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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): July 1, 2021

 

 

 

LOGO

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-9618   36-3359573
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

2701 Navistar Drive  
Lisle, Illinois   60532
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(331) 332-5000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value Per Share   NAV   New York Stock Exchange
Cumulative convertible junior preference stock, Series D (par value $1.00)   NAV-D   New York Stock Exchange

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).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Introductory Note

As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Navistar International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Navistar”), on November 9, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), on November 7, 2020, Navistar entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with TRATON SE, a Societas Europaea (“Parent”) and Dusk Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).

On July 1, 2021, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Merger Sub merged with and into Navistar (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub ceased, and Navistar continued its existence under Delaware law as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) of the Merger and an indirect subsidiary of Parent.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, all outstanding obligations under that certain Senior Secured Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2017, among Navistar, Navistar Inc., the lenders party thereto and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 19, 2018 were repaid in full and terminated.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, all outstanding obligations under that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2016, among Navistar Financial Corporation, Navistar Financial, S.A. de C.V., the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of September 18, 2017, Amendment No. 2 dated as of December 13, 2017, Amendment No. 3, dated as of June 12, 2018 and Amendment No. 4, dated as of May 23, 2019, were repaid in full and terminated.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, all outstanding obligations under that certain Second Amended and Restated ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017, among Navistar, Inc., the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as syndication agents, were repaid in full and terminated.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, all outstanding obligations under that certain Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2020, among Navistar, Navistar, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, providing for the issuance of Navistar’s 9.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025, were repaid in full and terminated, and the notes issued thereunder were redeemed in full.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, all outstanding obligations under that certain Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2017, among Navistar, Navistar, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, providing for the issuance of Navistar’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, were repaid in full and terminated, and the notes issued thereunder were redeemed in full.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, Navistar and the Icahn Group (as defined below) terminated (i) the Settlement Agreement, effective as of October 5, 2012, by and among Navistar and those certain persons and entities listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Icahn Group”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Settlement Agreement, effective as of July 14, 2013, that certain side letter, dated June 23, 2014 and Amendment No. 2 to the Settlement Agreement, effective as of September 5, 2016 and (ii) the Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2013, by and among the Company and the Icahn Group.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, Navistar and the MHR Group (as defined below) terminated the Settlement Agreement, effective as of October 5, 2012, by and among Navistar and those certain persons and entities listed on Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “MHR Group”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Settlement Agreement, effective as of July 14, 2013, that certain side letter, dated June 23, 2014 and Amendment No. 2 to the Settlement Agreement, effective as of September 5, 2016 and (ii) the Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2013, by and among the Company and the MHR Group.


On July 1, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Merger, Navistar and Parent terminated (i) that certain Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2016, by and between Navistar and Parent and (ii) that certain Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2016, by and between Navistar and Parent.

 

Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Items 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03 and 8.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of common stock of Navistar, par value $0.10 per share (the “Company Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, unless otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement, was automatically canceled and converted into the right to receive $44.50 in cash, without interest (the “Common Merger Consideration”).

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of Series D Convertible Junior Preference Stock of Navistar, par value $1.00 per share (“Series D Stock” and, together with Company Stock, the “Delisted Stocks”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, unless otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement, was automatically canceled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the portion of the Common Merger Consideration that would have been payable in respect of such share of Series D Stock had such share of Series D Stock been converted into Company Stock pursuant to the terms of the certificate of incorporation of Navistar in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Series D Merger Consideration” and, together with the Common Merger Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”).

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the sole share of Series B Nonconvertible Junior Preference Stock of Navistar, par value $1.00 (“Series B Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, was unaffected by the Merger and remains outstanding as one share of Series B Stock of the Surviving Corporation, with the same rights, powers, preferences and privileges attributable to the sole share of Series B Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Company Stock (each, a “Company Stock Option”) that was then outstanding under any Company Stock Plan (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (whether or not exercisable or vested) was automatically canceled, and Navistar is responsible for the payment to the holder of such Company Stock Option an amount in cash determined by multiplying (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable exercise price of such Company Stock Option by (ii) the number of shares of Company Stock underlying such Company Stock Option (assuming full vesting of the Company Stock Option) had such holder exercised the Company Stock Option in full immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each award of Company Stock that was subject to vesting or other forfeiture conditions (each, a “Company Restricted Share”) and each restricted stock unit entitling the holder to delivery of shares of Company Stock, subject to satisfaction of vesting or other forfeiture conditions (together with the Company Restricted Shares, the “Company Restricted Stock Awards”) that was then outstanding under any Company Stock Plan (whether or not vested), was automatically canceled, and Navistar is responsible for the payment to the holder of such Company Restricted Stock Award an amount in cash equal to the product of the Merger Consideration and the number of shares of Company Stock represented by such Company Restricted Stock Award.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, Navistar performance cash units were amended to provide that the applicable performance conditions were deemed to have been achieved at the greater of target or actual performance, with such performance cash unit to otherwise remain outstanding subject to its existing terms and conditions. Restricted cash units whose terms provided only for service-based vesting continued to be governed by their existing terms and conditions.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the Merger is not complete and is subject to and entirely qualified by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Navistar’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 9, 2020.


Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, Navistar (i) notified the NYSE of the consummation of the Merger, (ii) requested that the NYSE suspend trading of the Delisted Stocks as soon as practicable after the Effective Time and (iii) requested that the NYSE remove the Delisted Stocks from listing and file a Form 25 with the SEC to report the delisting of the Delisted Stocks from the NYSE. Navistar expects that, in accordance with its request, the NYSE will file a Form 25 on July 1, 2021 to provide notification of such delisting and to effect the deregistration of the Delisted Stocks under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Navistar intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration of the Delisted Stocks under the Exchange Act and to suspend its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to the Delisted Stocks. The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Items 2.01, 5.01 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.01.

 

Item 3.03

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Items 2.01, 3.01, 5.01, 5.02 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01

Changes in Control of Registrant.

As a result of the consummation of the Merger, a change of control of the registrant occurred, and Navistar became an indirect subsidiary of Parent. The aggregate cash consideration paid by Parent to Navistar stockholders in the Merger was approximately $3.7 billion. The Merger Consideration was funded by Parent pursuant to certain debt financing arrangements (committed term loan facility by Volkswagen International Luxemburg S.A., proceeds from bond issuance by TRATON Finance Luxembourg S.A. and Schuldschein issuance by TRATON SE). The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Items 2.01, 3.03, 5.02 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, all of the members of the Board of Directors of Navistar immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for Jeffrey A. Dokho, the Series B director, ceased to be directors of Navistar at the Effective Time and Persio Lisboa, Walter Borst, Matthias Gründler, Christian Schulz, Mathias Carlbaum, and Dr. Klaus Schartel each became a director of Navistar. Mr. Dokho, the Series B director, will remain a director of Navistar. The directors shall serve until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with the organizational documents of the Surviving Corporation or their earlier resignation, removal or disqualification. At the Effective Time, the officers of Navistar, except for Troy A. Clarke, shall become and constitute the only officers of the Surviving Corporation, and such officers shall serve until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with the organizational documents of the Surviving Corporation or their earlier resignation, removal or disqualification. The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

As of the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of Navistar that was in effect immediately before the Effective Time was amended and restated in its entirety. In addition, at the Effective Time, Navistar’s bylaws that were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, were amended and restated in their entirety. Such amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively. The information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On July 1, 2021, Navistar issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2020, by and among Navistar International Corporation, TRATON SE and Dusk Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Navistar International Corporation filed on November 9, 2020).
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Navistar International Corporation.
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Navistar International Corporation.
99.1    TRATON GROUP Successfully Completes Navistar Merger and Ushers in a New Era, dated as of July 1, 2021.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURES

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

 

   

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: July 1, 2021     By:  

/s/ Walter G. Borst

    Name:   Walter G. Borst
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Financial Officer
   

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: July 1, 2021     By:  

/s/ Curt A. Kramer

    Name:   Curt A. Kramer
    Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Exhibit 3.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

FIRST: The name of the corporation is Navistar International Corporation (the “Corporation”).

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”).

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 10, consisting of:

(1) 1 share of a class designated preference stock, with a par value of $1.00 (the “Preference Stock”), and

(2) 9 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”),

amounting in the aggregate to $1.90.

FIFTH: The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

SIXTH: Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so provide.

SEVENTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of Delaware Law.

EIGHTH: (1) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation (which term shall include any predecessor corporation of this Corporation) or is or was


serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (“indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided however, that, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this ARTICLE EIGHTH with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE EIGHTH shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided however, that, if the Delaware Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this ARTICLE EIGHTH or otherwise.

(2)     If a claim under paragraph 1 of this ARTICLE EIGHTH is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover payments by the Corporation of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in defending in his or her capacity as a director or officer, a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such claim. In any action brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any

 

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proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) or by the Corporation to recover payments by the Corporation of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in defending, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this ARTICLE EIGHTH or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct, or in the case of such an action brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to the action.

(3)     The rights conferred on any person by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this ARTICLE EIGHTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this certificate of incorporation by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(4)     The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware Law.

(5)     Persons who are not included as indemnitees under paragraph 1 of this ARTICLE EIGHTH but are employees of the Corporation or any subsidiary may be indemnified to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

NINTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by Delaware Law and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers, if any, are subject to this reserved power.

TENTH: The Preference Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series of any number of shares, provided that the aggregate number of shares issued and not canceled of any and all such series shall not exceed the total number of shares of Preference Stock hereinabove authorized, and with distinctive serial designations, all as shall hereafter be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such Preference Stock from time to time adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority so to do which is hereby vested in the Board of Directors. Each series of Preference Stock

 

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(i) may have such voting powers, full or limited, or may be without voting powers; (ii) may be subject to redemption at such time or times and at such prices; (iii) may be entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or noncumulative) at such rate or rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock; (iv) may have such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; (v) may be made convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange, and with such adjustments; (vi) may be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of such series in such amount or amounts; (vii) may be entitled to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional stock (including additional shares of such series or of any other series) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation or any subsidiary of any outstanding stock of the Corporation; and (viii) may have such other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; all as shall be stated in said resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such Preference Stock. Shares of any series of Preference Stock which have been redeemed (whether through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or which, if convertible or exchangeable, have been converted into or exchanged for shares of stock of any other class or classes shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preference Stock of the same series and may be reissued as a part of the series of which they were originally a part or may be reclassified and reissued as part of a new series of Preference Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions by the Board of Directors or as part of any other series of Preference Stock, all subject to the conditions or restrictions on issuance set forth in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of Preference Stock.

(1)     Series B Stock. The designated powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of one (1) share of a series of Preference Stock are as follows:

(a)     Designation. The designation of this series of Preference Stock shall be “Nonconvertible Junior Preference Stock, Series B (With Par Value of $1.00)” (referred to herein as the “Series B Stock”).

(b)     Dividends. The holder of the share of the Series B Stock shall not be entitled to receive dividends with respect to the Series B Stock.

 

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(c)     Rights of Redemption. The Series B Stock shall be subject to redemption as follows:

(i)     Optional Redemption. At any time after the holder of Series B Stock has not been entitled to vote separately as a class to elect a director at any time for five consecutive years, the Series B Stock may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time upon not less than five days’ prior notice to the holder of record of the Series B Stock sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to such holder at its address appearing on the Series B Stock register maintained by the Corporation, at a redemption price of $1.00 (hereinafter called the “Series B Redemption Date”).

(ii)     Effect of Redemption. All rights of the holder of Series B Stock as a stockholder of the Corporation by reason of the ownership of Series B Stock shall cease on the Series B Redemption Date, except the right to receive the amount payable upon redemption of such share on presentation and surrender of the certificate representing such share. After the Series B Redemption Date, such share shall not be deemed to be outstanding.

(d)     Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding Up.

(i)     Liquidation Payment. In the event of any involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holder of the Series B Stock (if then outstanding) shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment shall be made to the holders of any class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior upon liquidation to the Series B Stock, an amount equal to $1.00 per share. The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation shall not in any event be considered a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation under this paragraph (d).

(ii)     Proportionate Distribution. In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holder of the Series B Stock upon any involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which such holder is entitled pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (d), no such distribution shall be made on account of any shares of any other class or series of preference stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Stock upon liquidation unless proportionate distributive amounts shall be paid on account of the Series B Stock, ratably, in proportion to the full distributive amounts to which the holders of all such parity shares are respectively entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

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(e)     Voting. The Series B Stock shall not have any voting powers, either general or special, except as required by applicable law and as follows:

(i)     Change of Priority or Rights. Without the affirmative vote or consent of the holder of the Series B Stock, voting or consenting (as the case may be) separately as a class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a special meeting called for the purpose, the Corporation shall not (i) change the number of authorized shares of the Series B Stock or (ii) amend this Certificate of Incorporation or take any other action (including, without limitation, a merger or consolidation to which the Corporation is a constituent party) which would have the effect of eliminating the Series B Stock or of amending, altering or repealing any of the preferences, special rights or powers of the holder of the Series B Stock so as adversely to affect such preferences, special rights or powers.

(ii)     Election of Director. Until the Fully Funded Date, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be increased by one, and the holder of the Series B Stock shall have, in addition to any other voting rights, the exclusive and special right, voting separately as a class, to elect one person to fill such newly created directorship. Except for the involuntary resignation of any such director under this subparagraph (b) or the removal of any such director by the holder of the Series B Stock, the director elected by the holder of the Series B Stock shall have a one year term of office. The right of the holder of Series B Stock to elect a director may be exercised by written consent of such holder. On the Fully Funded Date, the special right of the holder of the Series B Stock so to vote separately as a class for the election of a director shall terminate (subject to subsequent revesting as provided below) and the director elected by the holder of the Series B Stock shall be deemed to have resigned effective immediately without any further action upon such person’s part. Subsequent to the Fully Funded Date, the special right of the holder of Series B Stock to vote separately as a class for the election of a director shall revest at any time when the balance of the Employers’ funding contribution held under the Health Benefit Trust falls below 85% of the Fully Funded Amount; provided, however, that such revested special right of the holder of Series B Stock to vote separately as a class for the election of a director shall terminate (subject to revesting as provided by this subparagraph (b)) if the balance of the Employers’ funding contribution held under the Health Benefit Trust rises above 85% of the Fully Funded Amount. At any time when the holder of the Series B stock has the right to elect a director as provided in this subparagraph (b), (i) such holder shall have the exclusive right to remove such director, with or without cause, from time to time and elect his or her successor and (ii) any vacancies in the seat held by the director elected by the holder of the Series B Stock shall be filled only by vote of the holder of the Series B Stock.

(f)     Conversion Rights. The holder of the share of the Series B Stock shall have no conversion rights with respect to such share.

 

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(g)     Nontransferability. The Series B Stock shall be issued to the UAW and the Series B Stock and any rights thereunder shall be nontransferable. Any attempted transfer shall be void and of no effect. The Corporation shall place on the certificate representing any issued share of the Series B Stock a legend consistent with the provisions hereof.

(h)     Definitions.

(i)     Employers. The term “Employers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement.

(ii)     Fully Funded Amount. The term “Fully Funded Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement.

(iii)     Fully Funded Date. The term “Fully Funded Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement.

(iv)     Health Benefit Trust. The term “Health Benefit Trust” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement.

(v)     Settlement Agreement. The term “Settlement Agreement” shall mean that certain settlement agreement entered into in 1993 between the Corporation, its employees, retirees and collective bargaining organizations.

(vi)     UAW. The term “UAW” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement.

(i)     Rank of Series B Stock. The share of the Series B Stock shall rank junior upon liquidation to any other series of Preferred or Preference Stock authorized or designated after the initial date of issuance of the Series B Stock. The share of the Series B Stock shall rank senior upon liquidation to the shares of the Common Stock.

(j)     Retirement of Redeemed Shares, Etc. When redeemed, the share of the Series B Stock shall have the status of authorized and unissued Preference Stock.

(k)     Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Series B Stock shall be issued.

(l)     Stock Calculations. In making any calculations with respect to holdings or ownership of the Corporation’s stock, the Corporation’s stock records shall be conclusive evidence of such holdings and ownership.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

BYLAWS

OF

Navistar International Corporation

(the “Corporation”)

1 July 2021

* * * * *

ARTICLE 1

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

Section 1.03. Books. The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE 2

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman of the Board of Directors in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors).

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting as permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”), an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting at such date and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time. Stockholders may, unless the certificate of incorporation otherwise provides, act by written consent to elect directors;

 

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provided, however, that if such consent is less than unanimous, such action by written consent may be in lieu of holding an annual meeting only if all of the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.

Section 2.03. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing of holders of record of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings and Adjourned Meetings; Waivers of Notice. (a) Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by Delaware Law, such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Unless these bylaws otherwise require, when a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b)    A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 2.05. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided under the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws and subject to Delaware Law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall not be

 

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present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

Section 2.06. Voting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to Delaware Law, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder. Any share of capital stock of the Corporation held by the Corporation shall have no voting rights. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.

(b)    Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized, or by proxy sent by cable, telegram or by any means of electronic communication permitted by law, which results in a writing from such stockholder or by his attorney, and delivered to the secretary of the meeting. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period.

(c)    In determining the number of votes cast for or against a proposal or nominee, any share abstaining from voting on a matter will not be treated as a vote cast.

Section 2.07. Action by Consent. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to the proviso in Section 2.02, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 2.07(b).

 

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(b)    Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this section and Delaware Law, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

Section 2.08. Organization. At each meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one shall have been elected, or in the Chairman’s absence or if one shall not have been elected, the director designated by the vote of the majority of the directors present at such meeting, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary (or in the Secretary’s absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting) shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof.

Section 2.09. Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.

ARTICLE 3

DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in Delaware Law or the certificate of incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. (a) The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors but shall not be less than one. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders by written ballot, except as provided in Section 2.02 and Section 3.12 herein, and each director so elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.

(b)    Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specific circumstances, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

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Section 3.03. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws require a greater number, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors considers any action that results in an equal number of the directors at the meeting voting for and against the action, then in such case the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to cast a tie-breaking vote with respect to such action. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors the directors present thereat shall adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.04. Time and Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold its meetings at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman of the Board of Directors in the absence of a determination by the Board of Directors).

Section 3.05. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, on the same day and at the same place where such annual meeting shall be held. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the event such annual meeting is not so held, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors may be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be specified in a notice thereof given as hereinafter provided in Section 3.07 herein or in a waiver of notice thereof signed by any director who chooses to waive the requirement of notice.

Section 3.06. Regular Meetings. After the place and time of regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall have been determined and notice thereof shall have been once given to each member of the Board of Directors, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.

Section 3.07. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary on the written request of one director. Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least one calendar day before the date of the meeting in such manner as is determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 3.08. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by Delaware Law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval, (b) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation or (c) approving or adopting any Reserved Matter without a prior approval of the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 3.09. Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions, are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Section 3.10. Telephonic Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 3.11. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

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Section 3.12. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Each director so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in accordance with Delaware Law. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in the filling of other vacancies.

Section 3.13. Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote at any election of directors, and the vacancies thus created may be filled in accordance with Section 3.12 herein.

Section 3.14. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.

Section 3.15. Reserved Matters. Without limiting Section 3.01 and in addition to the matters requiring consent stipulated in the law, the following matters and measures of the Corporation and, to the extent explicitly provided for herein, of the Corporation’s subsidiaries (“Reserved Matters”) shall require prior approval of the Board of Directors:

 

  (i)

Strategic planning and annual capital and investment spending plan;

as well as the following transactions and measures to the extent they do not form part of the annual capital and investment spending plan pursuant to number (i):

 

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  (ii)

establishment and discontinuation of branches of the Corporation or the Corporation’s subsidiaries to the extent the relevant branch employs more than 500 employees or is expected to employ more than 500 employees in the next three years;

 

  (iii)

establishment and relocation of production or research and development sites of the Corporation or the Corporation’s subsidiaries;

 

  (iv)

formation and dissolution of other entities by the Corporation or by Corporation’s subsidiaries to the extent the relevant entity employs more than 500 employees or is expected to employ more than 500 employees in the next three years as well as the acquisition and disposition by the Corporation or by Corporation’s subsidiaries of participations in other entities to the extent the relevant entity employs more than 500 employees or the expenses associated with the acquisition exceed an amount of USD10 million; same applies to the acquisition and disposal/discontinuation of businesses or parts of businesses and the liquidation of entities;

 

  (v)

capital expenditure programmes and capital expenditure of the Corporation and its subsidiaries outside of the capital expenditure programmes in addition to these capital expenditure programmes to the extent they exceed an amount of USD10 million each;

 

  (vi)

taking out of bonds or loans outside the ordinary course of business and exceeding an amount of USD50 million each;

 

  (vii)

assumption of securities, guarantees or similar liability as well as the granting of loans, in each case to the extent these measures are outside the ordinary course of business and exceed an amount of USD50 million;

 

  (viii)

acquisition and disposition of, and creating of encumbrances with respect to, real property and rights equivalent to real property rights to the extend the transaction value of the individual transaction exceeds an amount of USD10 million;

 

  (ix)

implementation of synergy projects which affect at least one other sub-group within TRATON group (i.e. Scania, MAN or MAN Latin America) and which have, or are expected to have within the next three years, an impact on the employment of more than 250 employees as well as the re-allocation of existing and the allocation of new development leads within the TRATON group;

 

  (x)

the appointment of any person to the Executive Board of the Corporation (as the Board of Directors may form, appoint members of the Corporation’s management to and otherwise set the governance policies of, in each case, from time to time); and

 

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  (xi)

matters concerning the Corporation and/or one or more of its subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business.

ARTICLE 4

OFFICERS

Section 4.01. Principal Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary who shall have the duty, among other things, to record the proceedings of the meetings of stockholders and directors in a book kept for that purpose. The Corporation may also have such other principal officers, including one or more Controllers, as the Board of Directors or the Executive Board (as defined below) may in its discretion appoint according to Section 4.02. One person may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more of said offices, except that no one person shall hold the offices and perform the duties of President and Secretary. The Corporation shall have a governing body consisting of such officers and management of the Corporation (the “Executive Board”), which Executive Board shall report to the Board of Directors. The Executive Board shall specifically consist of, among others, the President (Chief Executive Officer), Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, as well as the Presidents responsible for operations, production, sales and services. Any particular powers delegated to the Executive Board under this Article 4 may be further delegated by the Executive Board to its members so long as at least two members are together implementing such power.

Section 4.02. Election, Term of Office and Remuneration. Members of the Executive Board and any other principal officers elected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The remuneration of the Executive Board and such other principal officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in the Executive Board or such other principal officers shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.03. Subordinate Officers. In addition to the principal officers enumerated in Section 4.01 herein, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Controllers and such other subordinate officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.

Section 4.04. Removal. Except as otherwise permitted with respect to subordinate officers, any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.05. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors. The resignation of any officer shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 4.06. Powers and Duties. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.15, the members of the Executive Board, the principal officers and the subordinate officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties incident to each of their respective offices and such other duties as may from time to time be conferred upon or assigned to them by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 5

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 5.01. Certificates for Stock; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of shares represented by certificates of the same class and series shall be identical. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and by the Treasurer or an assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an assistant Secretary of such Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

Section 5.02. Transfer of Shares. Shares of the stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the record of stockholders of the Corporation by the holder thereof or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney upon surrender of a certificate therefor properly endorsed or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, unless waived by the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.03. Authority for Additional Rules Regarding Transfer. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation, as well as for the issuance of new certificates in lieu of those which may be lost or destroyed, and may require of any stockholder requesting replacement of lost or destroyed certificates, bond in such amount and in such form as they may deem expedient to indemnify the Corporation, and/or the transfer agents, and/or the registrars of its stock against any claims arising in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 6.01. Fixing the Record Date. (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b)    In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by Delaware Law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by Delaware Law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

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(c)    In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 6.02. Dividends. Subject to limitations contained in Delaware Law and the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

Section 6.03. Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.

Section 6.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

Section 6.05. Voting of Stock Owned by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any person, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, vote at and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation (except this Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold stock.

Section 6.06. Amendments. These bylaws or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be made, by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any annual or special meeting thereof or by the Board of Directors.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Press release / Presse Info / Comunicado de imprensa / LOGO / LOGO / Comunicado de prensa / Communiqué de presse / Informacja prasowa

TRATON GROUP successfully completes Navistar merger and ushers in a new era

 

 

US commercial vehicle manufacturer Navistar becomes part of the TRATON GROUP following successful closing

 

 

The TRATON GROUP now holds all Navistar common shares

 

 

Navistar is to be delisted and deregistered with the SEC during July 2021

 

 

The purchase price was approximately 3.7 billion USD

Munich, July 1, 2021 – The TRATON GROUP is welcoming a new member of the family: Navistar. The certificate of merger that was submitted today successfully completes the closing and means that the merger between the US commercial vehicle manufacturer and TRATON is complete. The TRATON GROUP now holds all Navistar common shares. Navistar is to be delisted and deregistered with the SEC during July 2021. The addition of Navistar as the newest member of the TRATON GROUP marks the beginning of a new era.

“Today is a sensational day for the TRATON GROUP and for our new colleagues at Navistar joining the global TRATON family. From this day on, we will be working side by side to bring sustainable transportation of the future one step closer. This is something the entire group is looking forward to,” said TRATON CEO Matthias Gründler, adding: “The fact that this merger has been implemented so quickly and smoothly, despite the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, is testament to the impressive team work on both sides of the Atlantic. I would like to thank each and every one involved.”

“Over the past five years, Navistar and the TRATON brands have worked very well together and it is exciting to become now part of the global TRATON GROUP,” said Navistar President and CEO Persio Lisboa. “Our common understanding of the future of transportation and our joint heritage create a very solid basis for our common way forward. The transport industry is changing rapidly. And together we will shape this change – for the sake of our customers. The Navistar team is ready for the next step of collaboration.”

A strategic alliance has been in place between TRATON and Navistar since 2017, with both partners benefiting from the considerable value generated by enhanced purchasing power and the integration of new technologies. As a new brand of the TRATON GROUP, Navistar will be in a better position to meet the growing requirements of the market and to improve its customer offering even further, especially with respect to the transition to electric mobility and the establishment of autonomous driving.

 

 

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Combining TRATON’s leading position in the European and South American markets with Navistar’s strong presence in North America lays the foundation for a premier company with a global reach and complimentary capabilities. The purchase price was approximately 3.7 billion USD.

Contact

Julia Kroeber-Riel

Head of Group Communications, Governmental Affairs & Sustainability

T +49 152 58870900

julia.kroeber-riel@traton.com

Matthias Karpstein

Business Media Relations

T +49 172 3603071

matthias.karpstein@traton.com

TRATON SE

Dachauer Str. 641 / 80995 Munich / Germany

www.traton.com

Bre Whalen

Corporate Communications

T (331) 332-3056

breana.whalen@navistar.com

Navistar

2701 Navistar Drive / Lisle, Illinois 60532 / United States

www.navistar.com

About the TRATON GROUP

With its brands Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, Navistar, and RIO, TRATON SE is one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. Its range comprises light-duty commercial vehicles, trucks, and buses. The Group aims to reinvent transportation – with its products, its services, and as a partner to its customers. For TRATON, sustainable economic growth always includes treating people and nature with respect. The People, Planet, and Performance triad will shape the future of our Company.

 

 

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About Navistar

Navistar is a purpose-driven company, reimagining how to deliver what matters to create more cohesive relationships, build higher-performing teams and find solutions where others don’t. Navistar is the Lisle, Illinois-based parent company of International® brand commercial trucks and engines, IC Bus® brand school and commercial buses, all-makes OnCommand® Connection advanced connectivity services, aftermarket parts brands Fleetrite®, ReNEWed® and Diamond Advantage® and Brazilian manufacturer of engines and gensets MWM Motores Diesel e Geradores. With a history of innovation dating back to 1831, Navistar has more than 12,000 employees worldwide and is part of TRATON SE, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry.

 

 

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