Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Sale of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2031
On
The Company intends to use the proceeds (net of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the offering) from the sale of the Senior Notes to reduce borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit facility.
The Indenture provides, among other things, that the Senior Notes will bear
interest at a rate of 4.000% per annum, payable on
The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with the Company's existing and future unsecured senior debt, including, without limitation, the Company's 5.250% senior notes due 2026 (the "5.250% Senior Notes") and the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "4.500% Senior Notes"). The Company's obligations under the Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the "Guarantees"). The Guarantees are unsecured general obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equal in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantors that are not subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantees, including, without limitation, the guarantees under the 5.250% Senior Notes and the 4.500% Senior Notes.
Under the Indenture, the Company may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at
any time prior to
Upon the occurrence of specified change of control events, the Company must offer to each holder of Senior Notes to repurchase all or any part of such holder's Senior Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture at 101% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date. The Senior Notes and the Indenture contain customary covenants and events of default, including failure to pay principal or interest on the Senior Notes when due, among others.
The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the
securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and accordingly may be resold in
accordance with the Purchase Agreement only to "qualified institutional buyers"
(as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and outside
In connection with the completion of the sale of the Senior Notes, on
If the Company does not comply with certain of its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Senior Notes will bear additional interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period during which a registration default continues, increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to the next subsequent 90-day period until all registration defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of such additional interest for all registration defaults of 0.50% per annum.
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The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture (which includes the form of the Senior Notes and the notation of Guarantees) and the Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1 and 4.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information regarding the sale of the Senior Notes set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired: Not applicable. (b) Pro forma financial information: Not applicable. (c) Shell company transactions: Not applicable. (d) Exhibits: Exhibit No. Description 4.1 Indenture, dated as ofMarch 17, 2021 , by and amongThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the Guarantors (as defined therein) andU.S. Bank National Association , as trustee. 4.2 Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.1). 4.3 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as ofMarch 17, 2021 , by and amongThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the guarantors named therein andJ.P. Morgan Securities LLC , as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein. 10.1 Purchase Agreement, dated as ofMarch 11, 2021 , by and amongThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the guarantors named therein andJ.P. Morgan Securities LLC , as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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