Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 30, 2021, Ingredion Incorporated (the “Company”) entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”), with the lenders parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement replaces the Existing Credit Agreement described in Item 1.02 below, which was terminated.
The Credit Agreement provides for a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion outstanding at any time (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of which up to $25 million is available as swingline loans and up to $50 million as letters of credit. Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility may be advanced in U.S. dollars and, to extent committed by certain of the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility, certain foreign currencies, including euros, pounds sterling and Canadian dollars. The Credit Agreement provides that the Company has the right at any time, subject to customary conditions, to request incremental revolving commitments or one or more new term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of up to $750 million. Subject to specified conditions, up to $500 million of loans under the Revolving Credit Facility may be extended to subsidiaries of the Company that become borrowers under the Credit Agreement. As of the effective date of the Credit Agreement, no loans under the Revolving Credit Facility have been drawn by the Company.
Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility accrue interest at a per annum rate equal, at the Company’s option, to either a London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin, or a base rate (generally determined according to the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate or the specified LIBOR rate plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin. In each case, the applicable margin is determined based on either the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings or a ratio of the Company’s net borrowed indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA (each as defined and computed in accordance with the Credit Agreement) for the most recently completed four-quarter period (the “Leverage Ratio”). The relevant margin with respect to any unused commitment fee, determined based on either the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings or the Leverage Ratio, applies to the unutilized commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. As of the effective date of the Credit Agreement, the applicable margin with respect to LIBOR loans and base rate loans was 1.125% and 0.125%, respectively, and the unused commitment fee was 0.125% per annum. The Credit Agreement contains provisions specifying alternative interest rate calculations to be employed at such time as LIBOR ceases to be available as a benchmark for establishing the interest rate on floating interest rate borrowings. Interest is payable, in the case of loans bearing interest based on LIBOR, at the end of each interest period (but at least once every three months), in arrears, and, in the case of loans bearing interest based on the base rate, quarterly in arrears.
The Credit Agreement incorporates sustainability-linked adjustments to the interest rate. The applicable margin is subject to upward or downward adjustments on an annual basis if the Company achieves, or fails to achieve, certain specified targets based on the Company’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The Revolving Credit Facility matures on June 30, 2026. Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty, subject to customary breakage costs in the case of borrowings for which a LIBOR election is in effect.
The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other matters, specify customary reporting obligations, and that, subject to exceptions, restrict the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries, the incurrence of liens and the consummation of