UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 11, 2020
 
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
001-37386
32-0434238
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(212) 798-6100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:
Trading Symbol(s):
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Class A Common shares, $0.01 par value per share
FTAI
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
8.25% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares
FTAI PR A
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
8.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares
FTAI PR B
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On May 11, 2020, Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), entered into Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 16, 2017 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of August 2, 2018, Amendment No. 2 dated as of February 8, 2019 and by Amendment No. 3 dated as of August 6, 2019, the Existing Credit Agreement), among the Company, as the borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC, as lenders and issuing banks, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
 
The Amendment amends the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the incurrence of additional secured indebtedness to finance the potential acquisition of certain aviation assets, subject to certain limitations, (ii) provide that, to the extent borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement exceed $150,000,000, the Company will pledge certain aviation assets as additional collateral and (iii) incorporate certain other updates, including procedures by which the parties will select a replacement benchmark interest rate in the event that LIBOR is no longer available or appropriate as a reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate under the Existing Credit Agreement.
 
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending June 30, 2020.
 
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
 
The information included in Item 1.01 with respect to the Amendment is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
 

SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
FORTRESS TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Scott Christopher
 
Name:
Scott Christopher
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: May 11, 2020