3. Debt | On May 20, 2015 the Company amended its Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Bank of America to provide a senior financing facility consisting of term debt and a revolving line of credit. Under the Agreement, the Company became obligated on $12,000,000 of debt in the form of a term note to refinance the previous senior term debt and to fund repayment of a portion of its outstanding subordinated debt. Additionally, the Agreement includes a $5,000,000 revolving line of credit that can be used for the purchase of fixed assets, to fund acquisitions, to collateralize letters of credit, and for operating capital. The Agreement amortizes the term debt over a five year period with 59 equal monthly installments of $133,333 and a final payment of $4,133,333 due in May 2020. The revolving line of credit matures in May 2018. There are various restrictive covenants under the Agreement, and the Company is prohibited from entering into other debt agreements without the bank’s consent. The Agreement also prohibits the Company from paying dividends without the prior consent of the bank. At January 31, 2017, there was no balance outstanding on the line of credit and a letter of credit issued for $1,415,000 to collateralize the Company’s liability insurance program as of that date. Consequently, as of January 31, 2017, there was $3,585,000 available to borrow from the revolving line of credit. There was $9,333,000 outstanding on the term note as of January 31, 2017. Effective September 12, 2016, the Company amended its Credit Agreement with Bank of America (the “Second Amendment”). Under the Second Amendment, interest is paid at a rate of one-month LIBOR plus a margin based on the achievement of a specified leverage ratio. As of January 31, 2017, the margin was 2.50% for the term note and 2.25% for the revolving line of credit. The Company fixed the interest rate on a portion of its term debt by entering into an interest rate swap. As of January 31, 2017, the Company had $4,667,000 of the term debt subject to variable interest rates. The one-month LIBOR was 0.77% on January 31, 2017 resulting in total variable interest rates of 3.27% and 3.02%, for the term note and the revolving line of credit, respectively, as of January 31, 2017. The Second Amendment requires the Company to be in compliance with certain financial covenants as follows: (i) a maximum annual limit for capital expenditures of $4,000,000 each fiscal year, (ii) consolidated adjusted operating cash flows to consolidated total debt service ratio, as defined, to be no less than 1.5 to 1 for any reference period ending on or after October 31, 2016 and (iii) senior funded debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA, as defined, to be no greater than 2.5 to 1 as of the end of any fiscal quarter ending on or after October 31, 2016. As of January 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants. In addition to the senior debt, as of January 31, 2017, the Company has subordinated debt owed to Henry, Peter and John Baker in the aggregate principal amount of $9,000,000 that is due November 20, 2020. The interest rate on each of these notes is 12% per annum. The notes are secured by all of the assets of the Company but specifically subordinated, with a separate agreement between the debt holders, to the senior financing facility described above. |