BRINKS COBCO
BRINKS CO Debt Disclosure
Debt
| December 31, | |||||||||||
| (In millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| Debt: | |||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | |||||||||||
Other (year end weighted average interest rate of 4.9% in 2025 and 6.5% in 2024) | $ | 241.1 | 149.3 | ||||||||
| Total short-term borrowings | $ | 241.1 | 149.3 | ||||||||
| Long-term debt | |||||||||||
| Bank credit facilities: | |||||||||||
Term loans (year-end weighted average interest rate of 5.4% in 2025 and 6.2% in 2024) | |||||||||||
less unamortized issuance cost of $1.7 million in 2025 and $2.8 million in 2024 | $ | 1,223.3 | 1,292.2 | ||||||||
Senior unsecured notes (year-end effective interest rate of 4.6% for "2027 Senior Unsecured Notes", 6.5% for "2029 Senior Unsecured Notes" and 6.8% for "2032 Senior Unsecured Notes" respectively in 2025 and 2024) | |||||||||||
less unamortized issuance cost of $9.6 million in 2025 and $12.2 million in 2024 | 1,390.4 | 1,387.8 | |||||||||
Revolving Credit Facility (year-end weighted average interest rate of 5.5% in 2025 and 6.2% in 2024) | 420.0 | 399.7 | |||||||||
Other facilities (year-end weighted-average interest rate of 4.3% in 2025 and 5.8% in 2024)(a) | 669.1 | 432.1 | |||||||||
Financing leases (year-end weighted-average interest rate of 7.1% in 2025 and 6.7% in 2024) | 270.4 | 235.1 | |||||||||
| Total long-term debt | $ | 3,973.2 | 3,746.9 | ||||||||
| Total Debt | $ | 4,214.3 | 3,896.2 | ||||||||
| Included in: | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities | $ | 404.2 | 291.0 | ||||||||
| Noncurrent liabilities | 3,810.1 | 3,605.2 | |||||||||
| Total debt | $ | 4,214.3 | 3,896.2 | ||||||||
(a)Includes Other Revolving Credit Facilities of $557 million at December 31, 2025 and $359 million at December 31, 2024.
Long-Term Debt
Senior Secured Credit Facility
In June 2022, we amended our senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent. After the amendment, the Senior Secured Credit Facility consisted of a $1 billion revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") and $1.4 billion of term loans (the "Term Loans").
All loans under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loans mature on June 23, 2027. Principal payments for the Term Loans are due quarterly in an amount equal to 0.625% of the initial loan amount for the first eight quarterly installment payments and 1.25% for subsequent payments with a final lump sum payment due on June 23, 2027. Interest rates for the Senior Secured Credit Facility are based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus a margin or an alternate base rate plus a margin. The Revolving Credit Facility allows us to borrow money or issue letters of credit (or otherwise satisfy credit needs) on a revolving basis over the term of the facility. As of December 31, 2025, $580 million was available under the Revolving Credit Facility. The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility are secured by a first-priority lien on all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries, including a first-priority lien on equity interests of certain of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries also guarantee the obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
The margin on both SOFR and alternate base rate borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility is based on the Company’s total net debt leverage ratio. The margin on SOFR borrowings, which can range from 1.25% to 1.75%, was 1.50% at December 31, 2025. The margin on alternate base rate borrowings, which can range from 0.25% to 0.75%, was 0.50% as of December 31, 2025. We also pay an annual commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility based on the Company’s total net leverage ratio. The commitment fee, which can range from 0.15% to 0.28%, was 0.23%as of December 31, 2025.
Senior Unsecured Notes
In June 2024, we issued at par five-year senior unsecured notes (the "2029 Senior Unsecured Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The 2029 Senior Unsecured Notes will mature on June 15, 2029, and bear an annual interest rate of 6.5%. The 2029 Senior Unsecured Notes are general unsecured obligations guaranteed by certain of the Company’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries, which are also guarantors under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
In June 2024, we issued at par eight-year senior unsecured notes (the "2032 Senior Unsecured Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The 2032 Senior Unsecured Notes will mature on June 15, 2032, and bear an annual interest rate of 6.75%. The 2032 Senior Unsecured Notes are general unsecured obligations guaranteed by certain of the Company’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries, which are also guarantors under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
In October 2017, we issued at par ten-year senior unsecured notes (the "2027 Senior Unsecured Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of $600 million. The 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes will mature on October 15, 2027, bearing an annual interest rate of 4.625%. The 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes are general unsecured obligations guaranteed by certain of the Company’s existing and future U.S. subsidiaries, which are also guarantors under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
The 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes, the 2029 Senior Unsecured Notes, and the 2032 Senior Unsecured Notes (the "Senior Unsecured Notes") have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The notes were offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The aggregate proceeds from the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the 2027 Senior Unsecured Notes were used in part to repay certain prior indebtedness and certain fees and expenses related to the closing of certain transactions. The remaining borrowings were used for working capital needs, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. The aggregate proceeds from the 2029 Senior Unsecured Notes and 2032 Senior Unsecured Notes were used to redeem the $400 million outstanding principal amount of our five-year senior unsecured notes issued in June 2020 (the "2025 Senior Unsecured Notes") prior to maturity and to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under our Revolving Credit Facility. Before applying a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to redeem or repurchase the 2025 Senior Unsecured Notes as described above, we used such portion of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes and to temporarily repay additional amounts outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility.
Other Facilities
Other facilities consists primarily of revolving credit facilities in our North America, Latin America and Europe segments ("Other Revolving Credit Facilities"). On an aggregate basis, borrowings under these facilities total $761 million with an additional $84 million available as of December 31, 2025, including $204 million in Short-term borrowings and $557 million in Other long-term debt. Maturity dates of the long-term facilities range from July 2027 to June 2028 and interest rates range from 3.70% to 5.00%. Borrowings under these facilities are secured by cash and certain receivables held by Brink's. In July 2024, we increased the capacity of the largest of these credit facilities from $250 million to $500 million.
Minimum repayments of long-term debt are as follows:
(In millions) | Financing leases | Other long-term debt | Total | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | $ | 72.7 | 90.4 | 163.1 | |||||||||||||
| 2027 | 67.4 | 2,645.6 | 2,713.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2028 | 51.9 | 136.7 | 188.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 2029 | 35.0 | 418.1 | 453.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2030 | 26.6 | 11.4 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Later years | 16.8 | 411.9 | 428.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 270.4 | 3,714.1 | 3,984.5 | |||||||||||||
The Senior Secured Credit Facility, Senior Unsecured Notes, Other Revolving Credit Facilities, and other debt facilities contain various financial and other covenants. The covenants, among other things, limit our ability to provide liens, restrict fundamental changes, limit transactions with affiliates and unrestricted subsidiaries, restrict changes to our fiscal year and to organizational documents, limit asset dispositions, limit the use of proceeds from asset sales, limit sale and leaseback transactions, limit investments, limit the ability to incur debt, restrict certain payments to shareholders, limit negative pledges, limit the ability to change the nature of our business, provide for a maximum consolidated net leverage ratio and provide for minimum coverage of interest costs. If we were not to comply with the terms of our various financing agreements, the repayment terms could be accelerated and the commitments could be withdrawn. An acceleration of the repayment terms under one agreement could trigger the acceleration of the repayment terms under the other financing agreements. We were in compliance with all of these covenants at December 31, 2025.
Financing Leases
Property and equipment acquired under financing leases are included in property and equipment as follows:
| December 31, | |||||||||||
| (In millions) | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| Asset class: | |||||||||||
| Buildings | $ | 33.5 | 7.8 | ||||||||
| Vehicles | 330.3 | 347.8 | |||||||||
| Machinery and equipment | 186.2 | 122.6 | |||||||||
| 550.0 | 478.2 | ||||||||||
| Less: accumulated amortization | (223.8) | (196.9) | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 326.2 | 281.3 | ||||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 26, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 1, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 1, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 24, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 29, 2016 | |
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