Note 3 - Financing Arrangements |
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3 - Financing Arrangements
Master Stand-by Claims Purchase Agreements: On May 16, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement (the “First Agreement”) with Chase wherein the Company had the right to sell, and Chase had the obligation to purchase, certain claims that could arise if accounts receivable amounts owed by Toys R Us-Delaware, Inc. (“Toys-Delaware”), an affiliated company of TRU, to the Company became uncollectible. The First Agreement would have expired on September 20, 2018 and carried a fee of 1.65% per month of the limit of $1.8 million of accounts receivable due from Toys-Delaware. On September 18, 2017, TRU and Toys-Delaware filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Filing”). Pursuant to the terms of the First Agreement, the Bankruptcy Filing allowed the Company to exercise its right to sell to Chase the claim that arose as a result of the Bankruptcy Filing (the “First Exercise”), which amounted to $866,000 and which was paid in full to the Company by Chase. The First Exercise resulted in the acceleration of the recognition of the remaining unpaid fees owed under the First Agreement. During fiscal year 2018, the Company recognized $480,000 in fees under the First Agreement, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.On September 19, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Second Agreement”) with Chase wherein the Company had the right to sell, and Chase had the obligation to purchase, certain accounts receivable claims that could arise if Toys-Delaware converted its Chapter 11 case to Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or had taken certain other specified actions. The Second Agreement would have expired on March 31, 2018 and carried a fee of 1.50% per month of the limit of $1.8 million of accounts receivable due from Toys-Delaware. During fiscal year 2018, the Company recognized $173,000 in fees under the Second Agreement, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.The Second Agreement was scheduled to have expired on March 31, 2018 but on March 14, 2018, TRU filed a motion with the Court seeking authority to close the remaining Toys-Delaware stores and distribution centers in the U.S., and to otherwise discontinue, liquidate and wind-down all U.S. operations of Toys-Delaware. Pursuant to the terms of the Second Agreement, the liquidation filing allowed the Company to exercise its right to sell to Chase the claim under the Second Agreement that arose as a result of the liquidation filing, which amounted to $1.8 million and which was paid in full to the Company by Chase during fiscal year 2019.
Factoring Agreement
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: The Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT pursuant to factoring agreements, which have expiration dates that are coterminous with that of the financing agreement described below. Under the terms of the factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT. Credit losses are borne by CIT with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved shipments, while the Company bears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination or limitation occurs, the Company either assumes (and may seek to mitigate) the credit risk for shipments to the customer after the date of such termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to the customer. Factoring fees, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, were $261,000 and $223,000 during fiscal years 2019 and 2018, respectively. There were no advances on the factoring agreements at either March 31, 2019 or April 1, 2018.
Credit Facility:
March 31, 2019 consisted of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with CIT of up to $26.0 million, which includes a $1.5 million sub-limit for letters of credit, bearing interest at the rate of prime minus 0.5% or LIBOR plus 1.75%. The financing agreement matures on July 11, 2022 and is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit under the LIBOR option, which was 4.24% as of March 31, 2019. The financing agreement also provides for the payment by CIT of interest at the rate of prime as of the beginning of the calendar month minus 2.0%, which was 3.5% as of March 31, 2019, on daily negative balances, if any, held at CIT.As of March 31, 2019, there was a balance of $4.5 million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $19.4 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances. As of April 1, 2018, there was a balance of $9.5 million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $13.2 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.The financing agreement contains usual and customary covenants for agreements of that type, including limitations on other indebtedness, liens, transfers of assets, investments and acquisitions, merger or consolidation transactions, transactions with affiliates, and changes in or amendments to the organizational documents for the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company believes it was in compliance with these covenants as of
March 31, 2019.
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