Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. OnJune 11, 2020 ,INTL FCStone Inc. (the "Company") completed the issuance and sale of$350 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the "Notes"). The Notes were issued at the offering price of 98.5% of the aggregate principal amount thereof. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, datedJune 11, 2020 (the "Indenture"), by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto from time to time andThe Bank of New York Mellon , as trustee (in such capacity, the "Trustee") and collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"). As previously, disclosed, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, together with cash on hand, to (1) fund the cash consideration for the merger of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary and GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. ("GAIN"), with GAIN surviving as the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Merger"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as ofFebruary 26, 2020 and approved by GAIN's stockholders onJune 5, 2020 (as may be amended, the "Merger Agreement"), (2) fund the repayment of GAIN's 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 and (3) pay certain related transaction fees and expenses. The Company has deposited the gross proceeds from the sale of the Notes, as well as escrow agency fees and interest on the Notes to (but not including) the date that is two months from the date of the closing of the offering of the Notes, into a segregated escrow account until the date that certain escrow release conditions are satisfied. Until the earlier of the satisfaction of the escrow release conditions or occurrence of a special mandatory redemption, on each two-month anniversary of the date of the closing of the offering of the Notes, the Company will deposit into the escrow account amounts sufficient to pay escrow agency fees and interest on the Notes for the following two-month period. Among other things, the escrow release conditions include the consummation of the Merger. Prior to the satisfaction of the escrow release conditions, the Notes will not be guaranteed and will be secured by a first-priority security interest in the escrow account and all deposits and investment property therein. Following satisfaction of the escrow release conditions, the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior second lien secured basis, by certain subsidiaries of the Company that guarantee the Company's senior credit facility and by GAIN and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the "Guarantors"). Following satisfaction of the escrow release conditions, the Notes and the related guarantees will be secured by liens on substantially all of the Company's and the Guarantors' assets, subject to certain customary and other exceptions and permitted liens. The liens on the Company's and the Guarantors' assets that secure the Notes and the related guarantees will be contractually subordinated to the liens on the Company's and the Guarantors' assets that secure the Company's and the Guarantors' existing and future first lien secured indebtedness, including indebtedness under the Company's senior credit facility, as a result of the lien subordination provisions of an intercreditor agreement entered into by the Collateral Agent and the agent for the Company's senior credit facility. If the Merger has not been consummated on or prior toNovember 27, 2020 or upon the occurrence of certain other events, the Company will be required to redeem the Notes at a price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. The Notes will mature onJune 15, 2025 . Interest on the Notes accrues at a rate of 8.625% per annum and is payable semiannually in arrears onJune 15 andDecember 15 of each year, commencing onDecember 15, 2020 . The Company is obligated to make each interest payment to the holders of record of the Notes on the immediately precedingJune 1 andDecember 1 . The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time prior toJune 15, 2022 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date plus a "make-whole" premium. At any time on or afterJune 15, 2022 , the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture. At any time beforeJune 15, 2022 , the Company may also redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price of 108.625% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption, with the proceeds of certain equity offerings. In addition, upon the earlier to occur of (x) a business combination between the Company's subsidiaries that are registered in theUnited Kingdom and regulated by theFinancial Conduct Authority and (y) the one year anniversary of the date of issuance of the Notes, the Company may elect to redeem up to$100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. If the Company elects not to redeem the Notes, the holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase up to$100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or a lesser amount equal to the difference between$100.0 million and the amounts previously redeemed by the Company) at a purchase price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), each
holder of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer
to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes in cash at a price equal to 101% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit, among other things, the Company's
ability to (1) transfer and sell assets; (2) pay dividends or distributions on
its capital stock, repurchase its capital stock, make payments on subordinated
indebtedness and make certain investments; (3) incur additional debt; (4) create
or incur liens on its assets; (5) create any restriction on the ability of any
of its restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends, make loans to the Company or
any of its restricted subsidiaries or sell assets to the Company or any of its
restricted subsidiaries; (6) merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another
company; and (7) enter into transactions with affiliates. These covenants are
subject to a number of important limitations, qualifications and exceptions.
The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject in certain cases
to customary grace and cure periods), which include nonpayment; failure to
comply with redemption and repurchase provisions; failure to comply with the
agreements in any of the Indenture, Notes and related guarantees and security
agreements; payment defaults or acceleration of other material indebtedness;
failure to pay certain judgments; unenforceability, repudiation, denial or
disaffirmation of obligations of certain subsidiaries; and certain events of
bankruptcy and insolvency. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the Trustee
or holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may
declare the principal, premium (if any) and accrued but unpaid interest on all
the Notes to be due and payable.
The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the complete copy thereof that is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
The Notes were issued in a private offering that was exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional
buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to certain persons outside of
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. OnJune 11, 2020 , the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the issuance and sale of the Notes. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description 4.1 Indenture by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto from time to time andThe Bank of New York Mellon , as trustee and collateral agent, dated as ofJune 11, 2020 . 4.2 Form of 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.1). 99.1 Press Release datedJune 11, 2020 (furnished herewith).
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