Item 1.01 Entry Into or Amendment of a Material Definitive Agreement.
OnMarch 29, 2022 ,DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"),DigitalOcean, LLC , a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the lenders party thereto andKeyBank National Association , as administrative agent, entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Third A&R Credit Agreement"), which amends and restates the Company's existing Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as ofFebruary 13, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, dated as ofMarch 18, 2020 , and Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as ofNovember 15, 2021 , the "Existing Credit Agreement"). The Third A&R Credit Agreement amends the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other modifications, (i) remove the Term Loan component of the credit facility, which had been previously repaid in full; (ii) increase the maximum borrowing limit of the revolving credit facility thereunder (the "Revolving Credit Facility") from$150 million to$250 million ; (iii) extend the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility fromFebruary 2025 to the earlier of (A) the fifth anniversary of the closing date of the Third A&R Credit Agreement and (B) 90 days before the maturity date applicable to any outstanding convertible notes issued by the Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to or greater than$100 million ; (iv) replace the existing maximum total net leverage ratio financial covenant with a maximum senior secured net leverage ratio financial covenant of 3.50x; (v) eliminate the financial covenant requirement of maintaining a minimum debt service coverage ratio; (vi) replace the benchmark reference rate forU.S. Dollar loans from LIBOR to the forward-looking term rate based on the secured overnight financing rate plus a customary adjustment ("Adjusted Term SOFR") and include provisions for foreign currency rates in connection with the extension of foreign currency loans; (vii) join foreign subsidiaries of the Company as foreign subsidiary guarantors and pledge 100% of the equity interests of such subsidiaries as collateral; and (viii) effect certain additional modifications to the covenants and terms set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement (including, among others, expanding the scope of permitted investments in cash equivalents and increasing the basket for stock buybacks, subject to certain conditions, as applicable). Furthermore, the per annum interest rate applicable to any principal amounts outstanding under the Third A&R Credit Agreement forU.S. Dollar loans will be equal to (i) Adjusted Term SOFR plus (ii) an applicable margin varying from 1.25% to 2.00%, subject to a pricing grid based on the senior secured net leverage ratio. The Third A&R Credit Agreement provides for an annual commitment fee varying from 0.20% to 0.30%, also subject to a pricing grid based on the senior secured net leverage ratio, applied to the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility. In comparison, the Existing Credit Agreement provided for a per annum interest rate forU.S. Dollar loans equal to: (a) LIBOR plus an applicable margin varying from 2.00% to 4.00%, subject to a pricing grid based on the total net leverage ratio, and (b) an annual commitment fee varying from 0.25% to 0.40%, also subject to a pricing grid based on the total net leverage ratio, applied to the average daily unused amount of the existing facility thereunder. The Third A&R Credit Agreement contains restrictions and covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries that are customary for financings of this type and, except as set forth above, which are substantially similar to the Existing Credit Agreement. The Third A&R Credit Agreement also includes other representations, warranties, indemnities, and events of default that are customary for financings of this type, and, except as set forth above, which are substantially similar to the Existing Credit Agreement.
The Third A&R Credit Facility is secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The foregoing summary of certain terms of the Third A&R Credit Agreement in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Third A&R Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Prior to her promotion,Ms. Calderone , age 54, served as the Company's Vice President, Finance sinceNovember 2018 . Previously,Ms. Calderone held senior executive positions atCotiviti Holdings, Inc. , L-1 Identity Solutions,SIRIUS XM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Radio and PanAmSat Corporation .Ms. Calderone received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from theUniversity of Massachusetts atAmherst -Isenberg School of Management and is a Certified Public Accountant.Ms. Calderone is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. In connection with her appointment as principal accounting officer,Ms. Calderone will execute the Company's standard form of indemnification agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Form S-1 filed onFebruary 25, 2021 .
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of
betweenDigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. ,
thereto andKeyBank National Association , as Administrative Agent. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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