Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation orBye-Laws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On March 12, 2019, an authorized committee of the board of directors of Triton International Limited (the “Company”) adopted a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) to establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights of its 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares, par value $0.01 per share and with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the “Series A Preference Shares”).
On March 14, 2019, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a prospectus supplement, dated March 12, 2019 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) together with the accompanying prospectus, dated September 5, 2017 (the “Base Prospectus” and together with the Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus”) relating to the public offering of the Series A Preference Shares. The description of the terms of the Series A Preference Shares under the heading “Description of Series A Preference Shares” in the Prospectus Supplement and under the heading “Description of Share Capital” in the Base Prospectus is incorporated by reference herein. Such description of the terms of Series A Preference Shares is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Certificate of Designations, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
The Company expects to consummate the offer and sale of 3,000,000 Series A Preference Shares on March 15, 2019 pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Underwriting Agreement dated March 12, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) between and among the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”). In the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a30-day option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 Series A Preference Shares.
The offer and sale of the Series A Preference Shares are being made pursuant the Prospectus (as described in Item 5.03 above) that was filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s registration statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-220340) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which became effective on September 5, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”).
In connection with the offer and sale of the Series A Preference Shares, the Company is filing this Current Report on Form8-K to add the following exhibits to the Registration Statement: (i) the Underwriting Agreement (Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K), (ii) the Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preference Shares (Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K), (iii) the Form of Share Certificate evidencing the Series A Preference Shares (Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form8-K), and (iv) the opinion of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, as counsel to the Company, regarding the validity of the Series A Preference Shares and their related consent (Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K).
On March 12, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description of Exhibit |
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1.1 | | Underwriting Agreement dated March 12, 2019, by and between Triton International Limited and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule A thereto. |
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4.1 | | Certificate of Designations of 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares of Triton International Limited. |
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4.2 | | Form of Share Certificate evidencing 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares. |
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5.1 | | Opinion of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited regarding the validity of the Series A Preference Shares. |
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23.1 | | Consent of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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99.1 | | Press Release, dated March 12, 2019. |