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):  November 12, 2019

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BRUNSWICK CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)


Delaware
  
001-01043
  
36-0848180
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  
(Commission File
Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

26125 N. Riverwoods Blvd., Suite 500
Mettawa, Illinois
  
60045-3420
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 735-4700

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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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 $0.75 per share
  
BC
  
New York Stock Exchange
6.500% Senior Notes due 2048
  
BC-A
  
New York Stock Exchange
6.625% Senior Notes due 2049
  
BC-B
  
New York Stock Exchange
6.375% Senior Notes due 2049
  
BC-C
  
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

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 November 12, 2019, Brunswick Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Extension Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2011, as amended and restated as of June 26, 2014, as further amended and restated as of June 30, 2016, as further amended as of July 13, 2018, and as further amended and restated as of September 26, 2018 (as otherwise amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company that may be Subsidiary Borrowers, the Company as guarantor of the amount owing by each Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other Agents party thereto.

Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment, the termination date of the revolving credit commitments under the Credit Agreement was extended from September 26, 2023, to September 26, 2024.


Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  BRUNSWICK CORPORATION  
       
Dated: November 12, 2019
By:
/s/ Christopher F. Dekker  
    Name: 
Christopher F. Dekker
 
    Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary