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America's Car-Mart Inc.

09/18/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/18/2024 12:23

Material Agreement Form 8 K

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 16, 2024, America's Car-Mart, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries, Colonial Auto Finance, Inc., an Arkansas corporation ("Colonial"), America's Car Mart Inc., an Arkansas corporation ("ACM"), and Texas Car-Mart, Inc., a Texas corporation ("TCM" and collectively with Colonial and ACM, the "Borrowers"), entered into Amendment No. 8 to the Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of September 30, 2019, by and among the Company, Colonial, ACM, TCM and a group of lenders, as previously amended on October 29, 2020, February 10, 2021, September 29, 2021, April 22, 2022, February 22, 2023, February 28, 2024, and July 12, 2024.

Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement (the "Amendment") makes certain adjustments and modifications to the terms of the Agreement to, among other things, reduce the total permitted borrowings under the revolving line of credit by $20 million to $320 million. Under the Amendment, the Company will be required, after October 15, 2024, to maintain a minimum amount available to be drawn under the credit facilities, based on eligible finance receivables and inventory, of $20 million. If the outstanding principal balance under the line of credit equals or exceeds $300 million, the Company will be required to maintain a minimum availability of $50 million. The Amendment provides that the Company will use the net proceeds of any junior capital raise of $50 million or more to pay down the then outstanding principal balance of the line of credit and will pay a fee to the lenders of 0.10% of the total permitted borrowings under the line of credit if the Company has not completed such a capital raise by October 31, 2024. The Amendment also makes certain modifications to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant under the Agreement and restricts the Company from making future repurchases of its common stock, along with the agreement's existing restrictions on other distributions to the Company's shareholders. In addition, the Amendment adds Colonial Underwriting, Inc., an Arkansas corporation, as a new guarantor.

Certain members of the lending group under the Agreement, or their respective affiliates, have or may have various relationships with the Company and its subsidiaries involving the provision of a variety of financial services, including treasury management, commercial banking, trust, financial advisory or other financial and commercial services, for which they received, or will receive, customary fees and expenses.

The above description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment, which is filed as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.