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): April 30, 2020

 

 

Graham Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-8462   16-1194720
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
20 Florence Avenue, Batavia, New York   14020
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 343-2216

N/A

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share   GHM   NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 1, 2020, Graham Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HSBC”), that amended and restated the facility letter dated October 8, 2019 between the Company and HSBC. The Letter Agreement increases the Company’s uncommitted discretionary demand line of credit with HSBC for the issuance of Performance Standby Letters of Credit, as defined in the Letter Agreement (the “Credit Facility”), from $10,000,000 to $14,000,000. The Company incurs an annual facility fee under the Credit Facility of $5,000, as well as an annual fee on the undrawn face amount of each letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facility, which ranges from 0.75% to 0.85% per annum depending on the term of the letter of credit. Interest is payable on the principal amounts of unreimbursed letter of credit draws under the Credit Facility at a rate of 3% plus HSBC’s prime rate. The Company’s obligations under the Letter Agreement are secured by certain of the Company’s deposit accounts held with HSBC and is evidenced by a pledge agreement between the Company and HSBC (the “Pledge Agreement”).

Also on May 1, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment (the “First Amendment to Credit Agreement”) to the credit agreement dated December 2, 2015 (the “Credit Agreement”) between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), whereby JPMorgan and the Company agreed to amendments to the Credit Agreement to reflect the increase in the Company’s uncommitted discretionary demand line of credit with HSBC to $14,000,000.

The foregoing summaries of the Letter Agreement, Pledge Agreement, and the First Amendment to Credit Agreement do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Letter Agreement, Pledge Agreement, and the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively.

 

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

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On April 30, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated its Policy on Stockholder Rights Plans (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Policy on Stockholder Rights Plans”) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Amended and Restated Policy on Stockholder Rights Plans is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    Letter Agreement dated May 1, 2020 with respect to the continuing Letter of Credit Facility dated October 8, 2019, between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association
10.2    Pledge Agreement between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association dated May 1, 2020
10.3    First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated May 1, 2020 between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
99.1    Amended and Restated Policy on Stockholder Rights Plans


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.

 

    Graham Corporation
Date: May 6, 2020     By:   /s/ Jeffrey Glajch
      Jeffrey Glajch
      Vice President – Finance & Administration and
      Chief Financial Officer