MANITOWOC CO INC Debt Disclosure
11. Debt
Outstanding debt as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 is summarized as follows:
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Borrowings under senior secured asset based revolving |
|
$ |
144.6 |
|
|
$ |
79.0 |
|
Senior secured second lien notes due 2031 |
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|
300.0 |
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|
|
300.0 |
|
Other debt |
|
|
20.6 |
|
|
|
16.4 |
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Deferred financing costs |
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
|
|
(5.2 |
) |
Total debt |
|
|
460.8 |
|
|
|
390.2 |
|
Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term |
|
|
(13.7 |
) |
|
|
(13.1 |
) |
Long-term debt |
|
$ |
447.1 |
|
|
$ |
377.1 |
|
On March 25, 2019, the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company (the “Loan Parties”) entered into a credit agreement (the “ABL Credit Agreement”) with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative and collateral agent, and certain financial institutions party thereto as lenders, providing for a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Revolving Credit Facility”) of up to $275.0 million. The borrowing capacity under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility is based on the value of inventory, accounts receivable and certain fixed assets of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties’ obligations under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility are secured on a first-priority basis, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, by substantially all of the personal property and fee-owned real property of the Loan Parties. The liens securing the ABL Revolving Credit Facility are senior in priority to the second-priority liens securing the obligations under the 2031 Notes and the related guarantees. The ABL Revolving Credit Facility includes a $75.0 million letter of credit sub-facility, $10.0 million of which is available to the Company’s German subsidiary that is a borrower under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility (the “German Borrower”).
On June 17, 2021, the Company amended the ABL Credit Agreement to adjust certain negative covenants which reduced restrictions on the Company’s ability to expand its rental business. On May 19, 2022, the Company further amended the ABL Credit Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date to May 19, 2027 (subject to a springing maturity date of December 30, 2025 if our senior secured lien notes due April 1, 2026 had not been repaid in full or refinanced prior to December 30, 2025), (ii) permit the inclusion, subject to certain limitations, of the crane rental assets of certain subsidiaries in the borrowing base used to calculate availability under the ABL Credit Agreement, (iii) permit separate financing of crane rental assets not included in the borrowing base and (iv) replace U.S. dollar London Inter-bank Offered Rate with interest rates based on the secured overnight financing rate plus a credit spread adjustment (“SOFR”).
On September 18, 2024, the Company further amended the ABL Credit Agreement to (i) increase the aggregate commitment by $50.0 million to a total aggregate commitment of up to $325.0 million, of which $100.0 million is available to the German Borrower, (ii) increase the swingline sublimit by $20.0 million to an aggregate $50.0 million, of which $20.0 million is available to the German Borrower, and (iii) extend the maturity date to September 18, 2029.
Borrowings under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate using either the Alternate Base Rate or Term Benchmark, Applicable Overnight Rate, Central Bank Rate ("CBR") or RFR rate (each as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) plus the applicable spread set forth below. The variable interest rate is based upon the average availability as of the most recent determination date as follows:
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Average quarterly availability |
Alternative Base Rate spread |
Term Benchmark, Applicable Overnight Rate, CBR and RFR spread |
Category 1 |
≥ 66% of Aggregate Commitment |
0.25% |
1.25% |
Category 2 |
< 66% but ≥ 33% of Aggregate Commitment |
0.50% |
1.50% |
Category 3 |
< 33% of Aggregate Commitment |
0.75% |
1.75% |
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $144.6 million and $79.0 million, respectively, of borrowings outstanding under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility. The spreads for Term Benchmark, Applicable Overnight Rate, CBR and RFR spread and Alternative Base Rate borrowings were deemed to be in Category 2 for the period from January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, Category 1 for the period from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025, and Category 2 for the period from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. Excess availability as of December 31, 2025 was $177.0 million, which represents revolver borrowing capacity of $325.0 million less $144.6 million in borrowings outstanding and U.S. letters of credit outstanding of $3.4 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the highest daily borrowing under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility was $217.8 million and the average borrowing was $151.5 million, while the weighted-average annual interest rate was 4.83%. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the highest daily borrowing under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility was $173.0 million and the average borrowing was $120.5 million, while the weighted-average annual interest rate was 6.47%.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding $20.6 million of other indebtedness that had a weighted-average interest rate of approximately 5.3%. This debt includes balances on local credit lines, overdraft facilities, and other financing arrangements. The overdraft facilities were composed of five Euro facilities totaling €37.0 million and one Chinese Yuan facility totaling ¥30.0 million. Total U.S. dollar availability as of December 31, 2025 for the six overdraft facilities was $47.7 million, with $4.3 million outstanding.
On September 19, 2024, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as trustee and notes collateral agent, pursuant to which the Company issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes with an annual coupon rate of 9.25%. Interest on the 2031 Notes is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year. The 2031 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured second lien basis, jointly and severally, by each of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries that is either a guarantor or a borrower under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility or that guarantees certain other debt of the Company or a guarantor. The 2031 Notes and the related guarantees are secured on a second-priority basis, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens, by pledges of capital stock and other equity interests and other security interests in substantially all of the personal property and fee-owned real property of the Company and of the guarantors that secure obligations under the ABL Revolving Credit Facility. The Company used the net proceeds from this offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of its outstanding 9.00% senior secured second lien notes due 2026.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a $1.1 million non-cash charge in other expense – net in the Consolidated Statement of Operations associated with the Company’s refinancing of the ABL Revolving Credit Facility and 2031 Notes. The charge is related to unamortized debt issuance costs on the prior $300.0 million senior secured second lien notes due April 1, 2026.
Both the ABL Revolving Credit Facility and the 2031 Notes include customary covenants which include, without limitation, restrictions on the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s restricted subsidiaries to incur, assume or guarantee additional debt or issue certain preferred shares, pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of the Company’s capital stock or make other restricted payments, make certain investments, sell or transfer certain assets, create liens on certain assets to secure debt, consolidate, merge, sell, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, enter into certain transactions with affiliates and designate the Company’s subsidiaries as unrestricted. Both the ABL Revolving Credit Facility and the 2031 Notes also include customary events of default. The ABL Revolving Credit Facility has customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in the Company’s business or financial condition since December 31, 2021.
Additionally, the ABL Revolving Credit Facility contains a covenant requiring the Company to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio under certain circumstances set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement.
The aggregate scheduled future maturities of outstanding debt obligations as of December 31, 2025 is summarized as follows:
Year |
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Maturities |
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2026 |
|
$ |
13.7 |
|
2027 |
|
|
1.5 |
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2028 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
2029 |
|
|
146.0 |
|
2030 |
|
|
2.4 |
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Thereafter |
|
|
300.0 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
465.2 |
|
The table of scheduled maturities above does not agree to the Company’s total debt as of December 31, 2025 as shown on the Consolidated Balance Sheet due to $4.4 million of deferred financing costs associated with the 2031 Notes.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants in its debt instruments, inclusive of the financial covenants pertaining to the ABL Revolving Credit Facility and the 2031 Notes. Based upon management’s current plans and outlook, the Company believes it will be able to comply with these covenants during the subsequent twelve months.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 18, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 12, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 14, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 23, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 28, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 29, 2016 | |
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