UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2022
AB PRIVATE CREDIT INVESTORS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 814-01196 | 81-2491356 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 969-1000
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 28, 2022, ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO VI Ltd (the Issuer) and ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO VI LLC (the Co-Issuer, and, together with the Issuer, the Co-Issuers), each a special purpose vehicle and each a wholly-owned subsidiary of AB Private Credit Investors Corporation (the Fund), executed that certain first supplemental indenture by and among the Co-Issuers and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the Refinancing CLO Transaction). The notes offered by the Co-Issuers in the Refinancing CLO Transaction (the Notes) are secured by a diversified portfolio of the Co-Issuers consisting primarily of middle market loans and participation interests in middle market loans and may also include some broadly syndicated loans. The CLO Transaction (as defined below) was executed through a private placement of: (i) $98,250,000 of Class A-1-R Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, which bear interest at three-months SOFR plus 1.83% per annum; (ii) $75,000,000 of Class A-1L Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans, which bear interest at three-months SOFR plus 1.83% per annum; (iii) $30,000,000 of Class A-1F Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes, which bear interest at 4.305% per annum; (iv) $43,550,000 of Class A-2-R Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, which bear interest at SOFR plus 2.25% per annum; (v) $19,250,000 of Class B Secured Deferrable Floating Rate Notes, which bear interest at SOFR plus 3.10% per annum; and (vi) $20,125,000 of Class C Secured Deferrable Floating Rate Notes, which bear interest at SOFR plus 4.15% per annum. The Notes are scheduled to mature on April 27, 2034.
In a series of contemporaneous transactions on the closing date of the Refinancing CLO Transaction, (i) the Issuer, contemporaneously with the issuance of certain of the Notes (including $19,250,000 of Class B-R Notes, $20,125,000 of Class C Notes and $7,720,000 of subordinated notes (the Subordinated Notes)) to ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO VI Depositor LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund, redeemed all of the outstanding Notes held by the Holders pursuant to that certain original indenture, dated as of August 9, 2019 (the CLO Transaction), and (ii) the Issuer made any other payments due in connection with the repayment of the Notes and paid any other fees and expenses expected to be paid as of such date. The Notes are the secured obligations of the Co-Issuers, and the indenture governing the Notes includes customary covenants and events of default. The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities or blue sky laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from registration.
AB Private Credit Investors LLC (the Adviser) serves as collateral manager to the Issuer pursuant to a collateral management agreement between the Adviser and the Issuer (the Collateral Management Agreement). For so long as the Adviser serves as collateral manager to the Issuer, the Adviser will elect to receive $0 as any base management fee or subordinated interest to which it may be entitled under the Collateral Management Agreement.
The descriptions of the documentation related to the Refinancing CLO Transaction are only summaries of the material provisions of such documents and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the underlying agreements, including Exhibit 10.1 attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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.
Date: May 4, 2022 | AB PRIVATE CREDIT INVESTORS CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ Neal Kalechofsky | |||||
Neal Kalechofsky | ||||||
Secretary |