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20549</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">___________________</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i9bce17907c8f44f9a72f871e8ff60112_D20211230-20211230" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmY3YTJhMGMxYWRlMjQ2YmZiMDcyZGNhZDBhY2Q4NjQ3L3NlYzpmN2EyYTBjMWFkZTI0NmJmYjA3MmRjYWQwYWNkODY0N18xL2ZyYWc6MTQxMmY0Y2M1YzcwNDE3NGE1MWQyODgwMjQ3ZjE2OWMvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjoxNDEyZjRjYzVjNzA0MTc0YTUxZDI4ODAyNDdmMTY5Y180NTg3_aeb995d7-0726-4f4b-92d7-81c4e4f36d1e">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item 1.01 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On December 28, 2021, Green Brick Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation 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The Company expects to use the proceeds from the issuance of the Notes to repay borrowings under the Company&#8217;s existing revolving credit facilities, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transaction and for general corporate purposes. Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears commencing on March 28, 2022.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (the &#8220;Guarantees&#8221;) by the Company&#8217;s Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and certain other subsidiaries pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement entered into on December 28, 2021 by such subsidiary guarantors named therein (the &#8220;Guarantors&#8221;). The Notes and the Guarantees will be the Company&#8217;s and the Guarantors&#8217; senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company&#8217;s and Guarantors&#8217; existing and future senior unsecured debt and will be senior in right of payment to all of the Company&#8217;s and Guarantors&#8217; future subordinated debt. The Notes and the Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any of the Company&#8217;s or Guarantors&#8217; existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company is required, among other things, to maintain compliance with various financial covenants, including maximum leverage ratios, a minimum interest coverage ratio, and a minimum consolidated tangible net worth. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains other customary covenants and customary default provisions, including defaults for non-payment, breach of representations and warranties, insolvency, non-performance of covenants, cross-defaults with other indebtedness and guarantor defaults. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Notes were issued to institutional investors in a Section 4(a)(2) private placement transaction.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Item 2.03  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item&#160;9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.081%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.617%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:42.720%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.363%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit No.</span></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Description of Exhibit</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.49</span></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit1049notepurchaseagr.htm">Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 28, 2021, by and among Green Brick Partners, Inc. and the several purchasers named therein.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.50</span></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit1050subsidiaryguara.htm">Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2021, by and among certain subsidiaries of Green Brick Partners, Inc. </a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:144pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:35.087%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.483%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:74.317%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC.</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Richard A. Costello</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Richard A. Costello</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:144pt;text-align:right"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;December 30, 2021 </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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grbk-20211228
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
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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):
December 28, 2021
Green Brick Partners, Inc.
_________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-33530
20-5952523
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
2805 Dallas Pkwy
,
Ste 400
Plano
,
TX
75093
(469)
573-6755
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Not Applicable
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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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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 $0.01 per share
GRBK
The New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th fractional interest in a share of 5.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share)
GRBK PRA
The New York Stock Exchange
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
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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.
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 28, 2021, Green Brick Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "
Company
"), entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the "Note Purchase Agreement") with the several purchasers named therein (together, the "Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchasers $100 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the "Notes") due on December 28, 2029 at a fixed rate of 3.25% per annum. The Company expects to use the proceeds from the issuance of the Notes to repay borrowings under the Company's existing revolving credit facilities, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transaction and for general corporate purposes. Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears commencing on March 28, 2022.
The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (the "Guarantees") by the Company's Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and certain other subsidiaries pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement entered into on December 28, 2021 by such subsidiary guarantors named therein (the "Guarantors"). The Notes and the Guarantees will be the Company's and the Guarantors' senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company's and Guarantors' existing and future senior unsecured debt and will be senior in right of payment to all of the Company's and Guarantors' future subordinated debt. The Notes and the Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any of the Company's or Guarantors' existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.
Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company is required, among other things, to maintain compliance with various financial covenants, including maximum leverage ratios, a minimum interest coverage ratio, and a minimum consolidated tangible net worth. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains other customary covenants and customary default provisions, including defaults for non-payment, breach of representations and warranties, insolvency, non-performance of covenants, cross-defaults with other indebtedness and guarantor defaults.
The Notes were issued to institutional investors in a Section 4(a)(2) private placement transaction.
Item 2.03  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
10.49
Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 28, 2021, by and among Green Brick Partners, Inc. and the several purchasers named therein.
10.50
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2021, by and among certain subsidiaries of Green Brick Partners, Inc.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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.
GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC.
By:
/s/ Richard A. Costello
Name:
Richard A. Costello
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Date:    December 30, 2021