CONAGRA BRANDS INC. Debt Disclosure
5. CREDIT FACILITIES AND BORROWINGS
2025 Term Loan
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into an unsecured Term Loan Agreement with a financial institution (the “2025 Term Loan Agreement”), borrowing an aggregate principal amount of $200.0 million (the “2025 Term Loan”) which is classified as notes payable within our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The 2025 Term Loan matures on October 29, 2025 and bears interest at, at the Company’s election, either (a) the sum of Term SOFR, plus 0.875% per annum or (b) 0.00% per annum plus the Base Rate, described in the 2025 Term Loan Agreement as the highest of (i) the prime rate in the U.S. published in The Wall Street Journal, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, and (iii) one-month Term SOFR plus 1.00%. The Company may voluntarily prepay loans under the 2025 Term Loan Agreement, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to certain conditions. On June 4, 2025, subsequent to our fiscal year end, we prepaid $100.0 million of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the 2025 Term Loan utilizing a portion of the proceeds received in connection with the sale of our Chef Boyardee® business (see Note 7).
2024 Term Loan
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we entered into an unsecured Term Loan Agreement with a financial institution (the “2024 Term Loan Agreement”), borrowing an aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million (the “2024 Term Loan”) which is classified as notes payable within our Consolidated Balance Sheets. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into a letter agreement (the “Amendment”) extending the maturity date of the 2024 Term Loan from April 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025. The 2024 Term Loan, as amended, bears interest at, at the Company’s election, either (a) the sum of Term SOFR, plus 0.875% per annum, or (b) 0.00% per annum plus the Base Rate, described in the 2024 Term Loan Agreement as the greatest of (i) Bank of America, N.A.’s “prime rate”, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, and (iii) one-month Term SOFR plus 1.00%. The Company may voluntarily prepay loans under the 2024 Term Loan Agreement, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to certain conditions. On June 4, 2025, subsequent
to our fiscal year end, we prepaid $150.0 million of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Amended 2024 Term Loan utilizing a portion of the proceeds received in connection with the sale of our Chef Boyardee® business (see Note 7).
Revolving Credit Facility
In the first quarter of fiscal 2023, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of financial institutions providing for a revolving credit facility in a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time of $2.0 billion (subject to increase to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $2.5 billion with the consent of the lenders). The Revolving Credit Agreement provided for a maturity date of August 26, 2027 and was unsecured. As of May 25, 2025, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains events of default customary for unsecured investment grade credit facilities with corresponding grace periods. The Revolving Credit Agreement generally requires our ratio of EBITDA to interest expense not to be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and our ratio of funded debt to EBITDA not to exceed 4.5 to 1.0, with each ratio to be calculated on a rolling four-quarter basis. As of May 25, 2025, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
On June 27, 2025, subsequent to our fiscal year end, we terminated and replaced our existing revolving credit facility by entering into a Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Amended Revolving Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of financial institutions providing for a revolving credit facility in a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time of $2.0 billion (subject to increase to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $2.5 billion with the consent of the lenders). The Amended Revolving Credit Agreement matures on June 27, 2030 and generally requires our ratio of EBITDA to interest expense not to be less than 3.0 to 1.0 and our ratio of funded debt to EBITDA not to exceed 4.5 to 1.0, with each ratio to be calculated on a rolling four-quarter basis. The term of the Amended Revolving Credit Agreement may be extended for additional one-year or two-year periods from the then-applicable maturity date on an annual basis.
Commercial Paper
We finance our short-term liquidity needs with existing cash balances, cash flows from operations, and commercial paper borrowings. As of May 25, 2025, we had $259.0 million outstanding under our commercial paper program, which is classified as notes payable within our Consolidated Balance Sheets, at an average weighted interest rate of 4.91%. As of May 26, 2024, we had $586.0 million outstanding under our commercial paper program at an average weighted interest rate of 5.80%.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 | |
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