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Short-term loans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Short-term loans Short-term loans
East West Bank Credit Facility
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, FGI Industries, has a line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with East West Bank, which is collateralized by all assets of FGI Industries and real property owned by Mr. Liang Chou Chen, who holds approximately 49.91% of the voting control of Foremost, and guaranteed by certain affiliates, Mr. Chen and Ms. Han Ping Chen. The current amount of maximum borrowings is $18,000,000 and the maturity date is April 17, 2027. This is an assets-based line of credit, the borrowing limit is calculated based on certain percentage of accounts receivable and inventory balances.
The Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require FGI Industries to maintain aggregate year to date EBITDA figures (defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) on a consolidated and
unconsolidated basis, tested monthly, of up to $1.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively, as well as maintain certain limits on intercompany loans and affiliate transactions. As of March 31, 2026, FGI Industries was in compliance with these financial covenants.
The loan bears interest at a variable rate based on the Prime Rate (as quoted by the Wall Street Journal) plus a margin between 0% and 1.5% based on the Company’s trailing twelve month EBITDA (subject to a minimum rate of 4.500% per annum).
Each sum of borrowings under the Credit Agreement is classified as a short-term loan. The outstanding balance of such loan was $9.2 million and $8.1 million as of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.
RBC Bank Loan / Foreign Exchange Facility
FGI Canada has a line of credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”), successor by amalgamation of HSBC Canada (the “Canadian Revolver”). The revolving line of credit with RBC allows for borrowing up to CAD7.5 million (USD5.5 million as of March 31, 2026). This is an assets-based line of credit, the borrowing limit is calculated based on certain percentage of accounts receivable and inventory balances. Pursuant to the Canadian Revolver, FGI Canada is required to maintain (a) a debt to tangible net worth ratio of no more than 3.00 to 1.00; and (b) a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of at least 1.25 to 1.00. The loan bears interest at a rate of Prime rate plus 0.50%. As of March 31, 2026, FGI Canada was in compliance with these financial covenants.
Borrowings under this line of credit amounted to $2.3 million and $1.7 million as of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively. The facility matures at the discretion of RBC upon 60 days’ notice.
FGI Canada also has a revolving foreign exchange facility with RBC of up to a permitted maximum of USD3.0 million. The advances are available to purchase foreign exchange forward contracts from time to time up to six months, subject to an overall maximum aggregate USD Equivalent outstanding face value not exceeding USD3.0 million.
CTBC Credit Facility
On January 25, 2024, FGI International entered into an omnibus credit line (the “CTBC Credit Line”) with CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. (“CTBC”). Under the CTBC Credit Line, FGI International may borrow, from time to time, up to $2.5 million, with borrowings limited to 90% of FGI International’s export “open account” trade receivables. The CTBC Credit Line will bear interest at a rate of “Base Rate”, which is based on monthly or quarterly Taipei Interbank Offered Rate in effect from time to time, plus 120 base points and handling fees, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The CTBC Credit Line is unsecured and is fully guaranteed by the Company and partially guaranteed by Mr. Liang Chou Chen. Borrowings under this line of credit amounted to $1.6 million and $2.1 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
Weighted average interest rate for the aforementioned credit facilities was 7.40% and 6.23% as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.