Rockwell Collins,Inc. (NYSE:COL) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementItem 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.
On December 16, 2016, Rockwell Collins, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) entered into three credit agreements: a $4,350,000,000 senior unsecured bridge credit agreement among us, the lenders listed therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Bridge Credit Agreement”); a $1,500,000,000 senior unsecured three-year delayed draw term loan credit agreement among us, the lenders listed therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”); and a $1,500,000,000 senior unsecured five-year revolving credit agreement among us, the lenders listed therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Five-Year Credit Agreement,” and collectively with the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”).
The obligation of each lender under the Bridge Credit Agreement (each, a “Bridge Lender”) to make its loan thereunder (each, a “Bridge Loan”) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the consummation of the acquisition by the Company of B/E Aerospace, Inc. (“B/E”) substantially concurrently with the funding of the Bridge Loans. The commitments of the Bridge Lenders will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis with the net proceeds of certain equity and debt issuances. In addition, the Bridge Loans will be required to be prepaid with the net proceeds of certain equity and debt issuances and asset sales, subject to certain reinvestment rights with respect to asset sale proceeds. The commitments of the Bridge Lenders will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the borrowing of the Bridge Loans and (ii) the earlier of (x) the date on which the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 23, 2016, among us, B/E and Quarterback Merger Sub Corp. (the “Merger Agreement”) is terminated or expires and (y) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on October 21, 2017. Once borrowed, any Bridge Loans made and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable on the maturity date of the Bridge Credit Agreement, which is the date that is 364 days after the funding date of the Bridge Loans (such funding date, the “Bridge Closing Date”).
The obligation of each lender under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (each, a “Term Loan Lender”) to make its loan thereunder (each, a “Term Loan”) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the consummation of the acquisition by the Company of B/E substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Loans. The commitments of the Term Loan Lenders will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the borrowing of the Term Loans and (ii) the earlier of (x) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated or expires and (y) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on October 21, 2017. Once borrowed, any Term Loans made and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term Loans are required to be repaid in quarterly installments of 2.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans made on the funding date of the Term Loans (such funding date, the “Term Loan Closing Date”),