| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
AIG Shelf Agreement
On October 20, 2021, Henry Schein, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a new $250,000,000 Multicurrency Private Shelf Agreement with AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC and each AIG affiliate (“AIG”) which becomes party thereto (the “AIG Shelf Agreement”). The facility is uncommitted and will, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, allow the Company to issue senior promissory notes to AIG at fixed rate economic terms to be agreed upon at the time of issuance, from time to time during a five year issuance period until October 20, 2026. Subject to the right of the noteholders to receive certain equal and ratable collateral in certain circumstances specified in the facility, these notes will be unsecured. The term of each note issuance will be selected by the Company and will be no longer than 15.5 years. The proceeds of any issuance under the facility will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures, as well as for funding potential acquisitions.
The AIG Shelf Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and affirmative covenants as well as customary negative covenants, subject to negotiated exceptions, on liens, indebtedness (including a covenant which limits consolidated leverage to 3.25 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and certain other adjustments, unless, in connection with an acquisition in excess of a specified threshold, the Company elects to increase the consolidated leverage to 3.75 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and certain other adjustments for the fiscal quarter in which such acquisition occurred), significant corporate changes (including mergers), dispositions and certain restrictive agreements. The AIG Shelf Agreement also contains customary events of default, such as payment defaults, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency, the occurrence of a defined change in control, or the failure to observe the negative covenants and other covenants related to the operation of the Company’s business.
The above description of the AIG Shelf Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual terms of the AIG Shelf Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amended and Restated Private Placement Shelf Facilities
On October 20, 2021, the Company amended and restated its existing (i) Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, by and among the Company, PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”) and each Prudential affiliate which becomes party thereto, (ii) Second Amended and Restated Master Note Facility, dated as of June 29, 2018, by and among the Company, NYL Investors LLC (as successor in interest to New York Life Investment Management LLC) (“New York Life”) and each New York Life affiliate which becomes party thereto (the “New York Life Shelf Agreement”), and (iii) Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Master Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2018, by and among the Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MLIC”), MetLife Investment Management, LLC (as successor in interest to MetLife Investment Advisors Company, LLC) (“MLIAC,” and together with MLIC, “MetLife”) and each MetLife affiliate which becomes party thereto (the “MetLife Shelf Agreement”) (the amendments listed in clauses (i) through (iii) above, collectively, the “Private Shelf Amendments”), to, among other things, (A) in each case, extend the scheduled facility termination dates to October 20, 2026, (B) in each case, update LIBOR replacement provisions to reflect the current market approach for a private shelf facility, (C) increase the maximum available facility amount under the New Yok Life Shelf Agreement to $350,000,000, (D) increase the maximum available facility amount under the MetLife Shelf Agreement to $400,000,000, and (E) in each case, to make certain other changes conforming to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2021, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and other agents party thereto.
The Private Shelf Amendments contain customary representations, warranties and affirmative covenants as well as customary negative covenants, subject to negotiated exceptions, on liens, indebtedness, significant corporate changes (including mergers), dispositions and certain restrictive agreements. The Private Shelf Amendments also contain customary events of default, such as payment defaults, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency, the occurrence of a defined change in control, or the failure to observe the negative covenants and other covenants related to the operation of the Company’s business.
