UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): October 4, 2012
LVB ACQUISITION, INC.
BIOMET, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Delaware Indiana | 000-54505 001-15601 | 26-0499682 35-1418342 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation ) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
56 East Bell Drive
Warsaw, Indiana 46582
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(574) 267-6639
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Joinder Agreement
On October 4, 2012, LVB Acquisition, Inc. (“LVB”), Biomet, Inc. (“Biomet”) and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a joinder agreement (the “Joinder”) with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, each lender from time to time party thereto and each of the other parties identified as an “Extending Term Lender” on the signature pages thereto. The Joinder was entered into pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2007, as amended and restated by that certain Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of August 2, 2012 (the “Amendment”), by and among Biomet, LVB, certain subsidiaries of Biomet, Bank of America, N.A. and each lender from time to time party thereto. The Amendment, among other things, provides Biomet with the ability to request an extension of the scheduled maturity dates of its existing term loans in one or more series of tranches.
By entering into the Joinder, the joining lenders party thereto have agreed to extend the maturity of (i) approximately $392.7 million of Biomet’s U.S. dollar-denominated term loans and (ii) approximately €32.9 million of Biomet’s euro-denominated term loans, to July 25, 2017. The term loans extended pursuant to the Joinder are on terms identical to the terms loans that were extended pursuant to the Amendment. The remaining term loans of the lenders who have not elected to extend their loans will continue to mature on March 25, 2015.
In addition, Biomet is required to pay an extension fee of 0.15% of the aggregate amount of each extending lender’s respective term loans as the effective date of the Joinder.
The foregoing description of the Joinder is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference to this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Joinder to Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of October 4, 2012, among Biomet, Inc., LVB Acquisition, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., each lender from time to time party thereto and each of the other parties identified as an “Extending Term Lender” on the signature pages thereto. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this Report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LVB ACQUISITION, INC. | ||||||
| Date: October 9, 2012 | By: | /s/ Daniel P. Florin | ||||
| Name: | Daniel P. Florin | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| BIOMET, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Daniel P. Florin | |||||
| Name: | Daniel P. Florin | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||