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Note 3 - Financing Arrangements

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Note 3 - Financing Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note
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
s
:
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:
The Company’s credit facility at
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.