Short-term Borrowings

In August 2022, we entered into a Credit Agreement with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company ("M&T Bank") as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, and Issuing Bank, Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance, LLC, as Floor Plan Agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “New Credit Agreement”). The New Credit Agreement provides the Company short-term borrowing in the form of a line of credit with asset-based borrowing availability of up to $750 million and establishes a revolving credit facility in the maximum amount of $100 million (including a $20 million swingline facility and a $20 million letter of credit sublimit). The New Credit Agreement also provides long-term debt in the form of a delayed draw term loan facility to finance the acquisition of IGY Marinas in the maximum amount of $400 million, and a $100 million delayed draw mortgage loan facility. The maturity of each of the facilities is August 2027.

The interest rate is (a) for amounts outstanding under the floor plan facility, 3.45% above the one month secured term rate as administered by the CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (“SOFR”), (b) for amounts outstanding under the revolving

The New Credit Agreement has certain financial covenants as specified in the agreement. The covenants include provisions that our leverage ratio must not exceed 3.35 to 1.0 and that our consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio must be greater than 1.10 to 1.0. As of December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with all covenants under the New Credit Agreement. The New Credit Agreement is secured by the Company’s personal property assets, including inventory and related accounts receivable. The mortgage loans will also be secured by the real estate pledged as collateral for such loans.

In May 2020, we entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Credit Facility”), with Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance LLC, M&T Bank, Bank of the West, and Truist Bank. In July 2021, we amended the Credit Facility to increase the borrowing availability to $500 million, extend the term to expire by one year to July 2024, with two one-year options to renew, subject to lender approval, and modify certain provisions to provide additional liquidity to the Company. The Credit Facility provided the Company a line of credit with asset-based borrowing availability of up to $500 million for working capital and inventory financing, with the amount permissible pursuant to a borrowing base formula. The Credit Facility was set to expire in July 2024, subject to extension for two one-year periods, with lender approval. The Credit Facility was replaced by the New Credit Agreement.

As of December 31, 2022, our indebtedness associated with financing our inventory and working capital needs totaled approximately $341.2 million. As of December 31, 2022, short-term borrowings included unamortized debt issuance costs of approximately $1.6 million. As of December 31, 2021, our indebtedness associated with financing our inventory and working capital needs totaled approximately $113.7 million and included unamortized debt issuance costs of approximately $0.2 million.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2022, the interest rate on the outstanding short-term borrowings was approximately 4.20% and 7.60%, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, our additional available borrowings under our New Credit Agreement were approximately $24.0 million based upon the outstanding borrowing base availability. As of December 31, 2022, no amounts were withdrawn on the revolving credit facility or the delayed draw mortgage loan facility.

As is common in our industry, we receive interest assistance directly from boat manufacturers, including Brunswick. The interest assistance programs vary by manufacturer, but generally include periods of free financing or reduced interest rate programs. The interest assistance may be paid directly to us or our lender depending on the arrangements the manufacturer has established. We classify interest assistance received from manufacturers as a reduction of inventory cost and related cost of sales.

The availability and costs of borrowed funds can adversely affect our ability to obtain adequate boat inventory and the holding costs of that inventory as well as the ability and willingness of our customers to finance boat purchases. However, we rely on our New Credit Agreement to purchase our inventory of boats. The aging of our inventory limits our borrowing capacity as defined curtailments reduce the allowable advance rate as our inventory ages. Our access to funds under our New Credit Agreement also depends upon the ability of our lenders to meet their funding commitments, particularly if they experience shortages of capital or experience excessive volumes of borrowing requests from others during a short period of time. Unfavorable economic conditions, weak consumer spending, turmoil in the credit markets, and lender difficulties, among other potential reasons, could interfere with our ability to utilize our New Credit Agreement to fund our operations. Any inability to utilize our New Credit Agreement could require us to seek other sources of funding to repay amounts outstanding under the credit agreements or replace or supplement our credit agreements, which may not be possible at all or under commercially reasonable terms.

Similarly, decreases in the availability of credit and increases in the cost of credit adversely affect the ability of our customers to purchase boats from us and thereby adversely affect our ability to sell our products and impact the profitability of our finance and insurance activities.

Long-term Debt