Note 4 - Financing Arrangements |
3 Months Ended |
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Jul. 02, 2017 | |
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4 – Financing Arrangements
Master Stand-by Claims Purchase Agreement: On May 16, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase”) wherein the Company has the right to sell, and Chase has the obligation to purchase, certain claims that could arise if accounts receivable amounts owed to the Company by a certain customer become uncollectible. The agreement expires on September 20, 2018 and carries a fee of 1.65% per month of the aggregate limit of $1.8 million of accounts receivable due from the customer covered by the agreement. On July 2, 2017,
$1.7 million of accounts receivable was owed to the Company from this customer. During the three -month period ended July 2, 2017, the Company recorded $64,000 in fees under the agreement, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.Factoring Agreement
s: The Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT under factoring agreements whose expiration dates 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 customers that are within approved credit limits, 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 after the date of such termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to such customer. Factoring fees, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, were $65,000 and $94,000 for the three -month periods ended July 2, 2017 and July 3, 2016, respectively. There were
no July 2, 2017 and July 3, 2016.
Credit Facility: The Company’s credit facility at July 2, 2017 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, with an interest rate of prime minus 0.50% or LIBOR plus 2.00%. The financing agreement is scheduled to mature on July 11, 2019 and is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. As of July 2, 2017, the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit, if any, under the LIBOR option. 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 2.00%, which was 2.25% as of July 2, 2017, on daily cash balances held at CIT.At July 2, 2017 and July 3, 2016, there was
no no July 2, 2017 and April 2, 2017,
$17.3 million and $21.4 million, respectively, was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.The financing agreement for the revolving line of credit 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 was in compliance with these covenants as of July 2, 2017.
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