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Revolving Credit Facility

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Revolving Credit Facility
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Revolving Credit Facility  
Revolving Credit Facility

11. Revolving Credit Facility

 

The Company maintains the Agreements with Wells Fargo, which provide the Company with a line of credit of up to $15.0 million in the aggregate (the “Credit Facility”). The amount actually available to the Company may be less and may vary from time to time depending on, among other factors, the amount of its eligible inventory and accounts receivable. As security for the payment and performance of the Credit Facility, the Company granted a security interest in favor of Wells Fargo in substantially all of the assets of the Company. The Agreements will terminate in accordance with their terms on September 30, 2014 unless terminated sooner.

 

The Agreements include affirmative covenants as well as negative covenants that prohibit a variety of actions without Wells Fargo’s consent, including covenants that limit the Company’s ability to (a) incur or guarantee debt, (b) create liens, (c) enter into any merger, recapitalization or similar transaction or purchase all or substantially all of the assets or stock of another entity, (d) pay dividends on, or purchase, acquire, redeem or retire shares of, the Company’s capital stock, (e) sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (f) change the Company’s accounting method or (g) enter into a different line of business. Furthermore, the Agreements contain financial covenants, including (a) a requirement not to exceed specified levels of losses, (b) a requirement to maintain a substantial minimum cash balance relative to the to outstanding line of credit advances.  The minimum cash balance requirement was $18.4 million as of December 31, 2013, and (c) limitations on the Company’s annual capital expenditures. The Agreements also define an event of default to include a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, as determined by Wells Fargo. An event of default for this or any other reason, if not waived, would have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

The Company has pledged its accounts receivable, inventories, equipment, patents and other assets as collateral for the Credit Facility, which would be subject to seizure by Wells Fargo if the Company were in default under the Agreements and unable to repay the indebtedness. Wells Fargo also has the option to terminate the Agreements or accelerate the indebtedness during a period of noncompliance. On June 7, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment to the Agreements which set the financial covenants for Fiscal 2014. As of December 31, 2013 the Company determined that it was not in compliance with the financial covenant contained in the amended Agreements regarding the Company’s net income for the nine months ended December 31, 2013. On January 31, 2014, the Company received from Wells Fargo a waiver of the Company’s noncompliance with the financial covenant regarding its net income for the nine months ended December 31, 2013. Based on the Company’s current forecasts and following the waiver of noncompliance described above, the Company believes it will maintain compliance with the covenants contained in the amended Agreements for the remainder of the term of the Agreements. If an additional subsequent covenant violation were to occur, the Company would attempt to negotiate a waiver of compliance from Wells Fargo.

 

The Company is required to maintain a Wells Fargo collection account for cash receipts on all of its accounts receivable. These amounts are immediately applied to reduce the outstanding amount on the Credit Facility. The floating rate for line of credit advances is the sum of daily three month London Inter—Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”), which interest rate shall change whenever daily three month LIBOR changes, plus applicable margin. Based on the revolving nature of the Company’s borrowings and payments, the Company classifies all outstanding amounts as current liabilities. The applicable margin varies based on net income and the minimum interest floor is set at $66,000 each calendar quarter. The Company’s borrowing rate at December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 was 4.0% and 5.4%, respectively.

 

The Company incurred $0.1 million in origination fees in connection with a September 2011 amendment to the Agreements that increased borrowing capacity and extended the maturity date of the Credit Facility. These fees were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense through September 2014. The Company is also required to pay an annual unused line fee of one-quarter of one percent of the daily average of the maximum line amount and 1.5% interest with respect to each letter of credit issued by Wells Fargo. These amounts, if any, are also recorded as interest expense by the Company. As of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, $13.2 million and $13.5 million in borrowings were outstanding, respectively, under the Credit Facility. Interest expense related to the Credit Facility during the three months ended December 31, 2013 was $0.2 million, which includes $0.1 million in amortization of deferred financing costs. Interest expense related to the Credit Facility during the three months ended December 31, 2012 was $0.2 million, which includes $0.1 million in amortization of deferred financing costs.  Interest expense related to the Credit Facility during the nine months ended December 31, 2013 was $0.5 million, which includes $0.2 million in amortization of deferred financing costs. Interest expense related to the Credit Facility during the nine months ended December 31, 2012 was $0.6 million, which includes $0.1 million in amortization of deferred financing costs.