Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
OnAugust 21, 2020 ,Globe Life Inc. ("Globe Life") completed the issuance and sale of$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount ofGlobe Life's 2.150% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"), at a price to the public of 99.822% (the "Notes Offering"). The estimated net proceeds toGlobe Life from the Notes Offering is$345.8 million , after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable byGlobe Life .Globe Life intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to pay off the outstanding principal balance of$150 million on its 364-day term loan with a maturity date ofApril 8, 2021 (the "364-day term loan"), plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repayment.Globe Life intends to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include additional capital investments in its insurance subsidiaries, additional holding company liquidity and the repayment of a portion ofGlobe Life's outstanding commercial paper. The Notes Offering was completed pursuant to the prospectus, filed as part ofGlobe Life's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-227501) (the "Registration Statement"), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement in preliminary form datedAugust 18, 2020 and in final form datedAugust 18, 2020 . The Notes were issued under the Senior Indenture, dated as ofSeptember 24, 2018 (as supplemented, the "Senior Indenture"), betweenGlobe Life andRegions Bank , as trustee, as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture (the "Second Supplemental Indenture"), dated as ofAugust 21, 2020 betweenGlobe Life andRegions Bank , as trustee.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of
The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 2.150% per year. Interest on the notes will accrue from and includingAugust 21, 2020 , and is payable semi-annually in arrears onFebruary 15 andAugust 15 of each year, beginningFebruary 15, 2021 . The Notes will mature onAugust 15, 2030 . The Notes are subject to optional redemption. At any time and from time to time prior toMay 15, 2030 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Notes) (the "Par Call Date"),Globe Life may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes to be redeemed that would be due but for the redemption if such Notes matured on the Par Call Date (excluding any portion of such payments of interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the redemption date), discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis, at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Second Supplemental Indenture) plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable at theGlobe Life's option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. The Senior Indenture contains customary events of default. If an event of default exists under the Senior Indenture, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all of the Notes, together with accrued interest, if any, to be immediately due and payable. The foregoing summary of the terms of the Senior Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of (i) the Senior Indenture, incorporated by reference in Exhibit 4.1 the Registration Statement; (ii) the Second Supplemental Indenture, filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2; and (iii) the form of the Notes, included in Exhibit 4.2, which are incorporated herein by reference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item 8.01 Other Events
The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
In connection with the Notes Offering,Globe Life entered into an Underwriting Agreement datedAugust 18, 2020 (the "Underwriting Agreement") withBofA Securities Inc. andU.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. , as representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule A thereto. The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants byGlobe Life . The Underwriting Agreement also provides for customary indemnification by each ofGlobe Life and the underwriters named therein against certain liabilities arising out of or in connection with the sale of the Notes. The foregoing summary of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, included as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits
The documents filed herewith are incorporated by reference into
Exhibit No. Description 1.1 Underwriting Agreement, datedAugust 18, 2020 ,
between
Securities Inc. andU.S. Bancorp Investments ,
Inc., as representatives of the
several underwriters named on Schedule A thereto. 4.1 Senior Indenture, dated as ofSeptember 24, 2018 ,
between
Regions Bank , as Trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Globe
Life's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-227501) filed with
theSecurities and Exchange Commission on
4.2 Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August
21, 2020, between Globe
Life Inc. andRegions Bank , as Trustee. 4.3 Form of 2.150% Senior Notes due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.2). 5.1 Opinion ofMcAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation . 23.1 Consent ofMcAfee & Taft A Professional
Corporation (included in Exhibit
5.1). 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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