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Senior and Other Debt
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Senior and Other Debt  
Senior and Other Debt

Note 5. Senior and Other Debt

Asia-Pacific Leasing Senior Credit Facility

The Company’s operations in the Asia-Pacific area had an AUS$150,000,000 secured senior credit facility, as amended, under a common terms deed arrangement with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) and Commonwealth

Bank of Australia (“CBA”) (the “ANZ/CBA Credit Facility”). On October 26, 2017, RWH (subsequently replaced by GFNAPH) and its subsidiaries and a syndicate led by Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch (“Deutsche Bank”) entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement (the “Syndicated Facility Agreement”). Pursuant to the Syndicated Facility Agreement, the parties entered into a senior secured credit facility and repaid the ANZ/CBA Credit Facility on November 3, 2017. The senior secured credit facility, as amended (the “Deutsche Bank Credit Facility”), consists of a $30,707,600 (AUS$43,000,000) Facility A that will amortize semi-annually; a $83,196,300 (AUS$116,500,000) Facility B that has no scheduled amortization; a $14,282,600 (AUS$20,000,000) revolving Facility C that is used for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; and a $26,779,900 (AUS$37,500,000) revolving Term Loan Facility D. Borrowings bear interest at the three-month bank bill swap interest rate in Australia (“BBSW”), plus a margin of 4.25% to 5.50% per annum, as determined by net leverage, as defined. In addition, financing fees totaling $2,050,600 (AUS$2,871,400) are payable quarterly in advance through maturity. The Deutsche Bank Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of Royal Wolf and by the pledge of all the capital stock of GFNAPH and its subsidiaries and matures on November 2, 2023. However, an exit fee of $751,000 (AUS$1,051,600) is due on November 3, 2020 from the original November 3, 2017 financing. Prepayment penalties equal to 1.0% of any amount prepaid under the Deutsche Bank Credit Facility will expire on March 22, 2021, with no prepayment penalty due after March 22, 2021.

The Deutsche Bank Credit Facility is subject to certain financial and other customary covenants, including, among other things, compliance with specified net leverage and debt requirement or fixed charge ratios based on earnings before interest, income taxes, impairment, depreciation and amortization and other non-operating costs and income (“EBITDA”), as defined. The Deutsche Bank Credit Facility Agreement also requires Royal Wolf to prepay amounts borrowed by a percentage of excess cash flow, as defined, as of the end of each fiscal year, depending on the net leverage ratio as of such date.

At September 30, 2020, borrowings under the Deutsche Bank Credit Facility totaled $124,705,000 (AUS$174,626,000), net of deferred financing costs of $70,000 (AUS$97,000), and availability, including cash at the bank, totaled $31,582,000 (AUS$44,225,000).

The above amounts were translated based upon the exchange rate of one Australian dollar to 0.714131 U.S. dollar and one New Zealand dollar to 0.660034 U.S. dollar at September 30, 2020.

Bison Capital Notes

General

On September 19, 2017, Bison Capital Equity Partners V, L.P and its affiliates (“Bison Capital”), GFN, GFN U.S., GFNAPH and GFN Asia Pacific Finance Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation (“GFNAPF”), entered into that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 2017 (the “Amended Securities Purchase Agreement”). On September 25, 2017, pursuant to the Amended Securities Purchase Agreement, GFNAPH and GFNAPF issued and sold to Bison an 11.9% secured senior convertible promissory note dated September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $26,000,000 (the “Original Convertible Note”) and an 11.9% secured senior promissory note dated September 25, 2017 in the original principal amount of $54,000,000 (the “Senior Term Note” and collectively with the Original Convertible Note, the “Bison Capital Notes”). Net proceeds from the sale of the Bison Capital Notes were used to repay in full all principal, interest and other amounts due under a term loan to Credit Suisse AG, to acquire the 49,188,526 publicly-traded shares of RWH not owned by the Company and to pay all related fees and expenses.GFNAPF was dissolved in September 2018.

By Letter of Instruction dated September 25, 2017, Bison Capital instructed GFN to transfer the interests in the Original Convertible Note and to issue four new secured senior convertible notes: a $7,750,000 secured senior convertible note held by Teachers Insurance and Association of America (the "TIAA Convertible Note"), a $7,750,000 secured senior convertible note held by General Electric Pension Trust (the "GEPT Convertible Note) and two secured senior convertible notes totaling $10,500,000 held by Bison Capital (the "Bison Convertible Notes"). Collectively, these four new secured senior convertible notes are referred to as the "Convertible Notes."

On March 25, 2019, the Senior Term Note was repaid in full by proceeds totaling $63,311,000 (AUS$89,804,000) borrowed under the Deutsche Bank Credit Facility, which included interest the Company elected to defer and a prepayment fee of two percent.

Convertible Notes

At any time prior to maturity, the holders may have converted unpaid principal and interest under the Convertible Notes into shares of GFN common stock based upon a price of $8.50 per share (3,058,824 shares based on the original $26,000,000 principal amount), subject to adjustment as described in the Convertible Notes. If GFN common stock traded above 150% of the conversion price over 30 consecutive trading days and the aggregate dollar value of all GFN common stock traded on NASDAQ exceeded $600,000 over the last 20 consecutive days of the same 30-day period, GFN may have forced the holders to convert all or a portion of the Convertible Notes. Such a conversion threshold occurred on September 5, 2018, and on September 6, 2018 the Company elected to force the conversion and delivered a notice to the holders requiring the conversion of the Convertible Notes into a total of 3,058,824 shares of the Company’s common stock effective September 10, 2018. The Convertible Notes included a provision which required GFNAPH to pay the holders, via the payment of principal, interest and the realized value of GFN common stock received after conversion of the Convertible Notes, a minimum return of 1.75 times the original principal amount. In the event that the holders of the Convertible Notes receive aggregate proceeds in excess of $48,900,000 from the sale of GFN common stock received after the conversion of the Convertible Notes, then 50% of the interest actually paid to the holders (such amount, the “Price Increase”) shall be repaid by the holders of the Convertible Notes by either (i) paying such Price Increase to GFNAPH in the form of cash, (ii) returning to GFN shares of GFN Common Stock with a value equal to the Price Increase or (iii) any combination of (i) or (ii) above that if the aggregate equals the Price Increase. The value of the GFN common stock for purposes of the return of shares to GFN shall be deemed to be the average price per share of GFN common stock realized by the holders in the sale of such shares. The holders of the Convertible Notes  may satisfy such obligations by returning to GFN shares of GFN common stock with an aggregate value equivalent to the Price Increase. Although the conversion feature of this minimum return provision was included in the conversion rights derivative discussed below, as a result of the forced conversion, this embedded derivative with a fair value of $8,918,000 at September 10, 2018 remains bifurcated and separately accounted for on a standalone basis. The Company determined the fair value using a valuation model and market prices and will reassess its value at each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company evaluated the Convertible Notes at issuance and determined that certain conversion rights were an embedded derivative that required bifurcation because they were not deemed to be clearly and closely related to the Convertible Notes, met the definition of a derivative and none of the exceptions applied. As a result, the Company separately accounted for these conversion rights as a standalone derivative. As of the date of issuance on September 25, 2017, the fair value of this bifurcated derivative was determined to be $1,864,000, resulting in a principal balance of $24,136,000 for the Convertible Notes. The Company determined the fair value of the bifurcated derivative using a valuation model and market prices and reassessed its fair value at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. At September 10, 2018, prior to conversion, the fair value of this bifurcated derivative was $29,288,000, of which $20,370,000 was extinguished upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock. The value of the shares received was recorded as a benefit to equity of $44,506,000 in the year ended June 30, 2019.

In June 2020, General Electric Pension Trust ('GEPT") elected to sell the 911,765 shares of GFN common stock they own from the conversion of the GEPT Convertible Note. At a meeting on June 18, 2020, the GFN Board of Directors approved GFN buying GEPT's shares (versus an open market sale by GEPT), as well as entering into an agreement with GEPT to satisfy their remaining minimum return liability in two equal payments, the first one due October 1, 2020 and the second one on January 1, 2021, as well as approving that the bifurcated minimum return derivative liability will be assumed by GFN U.S. effective June 30, 2020. The shares were purchased by the Company at a closing market price on June 22, 2020 of $6.40, resulting in realized gross proceeds to GEPT of $5,835,000, and leaving a remaining minimum return liability of $6,843,000. The GFN shares purchased from GEPT, plus commission of $10,000, was recorded as treasury stock and the minimum return liability due GEPT is included in trade payables and accrued liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The entire bifurcated minimum return derivative liability was revalued at June 22, 2020, and the difference of $436,000 between this valuation and the previous valuation at March 31, 2020 was recognized as a loss in the consolidated statements of operations during the fourth quarter of FY 2020. In addition, the difference of

$1,081,000 between the remaining minimum return liability of $6,843,000 due GEPT and its value at June 22, 2020 prior to its assumption by GFN was recognized as a gain in the consolidated statements of operations during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. At September 30, 2020, the fair value of the bifurcated minimum return derivative liability for the remaining 2,147,059 shares remaining from the conversion of the TIAA Convertible Note and Bison Convertible Notes was $19,008,000.

North America Senior Credit Facility

At September 30, 2020, the North America leasing (Pac-Van and Lone Star) and manufacturing operations (Southern Frac) had a combined $285,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, as amended, with a syndicate led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) that also includes East West Bank, CIT Bank, N.A., the CIBC Bank USA, KeyBank, National Association, Bank Hapoalim, B.M., Associated Bank and Bank of the West (the “Wells Fargo Credit Facility”). In addition, the Wells Fargo Credit Facility provides an accordion feature that may be exercised by the syndicate, subject to the terms in the credit agreement, to increase the maximum amount that may be borrowed by an additional $25,000,000. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility matures on March 24, 2022, assuming the Company’s publicly-traded senior notes due July 31, 2021(see below) are extended at least 90 days past this scheduled maturity date; otherwise the Wells Fargo Credit Facility would mature on March 24, 2021. The Company, among other things, approved and implemented a plan for a private placement senior notes offering that could, if market conditions dictate, revert to a public offering. The Company has obtained indications of interest and is in the process of evaluating these and other alternatives. Management of the Company believes that it is probable that this plan, or a combination of this and other contemplated actions, would occur to satisfy the Senior Notes prior to March 24, 2021 (see Note 12).

The Wells Fargo Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the rental fleet, inventory and other assets of the Company’s North American leasing and manufacturing operations. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility effectively not only finances the North American operations, but also the funding requirements for the Series C Preferred Stock (see Note 3) and the publicly-traded unsecured senior notes. The maximum amount of intercompany dividends that Pac-Van and Lone Star are allowed to pay in each fiscal year to GFN for the funding requirements of GFN’s senior and other debt and the Series C Preferred Stock are (a) the lesser of $5,000,000 for the Series C Preferred Stock or the amount equal to the dividend rate of the Series C Preferred Stock and its aggregate liquidation preference and the actual amount of dividends required to be paid to the Series C Preferred Stock; and (b) $6,300,000 for the public offering of unsecured senior notes or the actual amount of annual interest required to be paid; provided that (i) the payment of such dividends does not cause a default or event of default; (ii) each of Pac-Van and Lone Star is solvent; (iii) excess availability, as defined, is $5,000,000 or more under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility; (iv) the fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined, will be greater than 1.25 to 1.00; and (v) the dividends are paid no earlier than ten business days prior to the date they are due.

Borrowings under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility accrue interest, at the Company’s option, either at the base rate, plus 0.5% and a range of 1.00% to 1.50%, or the LIBOR rate, with a minimum of 0.5%, and a range of 2.50% to 3.00%. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility also specifies the future conditions under which the current LIBOR-based interest rate could be replaced in the future with an alternate benchmark interest rate.

There is an unused commitment fee of 0.250% - 0.375%, based on the average revolver usage. The Wells Fargo Credit Facility contains, among other things, certain financial covenants, including fixed charge coverage ratios, and other covenants, representations, warranties, indemnification provisions, and events of default that are customary for senior secured credit facilities; including a composite minimum utilization covenant and a covenant that would require repayment upon a change in control, as defined.

At September 30, 2020, borrowings and availability under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility totaled $163,779,000 and $96,357,000, respectively.

Senior Notes

On June 18, 2014, the Company completed the sale of unsecured senior notes (the “Senior Notes”) in a public offering for an aggregate principal amount of $72,000,000. On April 24, 2017, the Company completed the sale of a “tack-on” offering of its

publicly-traded Senior Notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5,390,000 that was priced at $24.95 per denomination. Net proceeds were $5,190,947, after deducting an aggregate original issue discount (“OID”) of $10,780 and underwriting discount of $188,273. In both offerings, the Company used at least 80% of the gross proceeds to reduce indebtedness at Pac-Van and Lone Star under the Wells Fargo Credit Facility in order to permit the payment of intercompany dividends by Pac-Van and Lone Star to GFN to fund the interest requirements of the Senior Notes. For the ‘tack-on” offering, this amounted to $4,303,376 of the net proceeds. The Company has total outstanding publicly-traded Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $77,390,000 ($76,763,000 and $76,908,000, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $627,000 and $482,000, at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively).

The Senior Notes were issued in minimum denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof and pursuant to the first supplemental indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 18, 2014 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The First Supplemental Indenture supplements the indenture entered into by and between the Company and the Trustee dated as of June 18, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”). The Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 8.125% per annum, mature on July 31, 2021 and are not subject to any sinking fund. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, commencing on July 31, 2014. The Senior Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of its existing and future subordinated debt. The Senior Notes are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. The Senior Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries and are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries.

On October 31, 2018, the Company successfully completed a consent solicitation to amend the Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture to permit the Company to incur additional indebtedness from time to time, including pursuant to its existing Wells Fargo Credit Facility and existing master finance/capital lease (the classification of such leases changed upon adoption of a new accounting standard, as discussed in Note 2) agreement, or such new finance/capital lease obligations as the Company may enter into from time to time. The consent of at least a majority in the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Senior Notes as of the record date (as defined in the consent solicitation statement dated October 16, 2018) was required to approve the proposed amendments and the Company received consents from approximately 63.3% of the holders of the Senior Notes. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the consent solicitation statement, the Company made cash payments totaling $195,820, or $0.10 per $25 of Senior Notes held by each holder as of the record date who had validly delivered consent. As a result of the successful consent solicitation, the Company and the Trustee entered into the second supplemental indenture dated October 31, 2018 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Company may now, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price initially equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes,  plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. On and after any redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the redeemed Senior Notes. The Company has not redeemed any of its Senior Notes as of September 30, 2020 (see Note 12).

The Indenture contains covenants which, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to make certain payments, to pay dividends and to incur additional indebtedness if the incurrence of such indebtedness would cause the company’s consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the Indenture, to be below 2.0 to 1.0. The Senior Notes are listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “GFNSL.”

Other

At September 30, 2020, equipment financing (finance lease liabilities - see Note 9) and other debt totaled $9,608,000.

The Company was in compliance with the financial covenants under all its credit facilities as of September 30, 2020.

The weighted-average interest rate in the Asia-Pacific area was 7.9% and 7.2% in FY 2020 and FY 2021, respectively; which does not include the effect of translation, derivative valuation, amortization of deferred financing costs and accretion. The weighted-

average interest rate in North America was 6.1% and 4.6% in FY 2020 and FY 2021, respectively, which does not include the effect of the amortization of deferred financing costs and accretion.