SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC Debt Disclosure
4. Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consisted of the following:
| December 31, | December 31, | ||||
| | 2025 | | 2024 | ||
| (In thousands) | |||||
Revolving credit facility | $ | 5,000 | $ | 5,000 | ||
Amounts payable within one year |
| — |
| — | ||
$ | 5,000 | $ | 5,000 | |||
Future maturities of long-term debt are as follows:
Year Ending | | | |
December 31, | Amount | ||
(In thousands) | |||
2026 | $ | — | |
2027 |
| 5,000 | |
2028 |
| ||
2029 |
| — | |
2030 |
| — | |
Thereafter |
| — | |
$ | 5,000 | ||
In connection with the Sale-Leaseback Transaction described in Note 16, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment (“Fourth Amendment”) to its Credit Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2015 and amended on September 1, 2017, June 17, 2018, and December 19, 2022, between the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Huntington National Bank (collectively, the “Lenders”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (“Agent”), (i) reducing the aggregate amount of the Lender’s revolving commitments from $50,000,000 to $40,000,000, and (ii) releasing the Agent’s security interest in the GTC Assets, but not any proceeds paid for the GTC Assets or any other collateral. On December 19, 2022, we entered into a Third Amendment to our Credit Facility, (the “Third Amendment”), which extended the maturity date to December 19, 2027, reduced the lenders to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and the Huntington National Bank (collectively, the “Lenders”), established an interest rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) as administered by the SOFR Administrator (currently established as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) as the interest base and increased the basis points.
We have pledged substantially all of our assets (excluding our FCC licenses and certain other assets) in support of the Credit Facility and each of our subsidiaries has guaranteed the Credit Facility and has pledged substantially all of their assets (excluding their FCC licenses and certain other assets) in support of the Credit Facility.
Interest rates under the Credit Facility are payable, at our option, at alternatives equal to SOFR (3.87% at December 31, 2025), plus 1% to 2% or the base rate plus 0% to 1%. The spread over SOFR and the base rate vary from time to time, depending upon our financial leverage. Letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility will be subject to a participation fee (which is equal to the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Loans, as defined in the Credit Agreement) payable to each of the Lenders and a fronting fee equal to 0.25% per annum payable to the issuing bank. Under the Third Amendment, we now pay quarterly commitment fees of 0.25% per annum on the unused portion of the Credit Facility. We previously paid quarterly commitment fees of 0.2% to 0.3% per annum on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility.
The Credit Facility contains a number of financial covenants (all of which we were in compliance with at December 31, 2025) which, among other things, require us to maintain specified financial ratios and impose certain limitations on us with respect to investments, additional indebtedness, dividends, distributions, guarantees, liens and encumbrances.
We had approximately $35 million and $45 million unused borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 14, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 16, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 15, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Mar 10, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Mar 14, 2016 | |
About Debt Disclosures
Debt disclosures detail a company's borrowing structure — the types of instruments, interest rates, maturity schedule, and covenant restrictions that define its financial obligations and flexibility. This section is essential for assessing refinancing risk, interest rate exposure, and the margin of safety against financial distress.
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