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| Long-Term Debt | Long-Term Debt Long-term debt consisted of the following:
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
On September 29, 2021, Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. as a credit party and a guarantor, Thermon Holding Corp. (the “U.S. Borrower”) and Thermon Canada Inc. (the “Canadian Borrower” and together with the U.S. Borrower, the “Borrowers”), entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time (the "Lenders") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, ("the Agent") which was further amended on November 19, 2021, and March 7, 2023.
The Credit Agreement is an amendment and restatement of that certain Credit Agreement dated October 30, 2017, by and among Borrowers, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (the “Prior Credit Agreement”), and provides for the following credit facilities described below (collectively, the “Facilities”).
•Revolving Credit Facility: A USD $100,000 five-year secured revolving credit facility made available to the U.S. Borrower. The Revolving Credit Facility includes sub-limits for letters of credit and swing-line loans (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).
•U.S. Term Loan Facility: A USD $80,000 five-year secured term loan A (the “U.S. Term Loan”) made available to the U.S. Borrower (the “U.S. Term Loan Facility”); and
•Canadian Term Loan Facility: A CAD $76,182 five-year term loan A (the “Canadian Term Loan” and, together with the U.S. Term Loan, the “Term Loans”) made available to the Canadian Borrower (the “Canadian Term Loan Facility,” and together with the U.S. Term Loan Facility, the “Term Loan Facilities”).
Proceeds of the Facilities were used at closing to repay and refinance the Borrowers’ existing indebtedness under the Prior Credit Agreement and pay all interest, fees and expenses related thereto, and thereafter are expected to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
On December 29, 2023, the Company and the Borrowers entered into an Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, Amendment No. 2 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (collectively, the “Amendment”) with the Lenders and the Agent.
The Amendment provides for, among other things, changes to the Credit Agreement to (a) provide the U.S. Borrower with a new incremental term loan facility as further described below (the “2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility”), (b) reset the accordion feature in the Credit Agreement for the incurrence of additional incremental term loans and incremental revolving commitments to an amount not to exceed USD $100,000, (c) permit the Canadian Borrower to borrow under the existing Revolving Credit Facility in Canadian dollars, (d) permit Letters of Credit to be issued for the account of the Canadian Borrower, (e) replace the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate with the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average as the benchmark rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in Canadian dollars and implementing corresponding technical changes, and (f) expand the definitions of “Specified Cash Management Agreement” and “Specified Swap Agreement” to provide for the inclusion of obligations arising under Swap Agreements and cash management agreements between any subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower to be included in the Obligations that are secured and guaranteed under the Loan Documents.
Certain principal terms of the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility are as follows:
•A USD $100,000 secured term loan A made available to the U.S. Borrower on substantially the same terms as the existing U.S. Term A Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement), but with a pricing increase across the grid of 0.375% above the pricing applicable to the existing U.S. Term A Loans.
•Loans made to the U.S. Borrower under the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility (the “2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loans”) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the existing U.S. Term A Loans and shall be secured and guaranteed under the Loan Documents on a pro rata basis with the existing U.S. Term A Loans.
•The 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loans shall mature on September 29, 2026 (same as the existing U.S. Term A Loans) and shall amortize with required principal payments due on the first day of each fiscal quarter (commencing with the fiscal quarter commencing on April 1, 2024) with the same percentage of principal being due on each payment date as the percentage of principal of the existing U.S. Term A Loans due on such date.
•Proceeds of the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loans were used at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Amendment to (a) finance the Vapor Power Acquisition, (b) refinance certain indebtedness of Vapor Power, and (c) pay fees and expenses incurred by the U.S. Borrower in connection with the foregoing.
The Amendment also provides for certain conforming changes relating to the expanded definitions of Specified Cash Management Agreement and Specified Swap Agreement in the Credit Agreement to (x) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2017, by and among the Company, the U.S. Borrower and the Agent (the “U.S. Security Agreement”) and (y) the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2017, by and between the Canadian Borrower and the Agent (the “Canadian Security Agreement”, and together with the U.S. Security Agreement, the “Security Agreements”), and also provides for changes in each Security Agreement to the waterfall for application of proceeds of collateral set forth therein so that Obligations (as defined in such Security Agreement) arising under Specified Cash Management Agreements and Specified Swap Agreements (other than indemnities, fees and similar obligations and liabilities) are paid pro rata with principal Obligations arising under Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and the cash collateralization of Letters of Credit (each as defined in such Security Agreement).
The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 on this annual report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Maturity and Repayment
Each of the facilities, including the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility, terminates on September 29, 2026. Each of the Term Loans will amortize as set forth in the table below, with payments on the first day of each January, April, July and October, with the balance of each Term Loan Facility due at maturity.
Guarantees
The U.S. Term Loan, the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility, and the obligations of the U.S. Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by the Company and all of the U.S. Borrower’s current and future wholly owned domestic material subsidiaries (the “U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors”), subject to certain exceptions.
Security
The U.S. Term Loan and 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility and the obligations of the U.S. Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility are secured by a first lien on all of the assets of the Company, the U.S. Borrower and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors, including 100% of the capital stock of the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors and 65% of the capital stock of the first tier material foreign subsidiaries of the Company, the U.S. Borrower and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors, subject to certain exceptions.
Interest Rates and Fees
The U.S. Borrower will have the option to pay interest on the U.S. Term Loan and borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility at a base rate, plus an applicable margin, or at a rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or "SOFR," plus an applicable margin.
Under the applicable Facilities, the margin for base rate loans and Canadian prime rate loans is 62.5 basis points and the applicable margin for SOFR loans; provided that, following the completion of one full fiscal quarter after the closing date, the applicable margins will be determined based on a leverage-based performance grid.
In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Revolving Credit Facility, the U.S. Borrower is required to pay a commitment fee in respect of unutilized revolving commitments of 0.25% per annum, provided that, following the completion of one full fiscal quarter after the closing date, the commitment fee will be determined based on a leverage-based performance grid.
Voluntary Prepayment
The Borrowers will be able to voluntarily prepay the principal of the loans outstanding under each of the Facilities without penalty or premium (subject to breakage fees) at any time in whole or in part.
Mandatory Prepayment
Each Borrower is required to repay its respective Term Loan with certain asset sale and insurance proceeds and certain debt proceeds.
Debt Issuance Costs
The Company capitalizes and defers the costs associated with establishing our debt and financing arrangements. These costs are amortized as interest expense over the life of the loan or related financing. Additionally, for any unscheduled principal payments the Company will record incremental deferred debt charges on a pro rata basis of the unamortized deferred debt balance at the time of the repayment. When debt or the contract is retired prematurely, the proportionate unamortized deferred issuance costs are expensed as loss on retirement. Deferred debt issuance costs expensed as part of interest expense for fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022 were $489, $317 and $596, respectively.
We incurred fees to third parties in connection with our entry into the agreements described above. In fiscal 2024, in connection with the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility, we incurred $759 in debt issuance costs. In fiscal 2022, in connection with the Amendment in that fiscal year, we recognized debt issuance costs of $1,265. These costs were capitalized
and will be amortized over the life of the agreements using the effective interest method. Additionally, we recognized a loss on debt extinguishment of $2,569 in fiscal 2022, which was recorded to other income/(expense) on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
Financial Covenants
In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company is required, on a consolidated basis, to maintain certain financial covenant ratios. On the last day of any period of four fiscal quarters ending during a period set forth below, the Company must maintain a consolidated leverage ratio that does not exceed the ratios for such period set forth below (each of which ratios may be increased by 0.50:1.00 for each of the four fiscal quarters following certain acquisitions at the election of the U.S. Borrower):
In addition, on the last day of any period of four fiscal quarters ending on or after September 30, 2021, the Company must maintain a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.25:1.00. As of March 31, 2024, we were in compliance with all financial covenants of the Credit Agreement and there is no material uncertainty about our ongoing ability to comply with our covenants.
Other Covenants
The Credit Agreement contains restrictive covenants (in each case, subject to certain exclusions) that limit, among other things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the Borrowers) to:
•incur additional indebtedness;
•grant liens;
•make certain fundamental changes;
•sell assets;
•make restricted payments;
•enter into sales and leasebacks;
•make investments;
•prepay certain indebtedness;
•enter into transactions with affiliates; and
•enter into certain restrictive agreements.
The covenants are subject to various baskets and materiality thresholds, with certain of the baskets to the restrictions on the repayment of subordinated or unsecured indebtedness, restricted payments and investments being available only when the Company’s pro forma leverage ratios are less than a certain level.
The Credit Agreement contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to certain indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy, certain events under ERISA, judgment defaults, actual or asserted failure of any guaranty or security documents to be in full force and effect and change of control. If such an event of default occurs, the Agent will be entitled to take various actions, including the termination of the commitment for the Revolving Credit Facility, the acceleration of amounts due under the Credit Agreement and certain other actions that a secured creditor is customarily permitted to take following a default.
At March 31, 2024, we had $92,740 of available borrowing capacity after taking into account amounts drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility and outstanding letters of credit totaling $7,260. The term loans bear interest at the SOFR rate plus an applicable margin dictated by our leverage ratio (as described above). The interest rates on the Term Loan Facilities on March 31, 2024 were 7.18% for the 2023 Incremental U.S. Term Loan Facility, 7.05% for the U.S. Term Loan Facility, and 7.06% for the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility. Interest expense has been presented net of interest income on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
Maturities of long-term debt principal payments are as follows for the fiscal years ended March 31:
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