Darling Ingredients Amends and Extends its Senior Secured Credit Facility
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) announced the amendment and extension of its $1.0 billion Senior Secured Credit Facility, extending the maturity date from December 16, 2021 to September 18, 2025. The changes include increases in leverage ratios, modifications of negative covenants, and collateral release mechanisms, enhancing the company's financial flexibility. CEO Randall C. Stuewe expressed confidence in the company's growth strategy, highlighting the strong balance sheet and liquidity position facilitated by this credit facility amendment.
- Extension of credit facility maturity to September 18, 2025, providing longer-term liquidity.
- Increased leverage ratio allows for more borrowing capacity.
- Elimination and modification of certain negative covenants, increasing operational flexibility.
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IRVING, Texas, Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), today announced that it has amended and extended its
"We are pleased to complete the amendment and extension of our credit facility ahead of schedule," said Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darling Ingredients. "This transaction reinforces our solid financial position and provides us with a strong balance sheet and ample liquidity to continue to execute on our growth strategy. We would like to thank our syndicate of banking partners for their on-going support and demonstrating their confidence in our business, especially during these uncertain times," Stuewe added.
In addition to extending the maturity date, the amendment, increases the leverage ratio applicable to achieving the lowest applicable margin on borrowings under the revolving credit facility from 1.0 to 1.5, eliminates or modifies certain of the negative covenants to increase the allowances for certain actions, including the incurrence of debt and investments, limits guarantees from, and security with respect to, entities organized outside of the United States and Canada to a limited group of foreign subsidiary holding companies, includes a collateral release mechanic, subject to the consent of the term loan B lenders, upon the Company achieving certain investment grade credit ratings, and makes other market updates and changes.
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. is a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, technical, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries. With operations on five continents, the Company collects and transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, fuel feedstocks, green energy, natural casings and hides. In addition, the Company provides environmental and disposal services to food service establishments. The Company sells its products domestically and internationally and operates within three industry segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients and Fuel Ingredients. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://www.darlingii.com.
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Some of the statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and projections about future events and generally relate to our plans, objectives and expectations for the development of our business. Although management believes that the plans and objectives reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives and expectations expressed in this press release.
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