Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
January 1, 2023
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-12297
22-3086739
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
2555 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
48302
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
248-648-2500
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Voting Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
PAG
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 1, 2023, we entered into the Ninth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to our U.S. credit agreement with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (as amended, the “U.S. Credit Agreement”) to decrease our non-use fee payable on available but unused credit commitments (other than commitments to issue letters of credit) from 0.30% per annum to 0.20% per annum.
The U.S. Credit Agreement provides for up to $800.0 million in revolving loans for working capital, acquisitions, capital expenditures, investments, and other general corporate purposes, and provides up to an additional $50.0 million of letters of credit. The U.S. Credit Agreement provides for a maximum of $150.0 million of borrowings for foreign acquisitions and expires on September 30, 2025. The interest rate on revolving loans is LIBOR plus 1.50%, subject to an incremental 1.50% for uncollateralized borrowings in excess of a defined borrowing base.
The U.S. Credit Agreement is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by substantially all of our U.S. subsidiaries and contains a number of significant operating covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness, repay certain other indebtedness, pay dividends, create liens on assets, make investments or acquisitions, and engage in mergers or consolidations. We are also required to comply with specified financial and other tests and ratios, each as defined in the U.S. Credit Agreement, including a ratio of current assets to current liabilities, a fixed charge coverage ratio, a ratio of debt to stockholders’ equity, and a ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”). A breach of these requirements would give rise to certain remedies under the U.S. Credit Agreement, the most severe of which is the termination of the agreement and acceleration of the amounts owed.
The U.S. Credit Agreement also contains typical events of default, including change of control, non-payment of obligations, and cross-defaults to our other material indebtedness. Substantially all of our U.S. assets are subject to security interests granted to the lenders under the U.S. Credit Agreement.
We purchase motor vehicles from affiliates of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation for sale at certain of our dealerships. The lenders also provide us and certain of our dealerships with mortgage, “floor-plan”, and consumer financing.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by references to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit and incorporated by reference herein.
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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.
