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
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 7, 2021
JOANN Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | | 001-40204 | | 46-1095540 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (330) 656-2600
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class | | Trading Symbol | | Name of Each Exchange on which Registered |
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | | JOAN | | The Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 7, 2021, Jo-Ann Stores, LLC (“Jo-Ann”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of JOANN Inc. (the “Company”), entered into the Amendment No. 2 (“Second Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2016 (as previously amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Second Amendment (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) and as further amended by the Second Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among Jo-Ann, as borrower, Needle Holdings LLC and the other guarantor parties from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and lender.
The Second Amendment, among other things, (i) provides for a new $675 million incremental first-lien term loan credit facility with a maturity date of July 7, 2028, to be used to refinance the Company’s outstanding first-lien term loan due October 2023, as well as to reduce amounts borrowed under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility, and pay related fees and expenses, (ii) reduces the applicable interest rates for Eurodollar rate loans and base rate loans from 5.00% and 4.00% to 4.75% and 3.75%, respectively, and (iii) reduces the LIBOR floor from 1.00% to 0.75%.
Other than the changes described above, market related updates and certain other updates favorable to Jo-Ann, all other material provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement remain unchanged.
Certain of the lenders party to the Amended Credit Agreement, and their respective affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform for the Company and its subsidiaries, various commercial banking, investment banking, underwriting and other financial advisory services, for which they have received, or may receive, customary fees and expense reimbursements.
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information described in Item 1.01 above relating to the Second Amendment is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number | | Description |
10.1 | | Amendment No. 2, dated July 7, 2021, among Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, as borrower, Needle Holdings LLC and the other guarantor parties from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and lender |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
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.
| | JOANN Inc. |
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Dated: July 8, 2021 | | By: | /s/ Matt Susz |
| | Name: | Matt Susz |
| | Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
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