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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

July 12, 2024
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware1-1165736-4062333
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
14901 South Orange Blossom TrailOrlandoFL32837
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

407 826-5050
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
_________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

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☐    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 classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par valueTUPNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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.

On July 12, 2024, Tupperware Brands Corporation (the “Company”), Tupperware Products AG (together with the Company, collectively, the “Borrowers”), certain other subsidiaries of the Company and the Lenders (defined below) party thereto, among others, entered into the Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Amendment”), amending, modifying, and otherwise affecting (i) that certain Forbearance Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Forbearance Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2024 (the “First Amendment”), and as otherwise amended, supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof, the “Forbearance Agreement”), by and among, among others, the Borrowers, certain other subsidiaries of the Company and the Lenders (defined below) party thereto, and (ii) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2021 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2022, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2023, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Limited Waiver of Borrowing Conditions, dated as of May 5, 2023, that certain Debt Restructuring Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2023, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2023, that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2023, and the Forbearance Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among, among others, the Borrowers, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”).

As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 11, 2024, the deadlines for (1) the Company’s compliance with specified milestones set forth in Forbearance Agreement with respect to business planning and repayment transactions (the “Forbearance Agreement Milestones”) and (2) the termination of the Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Termination Date”) were extended to the earlier of (a) July 14, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time and (b) the date and time on which the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the majority Lenders) elects to terminate the Forbearance Agreement in accordance with its terms). The Forbearance Amendment, among other things, (a) extends the period for compliance with the Forbearance Agreement Milestones and the Forbearance Termination Date from July 14, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time until August 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time (or any earlier date the Forbearance Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms) and (b) includes an interim milestone requiring the Company to deliver one or more letters of intent with respect to entry into a repayment transaction by July 31, 2024.

The description of the Forbearance Amendment in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms of the Forbearance Amendment included therein. The Forbearance Amendment is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

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 is incorporated by reference into this item.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.




SIGNATURES

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

 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPORATION
Date:July 18, 2024By:/s/ Karen M. Sheehan
  Karen M. Sheehan
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary



Exhibit 10.1 EXECUTION VERSION SECOND AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT SECOND AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 12, 2024, by and among TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Borrower”), TUPPERWARE PRODUCTS AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized in and under the laws of Switzerland and registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Lucerne under no. CHE-106.835.699 (the “Swiss Subsidiary Borrower” and, together with the Parent Borrower, collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto (together with the Borrowers, collectively, the “Loan Parties”), each of the Consenting Lenders (as defined below), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings provided such terms in the Forbearance Agreement referred to below (including without limitation, by incorporation by reference to the Credit Agreement (as defined below). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2021 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2022, as amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 22, 2023, as amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Limited Waiver of Borrowing Conditions dated as of May 5, 2023, as amended by that certain Debt Restructuring Agreement dated as of August 2, 2023, as amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2023, as amended by that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2023, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Forbearance Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024 (as amended by that certain Amendment to Forbearance Agreement dated as of June 3, 2024 and as further amended and otherwise modified from time to time, the “Forbearance Agreement”); and WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto (the “Consenting Lenders”) have agreed to make certain amendments to the Forbearance Agreement, in each case as more specifically set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows: SECTION 1. Amendments to Forbearance Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended as follows: (a) The definition of “Forbearance Termination Event” in Section 1 of the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “June 30, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time” in such definition (which the parties acknowledge has previously been extended to July 14, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time) with the words “August 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time”.

 
2 191675041_2 (b) Each of Section 4(e) and Section 4(f) of the Forbearance Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the date “June 22, 2024” in each such section (each of which the parties acknowledge has previously been extended to July 14, 2024) with the date “August 15, 2024”. (c) The following new clause (i) is hereby added to Section 4 of the Forbearance Agreement: (i) On or before July 31, 2024, the Loan Parties shall have (i) received one or more indications of interest, non-binding letters of intent or other comparable documentation from one or more third parties interested in participating in a Repayment Transaction (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any such indication of interest, non- binding letter of intent or other comparable documentation received by the Loan Parties on or before April 22, 2024 pursuant to clause (d) above) and (ii) delivered copies of such letters, indications or other documentation to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders, which copies may be redacted to the extent required by the applicable third party (it being acknowledged that such materials and the information contained therein constitute confidential “Information” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement). The amendments to the Forbearance Agreement are limited to the extent specifically set forth in this Section 1 and no other terms, covenants or provisions of the Loan Documents are intended to be affected hereby. SECTION 2. Update Conferences. The Parent Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligation to conduct bi-weekly update conferences in accordance with Section 5(g) of the Forbearance Agreement, with the next such update conference to be held on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 2:30 pm Eastern time. SECTION 3. Disqualified Institutions. The Loan Parties hereby confirm that the Loan Parties have waived, and do hereby waive, all prohibitions under the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Section 9.04(i) of the Credit Agreement and the definition of Eligible Assignee in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement, on assignments to Disqualified Institutions. SECTION 4. Conditions of Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the date when the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived (such date, the “Effective Date”): (a) Executed Amendment Documents. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of this Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders constituting Required Lenders. (b) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of a certificate of the Parent Borrower (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), dated as of the Effective Date and executed by the secretary, an assistant secretary, another Responsible Officer or a director of the Parent Borrower, attaching: (i) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of, or other authorized persons acting on behalf of, the Parent Borrower executing this Amendment; (ii) resolutions of the board of directors of the Parent Borrower approving and authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, certified as of the Effective Date by such secretary, assistant secretary, other Responsible Officer or director as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; and

 
3 191675041_2 (iii) a current listing of each of the officers and directors of the Parent Borrower. (c) No Default or Event of Default. Other than the Specified Defaults, no Default or Event of Default shall exist on the Effective Date immediately after giving effect to this Amendment. (d) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in Section 7 of this Amendment shall be true and correct as of the Effective Date. (e) Fees and Expenses. The Parent Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Lender Financial Advisor and the Consenting Lenders that are required to be paid or reimbursed by the Parent Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lender Financial Advisor and any outside counsel to any Consenting Lender; provided that invoices therefor shall have been presented to the Parent Borrower at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Effective Date. (f) Work Fee. The Parent Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Consenting Lender, a work fee in the amount of $10,000 for each Consenting Lender that executes and delivers a counterpart of this Amendment on or before 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Effective Date. SECTION 5. Acknowledgement and Confirmation. Each Loan Party hereby (a) consents to this Amendment and agrees that the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall not limit or diminish the obligations of such Person under, or release such Person from any obligations under, any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (as amended pursuant to this Amendment), (b) confirms and reaffirms its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (as amended pursuant to this Amendment), (c) confirms and reaffirms that each of the security interests and liens created and granted in or pursuant to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties is valid and subsisting (and acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Amendment shall in no manner impair or otherwise adversely affect such security interests and liens and (ii) such liens and security interests shall continue to secure the obligations under the Loan Documents, as amended pursuant to this Amendment) and (d) agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (as amended pursuant to this Amendment) remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. The Parent Borrower hereby reconfirms its obligations pursuant to Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms thereof. SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on and as of the Effective Date that, in each case: (a) the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document will be true and correct in all material respects (other than in respect of representations and warranties that are subject to a Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifier, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as stated and so qualified) on and as of the Effective Date immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty specifically

 
4 191675041_2 refers to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty will be true and correct in all material respects (other than in respect of representations and warranties that are subject to a Material Adverse Effect or other materiality qualifier, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as stated and so qualified) as of such earlier date; (b) other than the Specified Defaults, no Default or Event of Default will exist immediately after giving effect to this Amendment; (c) it has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and each other document executed in connection herewith to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (d) this Amendment and each other document executed by a Loan Party in connection herewith has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies. SECTION 8. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents. (a) On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment is a Loan Document and subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. (b) The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents, other than as specifically set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents in effect immediately prior to the date hereof and all of the Collateral described therein in existence immediately prior to the date hereof do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations, in each case, as amended by this Amendment. SECTION 9. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 
5 191675041_2 SECTION 11. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted under the Credit Agreement. SECTION 12. Release. For good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby voluntarily and knowingly releases and forever discharges the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each, a “Lender Party Released Person”), from all possible claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, costs, expenses and liabilities whatsoever, known or unknown, anticipated or unanticipated, suspected or unsuspected, fixed, contingent or conditional, at law or in equity, originating at any time on or before the effective date of this Amendment, that in any way relate to or arise from this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any extension of credit thereunder or any transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, which such Loan Party may have against any Lender Party Released Person and irrespective of whether or not any such claims arise out of contract, tort, violation of law or regulations, or otherwise, including the exercise of any rights and remedies under this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the negotiation, execution or implementation of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. This paragraph shall survive the termination of each Loan Document and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of the Loans and other Obligations. [The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.]

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement as of the date first above written. BORROWERS: TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORPORATION By: /s/ Karen M. Sheehan Name: Karen M. Sheehan Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary TUPPERWARE PRODUCTS AG By: /s/ Steven Ramos Name: Steven Ramos Title: President of the Board of Directors SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: DART INDUSTRIES INC. DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION PREMIERE PRODUCTS, INC. TUPPERWARE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION TUPPERWARE PRODUCTS, INC. TUPPERWARE U.S., INC. TUPPERWARE HOME PARTIES LLC By: /s/ Karen M. Sheehan Name: Karen M. Sheehan Title: Vice President & Secretary

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page TUPPERWARE BRANDS LATIN AMERICA HOLDINGS, L.L.C. By: /s/ Camille Thiland Name: Camille Thiland Title: Managing Director A By: /s/ Carol Ho Name: Carol Ho Title: Managing Director B Represented by Camille Thiland, by virtue of a PoA

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and a Lender By: /s/ Constantin E. Chepurny Name: Constantin E. Chepurny Title: EVP

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page BMO BANK, N.A., as a Lender By: /s/ Kimberly Ptak Name: Kimberly Ptak Title: Authorized Signatory DEARBORN STREET HOLDINGS, LLC – SERIES 42, as a Holder By: /s/ Edmund Burke Name: Edmund Burke Title: Authorized Signatory

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page TRUIST BANK, as a Lender By: /s/ Robert W. Wilson Name: Robert W. Wilson Title: Senior Vice President

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By: /s/ Bryan R. DeBroka Name: Bryan R. DeBroka Title: Vice President

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By: /s/ Peter Szafran Name: Peter Szafran Title: Senior Vice President

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By: /s/ Mark J. Hattling Name: Mark J. Hattling Title: Vice President

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page TD BANK, N.A., as a Lender By: /s/ Benjamin Jenkins, III Name: Benjamin Jenkins, III Title: Commercial Workout Officer

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page SYNOVUS BANK, as a Lender By: /s/ Katie Schear Name: Katie Schear Title: Director, Special Assets

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement Signature Page ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., as a Lender By: /s/ Michael Stevens Name: Michael Stevens Title: Senior Vice President

 
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