YRC Worldwide Completes the Amendment to Extend the Term Loan
July 26 2017 - 4:02PM
YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW) announced that it has completed an
amendment to extend the maturity of its Term Loan Credit Agreement
from February 2019 to July 2022.
“As our financial performance has improved in
recent years, we reduced our debt to the lowest level in more than
a decade while at the same time reinvesting back into the Company,”
said James Welch, chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide.
“Extending the term loan is an important step as we continue to
position the Company for long-term success. We believe it is
prudent to take the refinancing risk off the table before the term
loan matured in early 2019, to focus on executing operationally and
improving our financial results. We plan to continue evaluating
additional opportunities to strengthen the Company for our
customers, employees and investors,” concluded Welch.
In addition to the extended maturity, the most
substantial changes as a result of the amendment are:
- A reduction of the outstanding principal to $600 million
following a $35.2 million payment at the time of closing the
amendment;
- An increase in the annual amortization from 1% ($7 million) to
3% ($18 million);
- An increase in the interest rate from LIBOR + 750 basis points
to LIBOR + 850 basis points; and
- If the Company’s Contribution Deferral Agreement notes are not
extended to at least late October 2022, the term loan maturity will
be reset to within 60 days before the CDA’s scheduled
maturity.
“Extending the maturity of the term loan and
reducing the outstanding principal considerably strengthens our
capital structure,” said Stephanie Fisher, chief financial officer
of YRC Worldwide. “With the successful extension of the term loan,
we have met the conditions for extending the maturity of our asset
based loan facility from February 2019 to June 2021. I would like
to thank our lenders who have been supportive of our long-term
vision for the Company,” concluded Fisher.
Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference
Call
On Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. ET,
company executives will host a conference call with the investment
community to discuss second quarter 2017 financial results.
Second quarter earnings will be released the same day, Thursday,
August 3, 2017, following the close of the market.
The call will be webcast and can be accessed
live or as a replay via YRC Worldwide’s website www.yrcw.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Words such as “will,”
“expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “would,”
“should,” “may,” “project,” “forecast,” “propose,” “plan,”
“designed,” “enable,” and similar expressions which speak only as
of the date the statement was made are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
inherently uncertain, are based upon current beliefs, assumptions
and expectations of Company management and current market
conditions, and are subject to significant business, economic,
competitive, regulatory and other risks, uncertainties and
contingencies, known and unknown, many of which are beyond our
control. Our future financial condition and results could differ
materially from those predicted in such forward-looking statements
because of a number of factors, including (without limitation):
general economic factors; business risks and increasing costs
associated with the transportation industry; competition and
competitive pressure on pricing; the risk of labor disruptions or
stoppages; increasing pension expense and funding obligations;
increasing costs relating to our self-insurance claims expenses;
our ability to finance the maintenance, acquisition and replacement
of revenue equipment and other necessary capital expenditures; our
ability to comply and the cost of compliance with, or liability
resulting from violation of, federal, state, local and foreign laws
and regulations; impediments to our operations and business
resulting from anti-terrorism measures; the impact of claims and
litigation expense to which we are or may become exposed; failure
to realize the expected benefits and costs savings from our
performance and operational improvement initiatives; our ability to
attract and retain qualified drivers and increasing costs of driver
compensation; privacy breach or IT system disruption; risks of
operating in foreign countries; our dependence on key employees;
seasonality; changes in the cost of fuel or the index upon which we
base our fuel surcharge and the effectiveness of our fuel surcharge
program in protecting us against fuel price volatility; our ability
to generate sufficient liquidity to satisfy our cash needs and
future cash commitments, including (without limitation) our
obligations related to our indebtedness and lease and pension
funding requirements, and our ability to achieve increased cash
flows through improvement in operations; limitations on our
operations, our financing opportunities, potential strategic
transactions, acquisitions or dispositions resulting from
restrictive covenants in the documents governing our existing and
future indebtedness; our failure to comply with the covenants in
the documents governing our existing and future indebtedness;
fluctuations in the price of our common stock; dilution from future
issuances of our common stock; our intention not to pay dividends
on our common stock; that we have the ability to issue preferred
stock that may adversely affect the rights of holders of our common
stock; and other risks and contingencies, including (without
limitation) the risk factors that are included in our reports filed
with the SEC, including those described under “Risk Factors” in our
annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
About YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide Inc., headquartered in Overland
Park, Kan., is the holding company for a portfolio of
less-than-truckload (LTL) companies including YRC Freight, YRC
Reimer, Holland, Reddaway, and New Penn. Collectively, YRC
Worldwide companies have one of the largest, most comprehensive LTL
networks in North America with local, regional, national and
international capabilities. Through their teams of experienced
service professionals, YRC Worldwide companies offer
industry-leading expertise in flexible supply chain solutions,
ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods
with confidence.
Please visit our website at www.yrcw.com for
more information.
SOURCE: YRC Worldwide
Investor Contact:
Tony Carreño
913-696-6108
investor@yrcw.com
Media Contact:
Mike Kelley
916-696-6121
mike.kelley@yrcw.com
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