INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the completion on September 14, 2022 of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 29, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), among PotlatchDeltic Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“PotlatchDeltic”), Horizon Merger Sub 2022, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of PotlatchDeltic (“Merger Sub”), CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CatchMark”) and CatchMark Timber Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, on September 14, 2022, (i) CatchMark merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Company Merger”) and (ii) the Partnership merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Partnership Merger” and together with the Company Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub surviving the Mergers. The effective time of the Company Merger was 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on September 14, 2022, and the Partnership Merger occurred promptly thereafter. Unless otherwise noted herein, capitalized terms used below but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.
ITEM 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 14, 2022, PotlatchDeltic and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings, Inc. and PotlatchDeltic Land & Lumber, LLC (collectively, the “Borrowers”), entered into a Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement (the “Amendment”) with the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, the Voting Participants party thereto and Northwest Farm Credit Services, PCA, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), amending the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of March 22, 2028 among the Borrowers, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used in this Item 1.01 and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Amendment.
In connection with the refinancing of $277.5 million of the CatchMark debt acquired in the Company Merger, pursuant to the Amendment, the Lenders provided a Term Loan Q to the Borrowers in the principal amount of $138.75 million, maturing on September 1, 2027, and Term Loan R in the principal amount of $138.75 million, maturing on September 1, 2030 (collectively, the “New Term Loans”). The New Term Loans bear interest at a rate equal to 1-month SOFR plus 2.0% per annum. In addition, Term Loan R provides for a cost-of-capital reset at year five.
The forgoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment. A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information provided in the Introductory Note to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
At the effective time of the Company Merger, each issued and outstanding share of CatchMark’s Class A common stock (the “CatchMark Common Stock”), other than those shares owned by (i) CatchMark, the Partnership or any wholly owned subsidiary of CatchMark or the Partnership, and (ii) PotlatchDeltic, Merger Sub or any wholly owned subsidiary of PotlatchDeltic or Merger Sub, was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.230 shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock (the “Merger Consideration”), plus the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock.
As of the Company Merger effective time, each issued and outstanding restricted share of CatchMark Common Stock vested (at maximum performance to the extent applicable) and automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, plus the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock, less applicable taxes and withholding.
Immediately prior to the Partnership Merger effective time, (i) each issued and outstanding unvested LTIP Unit of the Partnership automatically became fully vested at maximum performance, to the extent applicable, and (ii) each issued and outstanding vested LTIP Unit of the Partnership that was eligible for conversion into a Partnership OP Unit (as defined herein) prior to or at the Partnership Merger effective time automatically converted into one common unit of the Partnership (each, a “Partnership OP Unit”).
At the effective time of the Partnership Merger, (i) the general partner interests in the Partnership were canceled and no payment was made with respect thereto, (ii) each of the issued and outstanding Partnership OP Units, other than those owned by (i) CatchMark, the Partnership or any wholly owned subsidiary of CatchMark or the Partnership, and (ii) PotlatchDeltic, Merger Sub or any wholly owned subsidiary of PotlatchDeltic or Merger Sub, automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, subject to any withholding under applicable tax law, plus the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock.
As a result of the Mergers, PotlatchDeltic will issue a total of approximately 11,540,441 shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock, including (i) approximately 11,333,289 shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock to be issued in exchange for the outstanding shares of CatchMark Common Stock in the Company Merger; and (ii) approximately 207,152 shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock to be issued in exchange for the Partnership OP Units in the Partnership Merger, which includes approximately 179,826 shares of PotlatchDeltic common stock to be issued in exchange for LTIP Units of the Partnership.