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    Koppers Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation

    12/17/24 4:31:00 PM ET
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    8-K
    false 0001315257 0001315257 2024-12-17 2024-12-17

     

     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

     

     

    FORM 8-K

     

     

    CURRENT REPORT

    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2024

     

     

    KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC.

    (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

     

     

     

    Pennsylvania   1-32737   20-1878963
    (State or Other Jurisdiction
    of Incorporation)
     

    (Commission

    File Number)

      (IRS Employer
    Identification No.)

     

    436 Seventh Avenue  
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   15219
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

    Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (412) 227-2001

    Not applicable

    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     

     

    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

     

    ☐

    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

    ☐

    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

    ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

    ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

    Title of each class

     

    Trading

    Symbol(s)

     

    Name of each exchange

    on which registered

    Common Stock   KOP   The New York Stock Exchange

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

    Emerging growth company ☐

    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

     

     

     


    Item 1.01

    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

    On December 17, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), Koppers Inc. (“Koppers” or the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koppers Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), entered into Amendment No. 5 (“Amendment No. 5”) to the Credit Agreement, dated June 17, 2022, with Holdings, certain lenders and letter of credit issuers, PNC Bank, National Association, as revolving administrative agent, collateral agent and swingline loan lender, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as term administrative agent (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated April 10, 2023, that certain Amendment No. 2, dated October 11, 2023, that certain Amendment No. 3, dated April 12, 2024 and that certain Amendment No. 4, dated April 22, 2024, the “Credit Agreement”).

    Among other things, as more fully set forth therein, Amendment No. 5 effectively reduces the interest rate margins applicable to the $494,519,975 senior secured term loan facility under the Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan B Facility”) by 50 basis points from 3.00 percent with a floor of 50 basis points (0.50 percent) to 2.50 percent with a floor of 50 basis points (0.50 percent), in the case of adjusted Term SOFR Rate or adjusted Daily Simple SOFR loans, and from 2.00 percent with a floor of 1.50 percent to 1.50 percent, which is equal to the floor, in the case of alternate base rate loans. Prepayments of the Term Loan B Facility within the first six months after the Closing Date will be subject to a prepayment premium in an amount equal to 1.00 percent of the principal amount of the Term Loan B Facility being prepaid.

    All other material terms, conditions and covenants under the Credit Agreement remain unchanged.

    The foregoing description of Amendment No. 5 does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under Amendment No. 5. The foregoing description of Amendment No. 5 is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 5, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. On December 17, 2024, the Company issued a press release regarding Amendment No. 5, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

     

    Item 2.03

    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

    The description of the terms of Amendment No. 5 set forth above in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

     

    Item 9.01

    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    (d) Exhibits.

     

    10.1    Amendment No. 5, dated as of December 17, 2024, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2022, by and among Koppers Inc., as Borrower, Koppers Holdings Inc., as Holdings, the Lenders and L/C issuers party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Revolving Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Loan Lender, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Term Administrative Agent.
    99.1    Press Release dated December 17, 2024.
    104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

     


    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.

     

          KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC.
    Date: December 17, 2024     By:  

    /s/ Jimmi Sue Smith

          Jimmi Sue Smith
    Chief Financial Officer
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