Note 8 - Long-term Debt |
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8. Long‑Term Debt
Long‑term debt is summarized below:
On March 26, 2025, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), which amended and restated the Credit Agreement dated June 9, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 5, 2023, Amendment No. 2, dated as of July 11, 2023, and Amendment No. 3, dated as of January 29, 2024, the “Original Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured term loan to the Term Loan Borrower in the amount of $150,000 and a senior secured revolving credit facility available to the Revolving Loan Borrowers in the amount of $125,000, of which $10,000 will be available in the form of letters of credit and $15,000 will be available for the issuance of short-term swingline loans. The Credit Agreement also allows the Borrowers to request increases to the revolving commitments and/or incremental term loans in an aggregate amount not in excess of $175,000, subject to specified terms and conditions. The final maturity date of the Credit Agreement is March 26, 2030. The Company applied the proceeds of the senior secured term loan facility under the Credit Agreement to refinance its existing senior secured term loan and revolving credit facilities under the Original Credit Agreement and for the payment of transaction consideration and expenses in connection with the Credit Agreement. The Company is required to pay a fee for unused amounts under the senior secured revolving facility in an amount ranging from 0.150% to 0.300% of the average daily unused portion of the senior secured revolving credit facility, depending on the Company's Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement provides that the senior secured term loan facility will bear interest at (i) the Term SOFR Rate for the applicable interest period plus (ii) a margin ranging from 1.375% to 2.000%, depending on the Company's Leverage Ratio. The Credit Agreement provides that the Company have the option to select whether the senior secured revolving credit facility borrowings will bear interest at either (i)(a) the Term SOFR Rate for the applicable interest period plus (b) a margin ranging from 1.375% to 2.000%, depending on the Company's s Leverage Ratio, or (ii) a margin ranging from 0.375% to 1.000% per annum, depending on the Company's Leverage Ratio, plus the greatest of (which if the following would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00%) (a) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 0.50% and (c) the Term SOFR Rate for a one month interest period plus 1%. If the Term SOFR Rate for the applicable interest period is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of calculating the foregoing interest rates in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement permits the Company to take out loans of up to $1,000 against its corporate-owned life insurance policies as included in Non-qualified benefit plan assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company had outstanding loans of $427 and $546 against its corporate-owned life insurance policies as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, included in Other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Credit Agreement was issued at a $312 discount which is being amortized over the term of the term loan. Additionally, deferred financing costs of $863 and revolver upfront fees of $260 are being amortized over the term of the loan. A portion of the Company’s entrance into the Credit Agreement and subsequent settlement of its prior credit agreements is accounted for as an extinguishment of the Company’s prior debt, which resulted in the write off of unamortized capitalized deferred financing costs of $131 as well as the write off of unamortized debt discount of $25, resulting in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $156 in the Consolidated Statement Operations and Comprehensive Income for the year ended December 31, 2025. A portion of the Company’s entrance into the Credit Agreement and subsequent settlement of its prior credit agreements is accounted for as a modification of the Company’s prior debt. The Company recorded debt modification expense of $176 related to third party fees in the Consolidated Statement Operations and Comprehensive Income for the year ended December 31, 2025.
At December 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding borrowings under the term loan of $144,018, $5,000 in outstanding borrowings on the revolving credit facility and remaining borrowing availability of $119,450. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a pre-payment of $42,000 of debt amortization principal payments under its Credit Agreement using a portion of the proceeds from the sale leaseback transaction, as described in Note 6.
The Credit Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and negative and affirmative covenants, as well as customary events of default and certain cross default provisions that could result in acceleration of the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Credit Agreement requires the Company to have a Leverage Ratio of not more than 3.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with the respective covenants under the Credit Agreement.
On June 13, 2019, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility. The interest rate swap had a notional amount of $175,000 effective for the period May 31, 2019 through May 31, 2024. The Company may have had counterparty credit risk resulting from the interest rate swap, which it monitored on an on-going basis. The risk lied with global financial institution. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company either received or made payments on a monthly basis based on the differential between 2.424% and SOFR. The interest rate swap was previously accounted for as a cash flow hedge. During the first quarter of 2020, the swap was determined to be ineffective. As a result, the swap was dedesignated on March 19, 2020, and the remaining losses included in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets were amortized into interest expense on a straight line basis through the life of the swap.
On June 9, 2021, in conjunction with entering into the Original Credit Agreement described above, the Company re-designated its swap. As a result, the swap was recorded at fair value with changes recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The amortization from Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings from the previous dedesignation was adjusted as of June 9, 2021 to include the de-recognition of previously recognized mark-to-market gains and the amortization of the off-market component as of the re-designation date, and was recognized through the life of the swap. The amount amortized from Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $0 and ($485), respectively. A mark-to-market adjustment of $0 and $198 was recorded as Interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, related to the swap. As of December 31, 2025, the amount in Accumulated other comprehensive income has been fully amortized into earnings.
On May 19, 2022, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to further reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility. The interest rate swap has a notional amount of $125,000 effective for the period May 31, 2024 through June 9, 2026. The Company may have counterparty credit risk resulting from the interest rate swap, which it monitors on an on-going basis. The risk lies with two global financial institutions. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company will either receive or make payments on a monthly basis based on the differential between 2.718% and SOFR. The interest rate swap is accounted for as a cash flow hedge.
On November 21, 2025, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to further reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility. The interest rate swap has a notional amount of $75,000 effective for the period June 9, 2026 through June 30, 2030. The Company may have counterparty credit risk resulting from the interest rate swap, which it monitors on an on-going basis. The risk lies with one global financial institution. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company will either receive or make payments on a monthly basis based on the differential between 3.30% and SOFR. The interest rate swap is accounted for as a cash flow hedge.
The interest rate swaps' positive fair value at December 31, 2025 was $698, of which $461 and $237 are included in Prepaid and other current assets and Other long-term assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, respectively. The interest rate swap’s positive fair value at December 31, 2024 was $2,340, of which $1,712 and $628 are included in Prepaid and other current assets and Other long-term assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, respectively.
On December 17, 2024, the Company entered into a steel hedging agreement to reduce its exposure to commodity price swings. The steel hedging instrument had a notional quantity of 3,000 short tons and is effective for the period August 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, which the Company believes was slightly less than half of its exposure during the effective period. Under the steel hedge agreement, the Company made fixed payments of $819 per short ton for the Steel Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) commodity. The steel hedging instrument is accounted for as a cash flow hedge. The steel hedging instrument's positive fair value at December 31, 2025 was $50, which is included in Prepaid and other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The steel hedging instrument's negative fair value at December 31, 2024 was $54, which is included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The Company receives on consignment, truck chassis on which it performs upfitting service installations under “bailment pool” arrangements with major truck manufacturers. The Company never receives title to the truck chassis. The aggregate value of all bailment pool chassis on hand as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $16,701 and $17,489, respectively. The Company is responsible to the manufacturer for interest on chassis held for upfitting. Interest rates vary depending on the number of days in the bailment pool. As of December 31, 2025, rates were based on prime (6.75% at December 31, 2025) plus a margin ranging from 0% to 8%. During 2025, the Company incurred $1,021 in interest on the bailment pool arrangement. During 2024, the Company incurred $630 in interest on the bailment pool arrangement.
The Company has a floor plan line of credit for up to $5,000 with a financial institution. The current terms of the line of credit are contained in a credit agreement dated July 15, 2016 and expired on July 31, 2017, which the Company renewed through February 28, 2026. Under the floor plan agreement, the Company receives truck chassis and title on upfitting service installations. Upon upfit completion, the title transfers from the Company to the dealer customer. The note bears interest at an adjusted SOFR rate, plus an applicable rate of 1.75%. On January 20, 2025, the Company entered into a floor plan line of credit for up to $20,000 with a financial institution that expires on January 31, 2026. Under the floor plan agreement, the Company receives truck chassis and title for upfitting service installations. Upon upfit completion, the title transfers from the Company to the customer. The note bears interest at prime, less 0.50%. The obligation under the floor plan agreements as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 is $4,184 and $2,612, respectively. During 2025, the Company incurred $2,050 in interest on the floor plan arrangements. During 2024, the Company incurred $1,011 in interest on the floor plan arrangements.
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