Item 1.01 Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.
$150.0 Million Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
On April 7, 2009, RPM International Inc. (the "Company") replaced its
existing $125.0 million accounts receivable securitization facility with a new,
three-year, $150.0 million accounts receivable securitization facility (the "New
Facility"). The New Facility was entered into pursuant to (1) an amended and
restated receivables sale agreement, dated as of April 7, 2009 (the "Sale
Agreement"), among certain subsidiaries of the Company (the "Originators"), and
RPM Funding Corporation, a special purpose entity (the "SPE") whose voting
interests are wholly owned by the Company, and (2) a receivables purchase
agreement, dated as of April 7, 2009 (the "Purchase Agreement") among the SPE,
certain purchasers from time to time party thereto (the "Purchasers"), and
Wachovia Bank, National Association as administrative agent.
Under the Sale Agreement, the Originators may, during the term thereof, sell
specified accounts receivable to the SPE, which may in turn, pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, transfer an undivided interest in such accounts receivable
to the Purchasers. The Company indirectly holds a 100% economic interest in the
SPE and will, along with the Company's subsidiaries, receive the economic
benefit of the New Facility. The transactions contemplated by the New Facility
do not constitute a form of off-balance sheet financing, and will be fully
reflected in the Company's financial statements.
The maximum availability under the New Facility is $150.0 million.
Availability is further subject to changes in the credit ratings of the
Originator's customers, customer concentration levels or certain characteristics
of the accounts receivable being transferred. The interest rate under the
Purchase Agreement is based on the Alternate Base Rate, one-month LIBOR or LIBOR
for a specified tranche period, as selected by the SPE, at its option, plus in
each case, a margin of 1.75%. This margin may be increased to 2.25% if the
Company does not maintain an investment grade public debt rating with at least
two specified rating agencies. In addition, the SPE is obligated to pay a
monthly commitment fee to the Purchasers based on the amount of each Purchaser's
commitment.
The New Facility contains various customary affirmative and negative
covenants and also contains customary default and termination provisions, which
provide for acceleration of amounts owed under the New Facility upon the
occurrence of certain specified events, including, but not limited to, failure
by the SPE to pay interest and other amounts due, defaults on certain
indebtedness, certain judgments, change in control, certain events negatively
affecting the overall credit quality of transferred accounts receivable,
bankruptcy and insolvency events, and failure by the Company to meet financial
tests requiring maintenance of certain leverage and interest coverage ratios.
Under the terms of the leverage ratio, the Company may not permit its
consolidated indebtedness at any date to exceed 65% of the sum of such
indebtedness and the Company's consolidated shareholders' equity on such date.
The interest coverage ratio requires the Company not to permit the ratio,
calculated at the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then
ended, of EBITDA, as defined in the New Facility, for such period to interest
expense for such period to be less than 3.5:1. These financial tests are
substantively identical to financial covenants already contained in the
Company's revolving credit facility.
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The foregoing discussion of the terms and conditions of the New Facility does
not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by
the full text of the Purchase Agreement and the Sale Agreement, which are
attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
10.1 Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated April 7, 2009.
10.2 Amended and Restated Receivables Sales Agreement, dated April 7, 2009.
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