The Chefs' Warehouse Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 16, 2025, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHEF) (“the Company”) entered into Amendment No. 13 (the “Thirteenth Amendment”) to its senior secured term loan credit agreement, originally dated as of June 22, 2016, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, by and among the Company, Chefs’ Warehouse Parent, LLC, as borrower, Dairyland USA Corporation, as borrower, certain other subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, pursuant to which the Company repriced its senior secured term loan B facility from (x) 350 basis points over term SOFR or 250 basis points over the alternate base rate to (y) 300 basis points over term SOFR or 200 basis points over the alternate base rate. Neither the floor of the Adjusted Term SOFR of 0.50% nor the scheduled maturity date of August 23, 2029 were changed. The aggregate principal amount of term loans outstanding immediately after the effectiveness of the Thirteenth Amendment is $253,500,000.00.
The Company has customary corporate and commercial banking relationships with the lenders, administrative agent and collateral agent and their affiliates.
The foregoing description of the Thirteenth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Thirteenth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated June 22, 2016, by and among Dairyland USA Corporation and Chefs’ Warehouse Parent, LLC, as Borrowers, and The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. and the other Loan Parties party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent. | |
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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.
| THE CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE, INC. | |
| By: | /s/Alexandros Aldous |
| Name: Title: |
Alexandros
Aldous |
Date: June 16, 2025