Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.SHLS
Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. Debt Disclosure
Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Term Loan Facility | $ | — | $ | 143,750 | |||||||
| Revolving Credit Facility | 141,750 | 40,000 | |||||||||
| Less: deferred financing costs | — | (2,305) | |||||||||
| Total debt, net of deferred financing costs | 141,750 | 181,445 | |||||||||
| Less: current portion | — | (2,000) | |||||||||
| Long-term debt, net current portion | $ | 141,750 | $ | 179,445 | |||||||
The aggregate amounts of principal maturities on the Company’s long-term debt is as follows (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | $ | — | ||||||
| 2026 | — | |||||||
| 2027 | — | |||||||
| 2028 | — | |||||||
| 2029 | 141,750 | |||||||
| Thereafter | — | |||||||
| $ | 141,750 | |||||||
Senior Secured Credit Agreement
On November 25, 2020 Shoals Holdings LLC, a former subsidiary of the Company, entered into a senior secured credit agreement (as amended, the “Senior Secured Credit Agreement”), consisting of (i) a $350.0 million senior secured six-year term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”), (ii) a $30.0 million senior secured delayed draw term loan facility, maturing concurrently with the six-year Term Loan Facility (the “Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility”) and (iii) an uncommitted super senior first out revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).
In December 2020, Shoals Holdings LLC entered into two amendments to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement in order to obtain a $100.0 million increase (the “Revolver Upsize”) to the Revolving Credit Facility and modify the terms of the interest rate and prepayment premium. As part of the first amendment the Company repaid and terminated all outstanding commitments under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility.
On January 29, 2021, the Company used proceeds from the IPO to repay $150.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility. The repayment of a portion of the borrowings under the Term Loan Facility resulted in a $16.0 million loss on debt repayment as the result of the $11.3 million prepayment premium and $4.7 million write-off of a portion of the deferred financing costs.
On May 2, 2022, Shoals Holdings LLC entered into an amendment to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement in order to increase the amount available for borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility from $100.0 million to $150.0 million. The amendment also set forth Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) as the benchmark rate and amended the financial covenant such that, commencing with September 30, 2022, its Consolidated First Lien Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement) shall not exceed 6.50:1.00.
On December 27, 2023, the Company used proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility to make a $50.0 million voluntary prepayment of outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility. On January 19, 2024, the Company used proceeds from the Revolving Credit Facility to make a $100.0 million voluntary prepayment of outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility.
On March 19, 2024, the Company entered into an amendment to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement. The amendment, among other things, (i) increased the amount available for borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility from $150.0 million to $200.0 million, (ii) reduced the interest rate margin applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility by at least 0.25%, with additional 0.25% step-downs if the consolidated first lien secured leverage ratio does not exceed certain thresholds (which step-downs will step back up if such leverage ratio exceeds those thresholds), (iii) reduced the commitment fee applicable to the undrawn amount of the Revolving Credit Facility by at least 0.10% with additional 0.05% step-downs if the consolidated first lien secured leverage ratio does not exceed certain thresholds (which step-downs will step back up if such leverage ratio exceeds such thresholds), (iv) lowered the maximum consolidated leverage ratio permitted under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement to (a) 4.25:1.00 from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025 and (b) thereafter, 4.00:1.00 (with temporary increases to the maximum consolidated first lien secured leverage ratio in the event a material acquisition closes), (v) extended the maturity date applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility to March 19, 2029, the fifth anniversary of the amendment’s effective date, (vi) amended certain covenants under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement in a manner customary for facilities of this type, and (vii) Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. became the sole borrower under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement.
On March 19, 2024, the Company made a $43.8 million voluntary prepayment of all the outstanding term loans under the Term Loan Facility, thereby terminating all term loan commitments under the Term Loan Facility.
Beginning March 19, 2024 and until the delivery of the Company’s compliance certificate for the second quarter of 2024 pursuant to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Facility bore interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s election, either adjusted term SOFR or base rate (each, as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement) plus (i) in the case of SOFR rate loans, 2.50% per annum and (ii) in the case of base rate loans, 1.50% per annum.
Following the delivery of the Company’s compliance certificate for the second quarter of 2024, and as of December 31, 2024, pursuant to our Senior Secured Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s election, either adjusted term SOFR or base rate (each, as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement) plus an applicable interest rate margin, based upon the consolidated first lien secured leverage ratio. The applicable interest rate margin varies from 2.25% to 3.00% per annum for term benchmark loans and 1.25% to 2.00% per annum for base rate loans. As of December 31, 2024, the interest rate on the Revolving Credit Facility ranged from 6.93% to 6.95%, which represented SOFR plus 2.5%.
As of December 31, 2024, there were $141.8 million of outstanding borrowings on the Revolving Credit Facility, and the Company had $58.2 million of availability under the Revolving Credit Facility.
Guarantees and Security
The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.’s and its wholly owned domestic subsidiaries other than certain immaterial subsidiaries and other excluded subsidiaries. The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of Shoals Technologies Group Inc.’s and the guarantors’ existing and future property and assets, including accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, general intangibles, intellectual property, investment property, other personal property, material owned real property, cash and proceeds of the foregoing.
Prepayments and Amortization
Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility may be voluntarily prepaid, at Shoals Technologies Group Inc.’s option, in whole, or in part, in each case without premium or penalty.
There is no scheduled amortization under the Revolving Credit Facility.
Restrictive Covenants and Other Matters
The Senior Secured Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants that are customary for financings of this type, including covenants that restrict our incurrence of indebtedness, incurrence of liens, dispositions, investments, acquisitions, restricted payments, and transactions with affiliates. The Senior Secured Credit Agreement also includes customary events of default, including the occurrence of a change of control.
As discussed above, the Revolving Credit Facility also includes a consolidated leverage ratio financial covenant that is tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter. As of December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all the required covenants.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Feb 25, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 11, 2022 | |
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