Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
A/R Securitization Facility
On June 24, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a $150 million accounts receivable securitization facility (the “A/R Securitization Facility”) to provide additional liquidity and funding for the ongoing business needs of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The documentation for the A/R Securitization Facility includes (i) a Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), by and among Harsco Receivables LLC, a wholly-owned bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of the Company (“Seller”), the Company, the persons from time to time party thereto as purchasers (“Purchasers”), PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”), as administrative agent (“Administrative Agent”), and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as structuring agent (“Structuring Agent”) and (ii) a Purchase and Contribution Agreement (the “Purchase and Contribution Agreement”). The A/R Securitization Facility will terminate on June 24, 2025 unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms.
In connection with the A/R Securitization Facility, the Company and certain wholly-owned direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Company, as originators (the “Originators”), have sold and/or contributed, and will continue to sell and/or contribute, all of their accounts receivable (other than certain excluded receivables) and certain related assets (collectively, “Receivables”) to Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Contribution Agreement. Pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Seller may, from time to time, in turn sell Receivables, to the Purchasers, in exchange for cash proceeds.
Seller will pay the Base Rate, Daily BSBY Floating Rate or BSBY Rate (each as defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement) with respect to the investments made by the Purchasers under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller will also pay certain customary fees under the Receivables Purchase Agreement on a monthly basis.
The Company will be responsible for initial servicing and collection of the Receivables, and provide a customary guaranty of performance of the respective obligations of Originators to the Administrative Agent, Purchasers, and the other secured parties under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. However, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s other subsidiaries is guaranteeing the payment of Seller’s obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, or the creditworthiness of the obligors thereunder.
The Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement contain certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, indemnification provisions, and events of default, including those providing for the acceleration of amounts owed by Seller to Purchasers under the Receivables Purchase Agreement upon the occurrence of certain events.
The foregoing descriptions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full and complete terms of the agreements. Copies of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Contribution Agreement are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.
PNC serves as a lender and a letter of credit issuing bank under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of November 2, 2016 (as the same has been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date, and as further amended by Amendment No. 10) among the Company, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the lenders party thereto. In addition, PNC serves