Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On May 23, 2024, Spectrum Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its previously announced offering of $350 million principal amount of 3.375% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), including the full exercise by certain initial purchasers of their option to purchase an additional $50 million of Notes. The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of May 23, 2024 among the Company, Spectrum Brand Holdings, Inc., as parent guarantor (the “Parent”), certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries as guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior, unsecured basis, by the Parent and, subject to certain exceptions, each of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee any of the Company’s 4.00% Notes due 2026, 5.00% Notes due 2029, 5.50% Notes due 2030 and 3.875% Notes due 2031 (the “Existing Notes”) or any other debt securities issued by the Company or the Parent in the form of senior unsecured notes or convertible or exchangeable notes (collectively, the “Guarantors”).
After payment of the cost of entering into the capped call transactions described below, the Company intends to use the remainder of the $340.2 million of the net proceeds from the Notes (excluding offering expenses) to repurchase approximately $50 million of the common stock of the Parent, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) effected through one of the initial purchasers or its affiliates and for general corporate purposes.
The Notes and the guarantees will be the Company’s and each Guarantor’s senior, unsecured obligations and will be (i) equal in right of payment with the Company and each Guarantor’s existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness (including, in the case of the Company and the Guarantors party thereto, the Existing Notes); (iii) senior in right of payment to the Company and each Guarantor’s existing and future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes or the guarantees, as applicable; (iii) effectively subordinated to the Company and each Guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness (including, in the case of the Company and the Guarantors party thereto, the revolving facility of the October 19, 2023 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among the Company, SB/RH Holdings, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, as the administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders and issuing banks party thereto from time to time), to the extent of the value of the collateral securing that indebtedness; and (iv) structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, and (to the extent the Company or a Guarantor is not a holder thereof) preferred equity, if any, of the Company or that Guarantor’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. In addition, the Notes will be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes.
The Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 3.375% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2024. The Notes will mature on June 1, 2029, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or exchanged. Holders may surrender their Notes, in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount, for exchange into cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock, prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date based on the applicable exchange rate and only under certain circumstances specified within the Indenture. Upon surrender of Notes for exchange, the Company will pay cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be exchanged and pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election, in respect of the remainder, if any, of the Company’s exchange obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being exchanged. The initial exchange rate for the Notes is 8.2060 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial exchange price of approximately $121.86 per share of Common Stock), subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. Holders will not receive any cash payment or, if applicable, additional shares representing accrued and unpaid interest upon exchange of a Note, except in limited circumstances. Instead, interest will be deemed paid by the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock paid or delivered, as the case may be, to holders upon exchange.
The Notes will be redeemable for cash in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on a redemption date occurring on or after June 7, 2027 and before the 41st scheduled trading day before the maturity date, but only if (A) the Notes are “Freely Tradable” (as defined in the Indenture) (unless the Company elects for cash settlement to apply to all exchanges of Notes with an exchange date that occurs on or after the date