Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Short-Term Facility
On July 16, 2024, Quanta Services, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a senior unsecured credit agreement (the “Short-Term Credit Agreement”) among the Company, as Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Short-Term Credit Agreement provides for a 90-day term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $400.0 million (the “Short-Term Facility”) and matures on October 14, 2024.
On July 16, 2024, the Company borrowed the full amount available under the Short-Term Facility and used all of such proceeds to finance a portion of the cash consideration paid by the Company for the acquisition of Cupertino Electric, Inc. (“CEI”) (as described in further detail below in this Item 1.01) and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Pursuant to the Short-Term Credit Agreement, amounts borrowed under the Short-Term Facility will bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a rate equal to either (a) Term SOFR (as defined in the Short-Term Credit Agreement) plus 1.375% or (b) the Base Rate (as defined below) plus 0.375%. The Base Rate equals the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate (as defined in the Short-Term Credit Agreement) plus 0.50%, (ii) Bank of America, N.A.’s prime rate, (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00% and (iv) 1.00%. The Company may voluntarily prepay borrowings under the Short-Term Facility from time to time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
The Short-Term Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants and customary events of default. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Short-Term Credit Agreement) occurs and is continuing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Short-Term Credit Agreement, amounts outstanding under the Short-Term Credit Agreement may be accelerated and may become or be declared immediately due and payable.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., which acted as Arrangers (as defined in the Short-Term Credit Agreement) for the Short-Term Credit Agreement, have provided financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company and its subsidiaries for which they have received customary fees.
The foregoing description of the Short-Term Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Short-Term Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On July 17, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Quanta Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), CEI, Fortis Advisors LLC, as Securityholder Representative, and solely for the purposes of certain sections specified in the Merger Agreement, the Designated Company Shareholders and the Designated Company SAR Holders (each as defined in the Merger Agreement). Also on July 17, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of CEI. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into CEI (the “Acquisition”), with CEI surviving the Acquisition as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. CEI provides electrical infrastructure solutions, including engineering, procurement, project management, construction and modularization services, to customers in the technology, renewable energy and infrastructure and commercial industries across the United States.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as a result of the Acquisition and except as otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement, (i) all of the equity interests of CEI outstanding in the name of CEI’s equityholders immediately prior to the effective time of the Acquisition were cancelled and converted into the right to receive payment of the Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement), which included a combination of cash and shares of common stock of the Company as described further below in this Item 1.01, and (ii) each outstanding award under the equity incentive plans of CEI were converted into the right to receive certain amounts as set forth in the Merger Agreement.
The Estimated Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement) is $1.505 billion, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, $225.75 million (such agreed value as of the execution of the Merger Agreement) of the Estimated Merger Consideration was paid in the