Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Line of Credit

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Line of Credit
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2012
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]  
Line of Credit
Line of Credit 

On January 24, 2011, we entered into a Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, (“Revolving Credit Agreement”) with PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”) that provides us with a $15,000 revolving line of credit.  See Note 9 for further discussion regarding the Term Loan entered into with PNC.  The Revolving Credit Agreement had a stated maturity date of January 24, 2014, if not renewed.  The Revolving Credit Agreement includes a lockbox agreement and a subjective acceleration clause and, as a result, we have classified the revolving line of credit as a current liability.  The Revolving Credit Agreement is collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of our assets, and PNC is also secured by an inventory repurchase agreement with Whirlpool Corporation for Whirlpool purchases only.  We also issued a $750 letter of credit in favor of Whirlpool Corporation.  The Revolving Credit Agreement requires that we meet a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.1 to 1.0, measured on a trailing twelve-month basis.  The Revolving Credit Agreement limits investments we can purchase, the amount of other debt and leases we can incur, the amount of loans we can issue to our affiliates and the amount we can spend on fixed assets along with prohibiting the payment of dividends.  As of December 29, 2012, we were not in compliance with all the covenants of the Revolving Credit Agreement and received a notice of default from PNC.  See Note 15 for further discussion regarding the notice of default and subsequent amendment to the Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, including waiver of the events of default. We were in compliance with all the covenants of the Revolving Credit agreement as of December 31, 2011. The interest rate on the revolving line of credit was PNC Base Rate plus 1.75%, or 1-, 2- or 3-month PNC LIBOR Rate plus 2.75%.  The PNC Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by PNC at its prime rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate plus ½ of 1%, and (iii) the  one-month LIBOR rate plus 100 basis points (1%).  As of December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011, the outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Agreement was $10,559 and $10,685, respectively, with a weighted average interest rate of 3.07% and 3.72%, respectively, which included both PNC LIBOR Rate and PNC Base Rate loans.  The amount of revolving borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement is based on a formula using accounts receivable and inventories.  We may not have access to the full $15,000 revolving line of credit due to the formula using accounts receivable and inventories, the amount of the letter of credit issued in favor of Whirlpool Corporation and the amount of outstanding loans between PNC and our AAP joint venture.  As of December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011, our available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Agreement was $2,531 and $3,505, respectively.