Physicians Formula increases credit facility

AZUSA, Calif. Beauty company Physicians Formula has entered into a third amendment to its existing senior credit agreement with Union Bank of California, N.A. to increase the credit facility by $5 million to $25 million.

The applicable interest rates on the revolving credit facility remain the same at LIBOR plus 1.75 percent or a base rate plus 0.25 percent.

As of Sept. 30, the company had $2 million of outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility, no letters of credit and $18 million available for borrowing under its revolving credit facility and $11.3 million of borrowings under the term loan facility.

The amendment also amends the maximum total leverage ratio covenant and the minimum net worth covenant, and imposes a condition that any time the company makes a repurchase of common stock, it must have minimum availability under its revolving credit facility after giving effect to the repurchase.

“We are very pleased to have successfully expanded our credit agreement in the current credit market environment and believe this underscores the confidence our lenders have in our business platform and ability to execute on our future strategies,” said Joseph Jaeger, chief financial officer of Physicians Formula. “This increase combined with our expected future operating cash flow will provide additional financial flexibility for the future.”