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Debt

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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

4. Debt

The components of debt were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,
2021

 

 

December 31,
2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Bonds (Series C)

 

$

 

 

$

76,582

 

PNC term loans

 

 

32,377

 

 

 

32,354

 

M&T debt

 

 

44,460

 

 

 

27,898

 

Ares term loan

 

 

214,780

 

 

 

215,433

 

Insurance premium notes

 

 

3,038

 

 

 

3,488

 

Capital One line of credit

 

 

394,933

 

 

 

394,035

 

Total debt, net

 

$

689,588

 

 

$

749,790

 

Less current portion

 

 

(10,028

)

 

 

(40,988

)

Total long-term debt, net

 

$

679,560

 

 

$

708,802

 

Bonds (Series C)

On March 30, 2021, Arko Holdings fully redeemed its Bonds (Series C) in accordance with the optional redemption provisions of the deed of trust governing the Bonds (Series C). Arko Holdings redeemed the Bonds (Series C) at a redemption price equal to approximately NIS 1.084 for every NIS 1 par value (approximately $0.325 as of March 30, 2021 per NIS 1 par value) of Bonds (Series C) outstanding (including additional interest for the early redemption and accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date for the Bonds (Series C)). The total amount paid to holders of the Bonds (Series C) was approximately NIS 264 million (approximately $79 million).

Ares Credit Agreement

On March 30, 2021, GPM entered into an amendment to its credit agreement (the “Ares Credit Agreement”) with Ares Capital Corporation (“Ares”) to adjust the interest rate effective from and after March 1, 2021, by (A) reducing the applicable margin for the term loan facility by 0.125% and (B) reducing the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the credit agreement) to be not less than 1.0%, such that following these changes, effective March 1, 2021, the term loan facility bears interest, as elected by GPM, at (a) a rate per annum equal to the Ares alternative base rate (“ABR”) plus a margin of 3.50%, or (b) the LIBOR Rate (not less than 1.0%) plus a margin of 4.50%.

On April 30, 2021, GPM entered into a sixth amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the Ares Credit Agreement. The Sixth Amendment amended the Ares Credit Agreement as follows: the definition of Consolidated EBITDA was amended to increase the amount of fees, expenses and other charges related to Permitted Acquisitions (as defined in the Ares Credit Agreement) that can be added back when calculating Consolidated EBITDA; the definition of Consolidated Total Debt was amended to increase the amount of GPM’s cash and cash equivalents on hand deducted from GPM’s indebtedness when calculating Consolidated Total Debt; various changes were made to facilitate potential new equipment and real estate financings from M&T Bank; certain permitted debt baskets were increased to allow GPM to have more flexibility in its operations and the financial statement and budget delivery requirements were updated primarily to reflect GPM’s ownership of GPMP.

On October 21, 2021, the Company repaid its full obligation under the Ares Credit Agreement with the proceeds from the Senior Notes offering described below and terminated the Ares Credit Agreement.

PNC Credit Agreement

On October 14, 2021, GPM entered into a fifth amendment to its credit agreement, dated February 28, 2020, by and among GPM, and certain of its subsidiaries as borrowers and guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as lender and as agent (as amended, the “PNC Credit Agreement”), which became effective from the closing of the Senior Notes offering. This fifth amendment (i) permitted the Company to issue the Senior Notes and GPM and certain of the other guarantors to guarantee the Senior Notes, (ii) modified certain of the covenants, including the indebtedness covenant, investment covenant, restricted payments covenant and payment of junior indebtedness covenant, in connection with permitting the Senior Notes

and the transactions related to the offering, issuance and sale of the Senior Notes, (iii) removed references to the Ares Credit Agreement and (iv) limited the collateral granted as security under the PNC Credit Agreement to a first priority lien on only receivables, inventory and deposit accounts. The Company did not incur additional debt or receive any proceeds in connection with this fifth amendment.

M&T Bank Credit Agreement

On June 24, 2021 (the “M&T Closing Date”), GPM entered into (i) a Second Amended, Restated and Consolidated Credit Agreement, by and among GPM, certain of its subsidiaries as co-borrowers and M&T Bank (the “A&R M&T Credit Agreement”) and (ii) a Second Amended and Restated Master Covenant Agreement, by and between GPM and M&T Bank (the “A&R M&T Master Covenant Agreement”).

The A&R M&T Credit Agreement amended and restated in its entirety that certain Amended and Restated Consolidated Credit Agreement, dated December 21, 2016, as amended, by and among GPM, M&T Bank and the other parties thereto and (i) added a three-year $20.0 million line of credit for purchases of equipment, which line may be borrowed in tranches, as described below, and (ii) increased the aggregate principal amount of real estate loans thereunder to $35.0 million (the “New Term Loan”) from approximately $23.2 million outstanding as of the M&T Closing Date. On the M&T Closing Date, GPM refinanced the entirety of the existing $23.2 million of real estate loans, of which $20.0 million was due to mature in December 2021, using the proceeds from the New Term Loan, which GPM drew in its entirety, resulting in approximately $10.7 million in net proceeds to GPM after paying costs and expenses. On the M&T Closing Date, approximately $2.5 million of outstanding equipment loans from M&T Bank were converted to become a part of the $20.0 million line of credit, of which approximately $17.5 million remained available as of the M&T Closing Date and approximately $12.3 million remained available as of September 30, 2021.

Additionally, the real estate loans, which were originally at fixed interest rates ranging from 3.06% to 5.06% were converted to floating rate loans at LIBOR plus 3.00%, and the fixed interest rate on the currently outstanding equipment loan increased from 3.55% to 3.58%. The real estate loans mature in June 2026 and are payable in monthly installments based on a fifteen-year amortization schedule, with the balance of the loans payable at maturity. The A&R M&T Credit Agreement provides that each additional equipment loan tranche will have a three-year term, payable in level monthly payments of principal plus interest, and will accrue a fixed rate of interest equal to M&T Bank’s three-year cost of funds as of the applicable date of such tranche, plus 3.00%. The real estate loans and equipment loans are both secured by the real property and equipment acquired with the proceeds of such loans. The A&R M&T Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including that the borrowers do not encumber the collateral subject to the applicable loans under the A&R M&T Credit Agreement.

The A&R M&T Master Covenant Agreement amended and restated the covenants contained in the Amended and Restated M&T Master Covenant Agreement dated November 5, 2020, as amended, in each case in respect of the loans under the A&R M&T Credit Agreement.

On October 14, 2021, GPM entered into an amendment to each of the A&R M&T Credit Agreement and the A&R M&T Master Covenant Agreement (the M&T Credit Amendments). The M&T Credit Amendments (i) permitted the Company to issue the Senior Notes and GPM and certain of the other guarantors to guarantee the Senior Notes, (ii) modified and introduced certain definitions in connection with permitting the Senior Notes and the transactions related to the offering, issuance and sale of the Senior Notes and (iii) removed references to the Ares Credit Agreement.

Senior Notes Offering

On October 21, 2021, the Company completed a private offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Senior Notes”), pursuant to a note purchase agreement dated October 14, 2021, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”), and BofA Securities, Inc., as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein. The Senior Notes are guaranteed, on an unsecured senior basis, by all of the Guarantors.

The Company used the net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes to repay in full the approximately $223 million of outstanding obligations under the Ares Credit Agreement, repay $200 million of the outstanding obligations under the Capital One line of credit and intends to use the remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes. The indenture governing the Senior Notes contains customary restrictive covenants that, among other things, generally limit the ability of the Company and substantially all of its subsidiaries to (i) create liens, (ii) pay dividends, acquire shares of capital stock and make payments on subordinated debt, (iii) place limitations on distributions from certain subsidiaries, (iv) issue or sell the capital stock of certain subsidiaries, (v) sell assets, (vi) enter into transactions with affiliates, (vii) effect mergers and (viii) incur indebtedness.

The Senior Notes and the guarantees rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ respective existing and future senior unsubordinated indebtedness and are effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’

existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness; and are structurally subordinated to any existing and future obligations of subsidiaries of the Company that are not Guarantors.