Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
On June 24, 2021, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (“Hyster-Yale”), its wholly owned subsidiaries, Bolzoni Auramo, Inc, Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., Hyster-Yale Nederland B.V. and Hyster-Yale UK Limited (collectively, the “Borrowers”), and certain subsidiaries of Hyster-Yale, each acting as guarantors (collectively, the “Company”), entered into a second amended and restated loan, security and guaranty agreement with certain financial institutions as lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and security trustee, BOFA Securities, Inc. and Citibank, N.A. as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers and Citibank, N.A. as syndication agent for a $300.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”). The Facility consists of a domestic revolving credit facility in the initial amount of $210.0 million and a foreign revolving credit facility in the initial amount of $90.0 million. The Facility expires June 24, 2026. The Facility replaced the Company’s previous revolving credit facility, which was set to expire on April 28, 2022. The Facility can be increased to up to $400.0 million over the term of the Facility in minimum increments of $10.0 million, subject to approval by the lenders.
The obligations under the Facility are generally secured by a first priority lien on working capital assets of the Company, which includes, but is not limited to cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and inventory, and a second priority lien on the present and future shares of capital stock, fixtures and general intangibles consisting of intellectual property.
Borrowings under the Facility bear interest at a floating rate, which can be a base rate, LIBOR or EURIBOR, as defined in the Facility, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins are based on the total excess availability, as defined in the Facility, and range from 0.25% to 0.75% for U.S. base rate loans and 1.25% to 1.75% for LIBOR, EURIBOR and foreign base rate loans. For the period prior to June 30, 2021, the applicable margins under the Facility are 0.25% for U.S. base rate loans and 1.25% for LIBOR, EURIBOR and foreign base rate loans. In addition, the Facility requires the payment of a fee of 0.25% per annum on the unused commitment based on the average daily outstanding balance during the preceding month.
In addition, the Facility includes restrictive covenants, which, among other things, limit additional borrowings and investments of the Company subject to certain thresholds, as provided in the Facility. The Facility limits the payment of dividends and other restricted payments Hyster-Yale and its subsidiaries may make unless certain total excess availability and/or fixed charge coverage ratio thresholds, each as set forth in the Facility, are satisfied. The Facility also requires Hyster-Yale and its subsidiaries to achieve a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio in certain circumstances in which total excess availability is less than the greater of (x) 10% of the total borrowing base, as defined in the Facility, and (y) $20.0 million.
Certain of the banks and financial institutions that are parties to the Facility and their respective affiliates have in the past provided, are currently providing and in the future may continue to provide investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services to Hyster-Yale and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for which they have received and will receive customary compensation. In the ordinary course of business, such banks and financial institutions and their respective affiliates may participate in loans and actively trade the equity securities of Hyster-Yale for their own account or for the accounts of customers and, accordingly, such banks and financial institutions and their respective affiliates may at any time hold long or short positions in such securities.