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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2023

 

 

STORE Capital LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36739   88-4051712

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

8377 East Hartford Drive, Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(480) 256-1100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

None   None   None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendments to Unsecured Credit Agreement

On December 14, 2023, STORE Capital LLC (the “Company”), KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto, entered into a first amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2023 (as amended to date, the “Unsecured Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the other lenders identified therein, and the Administrative Agent. The First Amendment increased the capacity for uncommitted incremental term loans and revolving commitments, whether in the form of additional facilities or an increase to the existing facilities, from an aggregate amount for all revolving commitments and term loans under the Unsecured Credit Agreement of up to $2.5 billion to an aggregate amount for all revolving commitments and term loans under the Unsecured Credit Agreement of up to $3.2 billion. In addition, all lenders party to the Unsecured Credit Agreement consented to the Company’s incurrence of future incremental term loans under the Unsecured Credit Agreement that mature earlier or will mature earlier than the latest maturity date of, and/or that have or will have a weighted average life to maturity shorter than, the classes of term loans and revolving commitments outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of such First Amendment.

Also on December 14, 2023, immediately upon the effectiveness of the First Amendment, the Company, the Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto entered into an incremental amendment no. 3 (the “Incremental Amendment No. 3”) to the Unsecured Credit Agreement. Incremental Amendment No. 3 provided for new incremental term loans, constituting a new class of terms loans, under the Unsecured Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount of $467.5 million (the “New Term Loans”). The New Term Loans are on the same terms as the existing term loans under the Unsecured Credit Agreement, except that the New Term Loans (a) have a maturity date of July 3, 2026, subject to two 12-month extension options that the Company may exercise pursuant to certain terms and conditions, including payment of an extension fee, and (b) bear interest at floating rates equal to, at the Company’s option, either (i) SOFR plus an applicable margin or (ii) a Base Rate (as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin. Depending on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio (as defined in the Unsecured Credit Agreement), the spread on the New Term Loans range from 1.20% to 1.80% for SOFR borrowings and from 0.20% to 0.80% for Base Rate borrowings. Subject to the Administrative Agent (at the direction of lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the commitments and the outstanding term loans of all lenders under the Unsecured Credit Agreement) and the Company agreeing on environmental sustainability metric procedures, and the Company’s satisfaction thereof, the margins applicable to SOFR and Base Rate borrowings with respect to the New Term Loans may be reduced by one basis point. The Unsecured Credit Agreement contains various restrictive financial and nonfinancial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain leverage ratios, cash flow and debt service coverage ratios and secured borrowing ratios.

The foregoing description of the First Amendment and Incremental Amendment No. 3 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which will be filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

 

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Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the entry into Incremental Amendment No. 3, the Company used the proceeds from the New Term Loans provided thereunder, together with cash on hand, to repay in full all indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations outstanding under, and terminated, the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2023 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, certain special purpose subsidiaries of the Company (the “Borrowers”), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Citibank, N.A., as payment agent, and the other lenders and parties identified therein. The Credit Agreement, which had provided for a secured term loan in the original principal amount of $2.0 billion maturing in February 2025, had an outstanding principal balance of $960 million as of September 30, 2023. Upon termination of the Credit Agreement, the Company also terminated the related Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2023 (the “Property Management Agreement”), among the Borrowers, the Company, KeyBank National Association, as back-up manager, and the Administrative Agent. Under the Property Management Agreement, the Company had served as the property manager and special servicer and was responsible for servicing and administering the assets securing the term loan under the Credit Agreement.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On December 20, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the transactions described in this Current Report on Form 8-K, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, issued December 20, 2023.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    STORE Capital LLC
Dated: December 20, 2023      
    By:  

/s/ Chad A. Freed

      Chad A. Freed
      Executive Vice President – General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STORE Capital Announces Early Repayment and Termination of $2.0 Billion Secured Privatization Bridge Loan and Significant Expansion of Unsecured Credit Agreement

Scottsdale, AZ – December 20, 2023 – STORE Capital LLC (“STORE”, “STORE Capital” or the “Company”), an internally managed net-lease real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in Single Tenant Operational Real Estate, today announced that it has repaid in full the secured bridge loan it had incurred in connection with the February 2023 acquisition of STORE by GIC, a global institutional investor, in partnership with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital. The secured bridge loan had an original principal amount of $2.0 billion maturing in February 2025, and had an outstanding principal balance of $960 million as of September 30, 2023. The early payoff of the secured bridge loan significantly reduces the Company’s secured debt level, extends its maturity profile, and lowers its overall cost of capital.

In connection with the payoff of the secured bridge loan, STORE amended its unsecured credit agreement to increase its aggregate borrowing capacity to $3.2 billion from $2.5 billion and to add new term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $467.5 million, bringing its aggregate term loan borrowings to $1.3 billion. The proceeds from the new term loans, together with cash on hand, were used to pay off the secured bridge loan.

“We are very pleased with STORE’s recent capital markets activity,” said Mary Fedewa, President and Chief Executive Officer of STORE Capital. “Paying off the $2.0 billion secured bridge loan more than a year before its maturity, demonstrates our continued access to capital and delivers on our commitment to return to the unsecured debt levels at which we operated prior to going private. We are extremely grateful for the continued support from our long-term and new banking relationships.”

About STORE Capital

STORE Capital is an internally managed net-lease REIT that is a leader in the acquisition, investment and management of Single Tenant Operational Real Estate, which is its target market and the inspiration for its name. STORE Capital is one of the largest and fastest growing net-lease REITs and owns a large, well-diversified portfolio that consists of investments in more than 3,100 property locations across the United States, substantially all of which are profit centers. Additional information about STORE Capital can be found on its website at www.storecapital.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Some of the statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

The forward-looking statements contained in this release reflect the Company’s current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that may cause actual results and future events to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. While forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s


good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance or events. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was made. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 22, 2023, as updated by the Company’s subsequent periodic reports filed with the SEC.

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