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Note 3 - Financing Arrangements

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Note 3 - Financing Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note
3
- Financing Arrangements
 
Factoring Agreement
s
:
To reduce its exposure to credit losses, 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.
 
CIT bears credit losses 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
$255,000
and
$261,000
during fiscal years
2020
and
2019,
respectively. There were
no
advances on the factoring agreements at
March 29, 2020
or
March 31, 2019.
 
Credit Facility:
The Company’s credit facility at
March 29, 2020
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. At
March 29, 2020,
the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit under the LIBOR option, which was
3.27%
as of
March 29, 2020.
The financing agreement also provides for the payment by CIT to the Company of interest at the rate of prime as of the beginning of the calendar month minus
2.0%,
which was
2.75%
as of
March 29, 2020,
on daily negative balances, if any, held by CIT.
 
As of
March 29, 2020,
there was a balance of
$2.6
million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was
no
letter of credit outstanding and
$20.1
million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances. 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.
 
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 29, 2020.