FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND SOURCES OF CAPITAL

The Company's current ratio was 4.3 and 3.1 at March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Working capital was approximately $128.1 million at March 31, 2025 and $116.0 million at March 31, 2024.

During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Company maintained assets and liabilities at levels it believed were commensurate with operations. Changes in balance sheet amounts occurred in the ordinary course of business. Cash and restricted cash decreased due to cash used in operating activities and investing activities exceeding cash provided by financing activities. The Company expects to continue to monitor, evaluate and manage balance sheet components depending on changes in market conditions and the Company’s operations.

The Company has a $150 million asset-based lending facility ("ABL Facility") in place with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the arranging agent and BMO Harris Bank, N.A. as a one-third syndicated participant. On May 6, 2025, the Company executed the fourth amendment to the credit agreement which extended the maturity date of the ABL Facility to August 19, 2026. The ABL Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company. The Company can elect borrowings on a floating rate basis or a term basis. Floating rate borrowings accrue interest at a rate equal to the prime rate minus 1% per annum. Term rate borrowings accrue interest at a rate equal to the SOFR rate applicable to the selected term plus 1.8% per annum. Availability of funds under the ABL Facility is subject to a borrowing base calculation determined as the sum of (a) 90% of eligible accounts receivable, plus (b) the product of 85% multiplied by the net orderly liquidating value percentage identified in the most recent inventory appraisal multiplied by eligible inventory. The ABL Facility contains a springing financial covenant whereby the financial covenant is only tested when availability falls below the greater of 15% of the revolving commitment or $22.5 million. The financial covenant restricts the Company from allowing its fixed charge coverage ratio to be, as of the end of any calendar month, less than 1.10 to 1.00 for the trailing twelve-month period then ending. The fixed charge coverage ratio is calculated as the ratio of (a) EBITDA, as defined in the ABL Facility, minus unfinanced capital expenditures to (b) cash interest expense plus scheduled principal payments on indebtedness plus taxes paid in cash plus restricted payments paid in cash plus capital lease obligation payments plus cash contributions to any employee pension benefit plans. The ABL Facility contains other representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants that are usual and customary. If certain conditions precedent are satisfied, the ABL facility may be increased by up to an aggregate of $25 million, in minimum increments of $5 million. At March 31, 2025, the Company had a balance of approximately $47.7 million under the ABL Facility with an applicable interest rate of 6.5%. At March 31, 2025, the Company's applicable borrowing base calculation supported access to approximately $114.0 million of the ABL Facility. As of the filing date of this Form 10-K, the Company had borrowings of approximately $34.2 million outstanding under the ABL Facility and the Company's most recent borrowing base calculation provided access to approximately $112.3 million of the ABL Facility.

The Company believes that its current cash position along with cash flows from operations and borrowing capability due to its financial position are adequate to fund its expected cash requirements for the next 12 months.