Debt |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2025 | |
Debt [Abstract] | |
Debt | 5. DEBT
Revolving Credit Facility
At December 31, 2024, we, along with Graybar Canada Limited, our Canadian operating subsidiary ("Graybar Canada"), had an unsecured, -year, $750.0 million committed revolving credit agreement maturing in with Bank of America, N.A. and the other lenders named therein (the "Credit Agreement"), which included a combined letter of credit sub-facility of up to $25.0 million, a U.S. swing-line loan facility of up to $75.0 million, and a Canadian swing-line loan facility of up to $20.0 million. The Credit Agreement included a $100.0 million sublimit (in U.S. or Canadian dollars) available for borrowings by Graybar Canada. The Credit Agreement contained an accordion feature, which allowed us to request increases in the aggregate borrowing commitments or incremental term loans of up to $375.0 million.
On June 27, 2025, we, along with Graybar Canada, amended and extended the Credit Agreement, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2025 (the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among Graybar, as parent borrower, Graybar Canada, as a borrower, the guarantors named therein, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A. as Domestic Administrative Agent, Domestic Swing Line Lender and Domestic L/C Issuer and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent, Canadian Swing Line Lender and Canadian L/C Issuer. The Amended Credit Agreement includes a combined letter of credit sub-facility of up to $35.0 million, a U.S. swing-line loan facility of up to $75.0 million, and a Canadian swing-line facility of up to $20.0 million. The Amended Credit Agreement includes a $100.0 million sublimit (in U.S. or Canadian dollars) for borrowings by Graybar Canada. Our borrowing availability under the facility is reduced by the amount of borrowings by Graybar Canada, but we may use the sublimit amount to increase our borrowings, to the extent available. If we were to use available borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement that included the sublimit amount, then Graybar Canada’s available capacity would be reduced by our use of such amount. The Amended Credit Agreement contains an accordion feature, which allows us to request increases in the aggregate borrowing commitments or incremental term loans of up to $375.0 million.
Interest on the Company’s borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement will be based on, at the borrower’s election, either (A) (i) the base rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), or (ii) term SOFR (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, in the case of U.S. dollar-denominated borrowings) or (B) (i) the base rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) or (ii) term CORRA (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, in the case of Graybar Canada as borrower with respect to Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings), in each case plus an applicable margin, as determined by the pricing grid set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement. In connection with such a borrowing, the applicable borrower will also select the term of the loan, up to six months, or automatically renew with the consent of the lenders. Swing-line loans, which are daily loans, will bear interest at a rate based on, at the borrower’s election, either (i) the base rate or (ii) term SOFR (or term CORRA, in the case of Graybar Canada with respect to Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings). In addition to interest payments, there are certain fees and obligations associated with borrowings, swing-line loans, letters of credit, term loans and other administrative matters.
The -year Amended Credit Agreement matures in . Borrowings of Graybar Canada may be in U.S. Dollars or Canadian Dollars. The obligations of Graybar Canada are secured by the guaranty of Graybar, GBE Sub, LLC and any material domestic subsidiaries of Graybar (as defined). Under no circumstances will Graybar Canada use its borrowings to benefit Graybar or its operations, including without limitation to repay any of Graybar’s obligations under the facility.
The Amended Credit Agreement provides for a quarterly facility fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.4% per annum, subject to adjustment based upon the consolidated leverage ratio for a fiscal quarter, and letter of credit fees ranging from 1.00% to 1.60% per annum payable quarterly, subject to such adjustment. Borrowings can be either base rate loans plus a margin ranging from 0.00% to 0.60% or term SOFR, term CORRA, SOFR daily floating rate, or daily simple CORRA rate loans plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.60%, subject to adjustment based upon the consolidated leverage ratio. Availability under the Amended Credit Agreement is subject to the accuracy of representations and warranties and absence of a default and, in the case of Canadian borrowings denominated in Canadian dollars, the absence of a material adverse change in the national or international financial markets, which would make it impracticable to lend Canadian dollars.
The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for credit facilities of this type, including limitations on Graybar and all but certain of our subsidiaries with respect to indebtedness (with specified, limited exceptions), liens, changes in the nature of our business, investments, mergers and acquisitions, issuance of equity securities, dispositions of assets and dissolution of certain subsidiaries, transactions with affiliates, as well as securitizations and transactions with sanctioned parties or in violation of certain US or Canadian anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws. There are also maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio financial covenants to which the Company is subject during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement.
The Amended Credit Agreement also provides for customary events of default, including a failure to pay principal, interest or fees when due, failure to comply with covenants, the fact that any representation or warranty made by any of the credit parties is materially incorrect, the occurrence of an event of default under certain other indebtedness of Graybar and its subsidiaries, the commencement of certain insolvency or receivership events affecting any of the credit parties, certain actions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the occurrence of a change in control of any of the credit parties (subject to certain permitted transactions as described in the Amended Credit Agreement). Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the commitments of the lenders may be terminated and all outstanding obligations of the credit parties under the Amended Credit Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable.
Certain parties to the Amended Credit Agreement and certain of their respective affiliates have performed in the past, and may from time to time perform in the future, banking, investment banking and other advisory services for the Company and its affiliates for which they have received, and/or will receive, customary fees and expenses.
We were in compliance with all covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement and Credit Agreement, respectively, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
At June 30, 2025, we had total debt of $2.0 million, of which $1.0 million was long-term debt. At December 31, 2024, we had total debt of $2.2 million, of which $1.3 million was long-term debt. There were no short-term borrowings as of June 30, 2025 under the Amended Credit Agreement, compared to short-term borrowings of $22.0 million as of December 31, 2024 under the Credit Agreement.
Short-term borrowings outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2025 ranged from no short-term borrowings to a maximum of $37.0 million. Short-term borrowings outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2024 ranged from no short-term borrowings to a maximum of $38.0 million.
At June 30, 2025, we had unused lines of credit under the Amended Credit Agreement amounting to $745.9 million available, compared to $724.2 million at December 31, 2024 under the Credit Agreement. These lines are available to meet our short-term cash requirements and are subject to annual fees of up to 40 basis points (0.40%).
We had interest income, net of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to interest income, net of $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. We had interest income, net of $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to interest income, net of $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Private Placement Shelf Agreements
We have an uncommitted, unsecured $200.0 million private placement shelf agreement (the “Prudential Shelf Agreement”) with PGIM, Inc., which is expected to allow us to issue senior promissory notes to affiliates of PGIM, Inc. at fixed rate terms to be agreed upon at the time of any issuance during a issuance period ending in August 2026.
We also have an uncommitted, unsecured $200.0 million private placement shelf agreement (the "MetLife Shelf Agreement") with MetLife Investment Management, LLC (formerly known as MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC), and MetLife Investment Management Limited (collectively, “MetLife”) and each other MetLife affiliate that becomes a party to the agreement. The MetLife Shelf Agreement is expected to allow us to issue senior promissory notes to MetLife at fixed or floating rate economic terms to be agreed upon at the time of any issuance during a three-year period ending in June 2027, and thereafter, for successive three-year periods until either party notifies the other party at least 30 days prior to the then applicable stated period end date of its intent not to extend.
We remain obligated under a most favored lender clause which is designed to ensure that any notes in the future under the Prudential Shelf Agreement and MetLife Shelf Agreement will continue to be of equal ranking with indebtedness under our Amended Credit Agreement.
No notes have been issued under either the Prudential Shelf Agreement or the MetLife Shelf Agreement as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Each shelf agreement contains representations and warranties of the Company and the applicable lender, events of default and affirmative and negative covenants, customary for agreements of this type. These covenants are substantially similar to those contained in the Amended Credit Agreement, subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications set forth in the applicable shelf agreement. All outstanding obligations of Graybar under one or both of these agreements may be declared immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of an event of default.
We were in compliance with all covenants under the Prudential Shelf Agreement and the MetLife Shelf Agreement as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Letters of Credit We had total letters of credit of $9.8 million outstanding as of June 30, 2025, of which $4.1 million were issued under the Amended Credit Agreement. We had total letters of credit of $9.6 million as of December 31, 2024, of which $3.8 million were issued under the Credit Agreement. The letters of credit are issued primarily to support certain workers' compensation insurance policies and support performance under certain customer contracts. |