| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 2, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), Boyd Gaming Corporation (the “Company”) entered into that certain Credit Agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) among the Company, certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and letter of credit issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as swingline lender, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders. The New Credit Agreement replaces that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Prior Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 14, 2013, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as swingline lender, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders.
The New Credit Agreement provides for (i) a $1,450.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and (ii) an $880.0 million senior secured term A loan (the “Term A Loan”). The Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Loan mature on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (or earlier upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of certain events). The Term A Loan was fully funded on the Closing Date. Proceeds from the New Credit Agreement were used to refinance all outstanding obligations under the Prior Credit Agreement and to fund transaction costs in connection with the New Credit Agreement and may be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The New Credit Agreement includes an accordion feature which permits the incurrence of one or more new tranches of revolving credit commitments or term loans and increases to the Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans in an aggregate amount up to the sum of (i) $1,000.0 million, (ii) the amount of certain voluntary prepayments of senior secured indebtedness of the Company and (iii) the maximum amount of incremental commitments which, after giving effect thereto, would not cause the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement) to exceed 3.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis, in each case, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Agreement (i) the loans under the Term A Loan will amortize in an annual amount equal to 5.00% of the original principal amount thereof, commencing June 30, 2022, payable on a quarterly basis, and (ii) beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, the Company will be required to use a portion of its annual excess cash flow to prepay loans outstanding under the New Credit Agreement if the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement) exceeds certain thresholds set forth in the New Credit Agreement.
The interest rate on the outstanding balance from time to time of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Loan is based upon, at the Company’s option, either: (i) a rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or (iii) the base rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin. Such applicable margin is a percentage per annum determined in accordance with a specified pricing grid based on the Consolidated Total Net Leverage ratio and ranges from 1.25% to 2.25% (if using SOFR) and from 0.25% to 1.25% (if using the base rate). A fee of a percentage per annum (which ranges from 0.20% to 0.35% determined in accordance with a specified pricing grid based on the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio) will be payable on the unused portions of the Revolving Credit Facility. The rates based on SOFR will be determined based upon, at the Company’s option, (i) a forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited or any successor administrator, and based on interest periods of one, three or six months or such other interest period that is twelve months or less subject to the consent of lenders and the administrative agent, or (ii) a daily SOFR rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and will include credit spread adjustments as set forth in the New Credit Agreement. The “base rate” under the New Credit Agreement is the highest of (x) Bank of America’s publicly-announced prime rate, (y) the federal funds rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York plus 0.50%, or (z) the SOFR rate for a one month interest period plus 1.00%.
