Exit Credit Agreement Amendment
On December 6, 2024, the Company and lenders representing $1,035.3 million aggregate principal amount, or approximately 98.6%, of the outstanding term loans under the Exit Facility executed an amendment (the “Exit Credit Agreement Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2023, among the Company, certain financial institutions party thereto, as lenders, GLAS USA LLC, as administrative agent, and GLAS Americas LLC, as collateral agent (the “Exit Credit Agreement”), to, among other things, permit the issuance of the Notes, permit the incurrence of the debt under the New Credit Agreement, permit the pledge of liens in connection with the foregoing and entry into an intercreditor arrangement in relation thereto, and remove most affirmative and negative covenants and certain events of default from the Exit Credit Agreement. The lenders that executed the Exit Credit Agreement Amendment agreed to submit return bids to sell their term loans under the Exit Facility pursuant to the Dutch Auction. The amendments set forth in the Exit Credit Agreement Amendment will become effective substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Notes Offering and the purchase of the term loans pursuant to the Dutch Auction.
New Credit Agreement
On or about the closing of the Notes Offering, the Company expects to enter into a new credit agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”), with certain financial institutions, as lenders, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent and collateral agent, providing for, among other things, a new $310.0 million revolving credit facility maturing in December 2029 (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”). The closing of the Notes Offering is conditioned on the closing of the New Credit Agreement, and the closing of the New Credit Agreement is conditioned on the closing of the Notes Offering. The completion of the New Credit Agreement is subject to market and other conditions and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the New Credit Agreement may be completed, if at all.
In connection with the closing of the Notes Offering and the entry into the New Credit Agreement, the Company intends to terminate the commitments under and discharge and release all guarantees and liens existing in connection with the Existing Revolving Credit Facility. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a notice of repayment for the amounts outstanding under the Exit Facility or the Existing Revolving Credit Facility.
The Notes Offering, the Dutch Auction, the entry into the Exit Credit Agreement Amendment and the New Credit Agreement, and the expected use of the net proceeds of the Notes Offering, together with the borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility and cash on hand, as described above, are referred to, collectively, as the “Refinancing Transactions.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains statements that are not historical information and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Refinancing Transactions and the Company’s intended use of proceeds of the Notes Offering.
Statements can generally be identified as forward looking because they include words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “estimates,” “potential,” “target,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” and variations thereof or “could,” “should” or words of similar meaning. Statements that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements, which reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Although the Company believes that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions regarding, among other things, the economy, its knowledge of its business, and key performance indicators that impact the Company, these forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Some of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
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the Company’s ability to consummate the Notes Offering and the other Refinancing Transactions; |