Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, on July 31, 2019, Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Luminus Energy Partners Master Fund Ltd. (“Luminus”) pursuant to which Luminus acquired (i) an immediately exercisable warrant to purchase 16,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.033 per share (the “Common Stock”), or the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), convertible into Common Stock (the “Initial Warrant”), and (ii) a warrant to purchase 5,472,845 shares of Common Stock, or Series B Preferred Stock convertible into Common Stock, that becomes exercisable only upon a Change in Control, as defined in such warrant (the “Change in Control Warrant” and, together with the Initial Warrant, the “Luminus Warrants”). The number of shares of Common Stock or Series B Preferred Stock underlying the Luminus Warrants is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances, as further described in the Luminus Warrants.
On August 29, 2019, as contemplated by Section 6.5 of the Purchase Agreement, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved Amendment No. 1 (the “First Amendment”) to the Company’s Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, dated as of August 9, 2018 (the “Tax Benefits Preservation Plan”), by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”) for the purpose of amending the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan to (i) render it inapplicable to the Purchase Agreement, the execution thereof, the public disclosure thereof, and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of, or the right to be issued, the Luminus Warrants to Luminus and any acquisition of Beneficial Ownership (as defined in the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan) by Luminus of any shares of Common Stock or Series B Preferred Stock upon the exercise of the Luminus Warrants or otherwise pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and any shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by Luminus upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock; and (ii) exempt Luminus and its affiliates from the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan for all purposes. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan.
In particular, the First Amendment provides that (i) Luminus and its affiliates shall be Exempt Persons under the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan for all purposes, including, without limitation, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the issuance of, or the right to be issued, the Luminus Warrants to Luminus, the exercise by Luminus of the Luminus Warrants, the acquisition by Luminus of Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock or Series B Preferred Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Luminus Warrants, the conversion by Luminus of, or right to convert, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock acquired upon the exercise of the Luminus Warrants into Common Stock, any other acquisition by Luminus or any of its affiliates of, or the right to acquire, Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, or other equity securities of the Company, or any acquisition by Luminus or any of its affiliates of, or the right to acquire, any derivative securities (as defined under Rule 16a-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that derive their value from the value of any equity security of the Company, and (ii) a Distribution Date, Stock Acquisition Date, Section 11(a)(ii) Event, or Triggering Event shall not be deemed to occur solely by virtue of, or a result of, any of the events described in the immediately preceding clause (i), in each case as set forth in the First Amendment.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each of (i) the Tax Benefits Preservation Plan which was attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2018 and is incorporated herein by reference, and (ii) the First Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.