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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): July 25, 2024
 
 
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Maryland
 
814-00891
 
27-3794690
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
1691 Michigan Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida
 
33139
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (786)
297-9500
None
(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:
 
 
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14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
 
 
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communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   PFLT   The New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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
CLO Reset Transaction
On July 25, 2024 (“
Closing Date
”), PennantPark CLO I, Ltd (the “
Issuer
”), a wholly-
owned
and consolidated subsidiary of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the “
Company
”), and PennantPark CLO I LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the “
Co-Issuer
” and, together with the Issuer, the “
Issuers
”), closed the refinancing and upsize of a four-year reinvestment period, twelve-year final maturity $351.0 million debt securitization in the form of a collateralized loan obligation (the “
CLO Reset Transaction
”).
The CLO Reset Transaction was executed through: (A) the issuance by the Issuers of the following classes of notes pursuant that certain indenture, dated September 19, 2019, by and among the Issuers and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as amended by the second supplemental indenture, dated June 25, 2024, the “
Indenture
”): (i) $203 million of
A-1-R
Notes, which bear interest at the three-month secured overnight financing rate (“
SOFR
”) plus 1.75%, (ii) $10.5 million of
A-2-R
Notes, which bear interest at three-month SOFR plus 1.90%, (iii) $12 million of
Class B-R
Notes, which bear interest at three-month SOFR plus 2.05%, (iv) $28 million of
C-R
Notes, which bear interest at three-month SOFR plus 2.75% and (v) $21 million of
D-R
Notes, which bear interest at three-month SOFR plus 4.30% (collectively, the “
Secured Notes
”), (B) the issuance by the Issuer of $64 million of subordinated notes pursuant to the Indenture (the “
Subordinated Notes
” and, together with the Secured Notes, the “
Replacement Notes
”) and (C) the borrowing by the Issuer of $12.5 million of
Class B-R
Loans, which bear interest at three-month SOFR plus 2.05% (the “
Class
 B-R
Loans
” and, together with the Replacement Notes, the “
Replacement Debt
”), pursuant to a credit agreement, dated the Closing Date (the “
Credit Agreement
”), by and among the Issuers, the various financial institutions and other persons party thereto, as lenders and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as loan agent and as trustee.
The Replacement Debt matures in July 2036. The Replacement Debt was 100% funded at closing. The obligations of the Issuers under the Replacement are
non-recourse
to the Company. The Company will retain the
Class D-R
Notes and the Subordinated Notes through a consolidated subsidiary.
The Replacement Notes offered as part of the term CLO Reset Transaction have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act
”), or any state “blue sky” laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements
As part of the CLO Reset Transaction, on the Closing Date, the Company and the Issuer also amended and restated the master loan sale agreement, originally dated as of the September 19, 2019 (as amended, the “
Amended and Restated Master Loan Sale Agreement
”), by and between the Company, the Issuer and PennantPark CLO I Depositor, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “
Depositor
”), which provided for the sale and contribution of approximately $277 million par amount of middle market loans from the Company to the Issuer on the Closing Date and for future sales and contributions, as applicable, from the Company to the Issuer on an ongoing basis. Such loans constituted part of the initial portfolio of assets securing the Replacement Debt (other than the Subordinated Notes). The Company made customary representations, warranties, and covenants to the Issuer and the Depositor pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Loan Sale Agreement.

The Company will continue to serve as portfolio manager to the Issuer pursuant to an Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “
Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement
”), between the Company and the Issuer. For so long as the Company serves as portfolio manager, the Company will elect to irrevocably waive any base management fee or subordinated interest to which it may be entitled under the Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement.
The description of the second supplemental indenture, the Credit Agreement, Amended and Restated Master Loan and Sale Agreement and the Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement contained in this Current Report on Form
8-K
do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the second supplemental indenture, the Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Master Loan and Sale Agreement and the Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively.
 
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 of this current report on Form
8-K
is hereby incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
10.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated July 25, 2024, by and between PennantPark CLO I, Ltd, PennantPark CLO I, LLC and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
10.2    Credit Agreement, dated July 25, 2024, by and among the PennantPark CLO I, Ltd, PennantPark CLO I, LLC, the various financial institutions and other persons party thereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
10.3    Amended and Restated Master Loan Sale Agreement, dated July 25, 2024, by and between PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd., PennantPark CLO Depositor, LLC and PennantPark CLO I, Ltd.
10.4    Amended and Restated Collateral Management Agreement, dated July 25, 2024, by and between PennantPark CLO I, Ltd. And PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded
within
the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
   
PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD.
Date: July 29, 2024     By:  
/s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.
    Name:   Richard T. Allorto, Jr.
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer