Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement
On August 28, 2019, Park Hotels and Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation, as parent (“Park”), PK Domestic Property LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect subsidiary of Park (“PK Domestic”) and Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct subsidiary of Park ( “PIH” and together with PK Domestic, the “Borrowers”) entered into a Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto as set forth in the Term Loan Agreement. The Term Loan Agreement provides for an unsecured delayed draw term loan facility with aggregate commitments of $950 million (the “Term Facility”) to be advanced to fund the pending merger (the “Merger”) of Chesapeake Lodging Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“Chesapeake”), with and into a subsidiary of PK Domestic. The Term Facility includes a $100 million two-year delayed draw term loan tranche (the “Two-Year Tranche”) and a $850 million five-year delayed draw term loan tranche. The funding of the Term Facility is contingent upon the satisfaction of customary conditions, including but not limited to the consummation (or substantially concurrent consummation) of the Merger in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 5, 2019, among Park, PK Domestic, PK Domestic Sub LLC, and Chesapeake. As of the date hereof, no amount was drawn under the Term Facility. It is currently anticipated that $850.0 million will be drawn under the Term Facility for the benefit of PK Domestic on the date of the consummation of the Merger.
Borrowings under the Term Facility will bear interest, at the Borrowers’ option, at a rate equal to a margin over either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the administrative agent’s prime lending rate, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (3) the LIBOR rate that would be payable on such day for a LIBOR rate loan with a one-month interest period plus 1.00% or (b) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) for the interest period relevant to such borrowing. The margin for the Term Facility is based on a ratio of Park’s total indebtedness to EBITDA (the “Leverage Ratio”) and ranges from 0.35% to 1.65%, in the case of base rate loans, and 1.35% to 2.65%, in the case of LIBOR rate loans. In addition, upon receiving an investment grade rating, the Borrowers may elect to convert to a credit rating based pricing grid. The Borrowers are required to pay ticking fees to the lenders under the Term Facility equal to 0.25% per annum on the daily outstanding amount of the Term Facility commitments until advanced or terminated, which ticking fees began to accrue on August 3, 2019. The Term Facility will have no amortization payments. The Borrowers will be permitted to voluntarily repay amounts outstanding under the Term Facility at any time without premium or penalty, subject to certain minimum amounts and the payment of customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR loans.
The obligations under the Term Loan Agreement are guaranteed by (i) each subsidiary of PIH that is a borrower or a guarantor of any unsecured indebtedness and (ii) if the Leverage Ratio exceeds 6.50 to 1.00 as of the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarter periods, (x) each wholly owned subsidiary of PIH that (A) owns a property included in the unencumbered property pool or (B) directly or indirectly owns any such subsidiary described in the preceding subclause (A), and (y) each wholly owned subsidiary of PIH that either owns, directly or indirectly, certain properties or holds assets that have a fair market value in excess of $5.0 million (the “Guarantors”). The guarantees from the Guarantors described in clause (ii) above may be subsequently released if the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 6.50 to 1.00 as of the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarter periods. Foreign and certain excluded subsidiaries are not required to be guarantors under the Term Loan Agreement.
If the Leverage Ratio exceeds 6.50 to 1.00 as of the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarter periods, PIH will be required to cause all of the equity interests of any subsidiary borrowers and the Guarantors to be pledged to secure the obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, subject to certain exceptions. The pledge of such equity interests may be subsequently released if the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 6.50 to 1.00 as of the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarter periods.
The Term Loan Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants. Such covenants, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, the ability of PIH, Park, and their respective subsidiaries to grant liens on properties included in the determination of PIH’s unencumbered pool value, mergers, affiliate transactions, asset sales and the payment of dividends and distributions. In addition, the Term Loan Agreement requires that Park satisfy certain financial maintenance covenants, including:
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a Leverage Ratio of not more than 7.25 to 1.00;
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ratio of reserve adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges of not less than 1.50 to 1.00;
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ratio of secured indebtedness to total asset value of not more than 0.45 to 1.00;
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ratio of unsecured indebtedness to the unencumbered pool value of properties satisfying certain criteria specified in, and valued per the terms of, the Term Loan Agreement of not more than 0.60 to 1.00 (subject to an option to increase to a higher level provided certain conditions are met); and
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ratio of adjusted net operating income from unencumbered properties satisfying certain criteria specified in the Term Loan Agreement to interest expense on unsecured indebtedness of not less than 2.00 to 1.00.
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The Term Loan Agreement permits the Borrowers to request an increase in the amount of the term loan tranches and to enter into additional incremental term loan credit facilities, subject to certain limitations, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400 million for all such increases. Availability under the Two-Year Tranche will be reduced by the net cash proceeds from customary mandatory commitment reduction and prepayment events, from issuances of equity, the incurrence of certain other debt or the sale of available assets, in each case subject to limited exceptions.
The Term Loan Agreement also includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable grace period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations owing under the Term Loan Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
The foregoing summary of the Term Loan Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Term Loan Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to Existing Credit Agreement
On August 28, 2019, Park and the Borrowers entered into a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. The Second Amendment amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2016, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (collectively, the “Existing Credit Agreement”). The Second Amendment implements various covenant and technical amendments to make the Existing Credit Agreement consistent with corresponding provisions in the Term Loan Agreement. The Second Amendment does not change the maturity or any of the pricing terms of the term loan and revolving credit facility outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement. In addition, the Second Amendment does not change the Borrowers’ option under the Existing Credit Agreement to increase the revolving credit facility or increase or add additional term loans of up to $500 million in the aggregate to the extent that any one or more lenders (from the syndicate or otherwise) agree to provide such additional credit extensions.
The foregoing summary of the Second Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to Second Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
From time to time, the Borrower has had customary commercial and/or investment banking relationships with Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and/or certain of their respective affiliates and certain other lenders party to the Term Loan Agreement and the Second Amendment.
Item 2.03.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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The disclosure set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K under “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement – Term Loan Facility” is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01.
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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Park issued a press release on September 4, 2019 announcing it had entered into the Term Facility. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.