Travel + Leisure Co. Announces Closing of $300 Million Secured Term Loan B Financing
14 Dezember 2022 - 11:23PM
Business Wire
Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL) announced today the closing of
the third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to its existing Credit
Agreement. The Third Amendment provides for an incremental term
loan B of $300 million, which will mature on December 14, 2029 (the
"Term Loan B").
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Term Loan
B, available cash on hand and revolving credit facility borrowings,
to redeem, repurchase or repay its outstanding $400 million 3.90%
secured notes due March 2023, and to pay related fees and
expenses.
The Term Loan B bears interest, at the Company’s option, at a
rate of (a) Base Rate (which is the highest of Bank of America’s
prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and the Term SOFR
(as defined in the Company’s existing Credit Agreement) one month
rate, inclusive of the SOFR Adjustment (defined as 0.10% per annum
in the Company’s Credit Agreement), plus 1.00% (subject in each
case to a floor of 0.50%)), plus an applicable rate of 3.00%, or
(b) the Term SOFR rate, inclusive of the SOFR Adjustment, plus an
applicable rate of 4.00% (subject to a floor of 0.50%). The Term
Loan B amortizes in equal quarterly installments of 0.25% of the
initial principal amount, starting with the first full fiscal
quarter after the closing date. The Term Loan B was issued with an
original issue discount of 97.5%.
About Travel + Leisure
Co.
Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE:TNL) is the world’s leading
membership and leisure travel company, with nearly 20 travel brands
across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio. The
company provides outstanding vacation experiences and travel
inspiration to millions of owners, members, and subscribers every
year through its products and services: Wyndham Destinations, the
largest vacation ownership company with more than 245 vacation club
resort locations across the globe; Panorama, the world’s foremost
membership travel business that includes the largest vacation
exchange company and subscription travel brands; and Travel +
Leisure Group, featuring top travel content and travel services
including the brand’s eponymous travel club. At Travel + Leisure
Co., our global team of associates brings hospitality to millions
each year, turning vacation inspiration into exceptional travel
experiences. We put the world on vacation. Learn more at
travelandleisureco.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” as that
term is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Forward-looking statements are any statements other than statements
of historical fact, including statements regarding our
expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding
the future. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as “expects,” and other words
of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results of Travel +
Leisure Co. and its subsidiaries (“Travel + Leisure Co.” or “we”)
to differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, the
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a
difference include, but are not limited to, risks associated with:
the acquisition of the Travel + Leisure brand and the future
prospects and plans for Travel + Leisure Co., including our ability
to execute our strategies to grow our cornerstone timeshare and
exchange businesses and expand into the broader leisure travel
industry through new business extensions; our ability to compete in
the highly competitive timeshare and leisure travel industries;
uncertainties related to acquisitions, dispositions and other
strategic transactions; the health of the travel industry and
declines or disruptions caused by adverse economic conditions,
inflation and potential recessionary impacts, unemployment rates,
consumer sentiment, terrorism or acts of gun violence, political
strife, war, including hostilities in Ukraine, pandemics, and
severe weather events and other natural disasters; adverse changes
in consumer travel and vacation patterns, consumer preferences and
demand for our products; increased or unanticipated operating costs
and other inherent business risks; our ability to comply with
financial and restrictive covenants under our indebtedness; rising
interest rates and our ability to access capital markets on
reasonable terms, at a reasonable cost or at all; maintaining the
integrity of internal or customer data and protecting our systems
from cyber-attacks; uncertainty with respect to the scope, impact
and duration of the novel coronavirus global pandemic (“COVID-19”),
including resurgences, the pace of recovery, distribution and
adoption of vaccines and treatments, and actions in response to the
evolving pandemic by governments, businesses and individuals; the
timing and amount of future dividends and share repurchases, if
any; and those other factors disclosed as risks under “Risk
Factors” in documents we have filed with the SEC, including in Part
I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2022.
We caution readers that any such statements are based on currently
available operational, financial and competitive information, and
they should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which reflect management’s opinion only as of the date
on which they were made. Except as required by law, we undertake no
obligation to review or update these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances as they occur.
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Investor Contact: Christopher Agnew Senior Vice
President, FP&A and Investor Relations (407) 626-4050
Christopher.Agnew@travelandleisure.com
Media Contact: Steven Goldsmith Public Relations (407)
626-5882 Steven.Goldsmith@travelandleisure.com
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