Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment No. 6 to the Credit Agreement
On June 12, 2018 (the “Closing Date”), Aramark Services, Inc. (the “Company”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Aramark (“Aramark” or “Parent”), Aramark Intermediate HoldCo Corporation (“Holdings”) and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company entered into Amendment No. 6 (the “Amendment”) with the financial institutions party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined below) and collateral agent for the secured parties thereunder to the credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated March 28, 2017, among the Company, Holdings, ARAMARK Canada Ltd., ARAMARK Investments Limited, ARAMARK Ireland Holdings Limited, ARAMARK Regional Treasury Europe, Designated Activity Company, ARAMARK Holdings GmbH & Co. KG, Aramark International Finance S.à r.l. and certain wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries of the Company, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (including the financial institutions party to the Incremental Amendment, the “Lenders”), the issuing banks named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders and collateral agent for the secured parties thereunder.
The Amendment provides for the reduction of the interest rate applicable to the U.S. Term B-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement through the borrowing of Refinancing Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) under the Credit Agreement (the “Borrowing”) comprised of new U.S. Term B-3 Loans in an amount equal to $1,780,537,500, due in March 2025. The new U.S. Term B-3 Loans were funded in full on the Closing Date and were applied by the Company to fully refinance the U.S. Term B-1 Loans previously outstanding under the Credit Agreement.
The new U.S. Term B-3 Loans bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for deposits in U.S. dollars for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the prime rate of the administrative agent, (2) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (3) the LIBOR rate plus 1.00% plus an applicable margin of 1.75% for borrowings based on the LIBOR rate and 0.75% for borrowings based on the base rate.
The new U.S. Term B-3 loans require the payment of installments in quarterly principal amounts of 1.00% per annum of the funded total principal amount thereunder and are subject to substantially similar terms relating to guarantees, collateral, mandatory prepayments and covenants that were previously applicable to the Company’s existing U.S. Term B-1 Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.