12/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/12/2024 15:31
Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On December 11, 2024 (the "Effective Date"), Kellanova, a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Borrower"), entered into an unsecured 364-DayCredit Agreement (the "New 364-DayCredit Facility") with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"), Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as Co-SyndicationAgents, and BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners and the lenders named therein (the "364-DayCredit Facility Lenders").
On the Effective Date, in connection with entering into the New 364-DayCredit Facility, the Company terminated its existing 364-DayCredit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2023 (the "Old 364-DayCredit Facility") with the lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Co-SyndicationAgents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. The description of the Old 364-DayCredit Facility in this Current Report on Form 8-Kis qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the credit agreement governing the Old 364-DayCredit Facility, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-Kdated December 19, 2023, and is incorporated by reference herein.
The New 364-DayCredit Facility allows the Borrower, for the fees and expenses and at the interest rates specified therein, to borrow, on a revolving credit basis up to an aggregate principal amount of US $750,000,000 at any time outstanding. The interest rates in the New 364-DayCredit Facility applicable to borrowings under the facility are based on the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR (as defined in the New 364-DayCredit Facility), subject to customary floors and adjustments, together with a margin set forth therein.
The New 364-DayCredit Facility contains customary covenants and warranties, including specified restrictions on indebtedness, liens and an interest expense coverage ratio that requires the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense (both terms as defined in the New 364-DayCredit Facility) to be no less than 4.0 to 1.0 for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. It also contains customary Events of Default (as defined in the New 364-DayCredit Facility). If an Event of Default occurs, then, to the extent permitted in the New 364-DayCredit Facility, the Administrative Agent with respect to the New 364-DayCredit Facility may terminate the commitments under the New 364-DayCredit Facility, accelerate any outstanding loans under the New 364-DayCredit Facility and demand the deposit of cash collateral equal to the 364-DayCredit Facility Lenders' letter of credit exposure plus interest thereon under the New 364-DayCredit Facility.
Many of the 364-DayCredit Facility Lenders have in the past performed, and may in the future from time to time, perform investment banking, financial advisory, lending and/or commercial banking services, or other services for the Company and its subsidiaries, for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement.
On the Effective Date, no borrowings were outstanding under either the New 364-DayCredit Facility or the Old 364-DayCredit Facility.
The description of the New 364-DayCredit Facility contained in this Current Report on Form 8-Kis qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the New 364-DayCredit Facility, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.