NOTE 8 – DEBT
In October 2010, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with an affiliate of Capital One, National Association (“Capital One” or the “Bank”). The Credit Agreement, as amended and restated in April 2017 and further amended from time-to-time, among other things, provides the ability to borrow funds under a $16,000,000 revolver line (“Revolver”), subject to certain borrowing base criteria. Additionally, there is a $2,000,000 line for capital expenditures (“Capex Loan”), with $1,600,000 available for future borrowings. Revolver and Capex Loan borrowings are secured by the Company’s accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and real property, among other things. P&F and certain of its subsidiaries are borrowers under the Credit Agreement, and their obligations are cross guaranteed by certain other subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement expires on February 8, 2024.
At the Company’s option, Revolver borrowings bear interest at either London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or the Base Rate, as the term is defined in the Credit Agreement, plus an Applicable Margin, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The Company is subject to limitations on the number of LIBOR borrowings.
The Company provides Capital One with monthly borrowing base certificates, and in certain circumstances, it is required to deliver monthly financial statements and certificates of compliance with various financial covenants. Should an event of default occur the interest rate would increase by 2 percent per annum during the period of default, in addition to other remedies provided to Capital One.
At June 30, 2021, short-term or Revolver borrowing was $370,000, compared to $1,374,000, at December 31, 2020. Applicable Margin Rates at June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, for LIBOR and Base Rates were 1.50% and 0.50%, respectively. Additionally, at June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, there was approximately $13,627,000 and $11,971,000, respectively, available to the Company under its Revolver arrangement.
The average balance of short-term borrowings from our Bank during the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2021, was $1,921,000, and $2,043,000, compared to $5,347,000, and $5,812,000, for the same three and six-month periods in 2020.
NOTE 9 – CARES Act
On April 20, 2020, the Company received a PPP loan in the amount of $2,929,000, as provided pursuant to the CARES Act and administered by the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”). The PPP loan, which is unsecured and guaranteed by the SBA, was designed to create economic stimulus by providing additional operating capital to small businesses in the U.S., such as P&F. To facilitate the PPP loan, the Company entered into a Promissory Note dated April 17, 2020, with BNB Bank as the lender (the “Lender”) (the “PPP Promissory Note”).
Under the terms of the CARES Act, as amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Flexibility Act”), the Company would be eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness for all or a portion of the PPP loan. Such forgiveness will be determined, subject to limitations, based on the use of the loan proceeds for certain permissible purposes as set forth in the PPP, including, but not limited to, payroll costs (as defined under the PPP) and mortgage interest, rent or utility costs (collectively, “Qualifying Expenses”) incurred during the 24 weeks subsequent to funding, and on the maintenance of employee compensation levels, as defined, following the funding of the PPP loan. In February 2021, in accordance with the Flexibility Act, the Company filed an application for forgiveness with the Lender, who approved this submission and subsequently submitted the Company’s application to the SBA. On June 9, 2021, the Company was advised that the SBA had approved the Company’s PPP loan forgiveness application and as such, the PPP loan and interest were forgiven in its entirety, and recorded as other income.
At December 31, 2020, the current portion of the PPP loan debt was $1,983,000, with $946,000 accounted for as long-term debt.