Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On June 24, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), GPM Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GPM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARKO Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into (i) a Second Amended, Restated and Consolidated Credit Agreement, by and among GPM, certain of its subsidiaries as co-borrowers and M&T Bank (the “M&T Credit Agreement Amendment”) and (ii) a Second Amended and Restated Master Covenant Agreement, by and between GPM and M&T Bank (the “M&T Master Covenant Agreement Amendment” and together with the M&T Credit Agreement Amendment, the “M&T Amendments”).
The M&T Credit Agreement Amendment amended and restated in its entirety that certain Amended and Restated Consolidated Credit Agreement, dated December 21, 2016, as amended, by and among GPM, M&T Bank and the other parties thereto and (i) added a three-year $20.0 million line of credit for purchases of equipment, which line may be borrowed in tranches, as described below, and (ii) increased the aggregate principal amount of real estate loans thereunder to $35.0 million (the “New Term Loan”) from approximately $23.2 million outstanding as of the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, GPM refinanced the entirety of the existing $23.2 million of real estate loans, of which $20.0 million was due to mature in December 2021, using the proceeds from the New Term Loan, which GPM drew in its entirety, resulting in approximately $10.7 million in net proceeds to GPM after paying costs and expenses. On the Closing Date, approximately $2.5 million of outstanding equipment loans from M&T Bank were converted to become a part of the $20.0 million line of credit, of which approximately $17.5 million remained available as of the Closing Date.
Additionally, the real estate loans, which were originally at fixed interest rates ranging from 3.06% to 5.06% were converted to floating rate loans at LIBOR plus 3.00%, and the fixed interest rate on the currently outstanding equipment loan increased from 3.55% to 3.58%. The real estate loan matures in June 2026 and is payable in monthly installments based on a fifteen-year amortization schedule, with the balance of the loan payable at maturity. The M&T Credit Agreement Amendment provides that each additional equipment loan tranche will have a three-year term, payable in level monthly payments of principal plus interest, and will accrue a fixed rate of interest equal to M&T Bank’s three-year cost of funds as of the applicable date of such tranche, plus 3.00%. The real estate loans and equipment loans are both secured by the real property and equipment acquired with the proceeds of such loans. The M&T Credit Agreement Amendment contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including that the borrowers do not encumber the collateral subject to the applicable loans under the M&T Credit Agreement Amendment.
The M&T Master Covenant Agreement Amendment amended and restated the covenants contained in the Amended and Restated M&T Master Covenant Agreement dated November 5, 2020, as amended, in each case in respect of the loans under the M&T Credit Agreement Amendment.