Pioneer Ag Supply Watch
Farm inputs distributor · Senior loan · $16.0M deployed · Last report Oct 15
Covenants
All 4 passingTightest: DSCR, 7.5% roomAs of Sep 30 · monthly, certified quarterly
Debt service coverage
Passing
- Required
- Actual
- ≥ 1.20x
- 1.29x
Room left7.5%
- Earnings can fall $0.4M before a breach.
- Breach in Q2 2027 if spring volume drops 8%.
Net leverage
Passing
- Required
- Actual
- ≤ 5.50x
- 4.60x
Room left16.4%
- Earnings can fall $0.9M before a breach.
- No breach expected in the base plan.
Equipment spending
Passing
- Required
- Actual
- ≤ $1.5M / yr
- $1.1M
Room left26.7%
- $0.4M left this year.
- Forklift replacement is the only planned spend.
Minimum cash
Passing
- Required
- Actual
- ≥ $1.5M
- $2.1M
Room left40%
- Lowest point ahead: $1.3M on Dec 18.
- The plan dips under the minimum for one week.
Compliance certificates
- In draftQ3 compliance certificateDue Nov 14 (45 days after quarter end)
- AcceptedQ2 compliance certificateFiled Aug 14
- AcceptedQ1 compliance certificateFiled May 13
What could change this
- A late spring would push sales into Q2 and cut DSCR room to near zero.
- Selling the $1.1M of extra inventory adds about three weeks of runway.
- A one-point drop in gross margin removes about $0.8M of earnings.
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