NOTE 15 – DEBT:

On December 2, 2015, the Company entered into a new revolving credit facility agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. that provides a $25,000 line of credit, including letters of credit and bank guarantees, expandable at the Company’s option at any time up to $50,000. The agreement has a five year term. This facility replaced a similar facility with Bank of America, N.A.

At the Company’s option, amounts outstanding under the agreement will bear interest at either: (i) a rate equal to the bank’s prime rate; or (ii) a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin. The margin is based on the Company’s funded debt to earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and may range from 1.75% to .95%. Amounts available for borrowing under the agreement are subject to an unused commitment fee of between 0.30% and 0.20%, depending on the above ratio.

Outstanding letters of credit under the agreement are subject to a fee of between 1.20% and 0.70%, depending on the Company’s ratio of funded debt to EBITDA. The agreement allows the Company to reduce the fee on outstanding letters of credit to a fixed rate of .40% by securing outstanding letters of credit with cash and cash equivalents. At December 31, 2015, there were no letters of credit outstanding on the new revolving credit facility and $10,042 outstanding with Bank of America, N.A., which were secured by cash and cash equivalents.

Under the new revolving credit facility, the Company covenants to maintain a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 and a minimum earnings before interest expense and income taxes to interest ratio of 4.0 to 1.0. The agreement also provides that the Company is permitted to pay dividends without limitation if it maintains a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio equal to or less than 2.0 to 1.0 and permits the Company to pay dividends in an amount equal to 25% of net income if it maintains a maximum funded debt to EBITDA ratio of greater than 2.0 to 1.0.