Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 19, 2017, Aon plc and Aon Corporation entered into a $400,000,000 Five-Year Credit Agreement (the Revolving Credit Agreement) with Citibank, N.A. (Citibank), as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto (collectively, the Revolving Lenders), HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as syndication agent, and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, pursuant to which, subject to the conditions set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Lenders committed to provide an unsecured revolving credit facility.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be made by Aon plc, Aon Corporation or any other subsidiary designated as a borrower in U.S. dollars, pounds sterling or euros and will bear interest, at the borrowers option, at the eurocurrency rate or an alternate base rate. The eurocurrency rate is equal to the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) with respect to an advance in U.S. dollars or pounds sterling, the applicable LIBOR rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, and with respect to advances in euros, the applicable EURIBOR rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing (adjusted for any statutory reserve requirements for eurocurrency liabilities), divided by (b) one minus the reserve requirement, plus (ii) the applicable margin. The alternate base rate is equal to the highest of (i) the rate of interest publicly announced by Citibank as its base rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate from time to time plus 0.5% and (iii) the one month LIBOR rate plus 1.0%, in each case, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on the public debt rating of Aon plcs senior unsecured long-term debt and may change in connection with a change to Aon plcs debt ratings. There is currently no applicable margin for alternate base rate advances and the applicable margin for eurocurrency advances is currently 100 basis points.
The Revolving Credit Agreement has a maturity date of October 19, 2022, subject to two optional one-year extensions, and contains covenants with respect to the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense (which may not be less than 4.00 to 1.00 on the last day of any measurement period) and the ratio of consolidated funded debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA (which may not be more than 3.25 to 1.00 on the last day of any measurement period, subject to certain exceptions), as well as other customary covenants, undertakings and events of default.
Aon plc and its subsidiaries have other commercial relationships with the Revolving Lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners, the syndication agent and their respective affiliates. In addition, Aon plc and certain of its affiliates have performed, and may perform, various insurance brokerage and consulting services for the Revolving Lenders, lead arrangers and bookrunners, the syndication agent and/or their respective affiliates.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.