Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2023

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent EventSubsequent to the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2023, on October 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as previously amended, the “Credit Agreement” and, as amended by the Sixth Amendment, the “New Credit Agreement”), which provides for a new five-year revolving credit facility that matures on October 16, 2028, with an aggregate amount of available borrowings of $225,000. Upon the effective date, the Sixth Amendment amended the New Credit Agreement to, among other things: (i) revise the applicable interest rates for benchmark and ABR (defined below) loans to be determined by a net leverage ratio, rather than the previously used debt to capitalization ratio; (ii) revise the definition of consolidated EBITDA to include certain non-recurring costs and one-time expenses and exclude certain non-recurring recognized gains; (iii) exclude the Company’s hotel properties and certain theatre properties from the collateral under the New Credit Agreement; (iv) revise the financial covenants to eliminate covenants regarding the consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio and consolidated debt to capitalization ratio and replace these covenants with a requirement that the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio not exceed 3.50:1.00, provided that, with some limitations, such ratio may be increased to 4.00:1:00 for the full fiscal quarter in which a material acquisition (in which aggregate consideration equals or exceeds $30,000) is consummated and the three fiscal quarters immediately thereafter; (v) replace the required consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio with a covenant that the Company’s interest coverage ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter not be less than 3.00:1.00; (vi) revise permitted indebtedness under the agreement to include, among other items, (a) borrowings or finance lease obligations to finance capital expenditures up to $40,000 at any time outstanding, (b) indebtedness under the Company’s senior notes up to $100,000 at any time outstanding; (c) indebtedness of up to $25,000 in any new restricted subsidiaries at the time such entity becomes a restricted subsidiary, (d) other indebtedness not exceeding $50,000 at any time outstanding and (e) other indebtedness as long as the consolidated net leverage ratio is at least 0.25 less than otherwise required under the New Credit Agreement;

and (vii) revise the covenants to allow the Company to make investments as long as no default has occurred under the New Credit Agreement, or would occur as a result of the investment, as long as the consolidated net leverage ratio is at least 0.25 less than otherwise required under the New Credit Agreement.

Borrowings under the New Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable rate equal to (i) the term SOFR, plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%, subject to a 0% floor, plus a specified margin based upon the Company’s net leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date, or (ii) the alternate base rate (“ABR”) (which is the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the greater of the federal funds rate and the overnight bank funding rate plus 0.50% or (c) the sum of 1% plus one-month SOFR plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%), subject to a 1% floor, plus a specified margin based upon the Company’s net leverage ratio as of the most recent determination date; provided, however, as of the effective date of the New Credit Agreement, in respect of revolving loans, the applicable margin is 1.75% for SOFR borrowings and 0.75% for ABR borrowings, and will be adjusted for the first time thereafter based upon the Company’s net leverage ratio as determined for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2023. The Company will also be required to pay a variable rate facility fee depending on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio; provided, however that such fee will be 0.25% and will be adjusted for the first time thereafter based upon the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio as determined for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2023.

In connection with the New Credit Agreement, (i) the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have pledged, subject to certain exceptions, security interests and liens in and on (a) substantially all of their respective personal property assets and (b) certain of their respective real property assets, in each case to secure the New Credit Agreement and related obligations; and (ii) certain subsidiaries of the Company have guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the New Credit Agreement.

In connection with entering into the New Credit Agreement, on October 16, 2023, the Company and certain purchasers entered into the Sixth Amendment to: (i) the Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 21, 2016, for the Company’s 4.32% Senior Notes due February 22, 2027, and (ii) the Note Purchase Agreement, dated June 27, 2013, for the Company’s 4.02% Senior Notes due August 14, 2025 (collectively, the “Note Amendments” and such Note Purchase Agreements, as previously amended and as amended by the Note Amendments, the “Amended Senior Note Agreements”). The Note Amendments revise the Note Purchase Agreements so that the Amended Senior Note Agreements’ covenants and collateral provisions are consistent with those set forth in the New Credit Agreement. Customary fees were payable in connection with the closing of the Note Amendments.