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): November 28, 2017


CORPORATE CAPITAL TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Maryland 001-38287 27-2857503
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 

555 California Street

50th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices; Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 315-3620

 


 

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 checkmark 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 November 28, 2017, Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and CCT Tokyo Funding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“CCT Tokyo Funding”), entered into the second amendment (the “Second Amendment”) of that certain loan and servicing agreement, dated December 2, 2015 (as amended, the “LSA”), by and among CCT Tokyo Funding, as borrower, the Company, as servicer, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as administrative agent and lender. The Second Amendment increases the maximum borrowing capacity of CCT Tokyo Funding under the revolving credit facility established by the LSA to $300,000,000 from $200,000,000.

Under the LSA, as amended by the Second Amendment, interest is charged on CCT Tokyo Funding’s borrowings, at the option of CCT Tokyo Funding, at either the rate of three month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Bank) plus 1.75%, if the average advances outstanding are greater than $150,000,000, otherwise plus 2.00%, or the higher of the Prime Rate (as defined in the LSA) or the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, plus 0.75% if the average advances outstanding are greater than $150,000,000, otherwise plus 1.00%. In addition, the Second Amendment extended the reinvestment period applicable to the revolving credit facility to December 2, 2021 from December 2, 2020.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1. A complete copy of the LSA and the first amendment thereto are incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 10.42 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

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

The information included under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

  Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure  

On December 1, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing certain of the matters described herein along with other matters related to the Company’s financing arrangements. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number   Description
     
10.1   Second Amendment to Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated November 28, 2017, by and among CCT Tokyo Funding LLC, Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
     
99.1   Press release, dated December 1, 2017

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

CORPORATE CAPITAL TRUST, INC.

a Maryland corporation

   
   
Date:  December 4, 2017 By: /s/ Philip Davidson

Philip Davidson

General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. 8-K

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

(CCT Tokyo Funding LLC)

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of November 28, 2017 (this “ Amendment ”), is entered into by and among CCT TOKYO FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower (the “ Borrower ”), CORPORATE CAPITAL TRUST, INC., as the Servicer, the Lender identified on the signature pages hereto and SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, the above-named parties (together with certain other parties) have entered into that certain Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2015 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”), by and among the Borrower, the Transferor, the Servicer, each of the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 11.01 of the Agreement, the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement in certain respects as provided herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the above Recitals, the mutual premises and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. Definitions .

 

Each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

 

SECTION 2. Amendments .

 

2.1           The definition of “Applicable Spread” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

Applicable Spread ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Lender Fee Letter.

 

2.2           The definition of “First Lien Loan Asset” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “securing the Loan Asset” in clause (iii) thereof in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “securing the Loan Asset and ability to generate cash flow”.

 

2.3           The definition of “Lien Release Dividend Date” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “date specified by the Borrower” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “date of a Lien Release Dividend specified by the Borrower”.

 

2.4           The definition of “Maximum Facility Amount” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “$200,000,000” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “$300,000,000”.

 

 

 

 

2.5           The definition of “Payment Date” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

Payment Date ” means the 15th day of each March, June, September and December or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on the Initial Payment Date; provided that the final Payment Date shall occur on the Collection Date; provided further that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion with three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Servicer, déclassé any Business Day a Payment Date if (i)(x) an Event of Default shall have bee declared or (y) after the automatic occurrence of a Facility Maturity Date and (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Lenders have declared the Advances Outstanding and the other Obligations to be immediately due and payable in full in accordance with Section 7.01 .

 

2.6           The definition of “Reinvestment Period” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “December 2, 2017” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “December 2, 2018”.

 

2.7           The definition of “Restricted Junior Payment” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “except a dividend paid” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “except a dividend or distribution paid”.

 

2.8           The definition of “Stated Maturity Date” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “December 2, 2020” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “December 2, 2021”.

 

2.9           Clause (ii) of the definition of “Value Adjustment Event” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “payment default under any Loan Asset” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “payment default with respect to principal and interest under any Loan Asset”.

 

2.10         Article I of the Agreement is amended by adding the following as new Section 1.05:

 

SECTION 1.05      Nature of Obligations . The parties hereto intend the Advances made hereunder to be a “loan” and not a “security” for purposes of Section 8-102(15) of the UCC.

 

2.11         Section 2.10(a) of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “increase of reserve requirements” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “increase or reserve or liquidity requirements”.

 

2.12         Section 11.13(a) of the Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “any valuation firm” in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “any Approved Valuation Firm”.

 

2.13         The Commitment of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on the cover of the Agreement and on Annex A is amended to be $300,000,000.

 

2  

 

 

SECTION 3. Agreement in Full Force and Effect as Amended .

 

Except as specifically amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall not be deemed to expressly or impliedly waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Agreement other than as expressly set forth herein and shall not constitute a novation of the Agreement.

 

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties .

 

The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as of the date of this Amendment as follows:

 

(a)           this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by it;

 

(b)          this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity; and

 

(c)          there is no Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default, or Servicer Termination Event that is continuing or would result from entering into this Amendment.

 

SECTION 5. Conditions to Effectiveness .

 

The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) executed counterparts (or other evidence of execution, including facsimile signatures, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of this Amendment and the fee letter related thereto, (ii) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (iii) the fee payable on the date hereof as specified in the fee letter.

 

SECTION 6. Miscellaneous .

 

(a)          This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile), and by the different parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(b)          The descriptive headings of the various sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

 

(c)          This Amendment may not be amended or otherwise modified except as provided in the Agreement.

 

(d)          The failure or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the other provisions of this Amendment.

 

3  

 

 

(e)          Whenever the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular number herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine.

 

(f)           This Amendment represents the final agreement between the parties only with respect to the subject matter expressly covered hereby and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements between the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

 

(g)          THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

4  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER: CCT TOKYO FUNDING LLC
       
  By: -S- PHILIP S. DAVIDSON
    Name: Philip S. Davidson
    Title: Authorized Signatory
       
SERVICER: CORPORATE CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
   
  By: -S- PHILIP S. DAVIDSON
    Name: Philip S. Davidson
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signatures Continue on the Following Page]

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment – CCT Tokyo Funding LLC]

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
   
  By: -S- CHRISTAKIS DROUSSIOTIS
    Name: Christakis Droussiotis
    Title: Managing Director
       
LENDER: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
   
  By: -S- CHRISTAKIS DROUSSIOTIS
    Name: Christakis Droussiotis
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment – CCT Tokyo Funding LLC]

 

 

 

 

Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. 8-K

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

A PICTURE CONTAINING OBJECT

DESCRIPTION GENERATED WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE

Corporate Capital Trust Successfully Increases Borrowing Capacity

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 1, 2017 – Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., a leading business development company, today announced it increased the maximum borrowing capacity of two of its secured revolving credit facilities.

On November 28, 2017, the borrowing capacity of CCT Tokyo Funding, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corporate Capital Trust, under its revolving credit facility with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation was increased to $300 million from $200 million, with interest charged at the option of CCT Tokyo Funding at a rate of (a) LIBOR plus 1.75%, if the average advances are greater than $150 million, otherwise plus 2.00% or (b) the higher of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, plus 0.75% if the average advances outstanding are greater than $150 million, otherwise plus 1.00%. This credit facility matures in 2021.

Additionally, also on November 28, 2017, Corporate Capital Trust increased the size of its revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and ING Capital LLC, as syndication agent, by $30 million for a total revolving credit facility size of $958 million. Borrowings under this credit facility, which includes 21 lenders, bears interest (at the option of Corporate Capital Trust) at a rate of (a) LIBOR plus 2.00%, if the borrowing base is equal to or greater than 1.85 times the combined debt amount, otherwise plus 2.25%, and (b) the greatest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%, plus 1.00%, if the borrowing base is equal to or greater than 1.85 times the combined debt amount, otherwise plus 1.25%. This credit facility matures in 2021.

“We are pleased to continue to build our capital structure at an attractive cost of borrowings, while expanding an already diverse lender group,” said Todd Builione, CEO of Corporate Capital Trust.

About Corporate Capital Trust

Corporate Capital Trust is a business development company that provides investors an opportunity to access middle market direct lending investments. The Company is externally managed by KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (“KKR”), a subsidiary of KKR & Co. LLP (“KKR & Co.”), and its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company intends to meet its investment objective by investing primarily in the debt of privately owned companies, with a focus on originated transactions. For additional information, please visit www.corporatecapitaltrust.com .

About KKR

KKR & Co. is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including credit, private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate, and, through its strategic manager partnerships, hedge funds. KKR & Co. aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR & Co. portfolio companies. KKR & Co. invests its own capital alongside its partners' capital and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For additional information about (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

Media Contact
Kristi Huller or Cara Major
media@kkr.com

Investor Relations Contact
Danny McMahon or Donna Bass
CCT-IR@kkr.com