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): December 31, 2020
B. Riley Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | | 001-37503 | | 27-0223495 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File
Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Telephone: (310) 966-1444
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | RILY | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th interest in a 6.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Share, par value $0.0001 per share) | | RILYP | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th interest in a 7.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Share, par value $0.0001 per share) | | RILYL | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 7.25% Senior Notes due 2027 | | RILYG | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 7.50% Senior Notes due 2027 | | RILYZ | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 7.375% Senior Notes due 2023 | | RILYH | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 6.875% Senior Notes due 2023 | | RILYI | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 6.75% Senior Notes due 2024 | | RILYO | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 6.50% Senior Notes due 2026 | | RILYN | | Nasdaq Global Market |
| 6.375% Senior Notes due 2025 | | RILYM | | Nasdaq Global Market |
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.
As previously disclosed, BRPI Acquisition Co LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BRPAC”), United Online, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“UOL”) and YMax Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“YMax”; and, together with BRPAC and UOL, the “Borrowers”), indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), in the capacity of borrowers, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated December 19, 2018, with the Banc of California, N.A. in the capacity as administrative agent (the “Agent”) and as a lender and with the other lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”). Certain of the Borrowers’ U.S. subsidiaries are guarantors of all obligations under the Credit Agreement and are parties to the Credit Agreement in such capacity (collectively, the “Secured Guarantors”). In addition, the Company and B. Riley Principal Investments, LLC, the parent corporation of BRPAC and a subsidiary of the Company, are guarantors of the obligations under the Credit Agreement pursuant to standalone guaranty agreements pursuant to which the shares of outstanding membership interests of the BRPAC are pledged as collateral.
The credit facilities under the Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder, dated February 1, 2019, consisted of: (a) a term credit facility under which Lenders made Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to the Borrowers in the aggregate original principal amount of USD $80,000,000; and (b) an optional accordion term loan credit facility (the “Optional Loan”) under which one Lender made an Optional Loan to the Borrowers in the aggregate original principal amount of USD $10,000,000.
On December 31, 2020, the Borrowers, the Secured Guarantors, the Agent and the Lenders, entered into the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Lenders agreed to make an new $75,000,000 term loan to the Borrowers, the proceeds of which the Borrowers’ will use to repay the outstanding principal amount of the existing Terms Loans and Optional Loans and for other general corporate purposes, (ii) the Borrowers were permitted to make a one-time Permitted Distribution (as defined in the Second Amendment) in the amount of $30,000,000 on the date of the Second Amendment, (iii) the maturity date of the new Term Loans is five (5) years from the date of the Second Amendment, (iv) the interest rate margin was increased as set forth in the Second Amendment, (v) the Borrowers agreed to make mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans from a portion of the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (vi) the maximum Consolidated Total Funded Debt Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) was increased as set forth in the Second Amendment and (vii) the Company and B. Riley Principal Investments, LLC entered into a reaffirmation of their guarantees of the Borrowers’ obligations under the Credit Agreement. Additionally, the Borrowers paid a commitment fee and an arrangement fee, each based on a percentage of the aggregate commitments, in each case upon the closing of the Second Amendment.
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Second Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
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 under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: January 05, 2021 | B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC. |
| | | |
| | By: | /s/ Phillip J. Ahn |
| | | Name: | Phillip J. Ahn |
| | | Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
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