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8-K filed April 16, 2024, 7:59 PM ET ticker BNED CIK 0001634117
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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED): debt financing — BNED announces $95M capital raise, $34M debt conversion, new $325M ABL facility

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

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Debt Financings SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04 confidence 0.75

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. amended revolving credit of $325 million aggregate committed principal amount (New ABL Facility) with lenders under existing asset-based revolving credit facility at not specified maturing four-year.

Instrument
revolving credit
Principal
$325 million aggregate committed principal amount (New ABL Facility)
Counterparty
lenders under existing asset-based revolving credit facility
Rate
not specified
Maturity
four-year
Event
amendment
Exact text from the filing
On April 16, 2024, the Company entered into a commitment letter with the lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility (the "Existing ABL Facility") to provide for a new four-year asset-based credit facility in an aggregate committed principal amount of $325 million (the "New ABL Facility"), which New ABL Facility will replace the Existing ABL Facility.
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Debt Financings SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04 confidence 0.7

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. amended revolving credit of same as Existing ABL Facility with lenders under existing asset-based revolving credit facility at not specified maturing not specified.

Instrument
revolving credit
Principal
same as Existing ABL Facility
Counterparty
lenders under existing asset-based revolving credit facility
Rate
not specified
Maturity
not specified
Event
amendment
Exact text from the filing
on April 16, 2024, the Company amended its Existing ABL Facility to, among other things, revise certain milestones related to the previously-disclosed liquidity and refinancing contingency plans to align such milestones with the Transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the "Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement")
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.95

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. entered into Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement with lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility valued at Amendment to Existing ABL Facility revising milestones to align with Purchase Agreement transactions (effective 2024-04-16).

Action
entry
Agreement
credit facility
Counterparty
lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility
Value
Amendment to Existing ABL Facility revising milestones to align with Purchase Agreement transactions
Effective
2024-04-16
Exact text from the filing
On April 16, 2024, the Company amended its Existing ABL Facility to, among other things, revise certain milestones related to the previously-disclosed liquidity and refinancing contingency plans to align such milestones with the Transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement”),
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.9

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. entered into Commitment Letter for New ABL Facility with the lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility valued at $325 million aggregate committed principal amount (effective 2024-04-16).

Action
entry
Agreement
credit facility
Counterparty
the lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility
Value
$325 million aggregate committed principal amount
Effective
2024-04-16
Exact text from the filing
On April 16, 2024, the Company entered into a commitment letter with the lenders under its existing asset-based revolving credit facility (the “Existing ABL Facility”) to provide for a new four-year asset-based credit facility in an aggregate committed principal amount of $325 million (the “New ABL Facility”), which New ABL Facility will replace the Existing ABL Facility.
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Material Agreements SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02 confidence 0.95

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. entered into Purchase Agreement with Toro 18 Holdings LLC, Selz Family 2011 Trust, Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC, Vital Fundco, LLC, TopLids LendCo, LLC valued at Up to $140 million in aggregate value, including $45 million rights offering, $45 million standby pu (effective 2024-04-16).

Action
entry
Agreement
equity purchase
Counterparty
Toro 18 Holdings LLC, Selz Family 2011 Trust, Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC, Vital Fundco, LLC, TopLids LendCo, LLC
Value
Up to $140 million in aggregate value, including $45 million rights offering, $45 million standby pu
Effective
2024-04-16
Exact text from the filing
On April 16, 2024, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) entered into a standby, securities purchase and debt conversion agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Toro 18 Holdings LLC (“Immersion”), Selz Family 2011 Trust (“Selz”), Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC (“Outerbridge”, and together with Immersion and Selz, the “Standby Purchasers”), Vital Fundco, LLC (“Vital”) and TopLids LendCo, LLC (“TopLids”, together with the Standby Purchasers and Vital, the “Purchasers”).
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