Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 29, 2009, The J.M. Smucker Company (the "Company") and Smucker
Foods of Canada Co., a Nova Scotia corporation and an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company ("Smucker Canada" and together with the Company, the
"Borrowers"), entered into a Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with the
various Lenders named therein (the "Lenders"), Bank of Montreal, a Canadian
chartered bank acting through its Chicago branch, as administrative agent for
the Lenders (the "Agent"), Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent (the
"Syndication Agent"), and National City Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and
Fifth Third Bank as documentation agents (the "Documentation Agents"). J.M.
Smucker LLC, an Ohio limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, and The Folgers Coffee Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, are each guarantors under the Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit line of $400,000,000 (which
may, at the option of the Borrowers, be increased up to $500,000,000) and
terminates on October 29, 2012. The proceeds under this revolving credit line
will be used for general corporate purposes and to refinance existing
indebtedness, finance working capital and fund certain fees expenses associated
with the closing of the Credit Agreement.
The Borrowers may borrow in U.S. Dollars ("USD") or Canadian Dollars ("CAD")
under the revolving credit line. The Company's USD borrowings will bear
interest, at the Company's option, at either a base rate or a Eurodollar rate,
in each case plus an applicable margin based on the Company's leverage ratio.
The base interest rate for USD borrowings is a rate equal to the greater of
(i) the Agent's prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (iii) the
one-month Eurodollar rate plus 1.00%. Smucker Canada's CAD borrowings under the
Credit Agreement bear interest, at Smucker Canada's option, at either a base
rate or a CDOR rate, in each case plus an applicable margin based on the
Company's leverage ratio. The base interest rate for CAD borrowings is a rate
equal to the greater of (i) the Agent's prime rate for CAD loans and (ii) the
30-day CDOR rate plus 1.00%. The applicable margins on USD and CAD base rate
loans range from 1.5% to 1.0%, and the applicable margins on Eurodollar loans
and CDOR loans range from 2.5% to 2.0%.
Until maturity of the Credit Agreement, the Company must maintain (1) a ratio
of consolidated debt to consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
of not greater than 3.50 : 1.00, and (2) a ratio of consolidated EBITDA to
Interest Expense (as defined in the Credit Agreement) payable in cash of not
less than 3.50 : 1.00, in each case for the 12-month period ended on the last
day of each fiscal quarter.
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and
usual and customary affirmative and negative covenants. The Credit Agreement
also contains certain customary events of default. If an event of default (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may
terminate the commitments and declare that the loans and any accrued interest
are due and payable by the Borrowers.
The Lenders, the Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents
(and each of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) have in the past
provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, cash management,
underwriting, lending, commercial banking,
trust, leasing services, foreign exchange and other advisory services to, or
engage in transactions with, the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates. These
parties have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation
from the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates, for such services.
The foregoing is a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement and not a complete description of the Credit Agreement. Accordingly,
the foregoing is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Credit Agreement attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.1, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The description of the Credit Agreement set forth under Item 1.01 is
incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Number Exhibit
10.1 Credit Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2009, between the Company,
Smucker Canada, the Lenders, the Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
Documentation Agents.
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