Credit Agreements and Short-term Financing

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit Agreements and Short-term Financing

11. Credit Agreements and Short-term Financing

Prior Revolving Credit Agreement

In November 2020, the Company entered into a one-year credit agreement (the “2020 Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, that provided aggregate commitments totaling $500.0 million, consisting of a revolving credit facility and a $5.0 million letter of credit sub-limit for standby letters of credit.

Borrowings under the 2020 Credit Agreement bore interest at a rate per annum equal to the base rate or adjusted London Inter-bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin that varies with the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio. The 2020 Credit Agreement required that the Company satisfy certain covenants, which include leverage ratios and minimum earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) requirements.

2021 Credit Agreement

On October 15, 2021, the Company replaced the 2020 Credit Agreement with a new three-year revolving credit facility (the “2021 Credit Agreement”) provided by a syndicate of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, which provides aggregate commitments totaling $500.0 million, consisting of a revolving credit facility and a $5.0 million letter of credit sub-limit for standby letters of credit. The 2021 Credit Agreement will mature on October 15, 2024, with the Company's option to request up to two additional 364-day extensions at the discretion of each lender and subject to customary conditions. Subject to satisfaction of certain specified conditions, the Company is permitted to upsize the 2021 Credit Agreement by up to $250.0 million in total. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had no letters of credit outstanding and $500.0 million in available borrowing capacity under the 2021 Credit Agreement.

Borrowings under the 2021 Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the base rate or adjusted LIBOR plus an applicable margin that varies with the Company's consolidated total leverage ratio. The 2021 Credit Agreement requires that the Company satisfy certain covenants, which include a leverage ratio. The Company incurred $0.3 million of interest expense under the 2021 Credit Agreement for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Collateralized Agreement

In connection with its self-clearing operations, the Company’s U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary entered into an agreement (the “Collateralized Agreement”) with its settlement bank to provide loans to the subsidiary in amounts up to an aggregate of $200.0 million on an uncommitted basis. Borrowings under the Collateralized Agreement are collateralized by securities pledged by the Company’s U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary to the settlement bank, subject to applicable haircuts and concentration limits. Borrowings under the Collateralized Agreement will bear interest at a base rate per annum equal to the higher of the upper range of the Federal Funds Rate, 0.25% or one-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), plus 1.00%. The Company incurred no interest expense on borrowings under the Collateralized Agreement during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had no borrowings outstanding and $200.0 million in available borrowing capacity under the Collateralized Agreement.

Short-term Financing

Under arrangements with their settlement banks, certain of the Company’s U.S. and U.K. operating subsidiaries may receive overnight financing in the form of bank overdrafts. The Company incurred interest expense on such overnight financing of $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had no overdrafts payable outstanding.