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Debt
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
Debt consists of:
December 31,
2025
September 30,
2025
Revolving credit agreement$386 $7,969 
Term loan, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $42 and $50, respectively
2,258 2,400 
Finance lease obligations85 97 
Other157 146 
Total debt2,886 10,612 
Less — current maturities
(2,847)(10,561)
Total long-term debt$39 $51 
Loan and Security Agreement
On October 17, 2024, the Company and Quality Aluminum Forge, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“QAF”, and together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) among the Company and QAF, as borrowers, Siena Lending Group LLC, as Lender (“Siena”), and each of the affiliates of the borrowers signatory to the Loan Agreement from time to time as guarantors.
The Loan Agreement provided for a senior secured revolving credit facility with a term of three years in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000 (the “Revolver”) and a term loan in the original principal amount of $3,000 (the “Term Loan”). The Loan Agreement also provided for a $2,500 letter of credit sub-facility (the “Letter of Credit Sub-facility,” and collectively with the Revolver and the Term Loan, the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility matures on October 17, 2027.
Borrowings under the Revolver and the Letter of Credit Sub-facility will bear interest at an annual rate of 4.5% plus the adjusted term SOFR (or, if the base rate is applicable, an annual rate of 3.5% plus the base rate). Borrowings under the Term Loan will bear interest at an annual rate of 5.5% plus the adjusted term SOFR (or, if the base rate is applicable, 4.5% plus the base rate) and shall be repaid in equal consecutive monthly installments of $50 commencing November 1, 2024, with the entire unpaid balance due and payable on the maturity date. Letters of credit issued under the Letter of Credit Sub-facility will have an interest rate equal to 4.5% plus adjusted term SOFR per annum of the face amount of such letter of credit. The Letter of Credit Sub-facility requires the Company to maintain compensating balances in a money market account in support of any issuances. The Company may withdraw funds from this account at its discretion; however, availability under the Letter of Credit Sub-facility will be dependent upon the maintenance of such compensating balances. As of December 31, 2025, the Company held $1,081 in compensating balances, which were included in restricted cash in the consolidated condensed balance sheets.
In consideration of the execution and delivery by Siena of the Loan Agreement, the Company agreed pursuant to the fee letter to pay a closing fee in the amount of $230 (of which $115 was paid on the closing date and $115 was paid on the first anniversary of the closing date, with the remaining amount (if any) of the closing fee to be paid in full on the maturity date). The fee letter provides for a collateral monitoring fee in the amount of $126, which fee shall be paid in installments as follows: (a) equal payments of approximately $4 shall be payable on the closing date and on the first day of each month thereafter and (b) the remaining amount of such fee (if any) shall be paid in full on the maturity date. In addition, an unused line fee accrues with respect to the unused amount of the Revolver at an annual rate of 0.5%. All fees that are payable in future installments or in full at maturity were recognized within accrued liabilities in the consolidated condensed balance sheets as of December 31, 2025.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are secured by (a) a continuing first priority lien on and security interest in and to substantially all of the assets of the Company and other loan parties identified therein; and (b) a continuing first priority pledge of the pledged equity. The obligations of the Borrowers are guaranteed by each guarantor on the terms set forth in the Loan Agreement.
The Loan Agreement includes a springing financial covenant requiring the Company to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio ("FCCR") of 1.0 to 1.0, in accordance with the Loan Agreement, once the availability block has been released. The Loan Agreement contains a $2,000 availability block that reduces the borrowing base until the later of the (i) the first anniversary date of the closing date and (ii) date on which the Company achieves a FCCR of at least 1.05 to 1.00, measure on a trailing twelve-month basis, at which point the availability block will be eliminated. The Loan Agreement also contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, limitations
on certain other indebtedness, loans and investment, liens, mergers, asset sales, and transactions with affiliates, as well as customary events of default for financings of this type. Additionally, the Loan Agreement contains provisions for a lockbox arrangement and a subjective acceleration clause related to the appraised value of collateralized property, plant, and equipment; hence, the Term Loan and the Revolver were each classified as current maturities of long-term debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2025.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with its FCCR covenant. As of December 31, 2025, total availability under the Revolver was $16,063, and no letters of credit were outstanding.
As of December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, the Company had effective interest rates of 10.5% and 9.8%, respectively, under its revolving credit agreements.
Debt issuance costs
As of December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, the Company had debt issuance costs related to its outstanding revolving credit agreement of $556, respectively, which is included in the consolidated condensed balance sheets as a deferred charge in other current assets, net of amortization of $216 and $170, respectively. As of December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, the Company had debt issuance costs related to the Term Loan of $83, which are included net of debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheets, net of amortization of $41 and $33, respectively.
First Energy
In April 2019, the Company entered into an economic development loan in the amount of $864 with FirstEnergy Corporation (“FirstEnergy”) through its Ohio Electric Security Plan (“ESP”) in effect at that time (the “ED Loan”). The ED Loan matures in five years and requires quarterly payments at an interest rate of zero percent per annum for the first twenty-four months and 2.0% per annum for the remainder of the term. Any unpaid balance after the initial term will convert to the U.S. Prime Rate plus 1.0%. As of December 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025, the Company had outstanding balances under the ED Loan of $157 and $147, respectively.
Beginning on October 1, 2019, FirstEnergy invoiced the Company on a quarterly basis and payments were made accordingly. The Company has not received an invoice from First Energy since October 2023, and attempts to contact the lender have been unsuccessful.