DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDR) (the “Company”), a leading supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction and home repair and remodeling in the United States, today announced that it has secured commitments for the reprice of its previous $468 million senior secured term loan facility due 2022 (the “Previous Term Loan Facility”) through an amendment and extension to its term loan credit agreement providing for a $468 million senior secured term loan facility due 2024 (the “New Term Loan Facility”) and an interest reduction of 0.75%. The transaction closing is expected on February 23, 2017.
Term loans under the $468 million New Term Loan Facility bear interest based on either the eurodollar rate or base rate (a rate equal to the highest of an agreed benchmark rate commercially available, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and the eurodollar rate plus 1.0%) plus, in each case, an applicable margin, at the Company’s option. The applicable margin in respect of the loans under the New Term Loan Facility will be (x) 3% in the case of Eurodollar rate loans and (y) 2% in the case of base rate loans. This represents a 0.75% reduction from the Previous Term Loan Facility. Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch continues to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the New Term Loan Facility.
The repricing enables the company to reduce the interest rate on its Term Loan by 0.75% as well as extend the maturity to 2024. This transaction should reduce go forward interest by approximately $3 million annually.
Floyd Sherman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are always actively evaluating opportunistic transactions to lower our interest expense, strengthen our capital position, and improve our cash flow yield for our shareholders. The New Term Loan Facility will lower our go forward annual cash interest expense by approximately $3 million, as well as extend the maturity of our debt.”
Peter Jackson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, added, “Our weighted average debt maturity on our term loans and bonds is over 7 years, with the closest maturity in August of 2023. Our debt structure continues to provide the company the flexibility for debt repayment, and the terms of our debt allow the company to repay our most expensive debt first, which will result in stronger free cash flow and higher debt repayment.”
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