Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $107.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, primarily attributable to repayments on our long-term debt of $37.9 million, net repayments on our Revolving Credit Facility of $63.3 million, and payment of finance lease obligations of $10.1 million, offset by other financing activities.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $214.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily attributable to net proceeds received from the IPO Offerings of $1,045.5 million, offset by extinguishment of and net repayments on our long-term debt of $818.6 million, net borrowings on our Revolving Credit Facility of $46.4 million, payment of debt issuance costs of $43.2 million, and other financing activities.
Debt
We typically incur debt to finance mergers and acquisitions, and we borrow under our Revolving Credit Facility for working capital purposes, as well as to finance acquisitions, as needed. Below is a summary of our long-term indebtedness as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
We were in compliance with all applicable financial covenants as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
First Lien Credit Agreement
On March 5, 2019, the Company entered into the First Lien Credit Agreement, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “First Lien Credit Agreement”). The First Lien Credit Agreement originally consisted of a principal amount of $1,650.0 million. In 2019, an additional delayed draw of $150.0 million was made on the First Lien Credit Agreement (“Tranche B-1”). The First Lien Credit Agreement was further amended in 2020 (“Tranche B-2”) and 2021 (“Tranche B-3”) to establish additional borrowings of $550.0 million and $675.0 million, respectively, resulting in a total gross borrowings of $3,025.0 million.
On June 30, 2023, the Company amended the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement to reflect a change in reference rate to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”).
On February 21, 2024, we used a portion of the net proceeds received from the IPO Offerings to repay $343.3 million of the borrowings under the First Lien, and established Tranche B-4 to refinance the remaining $2,566.0 million of borrowings under the First Lien Credit Agreement at a rate equal to SOFR plus 3.25%. Tranche B-4 has a maturity date of February 21, 2031. On December 11, 2024 we amended the First Lien to refinance Tranche B-4 by establishing Tranche B-5 in an aggregate principal amount of $2,553.2 million at a rate equal to SOFR plus 2.50% or ABR plus 1.50% with a maturity date of February 21, 2031.
For additional information about our First Lien Credit Agreement, see Note 6 of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The First Lien Credit Agreement described above contain customary negative covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on the Company and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to merge and consolidate with other companies, incur indebtedness, grant liens or security interests on assets, make acquisitions, loans, advances, or investments, pay dividends, sell or otherwise transfer assets, prepay or modify terms of certain junior indebtedness, enter into transactions with affiliates, or change their lines of business or fiscal year. In addition, under the Revolving Credit Facility, the Company will not permit the consolidated first lien secured debt to consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) ratio to be greater than 6.90 to 1.00, which shall be tested as of the end of the most recent quarter at any time when the aggregate revolving credit loans exceed 35% of the total revolving credit commitments.
Revolving Credit Facility
The total borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility included in the First Lien Credit Agreement (the “Revolver”) was $475.0 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $475.0 million of borrowing capacity available under the Revolver as there were no borrowings under the Revolver or letters of credit outstanding. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $63.3 million of borrowings outstanding under the Revolver and no letters of credit, reducing the available borrowing capacity to $411.7 million.
The First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended on September 17, 2024, provides for an additional $65.0 million of letter of credit commitments, or the LC Facility, which are not subject to the LC Sublimit. As of September 30, 2025, there were $62.8 million of letters of credit outstanding under the LC Facility, resulting in an available borrowing capacity of $2.2 million. As of December 31, 2024, there were $61.8 million of letters of credit outstanding under the LC Facility, resulting in an available borrowing capacity of $3.2 million.