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19-Nov-2012
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obl
As reported earlier, on November 15, 2012, Sealed Air Corporation (the "Company") entered into a restatement agreement (the "Restatement Agreement") whereby its senior secured credit facility was amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") with the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as agent, and the other agents party thereto. The changes provide that (i) the term loan B facilities were refinanced with a $609.5 million term loan B dollar tranche and a €150 million term loan B euro tranche and in connection therewith the interest margin on the dollar tranche was decreased by 0.75% and the interest margin on the euro tranche was decreased by 1.0%, (ii) the Japanese term loan A facility will be refinanced on substantially the same terms, in the smaller principal amount of ¥6.4 billion, (iii) the financial maintenance covenant of Consolidated Net Debt to Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit facilities) was adjusted to provide additional flexibility for the Company and (iv) other amendments were implemented. The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of (i) the Restatement Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein and (ii) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Secondary Offering
On November 14, 2012, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Barclays Capital Inc. (the "Underwriter") and Commercial Markets Holdco, LLC (the "Selling Stockholder"). Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder agreed to sell, and the Underwriter agreed to purchase, subject to and upon terms and conditions set forth therein, an aggregate of 15,026,665 shares of the Company's common stock as described in the Prospectus Supplement dated November 13, 2012, which was filed pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-177130) on November 13, 2012 (the "Offering"). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
On November 13, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
On November 14, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
On November 19, 2012, the Company closed the Offering and issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Senior Notes Offering
On November 15, 2012, the Company announced the pricing of its offering (the "Notes Offering") of $425 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes due 2020 (the "Notes"). Sealed Air intends to use the net proceeds from
The Notes and related guarantees will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.
Termination of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for the 2017 Notes
On November 15, 2012, the Company announced that it has terminated (the "Termination") its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase any and all outstanding $400 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2017 Notes and the related consent solicitation with respect to the indenture governing the 2017 Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated November 13, 2012 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Statement"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent. All 2017 Notes previously tendered and not withdrawn will be promptly returned to their respective tendering holders.
The Company's previously announced cash tender offer to purchase any and all outstanding $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013 of the Company (the "2013 Notes") and the related consent solicitation with respect to the indenture governing the 2013 Notes is not being terminated, but the minimum amount of aggregate proceeds of the Company's previously announced new notes offering required to satisfy the financing condition with respect to the 2013 Notes is being reduced from $800 million to $400 million. In addition to the change to the financing condition, the complete terms and conditions of the offer for the 2013 Notes are set forth in the Statement and remain in full force and effect. A copy of the press release related to the Termination is filed as Exhibit 99.5 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K and the information furnished herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by such words as "anticipates," "believes," "plan," "assumes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans to," "will" and similar expressions. Examples of these forward-looking statements include 2012 financial expectations and assumptions associated with our 2011-2014 Integration & Optimization Program, availability and pricing of raw materials, success of our growth programs, economic conditions, and the success of pricing actions. These statements reflect our beliefs and expectations as to future events and trends affecting our business, our consolidated financial position and our results of operations. A variety of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations, including general domestic and international economic and political conditions affecting packaging utilization; changes in our raw material and energy costs; credit ratings; competitive conditions and contract terms;
(d) Exhibits
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 14, 2012, by and among Sealed Air
Corporation, Barclays Capital Inc. and Commercial Markets Holdco, LLC.
10.1 Restatement Agreement, dated November 15, 2012, by and among Sealed Air
Corporation and certain subsidiaries of Sealed Air Corporation party
thereto, the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as agent and other
agents party thereto.
10.2 Amended and Restated Syndicated Facility Agreement, dated November 15,
2012, by and among Sealed Air Corporation and certain subsidiaries of
Sealed Air Corporation party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Citibank,
N.A., as agent and other agents party thereto.
99.1 Press release, dated November 13, 2012, announcing the Offering.
99.2 Press release, dated November 14, 2012, announcing the pricing of the
Offering.
99.3 Press release, dated November 19, 2012, announcing the closing of the
Offering.
99.4 Press release, dated November 15, 2012, announcing the pricing of the
Notes Offering.
99.5 Press release, dated November 15, 2012, announcing the termination of the
tender offer for the 2017 Notes.
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