ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On November 30, 2018, FTI Consulting, Inc. (the FTI Consulting), as borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the
Administrative Agent), the guarantors party thereto, and the lenders and L/C issuers party thereto entered into the amendment and restatement agreement (the Agreement). The Agreement amends and restates the existing revolving
credit agreement entered into by FTI Consulting on June 26, 2015 (the Existing Agreement). The amended and restated credit agreement (the A&R Credit Agreement), attached as Annex C to the Agreement, extends the term
of the Existing Agreement from June 26, 2020 to November 30, 2023 and amends certain financial, investment, restricted payment and debt covenants. The A&R Credit Agreement also amends the incremental facility to permit increases to the
size of the revolving line of credit or the making of new term loans, in each case, up to a maximum of $150.0 million plus unlimited amounts so long as, among other conditions, after giving effect to the applicable increase in the Senior
Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) is not greater than 3.5 to 1.00, Borrowings under the A&R Credit Agreement will be used for working capital, capital expenditures, other general corporate purposes,
permitted acquisitions and other investments.
The obligations of FTI Consulting under the A&R Credit Agreement will continue to be
guaranteed by substantially all of FTI Consultings wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of FTI Consultings and such guarantors assets, pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement, dated as of
June 26, 2015 (reaffirmed as of November 30, 2018, by FTI Consulting and the other grantors party thereto), among FTI Consulting, the other grantors party thereto and the Administrative Agent, and the Pledge Agreement, dated as of
June 26, 2015 (reaffirmed as of November 30, 2018 by FTI Consulting and the other pledgors party thereto), among FTI Consulting, the other pledgors party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
The financial institutions party to the Agreement and the A&R Credit Agreement and their respective affiliates are full service financial
institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage, and other financial
and
non-financial
activities and services. Certain of these financial institutions and their respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of services to FTI Consulting and to
persons and entities with relationships with FTI Consulting, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.
The
foregoing descriptions of the Agreement and A&R Credit Agreement are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such applicable agreement, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and are hereby incorporated herein by reference.