ATTO Atento SA

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February, 2023

Commission File Number: 001-36671

ATENTO S.A.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

1, rue Hildegard Von Bingen, 1282, Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Address of principal executive office)

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Atento S.A. (NYSE: ATTO, “Atento”) entered into financing arrangements on February 15, 2023 with a group of certain existing investors in Atento to provide additional financing to Atento. The investors have agreed to provide Atento with a new debt financing commitment that will address the company’s near-term liabilities and provide the company with additional financial flexibility. The total capital raised is approximately $40 million.

The primary terms of the debt financing are:

·        Atento Luxco 1, S.A. will issue senior secured notes due 2025. Interest on the new notes will be 10% per annum payable in cash and 10% per annum payable in additional new notes. Interest will be payable every three months.

·        The new senior secured notes due 2025 will be guaranteed by selected receivables of certain subsidiaries.

·        In addition, Atento will issue 7,920,000 warrants to subscribe for shares at an exercise price that is the trading price of the shares on the day prior to issuance of the warrants.

·        Atento Luxco 1, SA will use reasonable endeavors to explore an exchange of existing senior secured notes due 2026 held by the investors with an equal principal amount of priority secured notes due 2026 to the extent permitted under the terms of the existing debt documents and subject to other conditions.

·        The proceeds will be used by Atento and its subsidiaries to make certain payments under financing agreements as well as to finance transaction costs.

Subject to the fulfillment of customary conditions precedent, including certain third-party consents, this latest transaction is expected to provide Atento with additional operating liquidity and financial flexibility in the coming months, while Atento continues to advance the transformation of its operational core and to further strengthen its financial position in the medium term.

Atento intends to pay coupon payment obligations under its senior secured notes due 2026 and all associated hedge payments upon completion of the new financing.

Atento intends to disclose further details of the transaction, including copies of the relevant agreements, in the coming days.

On February 15, 2023, Atento issued a press release about the new debt financing, which is attached as exhibit 99.1.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “continue” or similar terminology. In particular, these forward-looking statements include those about completion of the additional financing, Atento’s liquidity and financial position, and Atento’s transformation plan. These statements reflect only Atento’s current expectations and are not guarantees of future outcomes, performance or results. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, obtaining required consents from third-parties and satisfying other conditions precedent for the additional financing that might be outside Atento’s control; actions by Atento’s lenders and other financing sources; Atento’s future cash requirements; competition in Atento’s highly competitive industries; increases in the cost of voice and data services or significant interruptions in these services; Atento’s ability to keep pace with its clients’ needs for rapid technological change and systems availability; the continued deployment and adoption of emerging technologies; the loss, financial difficulties or bankruptcy of any key clients; the effects of global economic trends on the businesses of Atento’s clients; the non-exclusive nature of Atento’s client contracts and the absence of revenue commitments; security and privacy breaches of the systems Atento uses to protect personal data; the cost of pending and future litigation; the cost of defending Atento against intellectual property infringement claims; extensive regulation affecting many of Atento’s businesses; Atento’s ability to protect its proprietary information or technology; service interruptions to Atento’s data and operation centers; Atento’s ability to retain key personnel and attract a sufficient number of qualified employees; increases in labor costs and turnover rates; the political, economic and other conditions in the countries where Atento operates; changes in foreign exchange rates; Atento’s ability to complete future acquisitions and integrate or achieve the objectives of its recent and future acquisitions; future impairments of our substantial goodwill, intangible assets, or other long-lived assets; and Atento’s ability to recover consumer receivables on behalf of its clients. Atento is also subject to other risk factors described in documents filed by the company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the statements were made. Atento undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The securities being issued in connection with the transactions described herein have not and will not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release is not an offer of any securities for sale or solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

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