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Subsequent Event
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Event

12.Subsequent Event

On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a new Credit Agreement (the 2017 Credit Agreement), which refinanced and replaced the 2015 Credit Agreement (see Note 7).

The 2017 Credit Agreement is a senior unsecured credit facility that is jointly and severally guaranteed by us and certain of our subsidiaries. The 2017 Credit Agreement provides for the following credit facilities:

 

a $750.0 million delayed draw tranche A term loan facility; and

 

a revolving credit facility of up to $2.8 billion (including an allowance for borrowings outside of the U.S.), which includes the capacity to obtain letters of credit and swingline loans and matures on October 31, 2022.

 

Borrowings under the tranche A term loan facility bear interest, based at our option, on either (1) the applicable fixed rate plus 0.875% to 1.25% or (2) the daily rate plus 0.0% to 0.25%, in each case as determined by reference to our Credit Rating (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement).  Borrowings under the tranche A term loan facility require quarterly payments, which begin on March 5, 2018 and continue through maturity on October 31, 2022, provided that in the event that our leverage ratio (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement) is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding any such payment date, no such quarterly principal payment shall be required on such date.

 

The revolving credit facility allows for borrowings outside of the U.S., with a $200.0 million sub-facility available to one of our Canadian subsidiaries, one of our Australian subsidiaries and one of our New Zealand subsidiaries and a $300.0 million sub-facility available to one of our U.K. subsidiaries. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at varying rates, based at our option, on either (1) the applicable fixed rate plus 0.775% to 1.075% or (2) the daily rate plus 0.0% to 0.075%, in each case as determined by reference to our Credit Rating (as defined in the 2017 Credit Agreement). The 2017 Credit Agreement requires us to pay a fee based on the total amount of the revolving credit facility commitment (whether used or unused) and a ticking fee to the lenders under the tranche A term loan facility (commencing on January 30, 2018 and ending on July 31, 2018 (or such earlier date as the tranche A term loan facility is terminated or drawn in its entirety)).

 

On October 31, 2017, CBRE Services made an initial borrowing of (1) $200.0 million under the tranche A term loan facility (with the remaining $550.0 million available to be drawn under the tranche A term loan facility on one additional occasion on any date on or prior to July 31, 2018) and (2) $83.0 million under the revolving credit facility. These proceeds, in addition to cash on hand, were used to repay all amounts outstanding under the 2015 Credit Agreement.