Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): September 26, 2013

 

 

EQUINIX, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-31293   77-0487526

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

One Lagoon Drive, 4th Floor

Redwood City, California 94065

(650) 598-6000

(Addresses of principal executive offices)

 

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 28, 2012, Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”), as borrower, and certain of Equinix’s domestic subsidiaries, as guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000, comprised of (i) a $550,000,000 senior secured multi-currency revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) and (ii) a $200,000,000 senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Facility, as amended and in effect immediately before the below-described Amendment, the “Existing Credit Facility”), with a maturity date of June 28, 2017.

On September 26, 2013, Equinix and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Existing Credit Facility (as the terms thereof are amended by the Amendment, the “Amended Credit Facility”) which, among other changes, (i) modifies certain covenants to accommodate Equinix’s potential conversion to a real estate investment trust and related matters, (ii) adds an optional increase feature whereby Equinix may request that the Revolving Facility be increased by up to an additional $250,000,000 in the aggregate, subject to various conditions including the receipt of commitments for such increase from one or more existing lenders or new lenders, (iii) replaces the maximum permitted consolidated senior leverage ratio covenant of 3.25:1.00 (and subsequent stepdowns) with a maximum permitted consolidated senior net leverage ratio covenant of 3.50:1.00 in effect for the remainder of the term of the Amended Credit Facility and (iv) adjusts certain other financial covenants and definitions (including (a) increasing the minimum required consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio from 1.35:1.00 to 1.50:1.00 and (b) fixing the minimum required consolidated tangible net worth covenant at $650,000,000).

For additional information and risks relating to Equinix’s proposed conversion to a real estate investment trust see Equinix’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed July 26, 2013, including under the section captioned “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to REIT Conversion.”


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.

 

  EQUINIX, INC.
DATE: October 2, 2013   By:  

/s/ Keith D. Taylor

    Keith D. Taylor
    Chief Financial Officer