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): September 4, 2019 (August 28, 2019)
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware | | 01-13697 | | 52-1604305 |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
160 South Industrial Blvd.
Calhoun, Georgia 30701
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(706) 629-7721
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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, $.01 par value | | MHK | | New York Stock Exchange |
Floating Rate Notes due 2019 | | | | New York Stock Exchange |
Floating Rate Notes due 2020 | | | | New York Stock Exchange |
2.000% Senior Notes due 2022 | | | | New York Stock Exchange |
| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 4, 2019, Mohawk Capital Finance S.A. (“Mohawk Finance”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Mohawk Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) that provides financing for the Company through the issuance of debt securities, completed a public offering of €300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to the Company’s and Mohawk Finance’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (File Nos. 333-219716 and 333-219716-02) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2017, a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 28, 2019, and a prospectus supplement, dated August 28, 2019, related to the offering of the Notes, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of Mohawk Finance and will rank equally in right of payment with all of Mohawk Finance’s other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The Notes are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company on a senior unsecured basis (the “Guarantee” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”).
In connection with the offering of the Notes, Mohawk Finance and the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 28, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between Mohawk Finance, the Company and Barclays Bank PLC (the “Underwriter”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, Mohawk Finance agreed to sell the Notes to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agreed to purchase the Notes for resale to the public. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions whereby the Company and Mohawk Finance, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities and will contribute to payments the other party may be required to make in respect thereof.
The Securities were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of September 11, 2017 among Mohawk Finance, as issuer, the Company, as parent guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 4, 2019 among Mohawk Finance, as issuer, the Company, as the parent guarantor, the Trustee, as trustee, registrar and transfer agent, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as paying agent (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
The Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to three-month EURIBOR plus 0.20% (but in no event shall the interest rate be less than zero). Interest on the Notes is payable quarterly on December 4, March 4, June 4 and September 4 of each year, commencing on December 4, 2019, and the Notes mature on September 4, 2021.
The Notes are not redeemable prior to maturity, except that Mohawk Finance may redeem the Notes in whole, but not in part, at its option, in the event of certain developments affecting the United States, Luxembourg or other applicable taxing jurisdiction on the terms set forth in the Indenture. Additionally, the holders of the Notes have the right to require Mohawk Finance to purchase all or a portion of their Notes upon certain changes in control of the Company or Mohawk Finance, as defined in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things and subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications, limit the Company’s ability and the ability of its subsidiaries, including Mohawk Finance, to create liens and to enter into sale and leaseback transactions and limit the Company’s ability to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of its assets. The Indenture also contains certain customary events of default, including failure to make payments in respect of the principal amount of the Notes, failure to make payments of interest on the Notes when due and payable, failure to comply with certain covenants and agreements and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency.
