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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 24, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
Note 11 – Subsequent Events:

Credit Facility Refinancing

On September 30, 2022, the Company entered into a new credit agreement, providing for a credit facility (the “2022 Senior Credit Facility”), consisting of a revolving credit facility in the maximum principal amount of $1.20 billion (with a sublimit of $50 million for swingline loans and a sublimit of $150 million for letters of credit). In addition, the Company has an option to increase the revolving credit facility or establish term loans in an amount not to exceed $500 million in the aggregate, subject to, among other things, the receipt of commitments for the increased amount. The 2022 Senior Credit Facility is unsecured and has a five-year term with two options to request that the lenders extend the maturity date of the notes held by each lender for one year.

Borrowings for the revolving credit facility will bear interest at either the bank’s base rate plus an additional margin ranging from 0.000% to 0.250% or adjusted SOFR plus an additional margin ranging from 0.750% to 1.250% adjusted based on the Company's public credit ratings. The Company is also required to pay, quarterly in arrears, a commitment fee related to unused capacity ranging from 0.080% to 0.150% per annum, adjusted based on the Company's public credit ratings.

The 2022 Senior Credit Facility replaced the Company’s Senior Credit Facility. Proceeds from borrowings under the 2022 Senior Credit Facility were used to pay off the Senior Credit Facility.

In connection with the debt refinancing, the Company amended its interest rate swap agreement to convert the reference rate from one-month LIBOR to one-month term SOFR and elected the optional expedients offered under the Accounting Standards Codification 848, Reference Rate Reform, which allows the cash flow hedge to continue being recognized under hedge accounting without dedesignation.

Amendments to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement

On September 30, 2022, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) by and among the Company, PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”) and other holders of the notes. The Third Amendment modifies certain provisions of the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated as of August 14, 2017 by and among the Company, Prudential and the noteholders party thereto, as amended (collectively as amended by the Amendment, the“Note Purchase Facility”) and conforms certain representations, warranties and covenants with the 2022 Senior Credit Facility.

On November 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) by and among the Company, Prudential and other holders of the notes which also amends the Note Purchase Facility. The Fourth Amendment extends the issuance period in which the Company may issue and sell, and Prudential may consider in its sole discretion the purchase of, in one or a series of transactions, additional senior unsecured notes of the Company (the “Shelf Note”), in an aggregate principal amount of up to $150 million under the Note Purchase Facility. The Shelf Notes may be issued through November 1, 2025, unless either party terminates such issuance right.

Acquisition of Orscheln Farm and Home, LLC

On October 12, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of Orscheln. The Company acquired 166 Orscheln stores for approximately $320 million before working capital adjustments. Consistent with the remedy negotiated with the FTC, the Company divested 85 locations to two buyers, Bomgaars Supply, Inc. (73 stores) and Buchheit Enterprises, Inc. (12 stores), shortly after closing the acquisition. Proceeds from the store divestitures were approximately $72 million. In addition, the
Company has agreed to sell the Orscheln corporate headquarters and distribution center to Bomgaars for approximately $10 million within 15 months after the closing of the acquisition. The acquisition was financed with cash-on-hand and borrowings under the 2022 Senior Credit Facility.