INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:IMKTA) Files An 8-K Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

On November 22, 2019, the Company closed a $155 million ten-year amortizing real estate loan (the “Loan”) and issued notice to redeem a like principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due in 2023 (the “Notes”). The Loan will be funded and the Notes will be redeemed thirty days after the redemption notice on December 23, 2019. The Notes will be redeemed at 101.917% of par value, and the Company will recognize debt extinguishment costs of approximately $3.0 million during the quarter ending December 28, 2019.

The Loan matures January 31, 2030 and has monthly principal payments of $0.65 million plus floating rate interest based on LIBOR. The Company entered into a notional amount $155 million interest rate swap contract to convert the variable rate on the Loan to a fixed interest rate of 2.92%. The notional amount of the swap declines each month by $0.65 million consistent with the required principal payments of the loan.

About INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:IMKTA)

Ingles Markets, Incorporated (Ingles) is a supermarket chain in the southeast United States. The Company’s segments include retail grocery and other. Its other segment consists of fluid dairy operations and shopping center rentals. As of September 24, 2016, the Company operated 201 supermarkets in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama. The Company locates its supermarkets primarily in suburban areas, small towns and rural communities. Ingles supermarkets offer customers a range of food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods and other perishables and non-food products. Its non-food products include fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty care products and general merchandise. The Company focuses on selling products to its customers through the development of organic products, bakery departments and prepared foods, including delicatessen sections.