The information set forth in Items 3, 4 and 5 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated into this Item 6 by reference.
On the Effective Date, the Issuer entered into a Shareholders Agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”), among the Issuer and the investors listed therein, each other beneficial owner of the Shares as of the date of the Shareholders Agreement deemed to be a party thereto pursuant to the Plan and other persons that may from time to time become parties thereto (collectively, the “Investors”). The Shareholders Agreement provides that each of Glendon Capital Management LP (together with its affiliates, the “Glendon Investor”) and Monarch Alternative Capital LP (together with its affiliates, the “Monarch Investor”) shall be entitled to nominate two individuals to serve on the seven-member board of directors of the Issuer so long as it beneficially owns at least 20% of the outstanding Shares, or one individual to serve as such a director if it beneficially owns fewer than 20% of the outstanding Shares but at least 10% of the outstanding Shares.
The Shareholders Agreement provides that the Investors shall take all necessary action to elect such nominees of each of the Glendon Investor and the Monarch Investor as directors, as well as the election of the chief executive officer of the Issuer as a director and other individuals qualifying as independent directors to be selected by Investors that beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer, as determined by a majority of the shares of the Issuer’s common stock beneficially owned by such Investors. The Shareholders Agreement provides that the chairperson of the board of directors of the Issuer is to be elected by a majority of the directors that had been nominated by the Glendon Investor (the “Glendon Directors”) and those that had been nominated by the Monarch Investor (the “Monarch Directors”), with the chairperson of such board to be elected by the board of directors of the Issuer if the Glendon Directors and Monarch Directors are together fewer than three in number or fail to appoint a chairperson. The Shareholders Agreement also includes provisions for the removal and replacement of the Glendon Directors at the request of the Glendon Investor and the removal and replacement of the Monarch Directors at the request of the Monarch Director, as well as provisions with respect to the calling and quorum of meetings of the board of directors of the Issuer, membership of committees of the board of directors of the Issuer and compensation and insurance of members of the board of directors of the Issuer.
The Shareholders Agreement also provides for tag-along rights for Investors beneficially owning 1% or more of the outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock (the “1% Investors”) upon the transfer by an Investor or group of Investors of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock, drag-along rights upon the transfer of shares by an Investor or group of Investors of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock, rights of first offer with respect to the transfer by an Investor, subject to certain exceptions, of 1% or more of the outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock, pre-emptive rights to the 1% Investors upon issuance of new securities by the Issuer, and demand and piggyback registration rights.
The Shareholders Agreement includes the agreement of the Investors not to transfer shares of common stock of the Issuer (i) in violation of federal and state securities laws, (ii) in a transfer that would cause the Issuer to be regarded as an “investment Issuer” under the Investment Issuer Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) in a transfer, at any time that the Issuer is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that would cause the number of holders of the Issuer’s common stock to exceed specified thresholds, or (iv) in a transfer that is, to the knowledge of the transferor after reasonable inquiry, (A) to any specified competitor of the Issuer or (B) to a person that would become either a beneficial owner of 5% of the outstanding common stock of the Issuer or a “5-percent shareholder” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, a “5% Holder”). The Shareholders Agreement provides that the board of directors may waive these restrictions, provided that any waiver of the restriction with respect to a person that would become a 5% Holder upon such transfer may be waived only if the transferee enters into a joinder agreeing to be bound by the Shareholders Agreement. The foregoing description of the Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Shareholders Agreement and the First Amendment to Shareholders Agreement dated September 14, 2020, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on August 24, 2020 and Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on September 14, 2020, respectively.
GCM and certain other creditors entered into a Support and Exchange Agreement with the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries, effective as of December 27, 2022 (the "Support Agreement"), pursuant to which GCM has agreed (subject to certain terms and conditions set forth therein) to exchange its holdings of bank loans and first lien bonds issued by certain subsidiaries of the Issuer for new bank loans and bonds issued by certain subsidiaries of the Issuer. The foregoing description of the Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Support Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on January 3, 2023.
In addition to the Reporting Persons’ beneficial ownership of Shares, the Reporting Persons currently hold (and may continue to hold) bank loans and first lien bonds and may hold bank loans and bonds issued in exchange for such holdings pursuant to the exchange transactions described above (if consummated), in each case issued by the Issuer or its subsidiaries. Such positions are (or will be, as applicable) beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. The Reporting Persons will share, among themselves, beneficial ownership with respect to any such debt positions, and may purchase or sell such debt instruments (or other debt instruments issued from time to time by the Issuer) at any time, and may also seek to exercise their rights as debtholders under the relevant agreements or indentures, as well as applicable law.
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Act, the Reporting Persons have entered into an agreement with respect to the joint filing of this Schedule 13D and any amendment or amendments thereto, a copy of which is attached here as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Other than as described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships among the Reporting Persons, or between the Reporting Persons and any other person, with respect to the securities of the Issuer.