8.
Long-term Debt

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s long-term debt at December 31:

 

($ in thousands)

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

2021 Term Loan, due 2028

 

$

695,568

 

 

$

704,587

 

Senior Notes, due 2029

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

Less: original issue discounts

 

 

(2,322

)

 

 

(3,646

)

Less: unamortized deferred financing costs

 

 

(9,035

)

 

 

(12,809

)

Total long-term debt

 

 

1,034,211

 

 

 

1,038,132

 

Less: current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

(9,019

)

Total long-term debt, net of current portion

 

$

1,034,211

 

 

$

1,029,113

 

 

 

The following table presents the aggregate principal and interest payments in future years on long-term debt as of December 31, 2024:

 

($ in thousands)

 

Principal

 

 

Interest (1)

 

2025

 

$

 

 

$

65,845

 

2026

 

 

 

 

 

65,845

 

2027

 

 

 

 

 

65,844

 

2028

 

 

695,568

 

 

 

29,973

 

2029

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

5,561

 

Total

 

$

1,045,568

 

 

$

233,068

 

(1) The variable interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2024 was used to calculate interest payments for the 2021 Term Loan.

 

2021 Term Loan

 

In March 2021, VM Consolidated, Inc. (“VM Consolidated”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement No.1 to the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “2021 Term Loan”) with a syndicate of lenders. The 2021 Term Loan has an aggregate borrowing of $900.0 million, maturing on March 24, 2028. In connection with the 2021 Term Loan borrowings, the Company had $4.6 million of offering discount costs and $4.5 million in deferred financing costs, both of which were capitalized and are being amortized over the remaining life of the 2021 Term Loan.

 

In February 2024, VM Consolidated entered into a third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) and in October 2024, a fourth amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to refinance the 2021 Term Loan (the “Refinancing Transactions”). Pursuant to the Third and Fourth Amendments, the interest rate was reduced by an aggregate 1.00% to SOFR plus 2.25% from SOFR plus 3.25%, with the SOFR floor unchanged at 0.00%. The credit spread adjustment, ranging from 0.11448% to 0.71513%, was eliminated. In addition, the 2021 Term Loan no longer contains a provision for principal repayments which were previously required to be paid in quarterly installments. The Company evaluated the Refinancing Transactions on a lender-by-lender basis and accounted accordingly for debt extinguishment and debt modification costs (for the portion of the transactions that did not meet the accounting criteria for debt extinguishment).

 

During fiscal years 2024 and 2023, the Company made early repayments of $9.0 million and $172.5 million, respectively, on the 2021 Term Loan and as a result, the total principal outstanding was $695.6 million as of December 31, 2024.

The Company recorded $1.7 million of loss on extinguishment of debt during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 primarily related to the write-off of pre-existing deferred financing costs and discounts in connection with the Refinancing Transactions. It recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $3.5 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, related to the write-off of pre-existing deferred financing costs and discounts in connection with the early repayments.

 

The 2021 Term Loan bears interest based at the Company’s option, on either (i) Term SOFR plus an applicable margin of 2.25% per annum, or (ii) an alternate base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.25% per annum. As of December 31, 2024, the interest rate on the 2021 Term Loan was 6.6%.

In addition, the 2021 Term Loan requires mandatory prepayments equal to the product of the excess cash flows of the Company (as defined in the 2021 Term Loan agreement) and the applicable prepayment percentages (calculated as of the last day of the fiscal year), as set forth in the following table:

Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (As Defined by the 2021 Term Loan Agreement)

 

Applicable
Prepayment
Percentage

> 3.70:1.00

 

50%

< 3.70:1.00 and > 3.20:1.00

 

25%

< 3.20:1.00

 

0%

The Company did not have mandatory prepayments of excess cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 or 2023.

Senior Notes

In March 2021, VM Consolidated issued an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million in Senior Unsecured Notes (the “Senior Notes”), due on April 15, 2029. In connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, the Company incurred $5.7 million in lender and third-party costs, which were capitalized as deferred financing costs and are being amortized over the remaining life of the Senior Notes.

Interest on the Senior Notes is fixed at 5.50% per annum and is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Company may redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes at the redemption prices set forth below in percentages by year, plus accrued and unpaid interest:

Year

Percentage

2025

101.375%

2026 and thereafter

100.000%

 

PPP Loan

During fiscal year 2020, one of the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries received a $2.9 million loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP Loan”) to offset certain employment and other allowable costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Company was notified by the SBA that the loan, together with accrued interest, had been fully forgiven under the provisions of the PPP Loan program. Accordingly, the Company recognized a $3.0 million gain on extinguishment of debt in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

The Revolver

 

The Company has a Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Revolver”) with a commitment of up to $75.0 million available for loans and letters of credit. The Revolver matures on December 18, 2026. Borrowing eligibility under the Revolver is subject to a monthly borrowing base calculation based on (i) certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory, less (ii) certain reserve items, including outstanding letters of credit and other reserves. The Revolver bears interest on either (1) Term SOFR plus an applicable margin, or (2) an alternate base rate, plus an applicable margin. The margin percentage applied to (1) Term SOFR is either 1.25%, 1.50%, or 1.75%, or (2) the base rate is either 0.25%, 0.50%, or 0.75%, depending on the Company’s average availability to borrow under the commitment. There is a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% for a one-month duration, 0.15% for a three-month duration, and 0.25% for a six-month duration, in addition to Term SOFR and the applicable margin percentages. There were no outstanding borrowings on the Revolver as of December 31, 2024 or 2023. The availability to borrow was $74.4 million, net of $0.6 million of outstanding letters of credit at December 31, 2024.

 

Interest on the unused portion of the Revolver is payable quarterly at 0.375% and the Company is also required to pay participation and fronting fees at 1.38% on $0.6 million of outstanding letters of credit as of December 31, 2024.

 

All borrowings and other extensions of credits under the 2021 Term Loan, Senior Notes and the Revolver are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions and restrictive covenants including absence of defaults and accuracy in material respects of representations and warranties. Substantially all of the Company’s assets are pledged as collateral to secure the Company’s indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan. At December 31, 2024, the Company was compliant with all debt covenants in its debt agreements.

 

Interest Expense, Net

 

The Company recorded interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts, of $73.9 million, $86.7 million and $69.4 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively.

 

The weighted average effective interest rates on the Company’s outstanding borrowings were 6.2% and 7.7% at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2024Feb 27, 2025Showing above
2023Feb 29, 2024
2022Mar 1, 2023
2021Apr 22, 2022
2020Mar 1, 2021
2019Mar 2, 2020
2018Mar 18, 2019

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