ALOT AstroNova Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 30, 2020

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or penalty (other than customary breakage costs, if applicable). The Company may repay borrowings under the revolving credit facility at any time without premium or penalty (other than customary breakage costs, if applicable), but in any event no later than June 15, 2022, and any outstanding revolving loans thereunder will be due and payable in full, and the revolving credit facility will terminate, on such date. The Company may reduce or terminate the revolving line of credit at any time, subject to certain thresholds and conditions, without premium or penalty.

As under the Existing Credit Agreement, the loans under the A&R Credit Agreement are subject to certain mandatory prepayments, subject to various exceptions, from (a) net cash proceeds from certain dispositions of property, (b) net cash proceeds from certain issuances of equity, (c) net cash proceeds from certain issuances of additional debt and (d) net cash proceeds from certain extraordinary receipts.

Amounts repaid under the revolving credit facility may be reborrowed, subject to continued compliance with the A&R Credit Agreement. No amount of the term loan that is repaid may be reborrowed.

The interest rates under the A&R Credit Agreement were modified as follows. The term loan and revolving credit loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) the LIBOR Rate (or in the case of revolving credit loans denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the applicable quoted rate), plus a margin that varies within a range of 2.15% to 3.65% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, or (b) a fluctuating reference rate equal to the highest of (i) the federal fund rate plus 0.50%, (ii) Bank of America’s publicly announced prime rate, (iii) the LIBOR Rate plus 1.00% or (iv) 1.00%, plus a margin that varies within a range of 1.15% to 2.65% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. In addition to certain other fees and expenses that the Company is required to pay to the Lender, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the revolving credit facility that varies within a range of .25% and .675% based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio.

As under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Company must comply with various customary financial and non-financial covenants under the A&R Credit Agreement. In addition to the financial covenants under the Existing Credit Agreement, which consisted of a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and a minimum level of EBITDA, the A&R Credit Agreement includes a consolidated asset coverage ratio and a minimum level of liquidity. The primary non-financial covenants limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur future indebtedness, to place liens on assets, to pay dividends or distributions on their capital stock, to repurchase or acquire their capital stock, to conduct mergers or acquisitions, to sell assets, to alter their capital structure, to make investments and loans, to change the nature of their business, and to prepay subordinated indebtedness, in each case subject to certain exceptions and thresholds as set forth in the A&R Credit Agreement.

The Lender is entitled to accelerate repayment of the loans and to terminate its revolving credit commitment under the A&R Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of any of various customary events of default, which include, among other events, the following (which are

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subject, in some cases, to certain grace periods): failure to pay when due any principal, interest or other amounts in respect of the loans, breach of any of the Company’s covenants or representations under the loan documents, default under any other of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ significant indebtedness agreements, a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a significant unsatisfied judgment against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or a change of control of the Company.

In addition to the guarantees by ANI ApS and TrojanLabel, the Company’s obligations under the A&R Credit Agreement are also secured by substantially all of the personal property assets of the Company (including a pledge of the equity interests held by the Company in ANI ApS, in the Company’s wholly-owned German subsidiary AstroNova GmbH, and in the Company’s wholly-owned French subsidiary AstroNova SAS), subject to certain exceptions, and by a mortgage on Company’s owned real property in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

In connection with the Company’s entry into the A&R Credit Agreement, and as a condition of the Lender’s entry into the A&R Credit Agreement, the Company terminated its interest rate swap and cross-currency interest rate swap (the “Swaps”) that it previously used to manage the interest rate and foreign currency exchange risks associated with its prior borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement. The Company paid approximately $700,000 in connection with the termination of the Swaps.

Copies of the A&R Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Mortgage have been filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.