UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 9, 2022 (March 7, 2022)
T Series Middle Market Loan Fund LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 27-0279273
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
1 (212) 761-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On March 7, 2022, T Series Financing SPV LLC (“T Series SPV LLC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of T Series Middle Market Loan Fund LLC (the “Company”) entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (the “Credit and Security Agreement”) with T Series SPV LLC, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”), as the administrative agent for the Lenders, the Company, as the servicer and retention provider, and State Street Bank & Trust Company, as collateral administrator, collateral agent and securities intermediary, pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to T Series SPV LLC in an aggregate principal amount up to $400 million at any one time outstanding, with up to an additional $350 million available pursuant to an accordion feature (the “Barclays Funding Facility”).
The Barclays Funding Facility is a revolving funding facility with a reinvestment period ending March 7, 2025 and a final maturity date of March 7, 2027. Advances under the Barclays Funding Facility are available in US dollars, British Pounds, Euros or Canadian dollars and such advances bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at T Series SPV LLC’s option, either (a) a rate based on Term SOFR, Daily Simple SONIA (or if Daily Simple SONIA is not available the Central Bank Rate), EURIBOR or CDOR, as applicable (or, if such rate is not available, a benchmark replacement) (each as defined in the Credit and Securities Agreement) or (b) a “base rate” (which with respect to US dollars is a rate per annum equal to the greater of a prime rate and the federal funds rate plus 0.50%; with respect to Canadian dollars is a rate per annum equal to the greater of the PRIMCAN Index and CDOR plus 1.0% and with respect to British Pounds and Euros is equal to the annual rate of interest announced from time to time by Barclays (or an affiliate thereof) as being its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on commercial loans made by it in the United Kingdom (with respect to GBP advances) or the Euro Zone (with respect to Euro advances), as applicable). The applicable margin with respect to advances under the Barclays Funding Facility generally ranges between 1.90% and 2.65% (depending on the type of assets such advances relate to).
The obligations of T Series SPV LLC under the Barclays Funding Facility are secured by all of the assets held by T Series SPV LLC (the “Collateral”), including certain corporate loans and corporate debt securities that the Company has originated or acquired, or will originate or acquire, from time to time (the “Portfolio Investments”), to be sold, contributed or otherwise transferred by the Company to T Series SPV LLC pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Contribution Agreement dated as of March 7, 2022 (the “Sale and Contribution Agreement” and, together with the Credit and Security Agreement, the “Agreements”) between the Company and T Series SPV LLC, entered into in connection with the Barclays Funding Facility. Under the Agreements, the Company and T Series SPV LLC, as applicable, have made customary representations and warranties regarding the Portfolio Investments, as well as their businesses, and are required to comply with various covenants, servicing procedures, limitations on disposition of Portfolio Investments, reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar revolving funding facilities. The Credit and Security Agreement includes usual and customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default for revolving funding facilities of this nature.
The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Barclays Funding Facility and is qualified in its entirety by reference to copies of the Credit and Security Agreement and the Sale and Contribution Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1* Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2022, among T Series Financing SPV, L.L.C., the Lenders Party thereto, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Collateral Administrator, Collateral Agent Securities Intermediary, Barclays Bank Plc., as Administrative Agent, and T Series Middle Market Loan Fund LLC, as Servicer
*Exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.
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.
Dated: March 9, 2022
T SERIES MIDDLE MARKET LOAN FUND LLC
By: /s/ Venugopal Rathi
Venugopal Rathi
Chief Financial Officer
