to be tested at the end of each fiscal quarter, in each case with respect to Borrowers and Parent. In addition, the Term Loan Agreement includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which may require that the Borrowers pay an additional 3.0% interest on the Term Loan. The Term Loan Agreement includes a passive holding company covenant with respect to Parent.
The foregoing descriptions are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of each of the Term Loan Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 10.1 – 10.2, respectively.
Vitamin Shoppe ABL Revolver
On December 16, 2019, the Borrowers and Parent entered into a Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “ABL Agreement”) with the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “ABL Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent (“ABL Agent”). The ABL Agreement provides for a senior secured revolving loan facility (the “ABL Revolver”) with commitments available to the Borrowers of the lesser of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) a specified borrowing base based on the Borrowers’ eligible credit card receivables, accounts and inventory, less certain reserves, and as to each of clauses (i) and (ii), less a $10.0 million availability block. The Borrowers borrowed $70.0 million on December 16, 2019, the proceeds of which were used to consummate the Merger and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Merger and the ABL Revolver. The ABL Agreement amended and restated the existing Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Existing ABL Agreement”), dated as of January 20, 2011, among the Borrowers, the lenders party thereto and the ABL Agent.
Each Borrower’s obligations under the ABL Agreement are guaranteed by Parent and each other Borrower pursuant to an Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement (the “ABL Guaranty”), dated December 16, 2019, among the Borrowers, Parent and the ABL Agent. The obligations of the Borrowers under the ABL Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers and Parent pursuant to the ABL Agreement and a Second Amended and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement (the “ABL Pledge”), dated December 16, 2019, among the Borrowers, Parent and the ABL Agent. The ABL Guaranty and ABL Pledge amend and restate certain existing guaranty agreements and stock pledge agreements relating to the Existing ABL Agreement. The Intercreditor Agreement sets forth the relative priorities of the security interests granted with respect to the ABL Revolver and those granted with respect to the Term Loan. The security interest granted to the ABL Agent (for itself and the ABL Lenders) is senior that that granted to the Term Loan Agent (for itself and the Term Loan Lenders) with respect to, among other assets, accounts, inventory and deposit accounts.
The ABL Revolver will mature on December 16, 2022, unless the maturity is accelerated subject to the terms set forth in the ABL Agreement. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver will, at the option of Vitamin Shoppe Industries, bear interest at either (i) a rate per annum based on LIBOR for an interest period of one, two, three or six months, plus an interest rate margin that ranges from 1.25% to 1.75%, depending on excess availability (a “LIBOR Loan”), with a 0.0% LIBOR floor, or (ii) an alternate base rate determined as provided in the ABL Agreement, plus an interest rate margin that ranges from 0.25% to 0.75%, depending on excess availability (an “ABR Loan”), with a 1.0% alternate base rate floor. Interest on LIBOR Loans is payable in arrears at the end of each applicable interest period (and, with respect to asix-month interest period, three months after commencement of the interest period), and interest on ABR Loans is payable in arrears on the first business day of each calendar quarter.
Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrowers are required to repay borrowings under the ABL Revolver with the net cash proceeds of certain customary events (subject to certain customary reinvestment rights). Further, if the outstanding principal amount of the borrowings under the ABL Revolver at any time exceeds the lesser of $100.0 million and the borrowing base, less, in each case, a $10.0 million availability block, the Borrowers must prepay any such excess.
The ABL Agreement and ABL Pledge include customary affirmative and negative covenants binding on the Borrowers and Parent, including delivery of financial statements, borrowing base certificates and other reports. The negative covenants limit the ability of the Borrowers and Parent, among other things, to incur debt, incur liens, make investments, sell assets, pay dividends on its capital stock and enter into transactions with affiliates. In addition, the ABL Agreement includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which may require that the Borrowers to pay an additional 2.0% interest on the borrowings under the ABL Revolver. The ABL Agreement includes a passive holding company covenant with respect to Parent.