L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

On June 26, 2020, L.B. Foster Company (the “Company”), its domestic subsidiaries, and certain of its Canadian and United Kingdom subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”), entered into the First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to its Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with PNC Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., and BMO Harris Bank, National Association. The First Amendment modifies the Credit Agreement, which had a maximum revolving credit line of $140,000,000 and provided for a $25,000,000 term loan of which $22,500,000 remained outstanding. The First Amendment provides for a reduction in the revolving credit facility to permit aggregate borrowings of the Borrowers up to $120,000,000 and repays and terminates the outstanding term loan by drawing funds on the revolving credit facility. The First Amendment provides additional $5,000,000 annual reductions to the revolving credit facility beginning on December 31, 2020 through the maturity of the facility.

Borrowings under the First Amendment bear interest at rates based upon either the base rate or Euro-rate plus applicable margins. The applicable margins have been adjusted as part of the First Amendment and are dictated by the ratio of the Company’s total net indebtedness to the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for four trailing quarters, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The base rate is the highest of (a) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the Prime Rate, or (c) the Daily Euro-rate plus 1.00% (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) and an increase to the interest rate floor to 100 basis points. The base rate and Euro-rate spreads range from 1.00% to 2.00% and 2.00% to 3.00%, respectively.

The First Amendment further provides for modifications to the financial covenants as defined in the Credit Agreement. The First Amendment modifies three financial covenants in the Credit Agreement: (a) Maximum Gross Leverage Ratio, defined as the Company’s consolidated Indebtedness divided by the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA, which must not exceed, other than during a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company beginning with a fiscal quarter during which the Company consummates a permitted acquisition, and including such fiscal quarter and the immediately three succeeding fiscal quarters (the “Acquisition Period”), (i) 3.25 to 1.00 for the testing period ending June 30, 2020, 3.00 to 1.00 for the testing periods ending September 30, 2020 through March 31, 2022, and 2.75 to 1.00 for the testing periods June 30, 2022 and thereafter, and (ii) 3.50 to 1.00 for the testing period ending June 30, 2020, 3.25 to 1.00 for the testing periods ending September 30, 2020 through March 31, 2022, and 3.00 to 1.00 for the testing periods June 30, 2022 and thereafter occurring during an Acquisition Period; (b) Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, defined as the Company\’s Consolidated EBITDA divided by the Company\’s Fixed Charges, which must be a minimum of 1.00 to 1.00 for the testing period ending June 30, 2020, 1.05 to 1.00 for the testing periods ending September 30, 2020 through June 30, 2021, 1.15 to 1.00 for the testing periods ending September 30, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and 1.25 to 1.00 for the testing periods ending September 30, 2022 and thereafter; and (c) Minimum Working Capital to Revolving Facility Usage Ratio, defined as the sum of 50% of the inventory and 85% of the accounts receivable of the Borrowers and certain other Guarantors divided by the dollar equivalent sum of the outstanding revolving credit loans, the outstanding swing loans, and the letter of credit obligations (the “Revolving Facility Usage”), which must not be less than 1.50 to 1.00. In addition, the First Amendment modifies the definition of Consolidated EBITDA to allow for certain additional adjustments. The First Amendment also includes changes to the non-financial covenants as defined in the Credit Agreement by increasing the basket for dispositions from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000.

The description set forth above of the First Amendment is a summary only and is not complete, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete test of the First Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The First Amendment has been filed as an exhibit solely to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to be a source of financial, business, or operational information about the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their assets. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the First Amendment are made solely for purposes of that agreement and are made as of their dates; are solely for the benefit of the parties; may be subject to qualifications and limitations agreed upon by the parties in connection with negotiating the terms of the First Amendment, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purpose of allocating contractual risk between the parties instead of establishing matters as facts; and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors or security holders. Investors and security holders should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their assets. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties, and covenants may change after the date of the First Amendment, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

See Exhibit Index below.

Exhibit Index

*104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*Exhibits marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.

FOSTER L B CO Exhibit
EX-10.2 2 ex-102xca62020.htm EX-10.2 DocumentExhibit 10.2 Customer CUSIP 50178DAA0Revolver Facility CUSIP 50178DAB8$120,…
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About L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR)

L.B. Foster Company is a manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the rail, construction, energy and utility markets. The Company’s segments include Rail Products and Services, Construction Products, and Tubular and Energy Services. Its Rail Products segment provides a range of new and used rail, trackwork and accessories to railroads, mines and industry. The Rail segment designs and produces concrete railroad ties, insulated rail joints, power rail, track fasteners, coverboards and special accessories for mass transit and other rail systems. The Construction Products segment sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile and other piling products for foundation and earth retention requirements. The Tubular and Energy Services segment supplies pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities, blending, injection and metering equipment for the oil and gas market, and produces threaded pipe products for industrial water well and irrigation markets.