Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE: BHC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Credit Agreement Amendment
On November27, 2018, Bausch Health Companies Inc. (the “Company”) entered into that certain First Incremental Amendment (the “Incremental Amendment”) to its existing Fourth Amended& Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), to which Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (“VPI”), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, borrowed $1,500,000,000 of new term B loans (the “New Term B Loans”).
The New Term B Loans incurred to the Incremental Amendment will mature on November27, 2025 and have an amortization rate of 5.00% per annum. The New Term B Loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the borrower’s option, either (a)a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1)the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section, as the “Prime Rate”, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1.00% or (3)the eurocurrency rate for a period of one month plus 1.00% (or if such eurocurrency rate shall not be ascertainable, 1.00%) or (b)a eurocurrency rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs (provided however, that the eurocurrency rate in respect of loans under the term loan facility shall at no time be less than zero), in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable interest rate margins for the term loan facility loans are 1.75% with respect to base rate borrowings and 2.75% with respect to eurocurrency rate borrowings. Except as amended by the Incremental Amendment, the terms of the Credit Agreement were not otherwise amended.
The Company paid a fee to each New Term B Loan lender immediately upon giving effect to the Incremental Amendment equal to 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Term B Loans provided on the closing date for the Incremental Amendment.
The foregoing summary of the Incremental Amendment, the New Term B Loans and the transactions contemplated thereby is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Incremental Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.01. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 1.01 Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
On November27, 2018, the Company issued a notice of redemption to redeem all of its outstanding 7.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), using cash on hand, on December27, 2018 (the “Redemption Date”).
The Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of July12, 2013 between the Company (as successor to VPII Escrow Corp.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented and amended, and will be redeemed to Article 3 of the indenture.
The redemption price for the 7.500% Notes will be $1,018.75 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on the Notes will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders of the Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price and interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date upon surrender to the paying agent of the Notes.
The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 1.01. Other Events.
Tender Offer
On November21, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the results as of the consent date of the previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 1.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
| 10.1 | First Incremental Amendment, dated as of November27, 2018, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June1, 2018, among Bausch Health Companies Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, certain subsidiaries of Bausch Health Companies Inc. as guarantors, each of the financial institutions named therein as lenders and issuing banks and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent |
| 99.1 | Press release announcing closing of incremental amendment to Bausch Health Companies Inc.’s existing credit agreement and redemption of its 7.500% Senior Notes due 2021, dated November27, 2018 |
| 99.2 | Press release announcing early tender results and early settlement date for cash tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of Bausch Health Companies Inc.’s 7.500% Senior Notes due 2021, dated November21, 2018 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
| 10.1 | First Incremental Amendment, dated as of November27, 2018, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2018, among Bausch Health Companies Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, certain subsidiaries of Bausch Health Companies Inc. as guarantors, each of the financial institutions named therein as lenders and issuing banks and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent |
| 99.1 | Press release announcing closing of incremental amendment to Bausch Health Companies Inc.’s existing credit agreement and redemption of its 7.500% Senior Notes due 2021, dated November27, 2018 |
| 99.2 | Press release announcing early tender results and early settlement date for cash tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of Bausch Health Companies Inc.’s 7.500% Senior Notes due 2021, dated November21, 2018 |
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