Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 7, 2025, Hanesbrands Inc. (the “Company”), as the borrower, entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), with a syndicate of various financial institutions and other persons from time to time party thereto as lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent and the collateral agent.
The Credit Agreement provides for a $750.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility maturing March 7, 2030 (the “Revolving Loan Facility”), a $400.0 million senior secured term loan A facility maturing March 7, 2030 (the “Term Loan A Facility”), and a $1.1 billion senior secured term loan B facility maturing March 7, 2032 (the “Term Loan B Facility” and, together with the Revolving Loan Facility and the Term Loan A Facility, the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”).
The net proceeds from the Term Loan A Facility and the Term Loan B Facility, together with cash on hand, are being used to redeem all of the Company’s outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due 2026, to refinance the Company’s existing senior secured credit facilities, and to pay related fees and expenses. The proceeds of the Revolving Loan Facility will be used for general corporate purposes and working capital needs.
The issue price of the Term Loan B Facility is equal to 99.75% of the aggregate principal amount thereof. Borrowings under the Term Loan B Facility will bear interest based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus an applicable margin of 2.75%.
Borrowings under the Revolving Loan Facility and the Term Loan A Facility will bear interest based on SOFR or the “base rate,” in each case, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for the Revolving Loan Facility and the Term Loan A Facility will initially be 2.00% in the case of SOFR-based loans and 1.00% in the case of base rate loans. Thereafter, such applicable margin is determined by reference to a pricing grid set forth in the Credit Agreement based on the Company’s Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio, ranging from a maximum of 2.00% in the case of SOFR-based loans and 1.00% in the case of base rate loans to a minimum of 1.25% in the case of SOFR-based loans and 0.25% in the case of base rate loans. In addition, the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility will be subject to a commitment fee, also determined by reference to the pricing grid, and ranging from a maximum of 0.30% to a minimum of 0.175%, based upon the Company’s then applicable Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio.
Under the Revolving Loan Facility, up to $112.5 million of availability may be drawn in the form of letters of credit and up to $37.5 million of availability may be drawn in the form of swing line loans. The Senior Secured Credit Facility also includes an incremental facility whereby the Company may establish one or more new term loans or revolving commitments, or increase the existing term loans or revolving commitments, so long as certain conditions are satisfied, including, among others, that no default or event of default is in existence and the Company is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth below.
The Credit Agreement contains representations, covenants and events of default that are customary for financing transactions of this nature. Events of default in the Credit Agreement include, among others: (a) the failure to pay when due the obligations owing thereunder, (b) the failure to perform (and not timely remedy, if applicable) certain covenants; (c) certain defaults and accelerations under other indebtedness; (d) the occurrence of bankruptcy or insolvency events; (e) certain judgments against the Company or any of its restricted subsidiaries; (f) any representation, warranty or statement made thereunder or under the ancillary loan documents and certain certificates being subsequently proven to be untrue in any material respect and such inaccuracy is adverse to the lenders; and (g) the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the lenders may terminate the loan commitments, accelerate all loans and exercise any of their rights under the Credit Agreement and the ancillary loan documents.
The Credit Agreement contains financial covenants testing the Company’s Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio and Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio (each as defined in the Credit Agreement). The maximum Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio financial covenant requires that the Company maintain a Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio of no greater than 5.00:1.00 for the quarters ending on or about March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, stepping down to no greater than 4.50:1.00 for each quarter thereafter; provided that, at the Company’s option, such Consolidated Net Total Leverage Ratio may be increased to 4.75:1.00 for any period of up to four consecutive fiscal quarters following certain acquisitions, subject to certain conditions. The minimum Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio financial covenant requires that the Company maintain a Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio of no less than 2.00:1.00 for the quarters ending on or about March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, stepping down to 2.25:1.00 for each quarter thereafter. The financial covenants are tested with respect to the Revolving Loan Facility and the Term Loan A Facility, but not the Term Loan B Facility.