Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 8, 2019, Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), adopted a form of Indemnification Agreement for members of its Board
of Directors (the "Board") and entered into Indemnification Agreements with
certain of its directors. The Indemnification Agreements, among other things,
provide that the Company will indemnify the director party thereto to the
maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, including indemnification of expenses
such as attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines, and settlement amounts
incurred by such director in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her
service as a director. The Indemnification Agreements contain customary terms
and conditions including, without limitation, requirements for expense
advancement and director and officer liability insurance, and establish certain
customary procedures and presumptions relating to indemnification. The
description of the Indemnification Agreements set forth in this Item 1.01 does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of
the form of Indemnification Agreement, which is attached to this report as
Exhibit 10.1.
On December 11, 2019, the Company entered into a Debtor in Possession Secured
Multi-Draw Term Promissory Note (the "DIP Promissory Note") with Blue Torch
Finance, LLC, as Agent, and BTC Holding Fund I, LLC, BTC Holdings Fund I-B, LLC,
and BTC Holdings SC Fund LLC as lenders. Under the DIP Promissory Note the
lenders agreed to provide the Company with term loans in an aggregate principal
amount not exceeding $9,050,000. The loans will be used to fund the wind down
of the Company's business, as described in Item 1.03 below. The DIP Promissory
Note is guaranteed by substantially all of the Company's subsidiaries.
Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On December 8, 2019, the Company and 25 of its subsidiaries filed a voluntary
petition (the "Bankruptcy Petition") for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Delaware (the "Court"). The Company shut down all of its
business operations effective as of December 9, 2019. The shut down does not
include the Taylor Express business headquartered in Hope Mills, North Carolina
("Taylor"), which the Company expects to operate in the ordinary course while
the Company explores a going concern sale of Taylor's operations. The Company
intends to use the bankruptcy proceedings to wind down its global operations
under the supervision of the Court. The Company continues to manage its
properties as a "debtor-in-possession" under the jurisdiction of the Court and
in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Court.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On December 8, 2019, Kathleen Ross, Michael Miller, and Kenneth Buck resigned
from the Board, effective immediately prior to the filing of the Bankruptcy
Petition. These resignations were not due to any disagreement with the Company
on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On December 8, 2019, the Board amended the Company's existing Amended and
Restated By-Laws to reduce the minimum number of directors required to serve on
the Board from two to one. Resolutions of the Board giving effect to the
amendment are attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT
NUMBER EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
3.1 Resolutions amending By-Laws.
10.1 Form of Indemnification Agreement.
The information contained in Item 1.03 hereof contains "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
such statements are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections and the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such statements
may be identified by their use of terms or phrases, including "expects,"
"intends," and similar terms and phrases. Forward-looking statements are based
upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and are inherently
subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or
quantified, which could cause future events and actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the
forward-looking statements. In this report, statements relating to the
continued operation or potential sale of Taylor, the wind down of the Company's
operations, and other expressions of future activities or intent are
forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ from those set forth in
the forward-looking statements. Readers should review and consider factors that
could cause actual results to differ from expectations, such as the possibility
that Taylor is not sold or its operations are wound down, and various
disclosures by the Company in its press releases, stockholder reports, and
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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