Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Incremental Term Loan Facility





General


On January 18, 2022, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (the "Borrower"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), and certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into the Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and the other lenders party thereto, which Amendment amends that certainCredit Agreement dated as of February 8, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement"; the Existing Credit Agreement as further amended by the Amendment, the "Amended Credit Agreement"). The initial term loans prior to the closing of the Amendment are collectively referred to herein as the "Existing Term Loans." The Amendment amends the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (a) establish Incremental Term Loans (the "Incremental Term Loans") in an aggregate principal amount of $460,000,000 and (b) to use the proceeds of such Incremental Term Loans to redeem the Borrower's outstanding 6.875% senior first lien notes due 2026 (the "Redemption") and pay related fees, costs, premiums and expenses.

The Incremental Term Loans were fully funded on January 18, 2022 and has a maturity date of January 18, 2029. The Incremental Term Loans will bear interest at a rate equal to SOFR plus 3.25%. There is a 0% SOFR floor with respect to the Incremental Term Loans. The Incremental Term Loans will amortize in equal quarterly installments in aggregate amounts equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Term Loans. For six months after the closing of the Amendment, voluntary repayments of the Incremental Term Loans and certain other repricing events will be subject to a premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the term loans being repaid. Except as otherwise provided in the Amendment, the other terms applicable to the Incremental Term Loans are the same as those applicable to the Existing Term Loans that were in effect prior to the Amendment.

Except as amended by the Amendment, the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 and which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.




Item 8.01 Other Events.



On January 18, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Incremental Term Loans and the Redemption. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits





  Exhibit     Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated January 18, 2022, by and
4.1         among The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, as Borrower, Star Intermediate
            III, LLC, as Holdings, the Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, as
            Administrative Agent and the other lenders party thereto from time to
            time

  Exhibit     Press Release, dated January 18, 2022, announcing the closing of the
99.1        Incremental Term Loans and the Redemption

Exhibit     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
104         document)

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