Company: CHEF
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001517175-25-000002
Chunk: 81

Company: Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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875% Convertible Senior Notes ( the “2024 Convertible Notes”) matured and we issued 858,360 shares of our common stock, in accordance with the exercise of conversion rights provisions of the 2024 Convertible Notes, and paid approximately $2.1 million, which included accrued interest on the 2024 Convertible Notes.

In March 2024, we amended our senior secured term loan agreement, which reduced the interest rate spread by 75 basis points on our senior secured term loan facility. In October 2024, we further amended our senior secured term loan agreement, which reduced the interest rate spread by an additional 50 basis points. Additionally, during fiscal 2024, we made voluntary principal prepayments of $14.0 million towards the senior secured term loan.

In April 2024, we made a scheduled principal payment of $5.0 million towards the unsecured note issued in connection with the GreenLeaf acquisition. The note is presented under the caption “Finance leases and other financing obligations” in the table above. 

In November 2023, we announced a two-year share repurchase program in an amount up to $100.0 million, targeting $25.0 million to $100.0 million of share repurchases by the end of fiscal 2025. During fiscal 2024, we repurchased and retired 426,235 shares of our common stock at an average purchase price of $40.78 per share. The share repurchases were funded by our available cash. The remaining share purchase authorization was $82.6 million at December 27, 2024. We are not obligated to repurchase any specific number of shares and may suspend or discontinue the program at any time.

On July 7, 2023, we increased the aggregate commitments on our asset-based loan facility to $300.0 million.

On December 13, 2022, we issued $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes (the “2028 Convertible Notes”). Concurrently with the issuance of the 2028 Convertible Notes, we exchanged or repurchased approximately $158.3 million principal amount of the 2024 Convertible Notes for an aggregate consideration consisting of approximately $159.7 million in cash, which includes accrued interest on the 2024 Convertible Notes, and approximately 324,066 shares of the Company’s common stock. We incurred transaction costs of approximately $7.0 million which were