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

FORM 8-K
 
 
 

CURRENT REPORT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 24, 2018 
 
 
  
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
Maryland
1-11437
52-1893632
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
6801 Rockledge Drive
 
 
Bethesda, Maryland
 
20817
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
(301) 897-6000
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 24, 2018, Lockheed Martin Corporation (the “Corporation”) entered into a new Five-Year Credit Agreement (the “5-Year Credit Agreement”), among the Corporation, as Borrower, the lenders listed therein (the “Lenders”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Documentation Agents, and Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), as Administrative Agent. The 5-Year Credit Agreement consists of a $2.5 billion five-year unsecured revolving credit facility. The Corporation may from time to time request and the Lenders may grant, at their discretion, an increase in the total commitments under the credit facility by an additional amount of up to $500 million (for an aggregate amount of up to $3.0 billion). The 5-Year Credit Agreement is available for any lawful corporate purposes of the Corporation, including supporting commercial paper borrowings.

The 5-Year Credit Agreement replaces the Corporation’s Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of October 9, 2015, as amended (the “Former Credit Agreement”), among the Corporation, the lenders listed therein, BofA, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto, which had been scheduled to mature on October 9, 2022. The Former Credit Agreement, which had the same total capacity as the 5-Year Credit Agreement and was undrawn, was terminated effective August 24, 2018.

The 5-Year Credit Agreement matures on August 24, 2023, however, the Corporation may request that commitments be renewed for additional one-year periods under certain circumstances as set forth in the 5-Year Credit Agreement.

Borrowings under the 5-Year Credit Agreement are unsecured and bear interest at rates, based, at the Corporation’s option, on the “Base Rate” of interest in effect, the “Eurodollar Rate,” which is a periodic fixed rate based on LIBOR with a term equivalent to the interest period for such borrowing, plus the “Eurodollar Margin”, or a rate determined by a competitive bid process with a margin over or under the Eurodollar Rate or at an absolute rate. The “Base Rate” of interest is the highest of (i) BofA’s prime rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, and (iii) one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%. The “Eurodollar Margin” ranges from 0.69% to 1.10% per annum based upon the Corporation’s senior unsecured long-term debt securities credit ratings (the “Credit Ratings”). A facility fee accrues and is payable quarterly in arrears at a rate ranging from 0.06% to 0.15% per annum (based upon the Corporation’s Credit Ratings) on the aggregate commitments under the 5-Year Credit Agreement.

The 5-Year Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants restricting the Corporation’s and certain of our subsidiaries’ ability to encumber assets and the Corporation’s ability to merge or consolidate with another entity. Further, the 5-Year Credit Agreement contains a covenant requiring that the Corporation not exceed a maximum leverage ratio of 65%, which is calculated as a ratio of Debt (as defined in the 5-Year Credit Agreement) to the sum of Debt and Stockholders’ Equity (as defined in the 5-Year Credit Agreement), each on a consolidated basis (the “Leverage Ratio Covenant”). The Leverage Ratio Covenant is calculated without giving effect to the impact on Stockholders’ Equity from (1) the re-measurement of the Corporation’s post-retirement benefit plans pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715, Compensation-Retirement Benefits, (2) the deferred tax write down and transition tax relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 recorded by the Corporation in the quarter ended December 31, 2017, and (3) any potential cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adopting ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, on January 1, 2019. The Leverage Ratio Covenant also excludes from the calculation of Debt up to (x) $200 million of Debt of the Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries and (y) $500 million of Debt consisting of guarantees.

The Corporation may terminate, in whole or in part, the unused portion of the total commitments under the 5-Year Credit Agreement at any time during the term of the 5-Year Credit Agreement. Once terminated, a commitment may not be reinstated.

The obligation of the Corporation to pay amounts outstanding under the 5-Year Credit Agreement may be accelerated upon the occurrence of an “Event of Default” as defined in the 5-Year Credit Agreement. Such Events of Default include (1) the Corporation’s failure to pay when due the principal of, or within 5 days when due, the facility fee or the interest on borrowings under the credit facility, (2) the Corporation’s failure to comply with certain covenants contained in the 5-Year Credit Agreement (after expiration of any applicable grace periods), (3) any representation or warranty of the Corporation in the 5-Year Credit Agreement proving to be incorrect in any material respect when made, (4) the Corporation’s failure to pay, or the acceleration of, any Material Debt (as defined in the





5-Year Credit Agreement), (5) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Corporation, or (6) a change in control of the Corporation.
  
The foregoing description of the 5-Year Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 5-Year Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

No borrowings under the 5-Year Credit Agreement were made at closing.

In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, one or more of the Lenders, or their affiliates, have or may have various relationships with the Corporation and the Corporation’s subsidiaries involving the provision of a variety of financial services, including cash management, commercial banking, investment banking, trust or agency, foreign exchange, advisory or other financial services, for which they received, or will receive, customary fees and expenses.
 
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with and at the time that the Corporation entered into the 5-Year Credit Agreement, on August 24, 2018, the Former Credit Agreement originally scheduled to mature on October 9, 2022, was terminated. There were no outstanding borrowings or letters of credit issued under the Former Credit Agreement at the time of termination, and no termination penalties were paid as a result of the termination.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1
 


SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
 
 
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 24, 2018
By:
/s/ Stephen M. Piper
 
 
 
Stephen M. Piper
 
 
 
Vice President and Associate General Counsel