Item 5. Other Information
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Item 5. Other Information
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, and Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. On March 15, 2022, FedEx, as borrower, further amended our Second Amended and Restated $2.0 billion five-year credit agreement (the “Five-Year Credit Agreement”) and also entered into a $1.5 billion three-year credit agreement (the “Three-Year Credit Agreement” and together with the Five-Year Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”). FedEx amended the Five-Year Credit Agreement and entered into the Three-Year Credit Agreement with a syndicate of banks and other financial institutions (the “Five-Year Lenders” and “Three-Year Lenders,” respectively), including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., individually and as syndication agent, and Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and Truist Bank, each individually and as a co-documentation agent. The amendment to the Five-Year Credit Agreement and the syndicate of lenders for the Three-Year Credit Agreement were arranged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and Truist Securities, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
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The Three-Year Credit Agreement replaces the $1.5 billion 364-day credit agreement dated as of March 16, 2021, among FedEx, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as administrative agent, and certain lenders (the “Terminated Credit Agreement”). The Terminated Credit Agreement was terminated effective March 15, 2022. The terms of the Terminated Credit Agreement are summarized in FedEx’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2021.
As a result of the discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), all prior references to LIBOR in the Five-Year Credit Agreement have been replaced with references to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), the recommended risk-free reference rate of the Federal Reserve Board and Alternative Reference Rates Committee. The Three-Year Credit Agreement includes identical provisions regarding SOFR.
The Five-Year Credit Agreement provides the terms under which the Five-Year Lenders will make available to FedEx an unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to $2.0 billion, including a $250 million sub-limit for letters of credit. FedEx may elect to increase the aggregate amount available under the facility to up to a total of $2.5 billion. The Three-Year Credit Agreement provides the terms under which the Three-Year Lenders will make available to FedEx an unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to $1.5 billion.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreements may be used for FedEx’s general corporate purposes, including acquisitions.
The Five-Year Lenders’ and the Three-Year Lenders’ commitments under the Credit Agreements will terminate on March 17, 2026 and March 14, 2025, respectively, unless terminated earlier by FedEx or by the administrative agent upon an event of default. FedEx may request up to two one-year extensions of the Three-Year Lenders’ commitments under the Three-Year Credit Agreement. FedEx’s obligations under the Credit Agreements are guaranteed by the same FedEx subsidiaries that guarantee FedEx’s outstanding public debt securities.
Loans under the Credit Agreements denominated in U.S. Dollars will bear interest at a rate per year generally equal to, at FedEx’s election, either:
the highest of (a) the interest rate quoted by the Wall Street Journal as the prime rate in the United States; (b) 0.5% plus the greater of (i) the federal funds effective rate and (ii) the overnight bank funding rate, each as determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and (c) the SOFR Rate (the “SOFR Rate”) for a one-month interest period plus 1.0%, plus the applicable margin for such loans (“ABR Loans”);
the SOFR Rate for the selected term, plus the applicable margin for such loans (“Term Benchmark Loans”); or
the daily SOFR Rate, plus the applicable margin for such loans (“RFR Loans”).
Loans under the Credit Agreements denominated in pounds sterling will be classified as RFR Loans and bear interest at a rate per year equal to the sterling overnight index average plus 0.0326% plus the applicable margin, while loans denominated in euros will be classified as Term Benchmark Loans and bear interest at a rate per year equal to the euro interbank offered rate for the relevant period determined by the European Money Markets Institute displayed on the page EURIBOR01 of the Reuters Service, subject to a statutory reserve adjustment, plus the applicable margin.
Letters of Credit issued under the Five-Year Credit Agreement will be assessed a fee based upon the applicable margin charged for Term Benchmark Loans. In addition, FedEx will pay the issuing banks a fronting fee of 0.125% per year on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each issued Letter of Credit.
FedEx will also pay commitment fees on the average daily undrawn amount of the facilities. The applicable margin for loans and the applicable commitment fees will vary depending upon FedEx’s senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term debt ratings. For example, based upon FedEx’s current ratings of BBB (Standard & Poor’s) and Baa2 (Moody’s Investors Service), the applicable margin for ABR Loans would be 0.25%, the applicable margin for RFR or Term Benchmark Loans would be 1.25%, and the applicable commitment fee rate would be 0.125% per year on undrawn commitments under the Five-Year Credit Agreement and the Three-Year Credit Agreement.
The Credit Agreements contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, as well as customary events of default. The financial covenants in the Credit Agreements require FedEx to maintain a ratio of debt to consolidated earnings (excluding noncash retirement plans mark-to-market adjustments, noncash pension service costs, and noncash asset impairment charges) before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of not more than 3.5 to 1.0, calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter on a rolling four-quarters basis.
Certain of the Five-Year Lenders and Three-Year Lenders, as well as certain of the lenders under the Terminated Credit Agreement, and their affiliates engage in transactions with, and perform services for, FedEx and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business and have engaged, and may in the future engage, in other commercial banking transactions and investment banking, financial advisory, and other financial services transactions with FedEx and its affiliates.
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The amendment to the Five-Year Credit Agreement and the Three-Year Credit Agreement will be filed as exhibits to FedEx’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2022.
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