Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Credit Agreement
On March 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Owens Corning (the “Company”), as borrower, entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with various financial institutions, as lenders, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement amends and restates the Company’s existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2021, as amended, among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, to, among other things, increase the revolving commitments under the Senior Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) by $200.0 million.
The Credit Agreement provides for a senior revolving credit facility (the “Senior Revolving Credit Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion, including borrowings and letters of credit available in U.S. dollars, Euro, Sterling, Swiss Francs and Canadian dollars.
Interest on outstanding loans under the Senior Revolving Credit Facility accrues at a per annum rate equal to (i) an applicable margin plus (ii) (a) with respect to U.S. dollar denominated loans, at the Company’s option, either Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (b) with respect to Euro denominated loans, the Eurocurrency Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (c) with respect to Sterling denominated loans, SONIA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (d) with respect to Swiss Franc denominated loans, SARON (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and (e) with respect to Canadian dollar denominated loans, Adjusted Term CORRA (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The applicable margin is based on the then-applicable debt ratings of the Company and ranges between 0.805% to 1.225% (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement), 0.00% to 0.225%). The Credit Agreement includes provisions to address the unavailability of any interest rate benchmark.
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, events of default and covenants, including, among other things, covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries limiting priority indebtedness, liens and substantial asset sales and mergers, and a leverage ratio financial covenant. The Company’s subsidiaries are not required to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement unless certain conditions precedent are met that do not exist at this time.
The Senior Revolving Credit Facility matures on the earlier of March 1, 2029, the date of acceleration pursuant to its terms, or the date the commitments thereunder are terminated pursuant to the terms thereof.
The lenders under the Credit Agreement and their affiliates have provided investment banking, financial advisory and other services to the Company for customary fees and reimbursement of expenses, and those lenders may, from time to time, continue to do so. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Credit Agreement are made solely for purposes of the Credit Agreement and are solely for the benefit of the parties thereto.
A/R Facility
On the Effective Date, the Company amended and restated its trade receivables securitization program (the “A/R Facility”) to, among other things, increase the A/R Facility limit from $280.0 million to $300.0 million, extend the scheduled maturity date from April 26, 2024 to February 28, 2025 and add certain subsidiaries of the Company as Originators (as defined below).
In connection with the A/R Facility, certain subsidiaries of the Company (the “Originators”) will, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2024 (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”), among the Originators and Owens Corning Receivables LLC, a special purpose vehicle and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “SPV”), sell and/or contribute their existing and future accounts receivable and certain related assets to the SPV. The SPV may, from time to time, pursuant to a Third Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2024 (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), by and among the SPV, Owens Corning Sales, LLC (the “Servicer”), certain purchasers from time to time party thereto (the “Purchasers”), certain purchaser agents from time to time party thereto, certain LC Banks (as defined in the