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): September 9, 2011
HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34521 | 20-1480589 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 71 South Wacker Drive, 12th Floor Chicago, IL |
60606 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 750-1234
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 9, 2011, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, as Borrower (“Hyatt”), certain subsidiaries of Hyatt (the “Guarantors”), various Lenders, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Joint Book Runners, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., and Suntrust Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) that matures on September 9, 2016.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement amends and restates that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2005, by and among Hyatt, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, The Royal Bank of Scotland, plc, as syndication agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., and BNP Paribas, as co-documentation agents, and provides for revolving loans and the issuance of standby letters of credit to Hyatt of up to $300 million in United States dollars and multicurrency loans of up to $250 million in Euros, Japanese Yen and British Pounds Sterling. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Hyatt has the option during the term of the Credit Facility to increase the Credit Facility by an aggregate amount of up to an additional $500,000,000 (provided, among other things, new or existing lenders agree to provide commitments for this increased amount).
Hyatt may prepay the outstanding aggregate principal amount, in whole or in part, at any time, subject to certain restrictions and upon notice to the Administrative Agent. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and related documents contain customary affirmative, negative, and financial covenants, representations and warranties, and default provisions.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement has been included as an exhibit to this filing to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms and is not intended to provide any other factual information about Hyatt. The representations and warranties in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement were made only for the purposes of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as of a specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to stockholders, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are not necessarily characterizations of the actual state of facts concerning Hyatt at the time they were made or otherwise and should only be read in conjunction with the other information that Hyatt makes publicly available in reports, statements and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 7.01 Regulation F-D Disclosure.
On September 9, 2011, Hyatt Hotels Corporation issued a press release announcing that Hyatt had entered into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished under Item 7.01 in this Form 8-K, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by Hyatt Hotels Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Exhibit Description | |
| 10.1 | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2011, among Hyatt Hotels Corporation, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Hyatt, as Guarantors, various Lenders, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Joint Book Runners, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Suntrust Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents. | |
| 99.1 | Hyatt Hotels Corporation Press Release, dated September 9, 2011 | |
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.
| Hyatt Hotels Corporation | ||||
| Date: September 9, 2011 |
By: | /s/ Harmit J. Singh | ||
| Harmit J. Singh | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
Exhibit Description | |
| 10.1 | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2011, among Hyatt Hotels Corporation, as Borrower, certain subsidiaries of Hyatt, as Guarantors, various Lenders, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Joint Book Runners, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., and Suntrust Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents. | |
| 99.1 | Hyatt Hotels Corporation Press Release, dated September 9, 2011 | |