Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
OnJuly 24, 2020 ,Realogy Group LLC , aDelaware limited liability company ("Realogy Group "), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary ofRealogy Holdings Corp. ("Realogy Holdings " and, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, includingRealogy Group , collectively, the "Company," "we," "us" or "our"), entered into (1) a ninth amendment (the "Ninth Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as ofMarch 5, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", which includes our Revolving Credit Facility), amongRealogy Intermediate Holdings LLC ("Intermediate Holdings ", which is the direct wholly-owned subsidiary ofRealogy Holdings and the holder of all of the outstanding membership interests ofRealogy Group ),Realogy Group , the several lenders from time to time parties thereto andJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ., as administrative agent; and (2) a third amendment (the "Third Amendment") to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as ofOctober 23, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Term Loan A Agreement"), amongIntermediate Holdings ,Realogy Group , the lenders party thereto from time to time andJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ., as administrative agent. The Ninth Amendment and Third Amendment are referred to collectively herein as the "Amendments" and the Credit Agreement and Term Loan A Agreement are referred to collectively herein as the "Senior Secured Credit Facilities." Pursuant to the Amendments, the financial covenant contained in each of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities has been amended to require thatRealogy Group maintain a senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed 6.50 to 1.00 commencing with the third quarter of 2020 through and including the second quarter of 2021, which will then step down to 5.50 to 1.00 for the third quarter of 2021 and thereafter will step down by 0.25 on a quarterly basis to 4.75 to 1.00 (which was the applicable level prior to the effectiveness of the Amendments) on and after the second quarter of 2022. The Amendments also tighten certain existing covenants during the period commencing onJuly 24, 2020 until the Company issues its financial results for the third quarter of 2021 and concurrently delivers an officer's certificate to its lenders showing compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio, subject to earlier termination (the "Covenant Relief Period"). IfRealogy Group's senior secured leverage ratio does not exceed 5.50 to 1.00 for the fiscal quarter endingJune 30, 2021 , the Covenant Relief Period will end at the time the Company delivers the compliance certificate to the lenders for such period; however, in either instance, the gradual step down in the senior secured leverage ratio, as described above, will continue to apply. The covenants revised pursuant to the Amendments during the Covenant Relief Period include the reduction or elimination of the amount available for certain types of additional indebtedness, liens, restricted payments (including dividends and stock repurchases), investments (including acquisitions and joint ventures), and voluntary junior debt repayments. In addition, the Amendments establish that during the Covenant Relief Period, if after giving effect to the use of proceeds of any borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Consolidated Cash Balance (as defined in the Amendments) exceeds$350 million , the Company must prepay the Revolving Credit Facility in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount necessary to reduce the Consolidated Cash Balance to$350 million and (y) the amount of such borrowing. The Company also may elect to end the Covenant Relief Period at any time, provided the senior secured leverage ratio does not exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the most recently ended quarter for which financial statements have been delivered. In such event, the leverage ratio will reset to the pre-Amendment level of 4.75 to 1.00 thereafter. The foregoing summary of the Amendments is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Ninth Amendment and the Third Amendment, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference. Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description Ninth Amendment, dated as of
Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of
10.1 amended, amongRealogy
LLC, the several lenders
parties thereto from time to time and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ., as
administrative agent.
Third Amendment, dated as of
Agreement, dated as ofOctober 23, 2015 , as amended, among 10.2Realogy Intermediate Holdings LLC ,Realogy Group LLC , the lenders party thereto from time to time andJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ., as administrative agent. Press Release 99.1 datedJuly 30, 2020 . Cover Page Interactive Data File 104 (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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