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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On March 17, 2025, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain foreign and domestic subsidiaries of the Company (together with the Company, the “Loan Parties”) entered into a Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) party thereto. The Amendment provides the terms under which the parties have amended that certain Credit Agreement entered into on October 26, 2018 among the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent, with institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”) and the other parties party thereto (the “Original Credit Agreement”; the Original Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 13, 2021 and the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 24, 2023, the “Credit Agreement”). The Amendment provides that Lenders will make available to the Borrowers a committed revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of $100 million, which includes a sublimit of $25 million for letters of credit and a sublimit of $10 million for swingline loans, with a $75 million expansion feature (collectively, the “Facility”). The Facility matures on March 17, 2030, extended from July 13, 2026.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, permitted acquisitions, restricted payments and for other general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. The obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and from time to time may be secured by equity interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
To the extent required by Item 2.03 of Form 8-K, the information contained Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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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.
| Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. | ||||||
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| Date: March 18, 2025 |
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/s/ Tracey Heaton | ||||
| Name: Tracey Heaton | ||||||
| Title: Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | ||||||