ASSURANT, INC. - FORM 8-K - September 18, 2014

 
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):  09/16/2014
 
Assurant, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  001-31978
 
DE
  
39-1126612
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10005
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(212) 859-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 2.03.    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
 
On September 16, 2014, Assurant, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a five-year unsecured $400 million revolving credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with certain lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent. The Credit Agreement replaces the Company's prior four-year $350 million revolving credit facility, entered into on September 21, 2011, as previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 27, 2011. The prior revolving credit facility was scheduled to expire in September 2015, but terminated upon the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement.

   The Credit Agreement, which expires in September 2019, provides for revolving loans and the issuance of multi-bank, syndicated letters of credit and/or letters of credit from a sole issuing bank in an aggregate amount of $400 million. The proceeds of these loans and the letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement may be used to backstop the Company's commercial paper program and for other general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company may increase the total amount available under the Credit Agreement to $525 million subject to certain conditions.

   The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants and customary events of default. The occurrence of an event of default may cause the unpaid principal and accrued interest and all other obligations under the Credit Agreement to become immediately due and payable.

 

 

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.
 
           
Assurant, Inc.
 
 
Date: September 18, 2014
     
By:
 
/s/    Stephen W. Gauster
               
Stephen W. Gauster
               
Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary
 
 

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