Emergent BioSolutions Inc 8-K, filed Apr 30, 2024
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS)
8-K
2024-04-30
For: 2024-04-29
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About this 8-K
Emergent BioSolutions Inc filed this 8-K on April 30, 2024, reporting on events of April 29, 2024.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 2.03: New debt or off-balance-sheet obligation
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2024
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Amendment of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
On April 29, 2024, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Consent, Waiver and Seventh Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”) (the “Seventh Amendment”), among the Company, as borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and certain lenders party thereto. The Seventh Amendment amends the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2018, among the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time and the Administrative Agent (as previously amended, modified and supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), relating to the Company’s senior secured credit facilities consisting of a senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a senior term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”).
The Seventh Amendment amends the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (a) reduce available commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility to $270.0 million through July 30, 2024, to $225.0 million from July 31, 2024 through October 30, 2024, and to $200.0 million on October 31, 2024 and thereafter; (b) amend the interest rate benchmark in the definition of Applicable Margin from (i) 5.00% per annum to 7.00% per annum with respect to Base Rate Loans and (ii) 6.50% per annum to 8.50% per annum with respect to SOFR Loans, RFR Loans and Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and (c) require the Company to raise equity or unsecured indebtedness of at least $85.0 million by July 31, 2024 (or such later date on or before September 29, 2024 as agreed to by the Administrative Agent), provided that such requirement will be reduced by the aggregate net cash proceeds received from certain dispositions that are applied to reduce amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.
In addition, pursuant to the Seventh Amendment, the Company is obligated to apply 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received from certain dispositions to the prepayment of amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, except where such proceeds exceed $85,000,000, in which case such mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Credit Facility will no longer be required. Mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan Facility will not be required unless and until the aggregate net proceeds from such dispositions exceed $85,000,000, at which point 100% of such proceeds must be used toward repayment of amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Facility.
Under the Seventh Amendment, the Company is also subject to (a) a monthly minimum consolidated EBITDA covenant through May 15, 2025 and a monthly maximum capital expenditures covenant through March 31, 2025, (b) a minimum liquidity requirement and (c) additional financial statement reporting and business plan forecast obligations. In connection with the entry into the Seventh Amendment, the Company paid an amendment fee of an aggregate mount equal to 0.50% of the total credit exposure as of the Seventh Amendment effective date and will be required to pay an additional amendment fee of 1.0% of total credit exposure at December 31, 2024 and each month thereafter.
The foregoing description of the Seventh Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Seventh Amendment, a copy of which is expected to be filed as an exhibit to Emergent’s next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K under the subheading “Amendment of Senior Secured Credit Facilities” is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: April 30, 2024 | By: | /s/ RICHARD S. LINDAHL | ||||||
| Name: Richard S. Lindahl Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||
Emergent BioSolutions Announces Amendment to its Existing Credit Facility
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced that it has entered into a “Consent, Waiver and Seventh Amendment” to its existing credit facility.
“In light of this amendment, Emergent now has an extended runway to execute on our go-forward business plan to stabilize our financial position,” stated Joe Papa, president and CEO of Emergent. “Our bank group continues to work with our management team in a constructive fashion, evidenced by this positive development.”
On May 1, 2024, Emergent will report its first quarter 2024 financial results via conference call, as well as highlight key business updates, Q1 2024 financial review, and FY 2024 and Q2 2024 guidance.
About Emergent BioSolutions
At Emergent, our mission is to protect and enhance life. For 25 years, we’ve been at work defending people from things we hope will never happen—so we are prepared just in case they ever do. We provide solutions for complex and urgent public health threats through a portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics that we develop and manufacture for governments and consumers. We also offer a range of integrated contract development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. To learn more about how we plan to protect or enhance 1 billion lives by 2030, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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Investor Contact:
Richard S. Lindahl
Executive Vice President, CFO
lindahlr@ebsi.com
Media Contact: Assal Hellmer
Vice President, Communications
mediarelations@ebsi.com