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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Long-term borrowings are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

    June 30,
2019
    December 31,
2018
 
Kinergy line of credit   $ 77,937     $ 57,057  
Pekin term loan     43,000       43,000  
Pekin revolving loan     32,000       32,000  
ICP term loan     13,500       16,500  
ICP revolving loan     18,000       18,000  
Parent notes payable     63,200       66,948  
      247,637       233,505  
Less unamortized debt discount     (331 )     (690 )
Less unamortized debt financing costs     (1,180 )     (1,377 )
Less short-term portion     (143,379 )     (146,671 )
Long-term debt   $ 102,747     $ 84,767  

 

Kinergy Operating Line of Credit – On July 31, 2019, Kinergy amended its credit facility to continue, until November 30, 2019 or earlier on ten days prior notice from the lender, the borrowing base under the credit facility at 90% of eligible accounts receivable, plus the lesser of (a) $50,000,000, (b) 80% of eligible inventory, or (c) 95% of the estimated recovery value of eligible inventory. The amendment extends to November 30, 2019 prior credit accommodations that were set to expire September 30, 2019. With respect to these additional borrowings, to the extent outstanding, the additional borrowings will accrue interest at an annual rate equal to the daily three month LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 4.00%. As of June 30, 2019, Kinergy had additional borrowing availability under its credit facility of $12,641,000, including $7,804,000 of incremental availability under the aforementioned temporary increase.

 

Pekin Term Loan – On March 30, 2018, Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC (“PE Pekin”), one of the Company’s subsidiaries, amended its term loan facility by reducing the amount of working capital it is required to maintain to not less than $13.0 million from March 31, 2018 through November 30, 2018 and not less than $16.0 million from December 1, 2018 and continuing at all times thereafter. In addition, a principal payment in the amount of $3.5 million due for May 2018 was deferred until the maturity date of the term loan.

 

On March 21, 2019, PE Pekin amended its term and revolving credit facilities by agreeing to increase the interest rate under the facilities by 125 basis points to an annual rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR plus 5.00%. PE Pekin and its lender also agreed that it is required to maintain working capital of not less than $15,000,000 from March 21, 2019 through July15, 2019 and working capital of not less than $30,000,000 from July 15, 2019 and continuing at all times thereafter. On July 15, 2019, PE Pekin and its lender agreed to a further amendment extending the aforementioned July 15, 2019 dates to November 15, 2019. As of the filing of this report, the Company believes PE Pekin is in compliance with its working capital requirement.

  

Under these amendments, the lenders also agreed to temporarily waive financial covenant violations, working capital maintenance violations and intercompany accounts receivable collections violations that occurred with respect to PE Pekin’s credit agreement. In addition, the lenders agreed to defer scheduled principal payments, including further deferral of principal payments in the amount of $3,500,000 each due on February 20, 2019 and May 20, 2019. On August 6, 2019, the Company paid its $3,500,000 principal payment scheduled for August 20, 2019.

 

The waivers and principal deferrals expire on November 15, 2019, or earlier in the case of an event of default, at which time the waivers will become permanent if Pacific Ethanol Central, LLC (“PE Central”), PE Pekin’s parent, has made a contribution to PE Pekin in an amount equal to $30,000,000, minus the then-existing amount of PE Pekin’s working capital, plus the amount of any accounts receivable owed by PE Central to PE Pekin, plus $12,000,000 (the “PE Central Contribution Amount”). In addition, if the PE Central Contribution Amount is timely received, the lenders agreed to waive PE Pekin’s debt service coverage ratio financial covenant for the year ended December 31, 2019. If the PE Central Contribution Amount is not timely made, then the temporary waivers will automatically expire.

 

PE Pekin is also required to pay by November 15, 2019 the aggregate amount of $10,500,000 representing all deferred and unpaid scheduled principal payments and all additional scheduled principal payments for the remainder of 2019.

 

Restrictions – At June 30, 2019, there were approximately $195.5 million of net assets at the Company’s subsidiaries that were not available to be transferred to Pacific Ethanol, Inc. in the form of dividends, loans or advances due to restrictions contained in the credit facilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.