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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): April 23, 2020

 

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland   001-35000   80-0629925
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7501 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1200E
Bethesda, MD
  20814
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 215-5500

 

Not applicable

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share WD New York Stock Exchange

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

¨ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 23, 2020, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the “Company”) and Walker & Dunlop, LLC, the operating subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”), entered into a Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement (the “Amendment”) with PNC Bank, National Association, as Lender (“PNC”). The Amendment amends that certain Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2017 (the “Warehousing Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the Company and PNC to, among other things, allow for a future temporary increase in the Warehousing Credit Limit of up to $2.4 billion (as defined in the Amendment) such that the maximum credit limit amount will be $3.2 billion. The Company continues to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations under the Warehousing Agreement, as amended by the Amendment.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company intends to use the temporary increase amount to close a large portfolio of loans that will be sold to Fannie Mae.

 

PNC and its affiliates have various relationships with the Company involving the provision of financial services, including cash management, trust and other services. In addition, affiliates of the Company have entered into forward delivery commitments and other derivative arrangements in the ordinary course of business with PNC and its affiliates.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number     Description
10.1     Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2020, by and among Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and PNC Bank, National Association, as Lender.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

WALKER & DUNLOP, INC.

(Registrant)

     
Date: April 29, 2020 By: /s/ Stephen P. Theobald
    Name:   Stephen P. Theobald
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Fifth Amendment”) is made effective as of the 23rd day of April, 2020, by and among WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Lender”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, Lender, Borrower and Parent are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2017, by and among Borrower, Parent, and Lender, as amended by that First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2017, that Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2018, that Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated May 20, 2019, and that Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated September 6, 2019 (as amended, the “Credit Facility Agreement”), whereby upon the satisfaction of certain terms and conditions set forth therein, the Lender agreed to make Warehousing Advances from time to time, up to the Warehousing Credit Limit (each such term as defined in the Credit Facility Agreement).

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested, and Lender has agreed, pursuant to the terms hereof, to modify certain terms of the Credit Facility Agreement as set forth in this Fifth Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, the mutual entry of this Fifth Amendment by the parties hereto and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.     Recitals. The Recitals are hereby incorporated into this Fifth Amendment as a substantive part hereof.

 

Section 2.    Definitions. Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Facility Agreement.

 

Section 3.    Amendments to Credit Facility Agreement. The Credit Facility Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)               The Warehousing Note referenced in Section 1.3 and attached to the Credit Facility Agreement as Exhibit A, is hereby replaced with the Seventh Amended and Restated Warehousing Note attached to this Fifth Amendment as Exhibit A.

 

(b)               Section 3.4 of the Credit Facility Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

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3.4        Facility Fee

 

Borrower shall pay to Lender an annual facility fee in an amount equal to ten (10) basis points of the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit (the “Facility Fee”), to be paid quarterly in arrears, commencing on the first Business Day of each Calendar Quarter following the Closing Date during the term of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall pay to Lender an annual facility fee in an amount equal to ten (10) basis points of the amount for which the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit is temporarily increased pursuant to the terms of the first paragraph of Section 3.13 hereof (the “Temporary Facility Fee”), with such Temporary Facility Fee to be paid in arrears and calculated on a pro rata basis based on the number of calendar days such temporary increase of the Warehousing Credit Limit remains in effect.

 

Additionally, in the event Borrower exercises its right under the second paragraph of Section 3.13 and seeks an increase of the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit up to the Limited Bulge Credit Limit, Borrower shall pay to Lender a bulge commitment fee in an amount calculated as follows: ten (10) basis points (0.001) multiplied by the portion of the Bulge Increase Amount actually drawn as a Warehousing Advance hereunder, then divided by 365 (for the number of days in the year), then multiplied for the number of days that the portion of the Bulge Increase Amount is actually drawn as a Warehousing Advance hereunder remains outstanding (the “Bulge Commitment Fee”). For example, if the Bulge Increase Amount is $1,200,000,000 and such amount is fully drawn as a Warehousing Advance and remains outstanding for 60 days, the additional commitment fee would be $197,260.27, based on the following calculation: .001 x $1,200,000,000 = 1,200,000; 1,200,000/365 = 3,287.71 , 3,287.71 x 60 = $197,260.27. The Bulge Commitment Fee shall be payable in full upon repayment of the Warehousing Advances drawn with respect to the Bulge Increase Amount.”

 

(c)               Section 3.13 of the Credit Facility Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

3.13     Increases to Standard Warehousing Credit Limit

 

Borrower shall have the right, upon no less than five days prior written notice to Lender, during the term of this Agreement, to request one or more incremental increases to the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit, in amounts of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) each (each is herein a “Minimum Incremental Amount”), up to the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit. Borrower’s notice shall indicate (i) the amount of the incremental increase of the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit and (ii) the effective date for the increase of the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit. Any incremental increase shall be made at the sole discretion of Lender. Provided such incremental increase is approved by Lender, said incremental increase of the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit shall remain in effect for a period of forty five (45) days following such effective date.

 

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Borrower shall have the additional one time right, upon no less than five days prior written notice to Lender, to request an increase of the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit up to the Limited Bulge Credit Limit. Borrower’s notice shall indicate (i) the amount of the increase of the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit (the “Bulge Increase Amount”), and (ii) the effective date for the increase of the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit. The increase of the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit by the Bulge Increase Amount shall remain in effect for a period of sixty (60) days following the effective date for said increase”

 

(d)               The following defined term set forth in Section 13.1 of the Credit Facility Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

‘“Limited Bulge Credit Limit” means Three Billion Two Hundred Million Dollars ($3,200,000,000.00).’

 

‘“Warehousing Credit Limit” means the Standard Warehousing Credit Limit, the Maximum Warehousing Credit Limit, or the Limited Bulge Credit Limit, as applicable.’

 

Section 4.         Ratification, No Novation, Effect of Modifications. Except as may be amended or modified hereby, the terms of the Credit Facility Agreement are hereby ratified, affirmed and confirmed and shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Fifth Amendment shall be construed to extinguish, release, or discharge or constitute, create or effect a novation of, or an agreement to extinguish, release or discharge, any of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower or any other party under the provisions of the Credit Facility Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, unless specifically herein provided.

 

Section 5.        Amendments. This Fifth Amendment may be amended or supplemented by and only by an instrument executed and delivered by each party hereto.

 

Section 6.        Waiver. The Lenders shall not be deemed to have waived the exercise of any right which they hold under the Credit Facility Agreement unless such waiver is made expressly and in writing (and no delay or omission by any Lender in exercising any such right shall be deemed a waiver of its future exercise). No such waiver made as to any instance involving the exercise of any such right shall be deemed a waiver as to any other such instance, or any other such right. Without limiting the operation and effect of the foregoing provisions hereof, no act done or omitted by any Lender pursuant to the powers and rights granted to it hereunder shall be deemed a waiver by any Lender of any of its rights and remedies under any of the provisions of the Credit Facility Agreement, and this Fifth Amendment is made and accepted without prejudice to any of such rights and remedies.

 

Section 7.        Governing Law. This Fifth Amendment shall be given effect and construed by application of the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

Section 8.        Headings. The headings of the sections, subsections, paragraphs and subparagraphs hereof are provided herein for and only for convenience of reference, and shall not be considered in construing their contents.

 

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Section 9.         Severability. No determination by any court, governmental body or otherwise that any provision of this Fifth Amendment or any amendment hereof is invalid or unenforceable in any instance shall affect the validity or enforceability of (i) any other such provision or (ii) such provision in any circumstance not controlled by such determination. Each such provision shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by, and shall be construed wherever possible as being consistent with, applicable law.

 

Section 10.       Binding Effect. This Fifth Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower, Parent, Lender, and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

Section 11.       Counterparts. This Fifth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Fifth Amendment under their respective seals as of the day and year first written above.

 

  WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC, as Borrower
   
By: /s/ Stephen P. Theobald
  Name: Stephen P. Theobald
  Title:

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

  WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., as Parent
   
By: /s/ Stephen P. Theobald
  Name: Stephen P. Theobald
  Title:

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

  PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Lender
     
By: /s/ Steven Pachla
  Name: Steven Pachla
  Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING NOTE

 

$3,200,000,000.00 ___________________,2020

 

WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”) previously delivered to PNC Bank, National Association (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”), that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Warehousing Note, dated September 15, 2017, in the principal amount of Two Billion Five Hundred Sixty Six Million Dollars ($2,566,000,000.00) (the “Original Note”). The Original Note evidences a line of credit and is the Warehousing Note referred to in that certain Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2017, by and between the Borrower and Lender, as amended from time to time (the “Agreement”). Borrower, Lender and Walker & Dunlop, Inc., a Maryland corporation are contemporaneously herewith amending the Original Credit Facility Agreement, pursuant to that certain Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Credit Facility Agreement”), and in connection therewith, Borrower and Lender desire to amend and restate the Original Note in its entirety as follows:

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Borrower promises to pay to the order of PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereafter defined), at the offices of Lender located at One PNC Plaza, Pennsylvania 15222, or at such other place as Lender may designate from time to time (i) the principal sum of Three Billion Two Hundred Million Dollars ($3,200,000,000) or so much thereof as may be outstanding under the Agreement, (ii) interest on that amount from the date of each Warehousing Advance from Lender until repaid in full, and (iii) all other fees, charges and other Obligations due to Lender under the Agreement, at the rates, at the times, and in the manner set forth in the Agreement. All payments under this Note and the Agreement must be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.

 

This Seventh Amended and Restated Warehousing Note (this “Note”) replaces the Original Note in its entirety, and evidences a line of credit and is the Warehousing Note referred to in the Agreement. Reference is made to the Agreement (which is incorporated by reference as fully and with the same effect as if set forth at length in this Note) for a description of the Collateral and a statement of (a) the covenants and agreements made by Borrower, (b) the rights and remedies granted to Lender, and (c) the other matters governed by the Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Note have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

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In addition to principal, interest, fees and other charges payable by Borrower under this Note and the Agreement, Borrower must pay in accordance with the terms of Section 11.4(a) of the Agreement, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender, including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel, in connection with the enforcement and collection of this Note.

 

Borrower waives demand, notice, protest and presentment in connection with collection of amounts outstanding under this Note.

 

This Note is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without reference to its principles of conflicts of laws, as an instrument under seal.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Seventh Amended and Restated Note to be duly executed as of the date set forth above as a sealed instrument.

   
  WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title: