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):  February 1, 2019

 

B. Riley Finanical, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware   001-37503   27-0223495
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

21255 Burbank Boulevard, Suite 400
Woodland Hills, California 91367
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Telephone: (818) 884-3737
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A
(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 ( see  General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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).

 

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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.

 

As previously disclosed, BRPI Acquisition Co LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BRPAC”), United Online, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“UOL”) and YMax Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“YMax”; and, together with BRPAC and UOL, the “Borrowers”), indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of B. Riley Financial, Inc., in the capacity of borrowers, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated December 19, 2018, with the Banc of California, N.A. in the capacity as administrative agent (the “Agent”) and as a lender and with the other lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Closing Date Lenders”). Certain of the Borrowers’ U.S. subsidiaries are guarantors of all obligations under the Credit Agreement and are parties to the Credit Agreement in such capacity (collectively, the “Secured Guarantors”). The credit facilities under the Credit Agreement consisted of: (a) a term credit facility under which the Borrowers may borrow up to USD $80,000,000 on the closing date with a final maturity date of five years from the closing date; and (b) an optional, uncommitted accordion term loan credit facility (the “Optional Loan”) under which the Borrowers may borrow up to USD $10,000,000 with a final maturity date of five years from the closing date.

 

On February 1, 2019, the Borrowers, the Secured Guarantors, the Closing Date Lenders, the Agent and City National Bank, as a new lender (the “New Lender”), entered into the First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder (the “First Amendment”) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the New Lender became a party to the Credit Agreement, (ii) the New Lender extended to Borrowers the Optional Loan in the amount of USD $10,000,000, (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Terms Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) was increased from USD $80,000,000 to USD $90,000,000, and (iv) the amortization schedule under the Credit Agreement was amended as set forth in the First Amendment. Additionally, in connection with the Option Loan, the Borrowers executed a Term Note in favor of New Lender dated February 1, 2019, in the amount of USD $10,000,000.

 

The Borrowers paid a one-time, non-refundable commitment fee to the New Lender in the amount of $50,000 in connection with the funding of the Optional Loan.

 

The foregoing description of the First Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the First Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

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 under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits  

 

Exhibit No. Description
10.1 First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder, dated February 1, 2019

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: February 7, 2019 B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Phillip J. Ahn
    Name: Phillip J. Ahn
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND joinder

 

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND JOINDER (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of February 1, 2019, is entered into by and among BRPI Acquisition Co LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, United Online, Inc., a Delaware corporation, YMax Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), the Affiliates of the Borrowers identified on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “ Secured Guarantors ”), the financial institutions identified on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and Banc of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent, with reference to the following facts:

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Borrowers, the Secured Guarantors, the financial institutions identified therein as Lenders (collectively, the “ Closing Date Lenders ”), and Banc of California as Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of December 19, 2018 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Closing Date Lenders made Term Loans to the Borrowers in the aggregate original principal amount of $80,000,000.

 

B.             The Borrowers wish to obtain Optional Loans in the aggregate original principal amount of $10,000,000 pursuant to Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement, and City National Bank (the “ New Lender ”) is willing to become a Lender and to provide all of the requested Optional Loans to the Borrowers.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.               Defined Terms . All initially capitalized terms used in this Amendment (including, without limitation, in the recitals to this Amendment) without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.               Optional Loans; Amendment to Schedule 1.01(b); Exhaustion of Optional Loans . Upon the New Lender’s funding of the Optional Loans on the effective date of the Amendment, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans will be increased from $80,000,000 to $90,000,000. Schedule 1.01(b) to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) hereto to reflect such increase in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans. Following the New Lender’s funding of the Optional Loans, the Borrowers will have no further right to request Optional Loans under Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement.

 

3.               Commitment of New Lender . Pursuant to the joinder provisions of Section 4 below, as of the effective date of this Amendment, the New Lender shall be a Lender with a Commitment of $10,000,000. The New Lender’s pro rata share of the aggregate outstanding Term Loans is set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto. On the effective date of this Amendment, the New Lender shall fund its entire Commitment by wire transferring $10,000,000 to the Administrative Agent, the proceeds of which the Administrative Agent shall disburse in accordance with the Disbursement Instructions Letter dated as of the date hereof from the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent (the “ Disbursement Instructions ”).

 

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4.             Joinder of New Lender as a Lender . By its execution of this Amendment, effective as of the effective date of this Amendment, the New Lender shall be a Lender for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall be joined, and shall have bound itself to, the Credit Agreement and to all other Loan Documents to which Lenders are bound generally as of the effective date hereof. The New Lender hereby assumes all of the obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits of a Lender under the Loan Documents. In furtherance of this joinder agreement, the New Lender hereby agrees to furnish the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire, an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, and any other agreements, documents or instruments that Lenders are required or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers to deliver to the Administrative Agent or to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

5.             Amendment to Amortization Schedule . Section 2.16(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:

 

“(f) Amortization . The principal balance of any Optional Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be payable in quarterly installments. Such quarterly principal installments shall: commence on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrowers immediately following the fiscal quarter of the Borrowers in which the Optional Loans are funded; continue on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrowers ending thereafter; and conclude on September 30, 2023. An amount equal to $8,888,850.00 shall be amortized between the first quarterly principal payment date and the December 31, 2022 payment date. The remaining balance shall be paid in the following three quarters and on the Term Loan Maturity Date. As an example of the amortization of the Optional Loans, if the Optional Loans are funded in the first quarter of 2019, quarterly payments would be as follows:

 

Payment Date   Payment Amount
June 30, 2019   $ 592,590
September 30, 2019   $ 592,590
December 31, 2019   $ 592,590
March 31, 2020   $ 592,590
June 30, 2020   $ 592,590
September 30, 2020   $ 592,590
December 31, 2020   $ 592,590
March 31, 2021   $ 592,590
June 30, 2021   $ 592,590
September 30, 2021   $ 592,590
December 31, 2021   $ 592,590
March 31, 2022   $ 592,590
June 30, 2022   $ 592,590
September 30, 2022   $ 592,590
December 31, 2022   $ 592,590

 

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Payment Date   Payment Amount
March 31, 2023   $ 277,780
June 30, 2023   $ 277,780
September 30, 2023   $ 277,780

 

The remaining principal amount of Optional Loans and all interest accrued thereon shall be due on the Term Loan Maturity Date.”

 

6.             Commitment Fee for New Lender . On the effective date of this Amendment, the New Lender shall receive a one-time, non-refundable and fully earned commitment fee of $50,000.

 

7.             Conditions Precedent . The effectiveness of this Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(i)               This Amendment . The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Secured Guarantors, the New Lender, and each of the other Lenders;

 

(ii)              New Lender Note . The Borrowers shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the New Lender a Term Note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 in favor of the New Lender;

 

(iii)             Disbursement Instructions . The Administrative Agent shall have received the Disbursement Instructions, duly executed by the Borrowers;

 

(iv)             No Event of Default . No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Optional Loans Effective Date; and

 

(v)              Officer Certificates . The Administrative Agent shall have received the certificates of each Loan Party required by Section 2.16(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

8.            Reaffirmation and Ratification . The Borrower hereby reaffirms, ratifies and confirms its Obligations under the Credit Agreement and acknowledges that all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, remain in full force and effect.

 

9.           Integration . This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement of the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof and cannot be changed or terminated orally. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties and negotiations regarding the subject matter hereof, if any, are merged into this Amendment.

 

10.          Counterparts; Electronic Signatures . This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic ( i.e. , “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

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11.            Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws (as opposed to the conflicts of law principles) of the State of California.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Amendment by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWERS :
         
  BRPI ACQUISITION CO LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  UNITED ONLINE, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  YMAX CORPORATION,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

         
  SECURED GUARANTORS :
         
  NETZERO, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  JUNO ONLINE SERVICES, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  JUNO INTERNET SERVICES, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  CLASSMATES MEDIA CORPORATION,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  NETZERO MODECOM, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

  NETZERO WIRELESS, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

         
  UNITED ONLINE ADVERTISING NETWORK, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

         
  UNITED ONLINE WEB SERVICES,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  MAGICJACK HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  BROADSMART HOLDING CO INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

  BROADSMART GLOBAL, INC.,
  a Florida corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  MAGICJACK LP,
  a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By: MAGICJACK HOLDINGS CORPORATION, its General Partner
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
         
  YMAX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. OF VIRGINIA,
  a Virginia corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

         
  MAGICJACK SMB, INC.,
  a Florida corporation
         
  By:    

/s/ Thomas Fuller

  Name:

Thomas Fuller

  Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

         
  TIGER JET NETWORK, INC.,
  a California corporation
         
  By:     /s/ Thomas Fuller
  Name: Thomas Fuller
  Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT :
         
  BANC OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
  as Administrative Agent
         
  By:     /s/ Doug Rosenthal
  Name: Doug Rosenthal
  Title:  

Senior Vice President

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

  LENDERS :
         
  BANC OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
         
  By:     /s/ Doug Rosenthal
  Name: Doug Rosenthal
  Title:  

Senior Vice President

         
  UMPQUA BANK,
         
  By:    

/s/ Catherine Nguyen

  Name:

Catherine Nguyen

  Title:  

SVP, Relationship Manager

         
  BANKUNITED, N.A.,
         
  By:     /s/ Arthur Rhatigan
  Name: Arthur Rhatigan
  Title:   S.V.P
         
  BANK HAPOALIM B.M.,
         
  By:     /s/ Lenroy Hackett
  Name: Lenroy Hackett
  Title:  

Senior Vice President

         
  By:    

/s/ Marline Alexander

  Name:

Marline Alexander

  Title:  

First Vice President

 

  CITY NATIONAL BANK,
         
  By:     /s/ Sibyl Kavak
  Name:

Sibyl Kavak

  Title:  

VP

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Joinder

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.01(b)

 

Commitments and Applicable Percentages

 

Lender   Term Commitment     Applicable Percentage  
Banc of California, N.A.   $ 30,000,000       33.333333 %
Umpqua Bank   $ 20,000,000       22.222222 %
BankUnited, N.A.   $ 15,000,000       16.666667 %
Bank Hapoalim B.M.   $ 15,000,000       16.666667 %
City National Bank   $ 10,000,000       11.111111 %
Total:   $ 90,000,000.00       100 %

 

Schedule 1.01(b)