Patent Cross-License Agreement
We entered into the Patent Cross-License Agreement with Honeywell, pursuant to which we granted to Honeywell, and Honeywell granted to us, a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to certain patents that have historically been part of Honeywell’s Home and Building Technologies business. In addition, Honeywell granted us a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to certain other patents that are currently practiced by us. Any future exclusive licenses or transfers of our and Honeywell’s patents will be subject to the licenses granted under the Patent Cross-License Agreement. The licenses will be transferable in connection with certain future transactions, subject to certain customary limitations. We also agreed with Honeywell on cooperation in connection with patent enforcement.
Senior Notes Offering
On October 19, 2018, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Resideo Funding Inc. (the “Issuer”), successfully completed the previously announced offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 6.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes and related guarantees were offered to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certainnon-U.S. persons in transactions outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and related guarantees will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated October 19, 2018 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Company, the other Guarantors named therein (as defined below), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes are expected to be used by the Company, together with borrowings under its new senior secured credit facilities, (i) to repay intercompany indebtedness to Honeywell or a subsidiary of Honeywell of approximately $1.2 billion, and (ii) to pay fees, costs and expenses related to the new senior secured credit facilities and the Notes offering. The proceeds from the Notes offering will be held in escrow until satisfaction of certain conditions precedent set forth in the escrow agreement.
Notes Guarantees
The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and, from and after the escrow release date, will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by the Company and each of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries that will guarantee the new senior secured credit facilities (collectively, the “Guarantors”).
Maturity and Interest Payments
The Notes mature on November 1, 2026. Interest on the Notes accrues at 6.125% per annum and will be paid semi-annually, in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on May 1, 2019.
Redemption
Prior to November 1, 2021, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, plus the applicable “make-whole” premium set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after November 1, 2021 at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer may, at its option, also redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes prior to November 1, 2021 in an amount equal to the net proceeds from certain equity offerings at the redemption price equal to 106.125% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
Certain Covenants
The Indenture limits the Company and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur, assume or guarantee debt or issue certain disqualified equity interests and preferred shares; pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of capital stock and make other restricted payments and investments; sell or transfer certain assets; create liens on assets to secure debt unless the Notes are secured equally and ratably; enter into certain transactions with their affiliates; restrict dividends and other payments by certain of their subsidiaries; and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets. These covenants are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions.
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