LONG-TERM DEBT | LONG-TERM DEBT Long-term debt at June 25, 2017 and December 25, 2016 consisted of the following (in thousands): June 25, December 25, Term loan $ 32,000 $ 34,000 Revolving credit facility 6,700 7,500 Total 38,700 41,500 Less current maturities 7,000 4,000 Long-term debt $ 31,700 $ 37,500 On November 5, 2014, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the "2014 Credit Agreement") with a syndicate of financial institutions with respect to its senior credit facilities. On October 31, 2016, the Company entered into an amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement (the "Amendment"). The Amendment redefined the Company's senior credit facilities and provides for (i) a $35.0 million term loan facility, maturing in 2019 , and (ii) a revolving credit facility under which the Company may borrow up to $30.0 million (including a sublimit cap of up to $10.0 million for letters of credit and up to $10.0 million for swing-line loans), maturing in 2019 . Borrowings under the senior credit facilities bear interest at (i) the Base Rate (as such term is defined in the Amendment) plus the applicable margin of 1.50% to 2.00% or (ii) at a fixed rate for a period of one, two, three or six months equal to the London interbank offered rate, LIBOR, plus the applicable margin of 2.50% to 3.00% . In addition to making fixed quarterly principal payments under the Company’s senior credit facilities, the Company is required to pay an unused facility fee to the lenders equal to 0.30% to 0.50% per annum on the aggregate amount of the unused revolving credit facility, excluding swing-line loans, payable quarterly in arrears. Borrowings under the Company’s senior credit facilities are collateralized by a first priority interest in substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Company and its subsidiaries. The 2014 Credit Agreement provides for bank guarantees under standby letter of credit arrangements in the normal course of business operations. The standby letters of credit are cancellable only at the option of the beneficiary who is authorized to draw drafts on the issuing bank up to the face amount of the standby letters of credit in accordance with its credit. As of June 25, 2017 , the maximum exposure under these standby letters of credit was $2.9 million . Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company is required to meet certain financial covenants including a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum consolidated lease-adjusted leverage ratio and a minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. In addition to these financial tests, the Amendment places limitations on new restaurant leases until the lease-adjusted leverage ratio meets certain thresholds. On June 2, 2017, the Company received notice from Wells Fargo Bank, as administrative agent under the Amendment, of the occurrence of certain events of default occurring between May 8, 2017 and June 2, 2017 related to the Company's noncompliance with the maximum lease-adjusted leverage ratio contained in the Amendment. On June 8, 2017, the Company received a waiver of noncompliance with this financial covenant that was effective until July 14, 2017. On July 13, 2017, the Company entered into an amended and restated waiver agreement, which further extended the waiver until August 25, 2017. As more fully described in Note 8, on August 1, 2017, the Company entered into a second amendment to the 2014 Credit Agreement (the "Second Amendment"). The Second Amendment provides for (i) a permanent waiver of the covenant noncompliance, described above (ii) the amendment of the termination date of the senior credit facilities to December 1, 2018, (iii) a reduction of the amount the Company may borrow pursuant to its revolving credit facility, (iv) an increase in the flexibility of the financial covenants under the Amendment, and (v) an increase to the fixed quarterly principal payments. |