Item 1.01
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ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
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On December 30, 2016, TPI Composites,
Inc. (the Company) entered into an Amended and Restated Financing Agreement (the Agreement) by and among the Company, certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the Domestic Subsidiaries), HPS Investment
Partners, LLC (HPS) as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Capital One, N.A. (Capital One) as Revolving Loan Representative and the lenders from time to time party thereto (together, the Lenders). The
Agreement consists of a four-year term loan facility for an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million all of which was advanced on December 30, 2016 (the Term Loan) and a four-year $25.0 million revolving credit facility
(inclusive of a $15.0 million letter of credit subfacility), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans available (each a Revolving Loan and together with the Term Loan the Borrowings). The Company drew
down $2.8 million on the revolving credit facility in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. The Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Companys existing $100.0 million term loan credit
facility provided by Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto (the Existing Financing Agreement) and reduces the applicable margin used to calculate
the interest rate on the Term Loan by 225 basis points. The Existing Financing Agreement was scheduled to mature on August 19, 2018.
The Borrowings under the Agreement bear interest at a variable rate through maturity at LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.75%; provided
that in no event will the base LIBOR rate be less than 1.00%. Alternatively, the Company may elect to calculate the interest rate for Borrowings as follows: the greater of (a) 3.00% per annum, (b) the federal funds rate plus
0.50% per annum, or (c) the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York from time to time as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate, plus, in each case, an applicable margin of 5.75%.
Interest is payable either quarterly in arrears or, with respect to loans based upon LIBOR, on the last day of the applicable 1, 2 or 3 month interest period.
The obligations under the Agreement are secured by a lien on substantially all tangible and intangible property of the Company and the
Domestic Subsidiaries and by a pledge by the Company and the Domestic Subsidiaries of 65% of the equity of their direct foreign subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions and exclusions from collateral.
Principal payments on the Term Loan are payable in equal quarterly installments of $937,500 commencing on March 31, 2017, with the
outstanding balance of all Borrowings to be repaid on December 30, 2020. If all or any of the Term Loan is prepaid or required to be prepaid under the Agreement, then the Company shall pay, in addition to such prepayment, a prepayment premium
equal to (i) 3.00% of the amount of principal prepaid, plus all interest which, absent such prepayment, would have accrued on the principal prepaid through December 30, 2017, if such prepayment occurs prior to December 30, 2017,
(ii) 2.00% of the amount of principal prepaid if such prepayment occurs on or after December 30, 2017, but prior to December 30, 2018, (iii) 1.50% of the amount of the principal prepaid if such prepayment occurs on or after
December 30, 2018 but prior to December 30, 2019.
The Term Loan was made with a 2.00% original issue discount. The Company has
also agreed to reimburse the Lenders for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Agreement and any amendments or modifications to the Agreement.
The Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants, negative covenants and events of default, as defined in the Agreement, including
covenants and restrictions that, among other things, require the Company and its subsidiaries to satisfy certain capital expenditure and other financial covenants, and restricts the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur liens, incur
additional indebtedness, enter into joint ventures or partnerships, engage in mergers and acquisitions, engage in asset sales and declare dividends on its capital stock without the prior written consent of the Lenders. A failure to comply with these
covenants could permit the Lenders under the Agreement to declare the Borrowings, together with accrued interest and fees, to be immediately due and payable, plus any applicable additional amounts relating to a prepayment or termination, as
described above.
The foregoing description of the material terms of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and
is qualified in its entirety by, reference to the Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2016 or as an amendment
to this
Form 8-K.