11/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/21/2024 05:02
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
Senior Secured Notes Offering
On November 20, 2024, Icahn Enterprises L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises") and Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. ("Icahn Enterprises Finance" and, together with Icahn Enterprises, the "Issuers") closed their previously announced sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new 10.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the "Notes") pursuant to the purchase agreement, dated November 13, 2024 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Issuers, Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., as guarantor (the "Guarantor"), and Jefferies LLC, as initial purchaser (the "Initial Purchaser"). The Notes were priced at 100.000% of their face amount. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $495 million after deducting the Initial Purchaser's discounts and commissions and estimated fees and expenses related to the offering, and will be used to partially redeem the Issuers' existing 6.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes") on December 16, 2024. The Notes will be secured by substantially all the assets directly owned by the Issuers and the Guarantor, subject to customary exceptions. Concurrently with the consummation of the Notes Offering, the Issuers granted a lien in favor of the holders of the Issuers' 2026 Notes, 5.250% Senior Notes due 2027, 4.375% Senior Notes due 2029, 9.750% Senior Notes due 2029 and 9.000% Senior Notes due 2030 (collectively, the "Existing Notes") such that the Existing Notes are secured equally and ratably with the Notes upon the issuance thereof.
Interest on the Notes will be payable on November 15 and May 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2025. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions whereby the Issuers and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities.
The Issuers issued the Notes under the indenture, dated November 20, 2024 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuers, the Guarantor, as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and notes collateral agent. The Indenture contains customary events of default and covenants relating to, among other things, the incurrence of debt, affiliate transactions, liens and restricted payments. On or after May 15, 2029 (six months prior to the maturity date of the Notes), the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Prior to May 15, 2029 (six months prior to the maturity date of the Notes), the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the Notes by paying a "make-whole" premium. If the Issuers experience a change of control, the Issuers must offer to purchase for cash all or any part of each holder's Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase.
A copy of the Indenture is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K, and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture.