Aspen Technology Inc.

06/27/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/27/2024 13:31

Material Agreement Form 8 K

Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 27, 2024 (the "Closing Date"), Aspen Technology, Inc. (the "Borrower") entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), with the lenders and issuing banks party thereto from time to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
The Credit Agreement provides for a new revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with initial commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, which includes a $40 million sub-facility for letters of credit, to replace the Borrower's existing revolving credit facility. The proceeds of the Credit Facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. Borrowings and letters of credit under the Credit Facility are available in U.S. Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling and certain other currencies as may be mutually agreed by the parties to the Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its wholly owned material domestic subsidiaries, subject to customary exclusions, and such subsidiaries provide customary guarantees of the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility is scheduled to terminate on June 27, 2029.
The loans made under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable benchmark rate plus a margin that varies according to a leverage-based grid. The interest rate margin for term benchmark, daily simple SOFR, and SONIA loans ranges from 1.25% to 2.00% per annum, and such margin for ABR and CBR loans ranges from 0.25% to 1.00% per annum. The Borrower must pay a commitment fee quarterly in arrears on the undrawn portion of the Credit Facility, which commitment fee ranges from 0.15% to 0.30% per annum based on the Borrower's leverage ratio.
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, in each case, subject to certain qualifications, exceptions and thresholds. The negative covenants include, among other things, limitations applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries on incurring debt, granting liens, entering into fundamental change transactions, making investments, disposing of assets, making restricted payments and entering into transactions with affiliates. The Credit Agreement also contains two financial maintenance covenants, which require compliance with a maximum leverage ratio of 4.00 to 1.00 (with a step-up to 4.50 to 1.00 during certain specified periods following a material acquisition) and a minimum interest coverage ratio of 2.50 to 1.00, in each case, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter.
The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default which include, among others, payment defaults, cross defaults to material debt, bankruptcy and insolvency events, breaches of covenants and inaccuracy of representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement, and change of control. Certain of the Credit Agreement's events of default are subject to customary grace periods before the requisite lenders would be entitled to exercise remedies under the Credit Agreement, including the termination of any commitments in respect of the Credit Facility and the acceleration of any outstanding amounts due under the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.