Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 9, 2020, Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (the "Company") announced that it is commencing an offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of additional 6.50% senior notes due 2025 (the "Additional Notes") in a private offering, subject to market and other conditions. There are $450.0 million 6.50% senior notes due 2025 outstanding as of the date hereof.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise refinance $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2022 ("2022 Notes"), including 2022 Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Company in the Tender Offer (as defined below), and to pay accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, fees and expenses in connection therewith. Any additional net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the funding of future acquisitions and investments, including aviation investments.

The Additional Notes will be offered in the United States to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to persons outside of the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Additional Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

On December 9, 2020, the Company also announced that it is commencing a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for up to $300.0 million aggregate principal amount (as may be increased by the Company) of 2022 Notes. The Tender Offer is subject to the terms and conditions described in the offer to purchase and related letter of transmittal delivered to the holders of the 2022 Notes on December 9, 2020, including the condition that the Company has received at least $300.0 million in aggregate gross proceeds from one or more offerings of debt securities on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on January 7, 2021, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Company. A copy of the press release announcing the Tender Offer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Assuming $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes are accepted for purchase in the Tender Offer and such 2022 Notes are validly tendered at or prior to the early tender date described in the related offer to purchase, the aggregate total consideration payable in respect of the 2022 Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer (including the payment of accrued and unpaid interest in connection therewith) would be approximately $311.1 million. As a result, based on such assumptions, the Company expects to incur a related one-time charge in the fourth quarter of 2020.

The information in this Form 8-K filed pursuant to Item 8.01 does not constitute a notice of redemption under the optional redemption provisions of the indenture (and supplement thereto) governing the 2022 Notes nor an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number    Description
  99.1            Press release, dated December 9, 2020, issued by Fortress
                  Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC
104               Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
                  embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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