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Note 10 - Debt
3 Months Ended
Apr. 05, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]

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Debt

 

Long-term obligations consists of the following (in thousands):

 

   

April 5,

   

December 31,

 
   

2026

   

2025

 
   

(Unaudited)

         
Current:                

Finance lease obligation, current portion

  $ 606     $ 622  

Equipment financing obligations, current portion

    513       526  

Working capital line of credit

    500       500  

Loan payable, current portion

    195       0  

Note payable – related party, current portion

    2,000       0  

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations

  $ 3,814     $ 1,648  
                 
Long Term:                

Finance lease obligation

  $ 3,926     $ 4,021  

Equipment financing obligations

    782       846  

Loan payable, net of current portion

    889       0  

Note payable – related party

    10,000       12,000  

Less unamortized debt issuance and modification costs

    (8 )     (7 )

Long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net of unamortized debt costs

  $ 15,589     $ 16,860  

 

Note Payable Related Party

 

The Company has received the benefit of cash infusions from Gill Family Capital Management, Inc. (“GFCM”) in the form of secured promissory note obligations totaling $12,000,000 in principal as of April 5, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (the “Note”). GFCM is an entity controlled by the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey T. Gill, and one of our directors, R. Scott Gill. GFCM, Jeffrey T. Gill and R. Scott Gill are significant beneficial stockholders of the Company.

 

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company and GFCM amended the Note to, among other things: (i) increase the principal amount by $3,000,000 to $12,000,000, (ii) extend the maturity dates for $2,000,000 of the obligation to April 1, 2026, $2,000,000 to April 1, 2027, $5,000,000 on April 1, 2028, and the balance of $3,000,000 due on April 1, 2029, and (iii) allow for the deferral of payment for up to 100% of the interest due on the Note to April 1, 2026. During the first quarter of 2026, the Company further amended the Note to extend the maturity dates on all tranches by one year and allow for the continued deferral of payment for up to 100% of the interest due on the Note to April 1, 2027. This additional $3,000,000 loaned to the Company during 2025 and the modification during the first quarter of 2026 was approved by the Audit Committee and provided the Company necessary liquidity.

 

As of April 5, 2026, our principal commitment under the Note was $2,000,000 due on April 1, 2027, $2,000,000 on April 1, 2028, $5,000,000 on April 1, 2029 and the balance of $3,000,000 due on April 1, 2030. Interest on the Note is reset on April 1 of each year, at the greater of 8.0% or 500 basis points above the five-year Treasury note average during the preceding 90-day period, in each case, payable quarterly, which was 9.25% as of April 5, 2026. The Note allows for a deferral of payment for up to 100% of the interest due on the Note to April 1, 2027. The total amount of interest on the Note deferred as of April 5, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was $2,044,000 and $1,709,000, respectively, and is included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

Obligations under the Note are guaranteed by all of the subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all assets of the Company, including those in Mexico.

 

Loan Payable

 

On February 11, 2026, the Company, through its Mexican operations, entered into an unsecured loan agreement with Banco del Bajio (the “Mexico Bajio Loan”) in the amount of approximately $1,159,000 ($20,000,000 MXP) to fund working capital needs. The loan is to be paid in monthly installments over a five-year period and bears a fixed interest rate of 10.5% per annum. The balance of the Mexico Bajio Loan as of April 5, 2026, was $1,084,000.

 

Finance Lease Obligations

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company entered into a five-year extension of its land and building in Toluca, Mexico and reassessed its expectations to exercise one additional extension. As a result, the Company recognized an increase in the operating right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $2,486,000 and an increase of its finance lease of $3,645,000.

 

As of April 5, 2026, the Company had $4,532,000 outstanding under finance lease obligations for both property and machinery and equipment at its Sypris Technologies locations with maturities through 2036 and a weighted average interest rate of 13.2%.

 

Equipment Financing Obligations

 

As of April 5, 2026, the Company had $1,295,000 outstanding under equipment financing facilities, with a weighted average interest rate of 7.1% and payments due through 2031. Payments on the Company’s equipment financing obligations are due as follows (in thousands):

 

Next 12 months

  $ 589  

12 to 24 months

    489  

24 to 36 months

    164  

36 to 48 months

    122  

48 to 60 months

    80  

Thereafter

    0  

Total payments

    1,444  

Less imputed interest

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Total equipment financing obligations

  $ 1,295