Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 8, 2019, Graham Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HSBC”), that amended and restated the facility letter dated March 24, 2014 between the Company and HSBC. The Letter Agreement increases the Company’s uncommitted discretionary demand line of credit with HSBC for the issuance of Performance Standby Letters of Credit, as defined in the Letter Agreement (the “Credit Facility”), from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. The Company incurs an annual facility fee under the Credit Facility of $5,000, as well as an annual fee on the undrawn face amount of each letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facility, which ranges from 0.65% to 0.75% per annum depending on the term of the letter of credit. Interest is payable on the principal amounts of unreimbursed letter of credit draws under the Credit Facility at a rate of 3% plus HSBC’s prime rate. The Company’s obligations under the Letter Agreement are secured by certain of the Company’s deposit accounts held with HSBC.
Also on October 8, 2019, the Company entered into a letter consent agreement (the “Consent”) pursuant to the credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated December 2, 2015 between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), and that certain pledge and security agreement dated December 2, 2015 between the Company and JPMorgan, whereby JPMorgan consented to the Company’s entry into the Letter Agreement and agreed to amendments to the Credit Agreement to reflect the increase in the Company’s uncommitted discretionary demand line of credit with HSBC to $10,000,000.
The foregoing summaries of the Letter Agreement and the Consent do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Letter Agreement and the Consent, copies of which will be filed as exhibits to the Company’s next Quarterly Report on Form10-Q.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under anOff-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.