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Bank of America Agents $175MM in Credit Facilities for First Watch Restaurant Group

October 07, 2021, 07:50 AM
Filed Under: Restaurant

According to an SEC filing, on October 6, 2021, FWR Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“FWR”), an indirect subsidiary of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a credit agreement, dated as of October 6, 2021, with Bank of America as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto and the other parties specified therein.

The FWR Credit Agreement provides for (i) a $100 million term loan A facility (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a $75 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Facility, collectively, the “Facilities”). The proceeds of the loans under the Term Facility were used to repay indebtedness outstanding under that certain credit agreement, dated as of August 21, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), by and among FWR, the other loan parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Golub Capital Markets LLC, as administrative agent, and to pay related fees and expenses.

The loans under the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility mature on October 6, 2026. The Facilities are guaranteed, subject to customary exceptions, by all of FWR’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries and by AI Fresh Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the direct parent company of FWR (“Holdings”), and are secured by associated collateral agreements that pledge a lien on substantially all of FWR’s assets, including fixed assets and intangibles, and the assets of the guarantors, in each case, subject to customary exceptions.

The Term Facility is subject to amortization of principal, payable in quarterly installments on the last business day of each fiscal quarter, commencing on March 28, 2022 (the “Initial Amortization Date”), equal to approximately 2.50% of the principal amount of the term loans in the first fiscal year after the Initial Amortization Date, 5.00% of the principal amount of the term loans in the second fiscal year after the Initial Amortization Date, 5.00% of the principal amount of the term loans in the third fiscal year after the Initial Amortization Date, 7.50% of the principal amount of the term loans in the fourth fiscal year after the Initial Amortization Date and 10.00% of the principal amount of the term loans in the fifth fiscal year after the Initial Amortization Date. The remaining aggregate principal amount outstanding (together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount) under the Term Facility is payable at the maturity of the Term Facility.

The loans under the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at rates based upon, at the option of FWR, either (i) the base rate plus a margin of between 125 and 200 basis points depending on the total rent adjusted net leverage ratio of FWR and its restricted subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (the “Total Rent Adjusted Net Leverage Ratio”) and (ii) the London interbank offer rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin of between 225 and 300 basis points depending on the Total Rent Adjusted Net Leverage Ratio. Until the delivery under the FWR Credit Agreement of the financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest, at the option of FWR, at either (i) the base rate plus a margin of 150 basis points or (ii) the LIBOR plus a margin of 250 basis points. In addition, FWR will pay an unused commitment fee of between 25 and 50 basis points on the undrawn commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, also depending on the Total Rent Adjusted Net Leverage Ratio. The FWR Credit Agreement contains LIBOR fallback language, pursuant to which the Administrative Agent and the Company may amend the FWR Credit Agreement to replace the LIBOR with a secured overnight financing rate or another alternate benchmark rate upon the occurrence of certain LIBOR cessation events.







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