Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
2015 Credit Agreement Amendment
On October 29, 2024 (the "Fifth Amendment Effective Date"), CHS Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Fifth Amendment (the "Fifth Amendment") to that certain Credit Agreement (5-Year Term Revolver Loan) (previously referred to as the 2015 Credit Agreement (10-Year Term Loan)) (the "2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement"), dated as of September 4, 2015, as amended by the First Amendment to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016, as amended by the Second Amendment to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2019, as amended by the Third Amendment to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2021 and as amended by the Fourth Amendment to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2023 by and between the Company, CoBank, ACB ("CoBank") for its own benefit as a lender and as the administrative agent for the benefit of the present and future lenders, and the other lenders party thereto.
The Fifth Amendment, among other things, provides for revolving loans in an amount up to $300,000,000 (as such amount may be increased from time to time following the completion of the Revolving Availability Period (as defined below), up to an additional $250,000,000 in accordance with the terms of the Fifth Amendment), which can be borrowed, prepaid and reborrowed for a period beginning on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date until the first anniversary of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, as such period may be extended until a date that is no later than the second anniversary of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (such period, including as may extended, the "Availability Period"). Upon expiration of the Availability Period, the total revolving loan balance will convert to a non-revolving term loan that is payable in full on the fifth anniversary of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date. The revolving loans will be used, in part, to refinance existing debt, fund working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes, including funding capital expenditures. This term revolver facility amends, extends, modifies, and refinances the existing term facility and loans outstanding under the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement. Certain definitions and other provisions included in the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement were amended to conform with the new term revolving facility structure.
CoBank and certain other lenders that are parties to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, as amended by the Fifth Amendment, are also parties to one or more of the Company's other outstanding credit facilities, including, without limitation, the 2023 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (5-Year Revolving Loan), as well as to other of the Company's or the Company's affiliates' financing arrangements. Also, certain lenders that are parties to the 2015 Term Loan Credit Agreement, as amended by the Fifth Amendment, and/or their affiliates have from time to time engaged, and in the future may engage, in various financial advisory and investment banking transactions with, and provide services to, the Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.
The foregoing description of the Fifth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fifth Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1and is incorporated herein by reference.