| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On May 1, 2023, Tractor Supply Company (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”). The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The Company offered and sold the Notes under the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-249595), which Registration Statement relates to the offer and sale on a delayed basis from time to time of an indeterminate amount of the Company’s securities. This description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Certain of the Underwriters or their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial banking and investment banking services for the Company and its affiliates, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expense reimbursement. Certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates are lenders and/or agents under the Company’s existing senior credit facility. As a result, affiliates of some of the Underwriters will receive at least 5% of the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes in connection with the repayment of term loans under such existing senior credit facility.
The information provided in Item 2.03 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of Registrant. |
On May 5, 2023, the Company completed the sale of the Notes. The terms of the Notes are governed by an indenture dated as of October 30, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Regions Bank, as trustee, as amended and supplemented by a second supplemental indenture dated as of May 5, 2023 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and Regions Bank, as trustee.
The Notes bear interest at 5.250% per annum. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 15 and November 15, commencing on November 15, 2023. The Notes will mature on May 15, 2033. The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 22, 2020, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-249595) and a base prospectus dated October 22, 2020 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated May 1, 2023, filed with the Commission on May 3, 2023.
The Notes will be senior unsecured debt obligations of the Company and will rank equally with the Company’s other senior unsecured liabilities and senior to any future subordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Notes are subject to customary covenants restricting the Company’s ability, subject to certain exceptions, to incur debt secured by liens, to enter into sale and leaseback transactions or to merge or consolidate with another entity or sell substantially all of its assets to another person.
At any time prior to February 15, 2033 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Notes), the Company will have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, by paying the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest through the par call date, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. In addition, on or after February 15, 2033, the Company will have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption.
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