| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
On November 2, 2018, USD Partners LP (the “Partnership”) and USD Terminals Canada ULC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership, entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “A/R Credit Agreement”) with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders. The A/R Credit Agreement provides for revolving borrowings of up to $385 million, and amends and restates in its entirety the existing senior secured credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”). The A/R Credit Agreement is a four year committed facility that initially matures on November 2, 2022. The A/R Credit Agreement provides the Partnership with the ability to request twoone-year maturity date extensions, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, and allows the Partnership the option to increase the maximum amount of credit available up to a total facility size of $500 million, subject to receiving increased commitments from lenders and satisfaction of certain conditions. Additionally, under the A/R Credit Agreement, the applicable margin we are charged on LIBOR-based borrowings has been reduced by 25 basis points to a range from 2.00% to 3.00%, depending on our Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the A/R Credit Agreement). Further, the A/R Credit Agreement eliminates the ability to borrow in Canadian dollars, but keeps the financial covenants substantially consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement. The A/R Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default for facilities of this type.
The A/R Credit Agreement and any issuances of letters of credit thereunder are available for working capital, capital expenditures, general partnership purposes and to refinance and continue indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement. The A/R Credit Agreement includes an aggregate $20 million sublimit for standby letters of credit and a $20 million sublimit for swingline loans. Obligations under the A/R Credit Agreement are required to be guaranteed by certain of the Partnership’s subsidiaries, which includes all of the Partnership’s existing subsidiaries, and are secured by a first priority lien on the Partnership’s assets and those of the subsidiary guarantors, other than certain excluded assets.
Borrowings under the A/R Credit Agreement bear interest at either a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.00%, or at a rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.00% to 3.00%. In each case, the applicable margin, as well as a commitment fee of 0.375% to 0.50% per annum on unused commitments under the A/R Credit Agreement, will vary based upon the Partnership’s Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio.
The A/R Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of the Partnership and each of its restricted subsidiaries to incur or guarantee debt, incur liens, make investments, make restricted payments, engage in certain business activities, engage in mergers, consolidations and other organizational changes, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets, enter into burdensome agreements or enter into transactions with affiliates on terms that are not arm’s length, in each case, subject to exceptions.
Additionally, the Partnership is required to maintain the following financial ratios, each determined on a quarterly basis for the immediately preceding four quarter period then ended beginning with the period ending September 30, 2018: (a) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (as defined in the A/R Credit Agreement) of at least 2.50 to 1.00; (b) Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the A/R Credit Agreement) of not greater than 4.50 to 1.00 (or 5.00 to 1.00 at any time after the Partnership has issued at least $150 million of certain qualified unsecured notes and for so long as such notes remain outstanding (the “Qualified Notes Requirement”). In addition, upon the consummation of a Specified Acquisition (as defined in the A/R Credit Agreement to cover certain acquisitions with consideration in excess of $25 million), for the fiscal quarter in which the Specified Acquisition is consummated and for two fiscal quarters immediately following such fiscal quarter (the “Specified Acquisition Period”), if timely elected by us by written notice to the Administrative Agent, the maximum permitted Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be increased to 5.00 to 1.00 (or 5.50 to 1.00 while the Partnership has met the Qualified Notes Requirement); and (c) while the Partnership has met the Qualified Notes Requirement, a Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 (or 4.00 to 1.00 during a Specified Acquisition Period).
The A/R Credit Agreement generally prohibits the Partnership from making cash distributions (subject to exceptions as set forth in the A/R Credit Agreement). However, so long as no default exists or would be caused by making a cash distribution, the Partnership may make cash distributions to its unitholders up to the amount of its Available Cash (as defined in the Partnership’s partnership agreement).
