Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 15, 2019, Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC (the “Borrower”), a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ADT Inc. (“ADT”), entered into that certain Amendment Agreement No. 8 (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”) by and among the Borrower, as borrower, Prime Security Services Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of ADT (“Holdings”), certain of the Borrower’s subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the other parties party thereto, which upon its effectiveness will amend and restate that certain Seventh Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2015, as amended and restated on May 2, 2016, June 23, 2016, December 28, 2016, February 13, 2017, June 29, 2017, March 16, 2018 and December 3, 2018 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and other parties named therein (as amended and restated by the Credit Agreement Amendment, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”).
Upon its effectiveness, the Credit Agreement Amendment will amend the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (a) increase the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio (as defined therein) for the incurrence of pari passu indebtedness to 3.20 to 1.00 (from 2.35 to 1.00), (b) provide for $300 million of additional incremental capacity, (c) increase the borrowing capacity under the first lien revolving credit facility by an addition $50 million, which will replace the revolving credit commitments under the Mizuho Agreement (as defined below) and (d) make several other changes to provide the Borrower with additional flexibility tode-lever its balance sheet and opportunistically refinance existing indebtedness.
The effectiveness of the Credit Agreement Amendment and the closing of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are subject to market and other conditions, including the prepayment of $500 million principal amount of term loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, and may be delayed or may not occur as described or at all.
Upon the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement Amendment, the Borrower shall terminate that certain revolving credit agreement, dated February 15, 2019, by and among the Borrower, as borrower, Holdings, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, as administrative agent (the “Mizuho Agreement”).
The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement Amendment and the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement Amendment and the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Notes Offerings
On March 18, 2019, the Company announced that the Borrower and Prime Finance Inc. (the “Issuers”), its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, are offering (i) $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), (ii) $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes” and, together with the 2024 Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”) in a private transaction pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “Secured Offering”) and (iii) $1,250.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes” and, together with the Senior Secured Notes, the “Notes”), in private transactions pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act (the “Unsecured Offering and, together with the Secured Offering, the “Offerings”). The Offerings are subject to market and other conditions, may be delayed or may not occur as described or at all.
A copy of the press release announcing the Offerings is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Tender Offer
Also on March 18, 2019, the Issuers commenced a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to $2,246.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 9.250% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “Prime Notes”).
The purchase in the Tender Offer of up to $1,000.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Prime Notes (the “First Amount”) is conditioned upon the completion by the Issuers of the Secured Offering on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Issuers (the “First Condition”). In addition, the purchase in the Tender Offer of up to $1,246.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Prime Notes (the “Second Amount”) is conditioned upon the completion by the Issuers of the Unsecured Offering on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Issuers (the “Second Condition” and, together with the First Condition, the “Conditions”).