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Note 11 - Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

11. DEBT

 

Debt is comprised of the following:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Term Loan - Principal

 

$

114,394

 

 

$

114,394

 

Term Loan - unamortized discount and deferred financing costs

 

 

 

 

 

(2,576

)

Term Loan - net of unamortized discount and deferred financing costs

 

 

114,394

 

 

 

111,818

 

Other

 

 

69

 

 

 

85

 

Total debt

 

$

114,463

 

 

$

111,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt - net of unamortized discount and deferred financing costs of zero and $2,576 as of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively

 

 

$114,419

 

 

 

$111,853

 

Long-term debt

 

 

44

 

 

 

50

 

Total debt

 

$

114,463

 

 

$

111,903

 

 

Term Loan

 

On October 25, 2021, the Company and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (the “Obligors”) entered into a Credit and Guaranty Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders (the “Lenders”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed a $125,000 senior secured term loan (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan was amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) effective on June 27, 2023, to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") referenced rates with Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") referenced rates. Pursuant to Amendment No. 1, any Term Loan that constitutes a Eurodollar Rate Loan that is outstanding as of the Amendment No. 1 closing date shall continue until the end of the applicable interest period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan and the provisions of the Term Loan applicable thereto shall continue and remain in effect (notwithstanding the occurrence of the Amendment No. 1 closing date) until the end of the applicable interest period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan, after which such provisions shall have no further force or effect. Such Eurodollar Rate Loan shall subsequently either be an ABR Loan or a Term Benchmark Loan. The ABR Loans shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate (with a 2.0% floor) plus 4.50%, and Term Benchmark Loans shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (with a 1.0% floor), plus 5.50%. The ABR Loan and Term Benchmark Loan credit spreads of 4.50% and 5.50%, respectively, within the Amendment No. 1 have not changed from the credit spreads in the original Term Loan. On February 10, 2026, JPMorgan issued a notice to the Company and Lenders of its resignation as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Credit and Guaranty Agreement. Such resignation became effective on March 12, 2026, when FEAC Agent, LLC (“FEAC”) was appointed as the successor agent for the Lenders in accordance with Section 9 of the Credit and Guaranty Agreement. On April 8, 2026, the Company, the Lenders and the Agents entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Credit and Guaranty Agreement (“Amendment No. 2”). Amendment No. 2 amends the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) replace JPMorgan with FEAC as the Agents; and (ii) require each Credit Party to covenant and agree to (A) regularly provide certain liquidity reports and cash flow forecasts, (B) regularly provide certain aging reports and inventory reports, and (C) maintain a minimum liquidity of $1 million.

 

The Term Loan matures on October 25, 2028 ("Maturity Date") and is not subject to a call premium. Deferred financing costs are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. For the three months ended  March 31, 2026, the effective interest rate was 20.28% and interest expense was $5,719, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs and discount of $2,576 triggered by the Specified Event of Default, as defined below. 

 

The principal amount of the Term Loan is required to be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments in amounts equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Term Loan, reduced pro-rata by any additional payments made, on the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing March 31, 2022, with the balance of the Term Loan payable on the Maturity Date. The Company is also required to make mandatory prepayments in the event of (i) achieving certain excess cash flow criteria, including the achievement and maintenance of a specific leverage ratio, (ii) certain asset sales that are collateral, or (iii) upon the issuance, offering, or placement of new debt obligations. In accordance with this provision, the Company made prepayments of $4.6 million during of 2025 for an asset sale completed in 2024. The prepayments reduced our required quarterly installment amounts to zero for the remaining term. 

 

The Term Loan is secured by a first lien on the non-working capital assets of the Company and a second lien on the working capital assets of the Company.

 

The Company and its Board of Directors are exploring strategic alternatives to strengthen the Company’s liquidity and capital structure. In connection with such process, the Company and its financial advisors have engaged in ongoing discussions with the Lenders. While these discussions have continued, on February 4, 2026, the Company elected to defer making the interest payment of approximately $2.8 million on the Term Loan. As a result of the Company’s failure to pay the interest within the grace period, an event of default occurred with respect to the Term Loan. On February 11, 2026, the Lenders, through the administrative agent, notified the Company of such event of default (the “Specified Event of Default”) and informed the Company that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may exercise any rights and remedies provided under the Credit and Guaranty Agreement and related financing documents, but it did not seek to enforce such remedies as of such time. As a result of the Specified Event of Default, the Term Loan was reclassified to current portion of long-term debt from long-term debt and interest began accruing at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable.

 

On April 8, 2026 (the “Forbearance Effective Date”), the Company entered into that certain Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with the other Obligors, the Lenders, and FEAC, in connection with the Term Loan. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, from the Forbearance Effective Date to the earliest to occur of (the occurrence of clause (i) or (ii), a “Forbearance Termination Event”): (i) April 30, 2026 (the “Forbearance Outside Date”) provided that the Forbearance Outside Date may be extended from time to time in fifteen (15) day increments (or longer) upon written confirmation by the Administrative Agent (including by email); and (ii) the delivery of notice from the Administrative Agent to the Company terminating the Forbearance Period (as defined below), which notice may be delivered at any time upon or after (A) the occurrence of any Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (other than the Specified Event of Default, under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement)) and (B) the failure of (x) the Company or any other Obligor to comply with any of the Forbearance Period Requirements set forth in Section 7 of the Forbearance Agreement; (y) any representation or warranty made by the Company or any other Obligor under or in connection with the forbearance to be true and complete as of the date when made or any other breach of any of such representation or warranty; or (z) the repudiation and/or assertion of any defense by any Obligor with respect to the forbearance or any other Credit Document or the pursuit of any claim by any Obligor against the Agents or any Lender (collectively, the “Forbearance Period”), solely with respect to the Specified Event of Default, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall, upon the terms and conditions expressly specified therein, take any action, commence any proceedings against any Obligor or any other person with respect to the enforcement of any of its or their rights or remedies under the Credit Documents or applicable law, other than as expressly described in the Forbearance Agreement.  As of the date of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which includes these consolidated financial statements, the Forbearance Period is continuing.

 

The Forbearance Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions, covenants and releases by the parties thereto for an agreement and transaction of this nature. Additionally, the Forbearance Agreement contains certain specified requirements for the Company and its subsidiaries during the Forbearance Period, including but not limited to: (i) presenting to the Lenders at least two bids from asset valuation providers and a cash flow projection approved by the designated financial advisor on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Financial Advisor”); (ii) providing the Administrative Agent regular evidence during the Forbearance Period of, as of any date of determination, the average daily cash balance of the Company of at least $1 million; (iii) attending regularly scheduled calls with the Lenders to discuss financial affairs, business operations and other topics that the Lenders may deem appropriate; (iv) presenting an initial budget for the Company to be approved by the Financial Advisor (the “Initial Approved Budget”) and subsequently providing the Lenders, prior to each call, a proposed budget of the Company and variance report to the prior Approved Budget that has been presented to the Financial Advisor (each such proposed budget, a “Proposed Budget”) which Lenders shall approve in their reasonable judgement (in which case it (or in the event the Lenders do not approve any Proposed Budget, the Initial Approved Budget), shall be the “Approved Budget”) or reject the Proposed Budget (in which case the previously Approved Budget shall remain in effect); (v) delivering to the Lenders a term sheet which sets forth the total consideration and expected closing timeline for a sale of certain assets of the Company to be agreed by the Lenders; (vi) refraining from making any investments or restricted payments other than rent due under certain finance leases; and (vii) paying all fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and Lenders after the occurrence with the Forbearance Effective Date including fees of third party professionals for work performed in connection with the forbearance, the Credit Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby.  In connection with the Forbearance Agreement, on April 8, 2026, the Company, the Lenders and the Agents also entered into that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit and Guaranty Agreement, which is described above.

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

On March 29, 2021, the Obligors entered into a Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender, the other loan parties from time to time party thereto and the lenders from time to time party thereto for a revolving line of credit up to $50,000. The Revolving Credit Facility was due to expire on June 30, 2027, or any earlier date on which the revolving commitments are reduced to zero.

 

The Revolving Credit Facility originally had a borrowing limit of $50,000. On August 31, 2021, the Obligors entered into an amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the "First Amendment") to increase their original borrowing limit to $100,000. In connection with the First Amendment, the Company's previously acquired subsidiaries became party to the Revolving Credit Facility as either borrowers or as guarantors. On October 25, 2021, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into a second amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the "Second Amendment"), pursuant to which the parties consented to the Term Loan described above, and made certain conforming changes to comport with the Term Loan provisions. The Revolving Credit Facility was further amended by a third amendment and joinder to the Revolving Credit Facility dated August 23, 2022 (the "Third Amendment"), pursuant to which several previously acquired subsidiaries became parties to the Revolving Credit Facility and granted liens on their assets. On December 22, 2022, the Company entered into a fourth amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the "Fourth Amendment") pursuant to which a sale-leaseback transaction was permitted, and certain other changes were made, including a reduction of the maximum commitment amount under the Revolving Credit Facility from $100,000 to $75,000 and transitioning the LIBOR based rates to SOFR based rates. On March 31, 2023, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a fifth amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the “Fifth Amendment”) pursuant to which the maturity date was extended to June 30, 2026, the maximum commitment amount under the Revolving Credit Facility was reduced to $55,000, and the interest rate on borrowings was revised to various spreads, based on the Company's fixed charge coverage ratio. On November 1, 2024, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a sixth amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the “Sixth Amendment”) which reduced the maximum commitment amount under the Revolving Credit Facility to $35,000. On May 9, 2025, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a seventh amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility (the “Seventh Amendment”), pursuant to which the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility was extended from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027, the maximum commitment amount under the Revolving Credit Facility was reduced from $35,000 to $22,000, and certain other changes were made, including the addition of a $2,000 availability block, an increase of the cash dominion trigger from less than 10% of availability to less than 50% of availability, and an increase of the fixed charge ratio trigger from less than 10% excess availability to less than 20% of excess availability. The foregoing description of the Seventh Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Seventh Amendment.

 

The unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs were $209 as of  December 31, 2025, and are included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Debt discount and deferred financing costs were being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

The Revolving Credit Facility was an asset-based facility that was secured by a first priority lien on the working capital assets of the Company and a second priority lien on the non-working capital assets of the Company (including most of the Company’s subsidiaries). The borrowing base was based on a detailed monthly calculation of the sum of (a) a percentage of the Eligible Accounts at such time, plus (b) the lesser of (i) a percentage of the Eligible Inventory, at such time, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, and (ii) the product of a percentage multiplied by the Net Orderly Liquidation Value percentage identified in the most recent inventory appraisal ordered by the Administrative Agent multiplied by the Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, minus (c) Reserves (each of the defined terms above, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility documents).

 

The Company was required to maintain certain reporting requirements, affirmative covenants and negative covenants, pursuant to terms outlined in the agreement. Additionally, if the Company’s Excess Availability was less than an amount equal to 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, the Company was required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.1x on a rolling twelve-month basis until the Excess Availability was more than 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment for thirty consecutive days (each of the defined terms above, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility documents). In order to consummate permitted acquisitions or to make restricted payments, the Company was required to comply with a higher fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.15x. 

 

The Revolving Credit Facility provided for various interest rate options including the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted REVSOFR30 Rate, the CB Floating Rate, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, or the CBFR. The rates that use SOFR as the reference rate (Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted REVSOFR30 Rate, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR and the CBFR rate) use the Term SOFR Rate plus 1.95%. Each rate had a 0.0% floor. A fee of 0.40% per annum was charged for available but unused borrowings.

 

As of  December 31, 2025, the Company had zero borrowed under the facility. 

 

On February 17, 2026, the Company entered into the Termination Agreement to terminate the Revolving Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Termination Agreement, the parties agreed to terminate the Revolving Credit Agreement subject to the survival of each of the provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement and Loan Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and in the certificates delivered in connection with or pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement that survive termination of the Revolving Credit Agreement.

 

Other Debt

 

Other debt of $69 and $85 as of  March 31, 2026, and  December 31, 2025, respectively, was primarily comprised of a foreign subsidiary's other debt which constitutes an immaterial revolving line of credit and mortgage.

 

Loss on debt extinguishment

 

The loss on debt extinguishment of $191 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, resulting primarily from the write-off of the Revolving Credit Facility's unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs at the time of the Termination Agreement, are presented in other (expense) income, net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

Aggregate future principal payments

 

As of  March 31, 2026, the aggregate future principal payments under long-term debt are as follows:

 

 

 

Debt

 

For the period of April 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026

 

$

114,414

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

2027

 

 

21

 

2028

 

 

21

 

2029

 

 

7

 

Total

 

$

114,463