregate shares of the Company’s Common Stock and other voting securities owned by the Lender or which may be acquired by the Lender as of the date of issuance of the Payoff Shares, shall not exceed the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to 14.9% of the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date immediately prior to the default, less the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Lender immediately prior to the date of such default plus the number of shares of our Common Stock that may be acquired by the Lender under warrants and/or options outstanding immediately prior to the date of such default.

 

The following table details the amount of the maturities of long-term debt maturing in future years at December 31, 2019 (excludes debt issuance/debt discount costs of $340,000).

 

Year ending December 31:      
(In thousands)      
2020     1,573  
2021     2,647  
Total   $ 4,220