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Debt
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2020
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt Note 8. Debt

As of November 30, 2020, the Company held borrowings under two separate agreements as detailed below.

Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement

The Company holds borrowings under its Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Note Agreement”) by and among the Company, PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”), and certain affiliates and managed accounts of Prudential (the “Note Purchasers”). The note agreement has been amended three times, most recently on September 30, 2020 (the “Third Amendment”). The Third Amendment permitted the Company to enter into the first amendment of its existing amended and restated revolving credit agreement with Bank of America and also included certain conforming amendments to the credit agreement, including the revision of financial and restrictive covenants.

Credit Agreement

The Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America consists of a revolving commitment for borrowing by the Company up to $150.0 million with a sublimit of $100.0 million for WD-40 Company Limited, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of the Company for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

On September 30, 2020, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “First Amendment to Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America. In addition to other non-material and technical amendments to the Credit Agreement, the First Amendment to Credit Agreement extended the maturity date from March 16, 2025 to September 30, 2025, revised certain financial and restrictive covenants, increased the limitation amounts on other unsecured Indebtedness and Investments and adjusted the interest rates on subsequent borrowings under the Credit Agreement using a three-tier pricing approach tied to the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this report have the meaning given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

Short-term and long-term borrowings under the Company’s Credit Agreement and Note Agreement consisted of the following (in thousands):

Maturities

November 30,

August 31,

Issuance

(calendar year)

2020

2020

Credit Agreement - revolving credit facility (1)(3)

Various

9/30/2025

$

45,912

$

95,898

Note Agreement

Series A Notes - 3.39% fixed rate(2)

11/15/2017

2021-2032

17,600

18,000

Series B Notes - 2.50% fixed rate(3)

9/30/2020

11/15/2027

26,000

-

Series C Notes - 2.69% fixed rate(3)

9/30/2020

11/15/2030

26,000

-

Total borrowings

115,512

113,898

Short-term portion of borrowings

(800)

(800)

Total long-term borrowings

$

114,712

$

113,098

(1)The Company has the ability to refinance any draw under the line of credit with successive short-term borrowings through the maturity date. Outstanding draws for which management has both the ability and intent to refinance with successive short-term borrowings for a period of at least twelve months are classified as long-term. As of November 30, 2020, the entire balance on this facility is classified as long-term and only contains amounts denominated in Euros and Pound Sterling. Euro and Pound Sterling denominated draws will fluctuate in U.S. Dollars from period to period due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

(2)Principal payments are required semi-annually in May and November of each year in equal installments of $0.4 million through May 15, 2032. The remaining outstanding principal in the amount of $8.4 million will become due on November 15, 2032.

(3)On September 30, 2020, the Company refinanced $50.0 million of existing draws under its Credit Agreement in the United States through the issuance of two new $26.0 million notes (“Series B Notes” and “Series C Notes”, respectively) under its Note Agreement. Interest on these new notes is payable semi-annually in May and November of each year with no principle due until the maturity date. The first interest payment on both the Series B and Series C Notes is due in May 2021.

Both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement contain representations, warranties, events of default and remedies, as well as affirmative, negative and other financial covenants customary for these types of agreements. These covenants include, among other things, certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness, create liens, dispose of assets, make investments, declare, make or incur obligations to make certain restricted payments, including the payment of dividends and payments for the repurchase of the Company’s capital stock and enter into certain merger or consolidation transactions. The Credit Agreement includes, among other limitations on indebtedness, a $125.0 million limit on other unsecured indebtedness.

Each agreement also includes a most favored lender provision which requires that any time any other lender has the benefit of one or more financial or operational covenants that is different than, or similar to, but more restrictive than those contained in its own agreement, those covenants shall be immediately and automatically incorporated by reference to the other lender’s

agreement. Both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement require the Company to adhere to the same financial covenants. For the financial covenants, the definition of consolidated EBITDA includes the add back of non-cash stock-based compensation to consolidated net income when arriving at consolidated EBITDA. The terms of the financial covenants are as follows:

The consolidated leverage ratio cannot be greater than three and a half to one. The consolidated leverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated funded indebtedness as of such date to (b) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters.

The consolidated interest coverage ratio cannot be less than three to one. The consolidated interest coverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters to (b) consolidated interest charges for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters

As of November 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants under both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement.