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Astronics Corporation Announces Preliminary Sales for Fourth Quarter 2022 of $155 Million to $160 Million; Completes $205 Million Debt Refinancing
New debt structure provides improved financial flexibility and extended maturities EAST AURORA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Astronics Corporation (Nasdaq: ATRO),
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew debt structure provides improved financial flexibility and extended maturities\n\n EAST AURORA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAstronics Corporation (Nasdaq: ATRO), a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense and other mission critical industries, today announced preliminary revenue and orders and announced the completion of the refinancing of its debt.\n\nPreliminary Revenue and Bookings for Fourth Quarter 2022\n\nAstronics Corporation announced today that unaudited preliminary fourth quarter sales are expected to be in the range of $155 million to $160 million, exceeding the Company’s earlier guidance of $140 million to $150 million. The midpoint of the preliminary range represents a sequential increase in sales of 20% over the third quarter of 2022 and 35% increase over the comparator quarter of 2021.\n\nPreliminary bookings in the fourth quarter are expected be in the range of $175 million to $180 million.\n\nPeter J. Gundermann, Chairman, President and CEO, commented, “We continued to see strong order flow in the fourth quarter, as we have since the middle of 2021. We expect to report another positive book-to-bill quarter and another record ending backlog. More importantly, however, we finally saw the beginning of the sales ramp required to satisfy high demand as our supply chain continues to show improvement. We expect the sales ramp to endure as we move into 2023, consistent with our earlier revenue guidance for the year of $640 million to $680 million.”\n\nRefinancing Provides Greater Financial Flexibility\n\nAstronics also announced that it has completed a financing transaction totaling $205 million, which refinanced its previous revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in November 2023. The new financing consists of a $90 million asset-based term loan and a $115 million asset-based revolving credit facility. The term loan has a scheduled maturity of January 19, 2027, an interest rate of SOFR plus 8.75% and is collateralized primarily by real estate, fixed assets and intellectual property. The revolving credit facility has a scheduled maturity of January 19, 2026, an interest rate of SOFR plus 2.25% to 2.75% and is collateralized primarily by inventory and accounts receivable.\n\nAmortization of the term loan principal will begin in April with a monthly amortization rate of 0....