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
December 3, 2019
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Planet Fitness, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-37534 | | 38-3942097 |
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4 Liberty Lane West
Hampton, NH 03842
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (603) 750-0001
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Class A common stock, $0.0001 Par Value | PLNT | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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This current report is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Planet Fitness, Inc. (the “Company”) or any subsidiary of the Company.
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
General
On December 3, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, a limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote, indirect subsidiary of the Company (the “Master Issuer”), completed its previously announced financing transaction, pursuant to which it issued $550 million Series 2019-1 3.858% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2 with an anticipated term of 10 years (the “2019 Notes”) in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The 2019 Notes were issued in a securitization transaction pursuant to which substantially all of the Company’s revenue-generating assets in the United States are held by the Master Issuer and certain other limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote, wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Master Issuer that act as Guarantors of the 2019 Notes and that have pledged substantially all of their assets to secure the 2019 Notes.
The 2019 Notes were issued under a Base Indenture dated as of August 1, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), and the related supplemental indenture dated as of the Closing Date (the “Series 2019-1 Supplement”, and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), each between the Master Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and securities intermediary. The Indenture allows the Master Issuer to issue additional series of notes in the future subject to certain conditions.
The 2019 Notes
While the 2019 Notes are outstanding, payments of principal and interest are required to be made on the 2019 Notes on a quarterly basis. The quarterly payments of principal on the 2019 Notes may be suspended in the event that the leverage ratio for the Company and its subsidiaries, including the securitization entities, is, in each case, less than or equal to 5.00x.
The legal final maturity date of the 2019 Notes is in December of 2049, but it is anticipated that, unless earlier prepaid to the extent permitted under the Indenture, the 2019 Notes will be repaid in December of 2029. If the Master Issuer has not repaid or refinanced the 2019 Notes prior to the anticipated repayment date, additional interest will accrue on the 2019 Notes equal to the greater of (A) 5.00% per annum and (B) a per annum interest rate equal to the amount, if any, by which the sum of (i) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a quarterly bond equivalent basis) on such anticipated repayment date of the United States Treasury Security having a term closest to 10 years plus (ii) 5.00%, plus (iii) 2.25% exceeds the original interest rate.
The 2019 Notes are secured by the collateral described below under “Guarantees and Collateral.”
Guarantees and Collateral
Pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of August 1, 2018 (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) among Planet Fitness SPV Guarantor LLC, Planet Fitness Franchising LLC, Planet Fitness Assetco LLC and Planet Fitness Distribution LLC, each as a guarantor of the 2019 Notes (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the Trustee, the Guarantors guarantee the obligations of the Master Issuer under the Indenture and related documents and have secured the guarantee by granting a security interest in substantially all of their assets.
The 2019 Notes are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Master Issuer and the Guarantors (collectively, the “Securitization Entities”). The assets of the Securitization Entities (the “Securitized Assets”) include substantially all of the Company’s revenue-generating assets in the United States, which principally consist of franchise-related agreements, certain corporate-owned store assets, equipment supply agreements and intellectual property and license agreements for the use of intellectual property. The pledge and collateral arrangements for the Master Issuer are included in the Base Indenture.
The 2019 Notes are obligations only of the Master Issuer pursuant to the Indenture and are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Guarantors pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Except as described below, neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company, other than the Securitization Entities, will guarantee or in any way be liable for the obligations of the Master Issuer under the Indenture or the 2019 Notes.
Management of the Securitized Assets
None of the Securitization Entities has employees. Each of the Securitization Entities entered into a Management Agreement dated as of August 1, 2018 (the “Management Agreement”), among the Securitization Entities, Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC, as manager, and the Trustee.
Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC acts as the manager with respect to the Securitized Assets. The primary responsibilities of the manager are to perform certain franchising, distribution, intellectual property, operation of corporate-owned stores and other operational functions on behalf of the Securitization Entities with respect to the Securitized Assets pursuant to the Management Agreement. The manager is entitled to the payment of a regular management fee, as set forth in the Management Agreement,
which includes reimbursement of certain expenses, and is subject to the liabilities set forth in the Management Agreement.
The manager manages and administers the Securitized Assets in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in the Management Agreement, the management standard set forth in the Management Agreement. Subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Management Agreement, the Management Agreement does not require the manager to expend or risk its funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers under the Management Agreement if the manager has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it.
Subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Management Agreement, the manager will indemnify each Securitization Entity, the trustee and certain other parties, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, for all claims, penalties, fines, forfeitures, losses, legal fees and related costs and judgments and other costs, fees and reasonable expenses that any of them may incur as a result of (a) the failure of the manager to perform its obligations under the Management Agreement, (b) the breach by the manager of any representation or warranty under the Management Agreement or (c) the manager’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
Covenants and Restrictions
The 2019 Notes are subject to a series of covenants and restrictions customary for transactions of this type, including (i) that the Master Issuer maintains specified reserve accounts to be used to make required payments in respect of the 2019 Notes, (ii) provisions relating to optional and mandatory prepayments and the related payment of specified amounts, including specified make-whole payments in the case of the 2019 Notes under certain circumstances, (iii) certain indemnification payments in the event, among other things, the transfers of the assets pledged as collateral for the 2019 Notes are in stated ways defective or ineffective and (iv) covenants relating to recordkeeping, access to information and similar matters. The 2019 Notes are also subject to customary rapid amortization events provided for in the Indenture, including events tied to failure to maintain a stated debt service coverage ratio, the sum of system-wide sales being below certain levels on certain measurement dates, certain manager termination events (including in certain cases a change of control of Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC), an event of default and the failure to repay or refinance the 2019 Notes on the applicable anticipated repayment date. The 2019 Notes are also subject to certain customary events of default, including events relating to non-payment of required interest, principal or other amounts due on or with respect to the 2019 Notes, failure to comply with covenants within certain time frames, certain bankruptcy events, breaches of specified representations and warranties, failure of security interests to be effective and certain judgments.
The foregoing summaries do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the complete copies of the Base Indenture, dated August 1, 2018, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 1, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of the Closing Date, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated August 1, 2018, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 1, 2018, and the Management Agreement, dated August 1, 2018, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 1, 2018, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Interested parties should read the documents in their entirety.
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| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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The descriptions in Item 1.01 are incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the completion of the securitized financing transaction, the Company issued a press release on the Closing Date, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| Exhibit No. | | Description |
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| 104 | | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101) |
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.
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| PLANET FITNESS, INC. |
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| By: | | /s/ Dorvin Lively |
Name: Title: | | Dorvin Lively President and Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: December 3, 2019
