8-K

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): March 30, 2021

ARKO Corp.

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-39828

85-2784337

(State of other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

8565 Magellan Parkway

Suite 400

Richmond, Virginia 23227-1150

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 730-1568

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

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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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 $0.0001 per share	ARKO	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50	ARKOW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

Ares Credit Facility Amendment

On March 30, 2021, GPM Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GPM”), a subsidiary of ARKO Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a fifth amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) to its credit agreement, dated February 28, 2020, by and among GPM, and certain of its subsidiaries as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement”).

The Fifth Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to adjust the interest rate effective from and after March 1, 2021 by (A) reducing the applicable margin for the term loan facility by 0.125% and (B) reducing the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to be not less than 1.0%. Following these changes, effective March 1, 2021, the term loan facility bears interest, as elected by GPM, at (a) a rate per annum equal to the applicable alternative base rate plus a margin of 3.50%, or (b) the LIBOR Rate plus a margin of 4.50%.

The Company did not incur additional debt or receive any proceeds in connection with the Fifth Amendment.

The foregoing description of the Fifth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fifth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated February 28, 2020, by and among GPM Investments, LLC, and certain of its subsidiaries as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent.

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.


ARKO CORP.

By:		/s/ Arie Kotler
Name:		Arie Kotler
Title:		Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: April 2, 2021