ITEM 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
As previously disclosed, on January 17, 2023, Party City Holdco Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”) seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). The case are being jointly administered under the caption In re: Party City Holdco Inc., et. al. (Case No.23-90005 (DRJ)) (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). The Debtors continue to operate their business and manage their properties as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court.
On January 18, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Debtors proposed $150.00 million senior secured superpriority priming debtor-in-possession term loan credit facility (the “DIP Facility”) on an interim basis pursuant to the Interim Order for the DIP Facility (as defined herein). On January 19, 2023, certain of the Debtors entered into the credit agreement governing the DIP Facility along with certain financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as the administrative agent and collateral agent (the “DIP Credit Agreement”), and the closing of the DIP Facility occurred on the same day.
An initial draw of $75.00 million under the DIP Facility was made on January 19, 2023, and the proceeds will be used in accordance with the DIP Facility budget to, among other things, (i) pay the administrative costs and expenses of the Chapter 11 Cases and the DIP Facility and (ii) fund general corporate purposes. A second draw of $75.00 million will be made available to the Debtors for drawing (in a single draw) for three business days following the entry of an order approving the DIP Facility on a final basis by the Bankruptcy Court (the “Final Order for the DIP Facility” and together with the Interim Order for the DIP Facility, the “DIP Orders”), subject to satisfaction (or waiver) of certain conditions precedent set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement. If undrawn, the commitments under the DIP Facility in respect of such remaining $75.0 million will terminate. The second draw of borrowings for $75.0 million will be used for the same purposes as the first draw.
The DIP Facility will terminate on the earliest of (i) June 19, 2023 (which may, subject to certain conditions, be extended by no more than 30 days); (ii) the effective date of any Chapter 11 plan for the reorganization of any Debtor; (iii) the consummation of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Debtors pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 363; (iv) the date of acceleration or termination of the DIP Facility in accordance with the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement upon an event of default, (v) payment in full in the case of the payment of the backstop and upfront commitment premiums and (iv) February 16, 2023 (or such later date as may be agreed in accordance with the DIP Credit Agreement), unless the Bankruptcy Court enters the Final Order for the DIP Facility ton or prior to such date. The outstanding principal of the DIP Facility is due and payable in full upon termination.
The DIP Facility is secured by perfected senior security interests and liens having the priorities set forth in the DIP Orders on substantially all assets of the Debtors, as further described in the DIP Orders.
Loans under the DIP Facility bear interest at an adjusted secured overnight financing rate with a one-month tenor rate plus 10.0% per annum or an adjusted base rate plus 9.00% per annum. In addition, the DIP Facility provides for the following premiums and fees, as further described in the DIP Credit Agreement: (i) an upfront commitment premium equal to 8.00% of the total commitments that is payable in cash or paid-in-kind, ie., as additional loans, (ii) an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.50% per annum that is payable in cash, and (iii) a backstop commitment premium payable, at the election of the backstopping lenders, in (a) equity (or equity-linked securities) or (b) cash in an amount equal to 10.00% of the outstanding term loans held by such as of the date the DIP Facility terminates.
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