Form 8-K

 

 

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): June 5, 2015

 

 

Colfax Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34045   54-1887631

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

420 National Business Parkway

Annapolis Junction, MD 20701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(301) 323-9090

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 5, 2015, Colfax Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, as the borrower, certain U.S. subsidiaries of the Company identified therein, as guarantors, each of the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, swing line lender and global coordinator.

The initial credit extensions under the Credit Agreement are subject to certain conditions precedent, and the proceeds of the loans will be used by the Company to repay in full its existing senior secured credit facility, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Credit Agreement consists of a term loan in an aggregate amount of $750.0 million (the “Term Loan”) and a revolving credit facility which totals $1.0 billion in commitments (the “Revolver”), each of which matures in five years. The Revolver contains a $50.0 million swing line loan sub-facility.

The Term Loan and the Revolver will bear interest, at the election of the Company, at either the base rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or the Eurocurrency rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), in each case, plus the applicable interest rate margin. The Term Loan and the Revolver will initially bear interest either at the Eurocurrency rate plus 1.50% or at the base rate plus 0.50%, and in future quarters will bear interest either at the Eurocurrency rate or the base rate plus the applicable interest rate margin based upon either, whichever results in the lower applicable interest rate margin (subject to certain exceptions), the Company’s total leverage ratio and the corporate family rating of the Company as determined by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s (ranging from 1.25% to 2.00%, in the case of the Eurocurrency margin, and 0.25% to 1.00%, in the case of the base rate margin). Each swing line loan denominated in dollars will bear interest at the base rate plus the applicable interest rate margin and each swing line loan denominated in any other currency available under the credit facility will bear interest at the Eurocurrency rate plus the applicable interest rate margin.

Certain U.S. subsidiaries of the Company have agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt or liens, merge or consolidate with others, dispose of assets, make investments or pay dividends. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains financial covenants requiring the Company to maintain a maximum total leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio. The Credit Agreement contains various events of default (including failure to comply with the covenants under the Credit Agreement and related agreements) and upon an event of default the lenders may, subject to various customary cure rights, require the immediate payment of all amounts outstanding under the Term Loan and the Revolver.

The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, among Colfax Corporation, as the borrower, certain U.S. subsidiaries of Colfax Corporation identified therein, as guarantors, each of the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, swing line lender and global coordinator.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

Colfax Corporation
By:

/s/ C. Scott Brannan

Name: C. Scott Brannan
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: June 5, 2015

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1 Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, among Colfax Corporation, as the borrower, certain U.S. subsidiaries of Colfax Corporation identified therein, as guarantors, each of the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, swing line lender and global coordinator.