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): January 23, 2020
VPR BRANDS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-54435 | 45-1740641 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3001 Griffin Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
(Address of principal executive offices)
(954) 715-7001
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 | ||
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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).
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 23, 2020, VPR Brands, LP (the “Partnership”) executed the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to Limited Partnership Agreement (the “Agreement”) in order to create a new class of Partnership securities titled Class A preferred units.
Pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Agreement, Soleil Capital Management LLC, the Partnership’s general partner (the “General Partner”) may, without the approval of the Partnership’s limited partners, issue additional Partnership securities for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion, all without the approval of any limited partners, an that each additional Partnership interest authorized to be issued by the Partnership may be issued in one or more classes, or one of more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties as shall be fixed by the General Partner in its sole discretion. Pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Agreement, the General Partner may, without the approval of any partner, any unitholder or any other person, amend any provision of the Agreement to reflect any amendment expressly permitted in the Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting along, therefore including the creation of a new class of Partnership securities.
The designation, powers, preferences and rights of the Class A preferred units and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof are contained in the Second Amendment, and are summarized as follows:
Number and Stated Value. The number of authorized Class A preferred units is 1,000,000. Each Class A preferred unit will have a stated value of $2.00 (the “Stated Value”).
Rights. Except as set forth in the Second Amendment, each Class A preferred unit has all of the rights, preferences and obligations of the Partnership’s common units as set forth in the Agreement and shall be treated as a common unit for all other purposes of the Agreement.
Dividends.
Rate. Each Class A preferred unit is entitled to receive an annual dividend at a rate of 8% per annum on the Stated Value., which shall accrue on a monthly basis at the rate of 0.6666% per month, non-compounding, and shall be payable in cash within 30 days of each calendar year for which the dividend is payable.
Liquidation. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, a merger or consolidation of the Partnership wherein the Partnership is not the surviving entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, each Class A unit will be entitled to receive, prior an in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Partnership to the holders of common units or any other Partnership securities ranking junior to the Class A preferred units, or to the General Partner, an amount per Class A preferred unit equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends. If, upon such an event and after the payment of preferential amounts required to be paid to holders of any Partnership securities having a ranking upon liquidation senior to the Class A preferred units, the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to the partners of the Partnership are insufficient to provide for both the payment of the full Class A liquidation preference and the preferential amounts (if any) required to be paid to holders of any other Partnership securities having a ranking upon liquidation pari passu with the Class A preferred units, such assets as are so available shall be distributed among the Class A preferred units and the holders of any other series of Partnership securities having a ranking upon liquidation pari passu with the Class A preferred units in proportion to the relative aggregate preferential amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive.
Conversion Rights.
Conversion. Upon notice, a holder of Class A preferred units has the right, at its option, to convert all or a portion of the Class A preferred units held into fully paid and nonassessable Partnership common units.
Conversion Price. Each Class A preferred unit is convertible into a number of common units equal to (x) the Stated Value plus any accrued and unpaid dividends, divided by (y) the Conversion Price (as hereinafter defined). The “Conversion Price” means 85% multiplied by the VWAP (as defined in the Second Amendment), representing a discount rate of 15%.
Conversion Limitation. In no event shall a holder of Class A preferred units be entitled to convert any of the Class A preferred units in excess of that number of Class A preferred units upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of common units beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates (other than common units which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted Class A preferred units or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Partnership subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein),
and (2) the number of common units issuable upon the conversion of all Class A preferred units held by such holder would result in beneficial ownership by the holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding common units.
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description | |
| 3.1 | Second Amendment, dated January 23, 2020, to Limited Partnership Agreement of VPR Brands, LP. |
SIGNATURES
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.
| Dated: January 27, 2020 | VPR BRANDS, LP | |
| By: | /s/ Kevin Frija | |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 23, 2020
This Second Amendment (this “Amendment”) to the Limited Partnership Agreement (the “Agreement”) of VPR Brands, LP (the “Partnership”), is hereby adopted, effective as of the date first set forth above, by and among Soleil Capital Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner of the limited partnership (the “General Partner”), for an on behalf of all current and prospective limited partners of the Partnership (collectively, “Limited Partners”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Agreement. Each reference to “hereby,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and “this Agreement” in the Agreement shall, from and after the effective date of this Amendment, refer to the Agreement as amended by the Amendment.
WHEREAS, Section 5.6 of the Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of the Limited Partners, may issue additional Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine in its sole discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners, and that each additional Partnership Interest authorized to be issued by the Partnership may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes, with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties (which may be senior to existing classes and series of Partnership Securities), as shall be fixed by the General Partner in its sole discretion, including (i) the right to share in Partnership profits and losses or items thereof; (ii) the right to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may or shall be required to redeem the Partnership Security (including sinking fund provisions); (v) whether such Partnership Interest is issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each Partnership Interest will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Percentage Interest as to such Partnership Security; and (viii) the right, if any, of the holder of each such Partnership Interest to vote on Partnership matters, including matters relating to the relative designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such Partnership Interest;
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Agreement provides that the General Partner may, without the approval of any Partner, any Unitholder or any other Person, amend any provision of the Agreement to reflect any amendment expressly permitted in the Agreement to be made by the General Partner acting alone, therefore including the creation of a new class of Partnership Securities;
WHEREAS, the General Partner has determined that it is in the best interest of the Partnership to now create a new class of Partnership Securities as set forth herein, having the rights and preferences as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to amend the Agreement to further evidence the matters as set forth herein, pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the General Partner does hereby amend the Agreement as follows:
Section 1. Creation of Class. There is hereby created a class of Partnership Securities titled the Class A Class Preferred Units (the “Class A Units”) having the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties as set forth in this Amendment.
Section 2. Number and Stated Value. The number of authorized Class A Units is 1,000,000 Class A Units. Each Class A Unit shall have a stated value of $2.00 (the “Stated Value”).
Section 3. Rights. Other than as set forth in the Amendment, each Class A Unit shall have all of the rights, preferences and obligations of the Common Units as set forth in the Agreement and shall be treated as a Common Unit for all other purposes of the Agreement.
Section 4. Dividends.
| (a) | Rate. Each Class A Unit shall be entitled to receive an annual dividend at a rate of 8% per annum (with any partial years to be a pro-rated portion of such rate, based on a 365-day year) on the Stated Value, which shall accrue on a monthly basis at the rate of 0.6666% per month, non-compounding, and shall be payable in cash within 30 days of the each of each calendar year for which the dividend is payable (the “Dividend”). Other than as set forth in this Section 4, the Class A Units shall have no dividend rights except as may be declared by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, out of funds legally available for that purpose. |
| (b) | Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, either voluntarily or involuntarily, a merger or consolidation of the Partnership wherein the Partnership is not the surviving entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (each, a “Liquidation Event”), each Class A Unit shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Partnership to the holders of Common Units or any other Partnership Securities ranking junior to the Class A Units, or to the General Partner, an amount per Class A Unit equal to any accrued but unpaid Dividends (the “Class A Liquidation Preference”). If, upon such Liquidation Event and after the payment of preferential amounts required to be paid to holders of any Partnership Securities having a ranking upon liquidation senior to the Class A Units, the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to the partners of the Partnership are insufficient to provide for both the payment of the full Class A Liquidation Preference and the preferential amounts (if any) required to be paid to holders of any other Partnership Securities having a ranking upon liquidation pari passu with the Class A Units, such assets as are so available shall be distributed among the Class A Units and the holders of any other series of Partnership Securities having a ranking upon liquidation pari passu with the Class A Units in proportion to the relative aggregate preferential amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive. |
| (c) | Participation. For the avoidance of doubt, following payment of the Class A Liquidation Preference, to the extent possible pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(b), the Class A Units shall participate with the Common Units on a pari passu basis with respect to any further distributions pursuant to the Agreement upon a Liquidation Event. |
Section 5. Conversion Rights.
| (a) | Conversion. Each Class A Unit shall be convertible into Common Units (the “Conversion Units”) as set forth herein and subject to the conditions as set forth herein. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of herein, a holder of Class A Unit(s) (each, a “Holder”) shall have the right, at its option to convert all or a portion of the Class A Units held by such Holder into fully paid and nonassessable Conversion Units in accordance with this Section 5 at the applicable Conversion Price (as defined below). The Partnership shall not issue any fraction of a Conversion Unit upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a Conversion Unit, the Partnership shall round such fraction of a Conversion Unit up to the nearest whole Conversion Unit. |
| (b) | Conversion Price. Each Class A Unit shall be convertible into a number of Conversion Unit(s) equal |
to (x) the Stated Value plus any accrued and unpaid Dividends, divided by (y) the Conversion Price, as defined below. The “Conversion Price” shall mean 85% multiplied by the VWAP (as defined herein), representing a discount rate of 15%. “VWAP” means for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Units are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market (as defined below), the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Units for the five Trading Days (as defined below) immediately prior to the Conversion Date (as defined below) on the Trading Market on which the Common Units are then listed or quoted, as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Units for the five Trading Days immediately prior to the Conversion Date on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Units are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Units are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Common Unit so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Common Unit as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the General Partner. “Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Units are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing). “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Common Units are tradable for any period on the OTCQB, or on the principal securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Unit is then being traded. The Conversion Price and the number of Conversion Units which shall be issuable on any conversion of Class A Units shall be equitably adjusted for any forward or reverse splits of the Common Units between the date of determination of the Conversion Price and the date of issuance of the Conversion Units.
| (c) | Notice of Conversion. To convert any Class A Units into Conversion Units on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Partnership and (B) if required by the Partnership, deliver any such other documents as reasonably requested by the Partnership as soon as practicable on or following such date. The Partnership shall determine the applicable Conversion Price and the number of Conversion Units to be issued, following the receipt of the Conversion Notice. On or before the second (2nd) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Partnership shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Partnership’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the third (3rd) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Partnership shall cause the Transfer Agent to either issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Conversion Units to which the Holder shall be entitled or register such number of Conversion Units on the Transfer Agent’s records in book-entry form under The Direct Registration System in the name of the Holder or its designee. The person or entity entitled to receive the Conversion Units issuable upon a conversion of Class A Units shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Conversion Units on the Conversion Date. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Units issuable upon conversion, provided the Partnership is participating in the Depository Trust Partnership (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer (“FAST”) program, upon request of the Holder and its compliance with the provisions contained in this Section 5, the Partnership shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit the Common Units issuable upon conversion to the Holder by crediting the account of Holder’s Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system. |
| (d) | Obligation of Partnership to Deliver Common Units. Upon receipt by the Partnership of a Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Conversion Units issuable upon such conversion and the applicable Class A Units shall be deemed redeemed by the Partnership and shall no longer be issued or outstanding, and all rights of the applicable Holder with respect thereto shall forthwith terminate except the right to receive the Conversion Units as herein provided on such conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Notice of Conversion as provided herein, the Partnership’s obligation to issue and deliver the certificates for Conversion Units shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the absence of any action by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the enforcement of any other obligation of the Partnership to the holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder of any obligation to the Partnership, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Partnership to the Holder in connection with such conversion. The Conversion Date specified in the Notice of Conversion shall be the Conversion Date so long as the Notice of Conversion is received by the Partnership before 6:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on such date. |
| (e) | Concerning the Conversion Units. The Conversion Units issuable upon conversion of the Class A Units may not be sold or transferred unless (i) such Conversion Units are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (ii) the Partnership or its transfer agent shall have been furnished with an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the Conversion Units to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration or (iii) such Conversion Units are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a successor rule) (“Rule 144”). Except as otherwise provided (and subject to the removal provisions set forth below), until such time as the Conversion Units have been registered under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, any certificate for Conversion Units issued upon conversion of the Class A Units that has not been so included in an effective registration statement or that has not been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption that permits removal of the legend, shall bear a legend substantially in the following form, as appropriate: |
“NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.”
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Partnership shall issue to the Holder a new certificate therefore free of any transfer legend if (i) the Partnership or its transfer agent shall have received an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Conversion may be made without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Partnership so that the sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Conversion Units are registered for sale by the Holder
under an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold.
| (f) | Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall a Holder be entitled to convert any of the Class A Units in excess of that number of Class A Units upon conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of Common Units beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (other than Common Units which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted Class A Units or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Partnership subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the number of Conversion Units issuable upon the conversion of all Class A Units held by such Holder would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding Common Units. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided in clause (1) of such proviso, provided, further, however, that the limitations on conversion may be waived by the Holder upon, at the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Partnership, and the provisions of the conversion limitation shall continue to apply until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as may be specified in such notice of waiver). The number of Conversion Units to be issued upon each conversion of the Class A Units shall be determined as of the applicable Conversion Date. |
| (g) | Payment of Taxes. The Partnership shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of Conversion Units on conversion of the Class A Units in a name other than that of the Holder (or in street name), and the Partnership shall not be required to issue or deliver any such Conversion Units unless and until the person or persons (other than the Holder or the custodian in whose street name such Conversion Units are to be held for the Holder’s account) requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Partnership the amount of any such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Partnership that such tax has been paid. |
Section 6. Miscellaneous.
| (a) | This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. |
| (b) | Except as expressly modified and amended herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. |
In witness whereof, the General Partner has caused this Amendment to be duly executed by an authorized officer as of the date first written above.
| By: | SOLEIL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.L.C. | |
| General Partner of VPR BRANDS, LP | ||
| By: | /s/ Kevin Frija | |
| Name: | Kevin Frija | |
| Title: | Manager |
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
The undersigned hereby elects to _______________ Class A Preferred Units (the “Class A Units”) of VPR BRANDS, LP, a Delaware corporation (the “Partnership”) into that number of Common Units of the Partnership to be issued pursuant to the conversion of such Class A Units, according to the terms and conditions of the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, as amended and as in effect in the date hereof, as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the Holder for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any.
Conversion calculations:
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Date to Effect Conversion:
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Number of Class A Units held prior to conversion:
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Number of Class A Units to be converted:
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Number of Class A Units held subsequent to conversion:
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| Address for Delivery: |
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| Class A Unit Holder Name: | ______________________________ |
| Signature: | ______________________________ |
| By: | ______________________________ |
| Title (if applicable): | ______________________________ |
To be delivered to the Partnership at facsimile number: (954) 371-0097