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)  February 22, 2016

 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  (713) 830-9600

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01                                           Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As previously disclosed, as of July 16, 2010, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amended and restated senior credit facility (the “Facility”) with certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), arranged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Agent”) and provided by a syndicate of banks including Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and other lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”).  As of September 23, 2011, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, and Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement (the “First Amendment”) with the Guarantors, the Agent, and the Lenders.  As of June 25, 2013, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amendment to Other Loan Documents (the “Second Amendment”) with the Guarantors, the Agent, and the Lenders. As of July 22, 2014, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amendment to Other Loan Documents (the “Third Amendment”) with the Guarantors, the Agent, and the Lenders. As of February 22, 2016, the Company entered into Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amendment to Other Loan Documents (the “Fourth Amendment” and, together with the Facility, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and the Third Amendment, the “Amended Facility”)

 

The Amended Facility is secured by a first lien on substantially all of the Company’s personal property except for assets related to projects subject to surety bonds and assets held by certain unrestricted subsidiaries and a second lien on the Company’s assets related to projects subject to surety bonds. The Amended Facility provides an increased line of credit to the Company from $250 million to $325 million, with a $100 million accordion option. The line of credit includes up to $125 million issuable in the form of letters of credit. The Amended Facility will expire in February 2021 and contains only two financial covenants:

 

Total Leverage Ratio — The Amended Facility requires that the ratio of the Company’s Consolidated Total Indebtedness to its Consolidated EBITDA not exceed (i) 3.00 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter through September 30, 2017, and (ii) 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio — The Amended Facility requires that the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA, less non-financed capital expenditures, tax provision, dividends and amounts used to repurchase stock to (b) the sum of interest expense and scheduled principal payments be at least 2.00; provided that the numerator of the fixed charge coverage ratio will be reduced by stock repurchases and dividends as specified above only if the Company’s Net Leverage Ratio (Consolidated Total Indebtedness minus cash in excess of $20 million, divided by Consolidated EBITDA) exceeds 1.5 to 1.0.  The Amended Facility also allows the numerator of the fixed charge coverage ratio not to be reduced for stock repurchases from September 20, 2015 through December 31, 2017 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25 million if at the time of and after giving effect to such repurchase the Company’s Net Leverage Ratio was less than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00. Capital expenditures, tax provision, dividends and stock repurchase payments are defined under the Amended Facility for purposes of this covenant to be amounts for the four quarters ending as of any given quarterly covenant compliance measurement date.

 

Other Restrictions — The Amended Facility permits acquisitions of up to $30 million per transaction, provided that the aggregate purchase price of all such acquisitions in the same fiscal year do not exceed $65 million.  However, these limitations only apply when the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.0 to 1.0.

 

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

 

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

		COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC.
		By:	/s/ Trent T. McKenna
			Trent T. McKenna, Senior Vice President
			and General Counsel
Date:	February 25, 2016

 

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