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                            Credit Agreement (the &#8220;Nineteenth Amendment&#8221;) with Bank of America, N.A., as agent (the &#8220;Agent&#8221;) and lender, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as lender, which amended that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
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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):
May 4, 2022
___________________________________________________________________
COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-24960
88-0320154
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
400 Birmingham Hwy
.,
Chattanooga
,
TN
37419
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(
423
)
821-1212
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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
$
$0.01 Par Value Class A common stock
CVLG
The NASDAQ Global Select Market
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
4
, 2022, Covenant
                            Logistics Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and substantially all of its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, entered into a Joinder, Supplement and Nineteenth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated
                            Credit Agreement (the "Nineteenth Amendment") with Bank of America, N.A., as agent (the "Agent") and lender, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as lender, which amended that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
                            September 23, 2008, by and among the Company, substantially all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended from time to time (the "Credit Agreement").
Among other changes, the Nineteenth Amendment: (i) extended the maturity date from October 23, 2025 to May
4
, 2027; (ii) increased the maximum amount that eligible rolling stock can contribute to the borrowing base from $45 million to
                            $65 million; (iii)  increased the borrowing "accordion" feature, pursuant to which the Company can request and, at the lenders' discretion, obtain an increase in the revolving credit facility commitments from an incremental $50
                            million to an incremental $75 million; (iv) removed LIBOR as one of the reference rates on which the interest rate can be calculated and replaced it with the secured overnight financing rate or "SOFR," plus a SOFR related
                            increase of 10 to 25 basis points depending on the term of SOFR selected by the Company; (v) removed real estate and certain rolling stock that is not designated by the Company as being included in the borrowing base from the
                            Agent's collateral package; and (vi) added AAT Carriers, Inc. as a borrower and pledger of its assets under the Credit Agreement.  The Nineteenth Amendment also modified certain restrictions and minimum borrowing availability
                            requirements to provide increased flexibility to finance and dispose of real estate and rolling stock and to engage in stock repurchases, dividends, acquisitions, and investments.
The foregoing summary of the terms and conditions of the Nineteenth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
                            entirety by reference to the complete text of the Nineteenth Amendment, a copy of which will be filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2022.
SIGNATURE
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.
COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: May 6, 2022
By:
/s/ Joey B. Hogan
Joey B. Hogan
President