Note 6 - Long-term Debt and Notes Payable |
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Apr. 30, 2026 | |||
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The Company has credit facilities consisting of a term loan (the “Term Loan”) and a Revolving Credit Master Promissory Note and related Loan and Security Agreement (collectively, the “Revolver”).
On April 30, 2026, the Company entered into the Term Loan consisting of a Business Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Freedom First Federal Credit Union (“Freedom First”). In connection with the Loan Agreement, the Company also executed a Promissory Note dated April 30, 2026, in the original principal amount of $2,650,000. Coinciding with the Company entering the Loan Agreement with Freedom First, the Company paid the full outstanding balance of the Company’s existing Virginia Real Estate Loan with Northeast Bank, which had a maturity date of May 5, 2026.
The Term Loan is payable in monthly installments of principal and interest beginning June 1, 2026. Principal is calculated using the unpaid balance of the loan and a two hundred forty (240) month amortization schedule. Interest is computed on the aggregate principal balance outstanding at a rate of 6.5% per annum for 60 months. Effective June 1, 2031, the interest rate will change to the monthly average yield on U.S. Treasury Securities, adjusted to a constant maturity of five years, plus 2.5%, for years six though ten. Notwithstanding any other provision, the interest rate on the Promissory Note shall at no time be less than 4.5% per annum. The maturity date of the Term Loan is May 1, 2036.
The Term Loan is secured by a first lien deed of trust on the land and building at the Company’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities located in Roanoke, Virginia.
The Company had an outstanding balance on its Term Loan of $2,650,000 as of April 30, 2026. The Company had an outstanding balance on its Virginia Real Estate Loan of $2,570,793 as of October 31, 2025.
The Revolver with North Mill Capital LLC (doing business as SLR Business Credit, “SLR”) provides the Company with one or more advances in an amount up to: (a) 85% of the aggregate outstanding amount of eligible accounts (the “eligible accounts loan value”); plus (b) the lowest of (i) an amount up to 35% of the aggregate value of eligible inventory, (ii) $7,000,000, and (iii) an amount not to exceed 100% of the then outstanding eligible accounts loan value; minus (c) $1,150,000.
The maximum aggregate principal amount subject to the Revolver is $18,000,000. Interest accrues on the daily balance at the per annum rate of 1.5% above the in effect from time to time, but not less than 4.75% (the “Applicable Rate”). As a result, the Revolver accrued interest at an 8.25% rate at April 30, 2026 and 8.5% at October 31, 2025. In the event of a default, interest may become 6.0% above the Applicable Rate. The loan may be extended subject to the agreement of SLR.
The Company’s Revolver requires a lockbox arrangement, which provides for all cash receipts to be swept daily to reduce the balance outstanding. This arrangement, combined with the existence of a “subjective acceleration clause” (as defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) in the Revolver, requires the balance on the Revolver to be classified as a current liability. The “subjective acceleration clause” allows SLR to declare an event of default if there is a material adverse change in the Company’s business or financial condition. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, SLR may, among other things, declare all obligations payable in full. Management believes that no such material adverse change has occurred. In addition, at April 30, 2026 and through the date of this report, SLR has not informed the Company that any such event of default has occurred.
The Revolver has a maturity date of July 24, 2027 and management believes that the Company will continue to be able to borrow on the Revolver to fund its operations over the remaining term.
The Revolver is secured by all of the following assets, properties, rights and interests in property of the Company whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located; all accounts, equipment, commercial tort claims, general intangibles, chattel paper, inventory, negotiable collateral, investment property, financial assets, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, deposit accounts, money or assets of the Company, which hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of SLR; all proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing; any and all tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license or other disposition of any of the foregoing, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and all proceeds thereof; and any other assets of the Company which may be subject to a lien in favor of SLR as security for the obligations under the Loan Agreement.
As of April 30, 2026, the Company had $7.3 million of outstanding borrowings on its Revolver and $4.6 million in available credit. As of October 31, 2025, the Company had $5.6 million of outstanding borrowings on its Revolver and $4.7 million in available credit. |