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DOMINOS PIZZA INC - 8-K - 20070420 - SECTION_1_BUSINESS_AND_OPERATIONS
This current report is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of
Dominos Pizza, Inc. (the Company) or any subsidiary of the Company.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
General
As part of the previously
announced recapitalization of the Company, on April 16, 2007 the Company securitized substantially all of its existing revenue-generating assets, which principally consist of franchise-related agreements, product distribution agreements and
license agreements for the use of its intellectual property. The securitization transaction consisted of the transfer of these revenue-generating assets to a number of newly formed limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote companies. These companies are
wholly-owned, indirect subsidiaries of the Company and co-issued or guaranteed new classes of notes.
On April 16, 2007, certain
indirect subsidiaries of the Company issued $1.6 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.261% Fixed Rate Series 2007-1 Senior Notes, Class A-2 (the Class A-2 Notes) and $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.629% Fixed Rate
Series 2007-1 Subordinated Notes, Class M-1 (the Class M-1 Notes) in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection with the issuance of the Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes,
certain indirect subsidiaries of the Company also completed a securitized revolving financing facility of Series 2007-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes, Class A-1 (the Variable Funding Notes), which allows for the issuance of up to
$150.0 million of Variable Funding Notes and certain other credit instruments, including letters of credit. The Class A-2 Notes, the Class M-1 Notes and the Variable Funding Notes are referred to collectively as the Notes. The
Class A-2 Notes and the Variable Funding Notes are referred to collectively as the Senior Notes.
Class A-2 Notes and Class M-1
Notes
The Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes are the first issuance under a facility that will allow certain indirect
subsidiaries of the Company to issue additional series of notes in the future subject to certain conditions. The Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes were issued under a Base Indenture dated April 16, 2007 (the Base
Indenture) and the related Supplemental Indenture dated April 16, 2007 (the Supplemental Indenture) among certain indirect subsidiaries of the Company, including Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Dominos SPV
Canadian Holding Company Inc., Dominos Pizza Distribution LLC and Dominos IP Holder LLC, each as co-issuer of the Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes (collectively, the Co-Issuers) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee and
securities intermediary.
The Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes have an interest-only payment period of five years, with two
one-year extension periods that may be exercised by the Co-Issuers, such exercise being subject to the ability to meet certain financial covenants and the absence of continuing events of default and rapid amortization events. If not repaid or
refinanced prior to the end of the interest-only period (including any extension of the interest-only period), the Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes will amortize based on the cash flow available from the secured assets and have a
maturity of 30 years from the date of original issuance. As a result, after the expiration of the interest-only period, cash flow would be directed to the repayment of such notes and, other than a weekly servicing fee sufficient to cover the
Companys selling, general and administrative expenses would not be available for operating its business.
If the Co-Issuers elect to
extend the interest-only period pursuant to either of the two one-year extension periods permitted under the Supplemental Indenture, the interest rate on the Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes for applicable extension period will be the
higher of (i) the original interest rate on the applicable notes or (ii) the interest rate on the applicable notes as adjusted as described below. For the Class A-2 Notes, the adjusted interest rate is the sum of (i) three-month
LIBOR, plus (ii) 30 basis points, plus (iii) either 0 basis points or 25 basis points, depending on the debt service coverage ratio at the measurement date. In addition to interest on the Class A-2 Notes, the Co-Issuers pay quarterly
insurance premiums for the financial guarantee policies discussed below under "Third Party Credit Enhancement." The excess, if any, of the adjusted interest rate on the Class A-2 Notes over the original interest rate on such notes would be
contingent interest and would not be insured by the financial guarantee policies discussed below under Third-Party Credit Enhancement. For the Class M-1 Notes, the adjusted interest rate is the sum of (i) three-month LIBOR, plus
(ii) 270 basis points, plus (iii) either 0 basis points or 100 basis points, depending on the debt service coverage ratio at the measurement date.
The Class A-2 Notes rank pari passu with the Variable Funding Notes and senior to the Class M-1 Notes.
The Notes are secured by the collateral described below under Guarantees and Collateral.
Variable Funding Notes
In connection with the issuance of the Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes, the Co-Issuers also completed a securitized revolving financing facility consisting of Variable Funding Notes, which allows for the
issuance of up to $150.0 million of Variable Funding Notes and certain other credit instruments, including letters of credit. The Variable Funding Notes were issued under the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture and allow for drawings on a
revolving basis. Drawings and certain additional terms related to the Variable Funding Notes are governed by the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement dated April 16, 2007 (the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement) among the
Co-Issuers, Dominos Pizza LLC, as master servicer, certain conduit investors, financial institutions and funding agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as provider of letters of credit, and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as
swingline lender and as administrative agent. The Variable Funding Notes will be governed, in part, by the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and by certain generally applicable terms contained in the Base Indenture. Interest on the Variable
Funding Notes will be payable at per annum rates equal to lenders CP funding rate plus 50 basis points. In addition to interest on the Variable Funding Notes, the Co-Issuers pay quarterly insurance premiums for the financial guarantee policies
discussed below under "Third Party Credit Enhancement." While no Variable Funding Notes were issued at closing on April 16, 2007, letters of credit in an aggregate amount of approximately $33.9 million were issued in connection with the
establishment of the facility, and it is expected that amounts will be drawn under the Variable Funding Notes from time to time as needed for the operation of the Company. There is a commitment fee on the unused portion of the Variable Funding Notes
facility of 0.22%. The Variable Funding Notes and other credit instruments issued under the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement are secured by the collateral described below under Guarantees and Collateral.
Guarantees and Collateral
Pursuant to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement dated April 16, 2007 (the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) among Dominos SPV Guarantor LLC, Dominos Pizza Franchising LLC, Dominos Pizza International Franchising Inc. and Dominos
Pizza Canadian Distribution ULC, each as a guarantor of the Notes (collectively, the Guarantors), in favor of Citibank, N.A., as trustee, the Guarantors guarantee the obligations of the Co-Issuers under the Indenture and related
documents and secure the guarantee by granting a security interest in substantially all of their assets.
The Notes are secured by a
security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Co-Issuers and the Guarantors, which assets, at the time of the closing of the securitization transaction, included substantially all of the revenue-generating assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, which principally consist of franchise-related agreements, product distribution agreements and license agreements for the use of intellectual property. The pledge and collateral arrangements for all of the Co-Issuers are included in
the Base Indenture and the guarantee of the Guarantors is included in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Neither the Company, the
ultimate parent of each of the subsidiaries involved in the securitization transaction, nor any subsidiary of the Company other than the subsidiaries involved in the securitization transaction, guarantee or in any way are liable for the obligations
of the subsidiaries involved in the securitization transaction under the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, or any other obligation of such subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of the Notes.
Servicing of the Securitized Assets
None of the
securitization entities have employees. Pursuant to the Master Servicing Agreement dated as of April 16, 2007 (the Master Servicing Agreement) among Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC, certain subsidiaries of Dominos Pizza
Master Issuer LLC party thereto, Dominos Pizza LLC, as master servicer, Dominos Pizza NS Co., as a servicer, and Citibank, N.A. as trustee, Dominos Pizza LLC will act as the master servicer with respect to the securitized assets.
The primary responsibilities of the master servicer will be to perform certain franchising, distribution, intellectual property and operational functions on behalf of the securitization entities with respect to the securitized assets pursuant to the
Master Servicing Agreement. The master servicer will be entitled to the payment of the weekly master servicing fee, as set forth in the Master Servicing Agreement, which includes reimbursement of certain expenses, and will be subject to the
liabilities set forth in the Master Servicing Agreement. Dominos Pizza NS Co. will perform all services for Dominos Pizza Canadian Distribution ULC, which will conduct the distribution business in Canada, and will be entitled to the
payment of the weekly Canadian servicing fee, as set forth in the Master Servicing Agreement.
The master servicer will service and
administer the securitized assets in accordance with the terms of the Master Servicing Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in the Master Servicing Agreement, the servicing standard set forth in the agreement. Subject to limited exceptions
set forth in the Master Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicing Agreement does not require the master servicer to expend or risk its funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers under the
Master Servicing Agreement if the Master Servicer has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it.
Subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Master Servicing Agreement, the master servicer will
indemnify each securitization entity, each insurer of the Senior Notes and the trustee, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for all claims, penalties, fines, forfeitures, losses, legal fees and related costs and judgments
and other costs, fees and reasonable expenses that any of them may incur as a result of (a) the failure of the master servicer to perform its obligations under the Master Servicing Agreement, (b) the breach by the master servicer of any
representation or warranty under the Master Servicing Agreement or (c) the master servicers negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
Third-Party Credit Enhancement
The Class A-2 Notes are rated Aaa and AAA by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and
Standard & Poors Ratings Services, respectively, and the Class M-1 Notes are rated BB by Standard & Poors Ratings Services. Timely payment of interest (other than contingent interest) on the quarterly payment dates and
the outstanding principal of the Class A-2 Notes on the legal final payment date are guaranteed pro rata by two financial guaranty policies issued to the trustee. MBIA Insurance Corporation (MBIA) issued one policy guaranteeing 75%
of all such amounts and Ambac Assurance Corporation (Ambac) issued another policy guaranteeing 25% of all such amounts. The policies have been issued under an Insurance and Indemnity Agreement dated as of April 16, 2007 (the
Insurance and Indemnity Agreement) among MBIA and Ambac, as insurers, the Co-Issuers, Dominos Pizza, Inc., Dominos SPV Guarantor LLC and Dominos Pizza International LLC, Dominos Pizza LLC, as master servicer, and
Citibank, N.A., as trustee. Subject to an event of default by MBIA under its policy and certain events in connection with the issuance of additional series of notes, MBIA is the designated control party entitled to make certain decisions with
respect to the Senior Notes prior to and following any event of default with respect to such notes. The Class M-1 Notes are not insured under the financial guarantee policies.
Covenants and Restrictions
The Class A-2 Notes and the Class M-1 Notes are subject to a series
of covenants and restrictions customary for transactions of this type, including (i) that the Co-Issuers maintain specified reserve accounts to be used to make required payments in respect of the notes, (ii) that certain debt service
coverage ratios be met, the failure of which will result in rapid amortization of the outstanding principal amounts due in respect of the notes, (iii) provisions relating to optional and mandatory prepayments, including mandatory prepayments in
the event of a stated change of control (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) and the related payment of specified amounts, including specified make-whole payments, (iv) certain indemnification payments in the event, among other things,
the transfers of the assets pledged as collateral for the Notes are in stated ways defective or ineffective and (v) covenants relating to recordkeeping, access to information and similar matters. The Notes are also subject to customary rapid
amortization events provided for in the Supplemental Indenture, including events tied to failure to maintain stated debt service coverage ratios, the number of open Dominos stores falling below 6,750 on stated measurement dates, certain master
servicer termination events, an event of default under the Base Indenture and the failure to repay or refinance the Notes on the scheduled maturity date (as it may be amended). The Notes are also subject to certain customary events of default,
including events relating to non-payment of required interest, principal or other amounts due on or with respect to the notes, failure to comply with covenants within certain time frames, certain bankruptcy events, breaches of specified
representations and warranties, failure of security interests to be effective, certain judgments and any payments being made under the insurance policy described above.
Use of Proceeds
A portion of the net proceeds of the offering was used to repay the $780.0
million borrowed under the Bridge Credit Agreement by and among the Company, Dominos, Inc., as borrower, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as administrative agent and swingline lender, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as letter of credit issuer, the
lenders from time to time party thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as syndication agent, and Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Corp., as documentation agent, which was terminated in connection with the securitization transaction. The Company has
approved a special cash dividend in the amount of $13.50 per share to the holders of its common stock and dividend equivalent payments to employees who hold vested and certain other options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company. In
connection with its new capital structure, the Company discontinued regular quarterly dividends and has authorized up to $200 million in future open market purchases of its common stock. The securitization entities retained $15.0 million to
maintain the large franchisor exemption for state franchise law purposes and approximately $16.5 million to cover accounts payable and other operating expenses. Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC also deposited approximately $26.4 million into an
interest reserve account for the benefit of holders of the Senior Notes.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The descriptions in Item 1.01 are included herein by reference.
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