BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. (NYSE:BZH) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.
Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement
On September 24, 2019, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the “Company”) issued and sold $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.250% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) through a private placement to qualified institutional buyers to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes were initially sold to a purchase agreement, dated September 10, 2019, among the Company, the wholly-owned subsidiaries named as guarantors therein (the “Guarantors”) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representative of the initial purchasers named therein (the “Initial Purchasers”). The Company will use net proceeds from the offering, together with proceeds from the Company’s unsecured term loan facility and cash on hand, to fund the repayment of the $500 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), including fees and expenses related to the tender offer and consent solicitation offer for the 2022 Notes.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2020. The Notes will mature on October 15, 2029.
The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated September 24, 2019 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Indenture contains covenants which, subject to certain exceptions, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares, create liens on assets to secure indebtedness, pay dividends or make other equity distributions, purchase or redeem capital stock, make certain investments and consolidate or merge. The Indenture contains customary events of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, payments on the Notes may be accelerated and become immediately due and payable.
Upon a change of control (as defined in the Indenture), the Indenture requires the Company to make an offer to repurchase the Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The Company may redeem the Notes at any time prior to October 15, 2024, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 50% of the principal amount, plus a customary make-whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, at any time on or prior to October 15, 2022, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.250% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided, that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued under the Indenture remain outstanding after such redemption. Furthermore, at any time prior to the maturity of the Notes, if at least 90% of the principal amount of the Notes have previously been repurchased and cancelled in connection with a change of control offer (as defined in the Indenture) the Company may redeem all of the remaining Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. On or after October 15, 2027, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at 50% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured obligations, senior to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness and effectively subordinated to the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness, including indebtedness under the Company’s revolving credit facility, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The Notes and related guarantees are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of all of the Company’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior basis by the Guarantors.
