Item 9B. Other Information
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Item 9B. Other Information
The Company is reporting the following information in lieu of reporting on a Current Report on Form 8-K:
Disclosure Pursuant to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 16, 2024, Aon plc (“Parent”), Aon Corporation, Aon Global Holdings plc, Aon Global Limited and Aon North America, Inc. entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Term Lenders”), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as syndication agents, and Citibank, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, pursuant to which, subject to the conditions set forth in the Term Loan Agreement, the Term Lenders committed to provide a $2,000,000,000 unsecured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) to Aon North America, Inc., as borrower. The proceeds of the Term Loan Facility will be used to fund, in part, the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of NFP, by the Acquirer, to fund, in part, the repayment of certain debt of the Target and to pay all or a portion of the related fees and expenses.
The borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement must be made in a single drawing on the closing date of the Acquisition. Borrowings will bear interest, at the borrower’s option, at an adjusted term SOFR rate or an alternate base rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin based on the public debt rating of Parent’s long-term senior unsecured debt. In addition, Aon North America, Inc. will pay a commitment fee on the undrawn commitments under the Term Loan Facility during the period from and including May 16, 2024, to but excluding the date on which the commitments under the Term Loan Facility terminate.
The Term Loan Facility will mature on the date that is three years after the closing and funding of the Term Loan Facility and contains financial maintenance covenants with respect to the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense (which may not be less than 4.00 to 1.00) and the ratio of consolidated funded debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA (which initially may not be more than 4.00 to 1.00, with periodic step-downs to 3.75 to 1.00 and 3.25 to 1.00), subject to certain exceptions, as well as other customary covenants, undertakings and events of default.
Parent and its subsidiaries have other commercial relationships with the Term Lenders, lead arrangers and syndication agents or their affiliates. In addition, Parent and certain of its affiliates have performed, and may perform, various insurance brokerage and consulting services for the Term Lenders, lead arrangers and syndication agents or their affiliates.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Term Loan Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Also on February 16, 2024, Aon Corporation, in its capacity as Borrower Representative under each of the Revolving Credit Agreements (as defined below), entered into (i) Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 19, 2023 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “2023 Revolving Credit Agreement”), by and among Parent, Aon Global Limited, Aon Global Holdings plc, Aon Corporation, Aon North America, Inc., Citibank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto from time to time and (ii) Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3” and, together with Amendment No. 1, the “Amendments”) to the Credit Agreement dated September 28, 2021 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “2021 Revolving Credit Agreement” and, together with the 2023 Revolving Credit Agreement, the “Revolving Credit Agreements”), by and among Parent, Aon Global Limited, Aon Global Holdings plc, Aon Corporation, Aon North America, Inc., Aon UK Limited, Citibank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto from time to time.
The Amendments amend the Revolving Credit Agreements to, among other things, (i) make certain amendments with respect to the financial maintenance covenant with respect to the calculation of the ratio of consolidated funded debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA, including to (a) permit the netting of unrestricted cash against debt in connection with the calculation thereof for periods ending prior to the closing of the Acquisition and (b) increase the applicable ratio thereunder for the first six fiscal quarters following the closing of the Acquisition to conform to those applicable under the Term Loan Agreement and (ii) make certain other conforming changes to align with the terms of the Term Loan Agreement.
Parent and its subsidiaries have other commercial relationships with the lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners and the syndication agent under the Revolving Credit Agreements and their respective affiliates. In addition, Parent and certain of its affiliates have performed, and may perform, various insurance brokerage and consulting services for the lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners and the syndication agent under the Revolving Credit Agreements and/or their respective affiliates.
The foregoing description of the Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each Amendment, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
Disclosure Pursuant to Item 2.03 of Form 8-K: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above in Disclosure Pursuant to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K regarding the entry into the Term Loan Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
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