American Biltrite Inc Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 15, 2011
American Biltrite Inc (ABL, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2011-06-30.

American Biltrite Inc. has a market cap of $21.99 million; its shares were traded at around $5.97 with a P/E ratio of 5.2 and P/S ratio of 0.11.

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The Credit Agreement provides American Biltrite Inc. and its subsidiaries with (i) a $30.0 million commitment under the Revolver (including a $12.0 million Canadian revolving credit facility sublimit) and (ii) an $8.0 million Term Loan. The Credit Agreement also provides letter of credit facilities with availability of up to $6.0 million (including a $3.0 million Canadian letter of credit facility sublimit) subject to availability under the Revolver. The Revolver expires on June 30, 2012, and all indebtedness under the Credit Agreement other than the Term Loan, matures on that date. Although the Company intends to seek to renew, refinance or replace the Revolver and the letter of credit facilities under the Credit Agreement or extend the maturity date, there can be no assurances that it will be able to do so. A failure to renew, refinance or replace the Revolver and the letter of credit facilities, or to sufficiently extend the current maturity date, on terms satisfactory to the Company would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Term Loan principal is payable in 72 monthly installments of $111 thousand beginning August 1, 2009 and ending on July 1, 2015. The maximum amount available for revolving debt borrowings is reduced to the amount of the borrowing base if that amount is lower. The borrowing base is based upon eligible assets of the Company, including accounts receivables and inventory. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a lien on most of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. At June 30, 2011, the Company had $8.4 million and $5.3 million outstanding under the Revolver and Term Loan, respectively, and $12.7 million of additional unused borrowing capacity available under the Revolver.

In March 2010, the Company and Wells Fargo entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement. The amendment reduced the minimum required levels of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization under the Credit Agreement for 2010. It further provided that, for the remaining term of the Credit Agreement, meeting such minimums would not be required for any monthly test period during which the Company’s unused available credit under the Credit Agreement was at least $6.0 million for 30 consecutive days. The Company paid a fee of $30 thousand to Wells Fargo in connection with this amendment.

On June 3, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement effective May 27, 2011, which permits the Company to declare and pay dividends up to $500,000 per year, subject to certain conditions including, among others, that the Company is not in default of the Credit Agreement and that as of the date of each such declaration or payment and after giving effect thereto, and for the 30 consecutive day period immediately preceding each such declaration or payment, the amount of borrowings available under the Credit Agreement to the Company shall not be less than $10 million. The amendment also made certain changes to the determination of eligible accounts, which are used in determining borrowing availability under the Credit Agreement, and, subject to certain conditions, permits the Company to withhold shares of its capital stock issued pursuant to options exercised under any stock option plan, as payment for the exercise price for the option and applicable withholding taxes, and for the Company to pay in cash to the governmental authorities the amount of those withholding taxes. The Company paid a fee of $15,000 to Wells Fargo in connection with this amendment.

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