UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On December 31, 2024, JCP BDC SPV I LLC (the “SPV”), a direct, wholly owned, consolidated subsidiary of Jefferies Credit Partners BDC Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into that certain amendment no. 2 to the loan and security agreement (the “Amendment”), which amends the loan and security agreement, dated as of December 7, 2023 (as amended by the amendment no. 1 to the loan and security agreement dated as of September 20, 2024 and the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among the SPV, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, the Company, as the portfolio manager, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as the collateral administrator, the collateral agent and securities intermediary. The Amendment provides for, among other things, (a) an increase in the maximum facility amount under the Credit Agreement to $600.0 million on the effective date of the Amendment, (b) an extension of the reinvestment period under the Credit Agreement to December 7, 2028, (c) an extension of the scheduled termination date under the Credit Agreement to December 7, 2029, (d) a scheduled increase in the maximum facility amount under the Credit Agreement to $700.0 million on December 31, 2025, (e) a scheduled increase in the maximum facility amount under the Credit Agreement to $800.0 million on March 1, 2026 and (f) a decrease in the applicable margin for advances under the Credit Agreement to 2.15% for Advances with an interest rate based on the Term SOFR Rate and 1.15% for Advances with an interest rate based on the Base Rate.
The foregoing description is only a summary of the material provisions of the Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 10.1 | Amendment No. 2, dated as of December 31, 2024, to the Loan and Security Agreement among JCP BDC SPV I LLC, Jefferies Credit Partners BDC Inc., the lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
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.
| JEFFERIES CREDIT PARTNERS BDC INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 6, 2025 | By: | /s/ John Dalton | ||||
| Name: | John Dalton | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||