Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Long-term Debt

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Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Oct. 03, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):
 
October 3,
2015
 
September 27,
2014
Revolving U.S. credit facility, interest at base rate or adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin (interest at 2.7% on October 3, 2015) due May 2017
$
79,550

 
$
96,231

Revolving credit facility with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 8% due March 2019 (denominated in U.S. dollars)
4,390

 
4,984

Term loan with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 7%, payable monthly with a seven-year term (denominated in U.S. dollars), due March 2018
2,432

 
3,405

Term loan with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 7%, payable monthly with an eighteen-month term (denominated in U.S. dollars)

 
700

Term loan with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 7%, payable monthly with a seven-year term (denominated in U.S. dollars)

 
3,700

Term loan with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 7.5%, payable monthly with a six-year term (denominated in U.S. dollars), due December 2020
3,150

 

Term loan with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, interest at 8%, payable monthly with a seven-year term (denominated in U.S. dollars), due April 2022
1,881

 

Salt Life acquisition promissory note, imputed interest at 1.92%, one-time installment due September 30, 2014, quarterly installments beginning April 2015 through June 2016
2,979

 
13,404

Salt Life acquisition promissory note, imputed interest at 3.62%, quarterly payments beginning September 2016 through June 2019
7,830

 
7,549

 
102,212

 
129,973

Less current installments
(8,340
)
 
(15,504
)
Long-term debt, excluding current installments
$
93,872

 
$
114,469


Delta Apparel, Soffe, Junkfood, Salt Life (f/k/a To The Game, LLC) and Art Gun are borrowers under the May 27, 2011, Fourth Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with the financial institutions named therein as Lenders, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Joint Bookrunners. The May 27, 2011, Fourth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as subsequently amended, the "Amended Loan Agreement") was subsequently amended on each of August 27, 2013 (the "First Amendment"), and September 4, 2013 (the "Second Amendment").
On September 26, 2014, Delta Apparel, Salt Life, Junkfood, Soffe and Art Gun entered into a Third Amendment to the Amended Loan Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the other lenders set forth therein (the “Third Amendment”). Pursuant to the Third Amendment, in general and among other things, (1) certain definitions and the borrowing base availability thresholds were amended which relate to a financial testing covenant during the period from September 28, 2014 through October 31, 2015, (2) the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was amended to adjust for expenses that may be incurred in connection with strategic initiatives and to exclude the $9 million payment that was due on September 30, 2014, in connection with the Salt Life Acquisition. 
On February 27, 2015, Delta Apparel, Salt Life, Junkfood, Soffe and Art Gun entered into a Consent and Fourth Amendment to the Amended Loan Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the other lenders set forth therein (the “Fourth Amendment”). Pursuant to the Fourth Amendment, the lenders consented to the sale by To The Game, LLC (now Salt Life, LLC) of certain of its assets related to its apparel and headwear business conducted under The Game brand and released those assets from the lenders’ liens. The Fourth Amendment also added certain definitions to the Amended Loan Agreement, including new definitions for an Adjusted Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and a FCCR Reserve. In addition, the Fourth Amendment removed certain items from the Tranche A Borrowing Base.
Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, the line of credit under our U.S. revolving credit facility is $145 million (subject to borrowing base limitations), and matures on May 27, 2017. Provided that no event of default exists, we have the option to increase the maximum credit available under the facility to $200 million (subject to borrowing base limitations), conditioned upon the Administrative Agent's ability to secure additional commitments and customary closing conditions. In fiscal year 2014, we paid $0.4 million in financing costs in conjunction with the Third Amendment. No financing costs were paid in conjunction with the Fourth Amendment.
Our U.S. revolving credit facility is secured by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the real and personal property of Delta Apparel, Junkfood, Soffe, Salt Life, and Art Gun. All loans bear interest at rates, at the Company's option, based on either (a) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin or (b) a base rate plus an applicable margin, with the base rate equal to the greatest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (ii) the LIBOR rate plus 1.0%, or (iii) the prime rate announced by Wells Fargo, National Association. The facility requires monthly installment payments of approximately $0.2 million in connection with fixed asset amortizations, and these amounts reduce the amount of availability under the facility. Annual facility fees are 0.25% or 0.375% (subject to average excess availability) of the amount by which $145 million exceeds the average daily principal balance of the outstanding loans and letters of credit accommodations. The annual facility fees are charged monthly based on the principal balances during the immediately preceding month.
At October 3, 2015, we had $79.6 million outstanding under our U.S. revolving credit facility at an average interest rate of 2.7%, and had the ability to borrow an additional $31.9 million. This credit facility includes the financial covenant that if the amount of availability falls below the threshold amounts set forth in the Amended Loan Agreement, our Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (“FCCR”) (as defined in the Amended Loan Agreement) for the preceding 12-month period must not be less than 1.1 to 1.0. We were not subject to the FCCR covenant as of October 3, 2015, because our availability was above the minimum required under the Amended Loan Agreement. At October 3, 2015, our FCCR was above the required 1.1 to 1.0 ratio and, therefore, we would have satisfied our financial covenant had we been subject to it. In addition, the credit facility includes customary conditions to funding, representations and warranties, covenants, and events of default. The covenants include, among other things, limitations on asset sales, consolidations, mergers, liens, indebtedness, loans, investments, guaranties, acquisitions, dividends, stock repurchases, and transactions with affiliates.
Proceeds of the loans made pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement may be used for permitted acquisitions (as defined in the Amended Loan Agreement), general operating expenses, working capital, other corporate purposes, and to finance credit facility fees and expenses. Pursuant to the terms of our credit facility, we are allowed to make cash dividends and stock repurchases if (i) as of the date of the payment or repurchase and after giving effect to the payment or repurchase, we have availability on that date of not less than $18.125 million and average availability for the 30-day period immediately preceding that date of not less than $18.125 million; and (ii) the aggregate amount of dividends and stock repurchases after May 27, 2011, does not exceed $19 million plus 50% of our cumulative net income (as defined in the Amended Loan Agreement) from the first day of fiscal year 2012 to the date of determination. At October 3, 2015, and September 27, 2014, there was $7.3 million and $8.2 million, respectively, of retained earnings free of restrictions to make cash dividends or stock repurchases.
The Amended Loan Agreement contains a subjective acceleration clause and a “springing” lockbox arrangement (as defined in FASB Codification No. 470, Debt ("ASC 470")), whereby remittances from customers will be forwarded to our general bank account and will not reduce the outstanding debt until and unless a specified event or an event of default occurs. Pursuant to ASC 470, we classify borrowings under the facility as long-term debt.
In conjunction with the Salt Life Acquisition, we issued two promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $22.0 million, which included a one-time installment of $9.0 million that was due and paid as required on September 30, 2014, and quarterly installments commencing on March 31, 2015, with the final installment due on June 30, 2019. The promissory notes are zero-interest notes and state that interest will be imputed as required under Section 1274 of the Internal Revenue Code. We have imputed interest at 1.92% and 3.62% on the promissory notes that mature on June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2019, respectively. At October 3, 2015, the discounted value of the promissory notes was $10.8 million.
In March, 2011, we entered into a credit facility with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank. This credit facility is secured by a first-priority lien on the assets of our Honduran operations and the loan is not guaranteed by our U.S. entities. The installment portion of the credit facility carries a fixed interest rate of 7% for a term of seven years and is denominated in U.S. dollars. As of October 3, 2015, we had $2.4 million outstanding on the installment portion of this loan. The revolving credit portion of the loan has an average 8% interest rate with an ongoing 18-month term (expiring March 2019) and is denominated in U.S. dollars. The revolving credit facility requires minimum payments during each 6-month period of the 18-month term; however, the agreement permits additional drawdowns to the extent payments are made, if certain objective covenants are met. The current revolving Honduran debt, by its nature, is not long-term as it requires scheduled payments each six months. However, as the loan agreement permits us to re-borrow funds up to the amount repaid, subject to certain objective covenants, and we intend to re-borrow funds, subject to the objective criteria, the amounts have been classified as long-term debt. As of October 3, 2015, there was $4.4 million outstanding on this loan.
In October 2013, we entered into two new term loan agreements with Banco Ficohsa to finance our Honduran manufacturing expansion project. These loans are also not guaranteed by our U.S. entities and are secured by a first-priority lien on the assets of our Honduran operations. The first loan, an eighteen-month agreement for $1.8 million with a 7% fixed interest rate, was denominated in U.S. dollars, and had ratable monthly principal and interest payments due through the end of the term. As of October 3, 2015, this loan had been extinguished. The second loan, a seven-year agreement for $4.2 million with a 7% fixed interest rate, was denominated in U.S. dollars and had ratable monthly principal and interest payments due through the end of the term. In November 2014, this loan was re-financed to a six-year agreement for $3.6 million with a 7.5% fixed interest rate. As of October 3, 2015, we had $3.2 million outstanding on this loan agreement.
In April 2015, we entered into a new term loan agreement with Banco Ficohsa to finance further capital expansion at our Honduran facilities. This loan is not guaranteed by our U.S. entities and is secured by a first-priority lien on the assets of our Honduran operations. The loan is a seven-year agreement for $2.0 million with an 8% fixed interest rate, is denominated in U.S. dollars, and has ratable monthly principal and interest payments due through the end of the term. As of October 3, 2015, we had $1.9 million outstanding on this loan agreement. The carrying value of the Banco Ficohsa loans approximate the fair value.
The aggregate maturities of debt at October 3, 2015, are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year
Amount

2016
$
8,340

2017
81,678

2018
4,372

2019
7,025

2020
886

Thereafter
602

 
$
102,903