CHART INDUSTRIES INC (Form: 8-K, Received: 12/09/2022 07:38:12)

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): December 7, 2022

CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-11442

34-1712937

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2200 Airport Industrial Drive, Suite 100, Ball Ground, Georgia 30107

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 721-8800

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:

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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

Common stock, par value $0.01

GTLS

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. ☐

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 7, 2022, in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Howden from affiliates of KPS Capital Partners, LP (the “Acquisition”) and the Offerings (defined below), Chart Industries, Inc. (“Chart”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) by and among (i) Granite Holdings I B.V., a Dutch private limited company (the “Primary Seller”), Granite Holdings II B.V., a Dutch private limited company (“BV II”), and Granite US Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“US GP Seller” and, together with Primary Seller and BV II, the “Sellers”), (ii) Granite US Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Granite US”), Granite Acquisition GmbH, a German limited liability company (“Granite Germany”), Granite Canada Holdings Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed pursuant to the laws of British Columbia (“Granite Canada”), and HowMex Holdings, S. de R.L. de C.V., a Mexican limited liability company (“Granite Mexico” and, together with BV II, Granite US, Granite Germany and Granite Canada, the “Acquired Companies”), and (iii) Chart, whereby, subject to certain conditions, the Sellers consented to the Offering of Depositary Shares (defined below).

Under the Letter Agreement, Chart agreed to apply the net proceeds from the Offerings to increase the minimum cash consideration payable in the transaction on a dollar-for-dollar basis and accordingly reduce the portion of transaction consideration that would have otherwise been paid on Series A Preferred Stock (defined below). Under the Letter Agreement, the Sellers have also granted Chart the option, exercisable on or prior to the pricing of the Offering of Depositary Shares, if the gross proceeds (before the underwriting discount) of the Offerings are at least equal to $850 million, to satisfy Chart’s obligations under the purchase agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023, by and among Chart, the Acquired Companies and the Sellers (the “Purchase Agreement”), to issue Series A Preferred Stock to the Primary Seller by instead delivering shares of Chart’s Common Stock (defined below) to the Primary Seller using the price to the public in the Offering of Common Stock. Chart did not exercise the option and it expired upon the pricing of the Offerings.

This summary of the Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

Item 8.01

Other Events

On December 8, 2022, Chart issued press releases announcing the commencement and pricing of concurrent offerings (together, the “Offerings”) of 5,923,670 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), at a public offering price of $118.17 per share and 7,000,000 depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/20^th interest in a share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a public offering price of $50 per share. In addition, Chart has granted the underwriters in each respective offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 885,550 shares of Common Stock and up to an additional 1,050,000 Depositary Shares, in each case at the public offering price per share. The Offerings are expected to close on or about December 13, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

Additionally, on December 8, 2022, Chart issued a press release announcing that it had priced its offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $1,460,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior secured notes due 2030 (the “Secured Notes”) at an issue price of 98.661% and $510,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.500% unsecured notes due 2031 (the “Unsecured Notes,” and together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) at an issue price of 97.949%. The Notes Offering is expected to close on or about December 22, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

Chart intends to use the proceeds from the Offerings to fund the Acquisition by increasing the minimum cash consideration and reducing the amount of Series A Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) that would otherwise have been issued to the Primary Seller under the Purchase Agreement in connection with the Acquisition. Chart will use any remaining Series A Preferred Stock issuable under the Purchase Agreement, together with proceeds from the Notes Offering and borrowings under a new term loan B facility, to fund the remaining consideration for the Acquisition and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions, including the payment of certain of Howden’s debt at the closing of the Acquisition.

Copies of the press releases announcing the commencement and pricing of the Offerings and pricing of the Notes Offering are filed as Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the securities offered in the Offerings, the timing of the Offerings and the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom, statements concerning Chart’s business plans, including statements regarding anticipated acquisitions, future cost synergies and efficiency savings, objectives, future orders, revenues, margins, earnings, performance or outlook, business or industry trends and other information that is not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “indicators”, “outlook,” “guidance,” “continue,” “target,” or the negative of such terms or comparable terminology.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Letter Agreement, dated December 7, 2022, by and among Granite Holdings I B.V., Granite Holdings II B.V., Granite US Holdings GP, LLC, Granite US Holdings LP, Granite Acquisition GmbH, Granite Canada Holdings Acquisition Corp., HowMex Holdings, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Chart Industries, Inc.

99.1		Press Release of Chart Industries, Inc. Announcing Commencement of Offerings, dated as of December 8, 2022.

99.2		Press Release of Chart Industries, Inc. Announcing Pricing of Offerings, dated as of December 9, 2022.

99.3		Press Release of Chart Industries, Inc. Announcing Pricing of Notes Offerings, dated as of December 8, 2022.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File.

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.


	Chart Industries, Inc.

Date: December 9, 2022

	By:	/s/ Jillian C. Evanko
	Name:	Jillian C. Evanko
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.1

December 7, 2022

Chart Industries, Inc.

2200 Airport Industrial Drive Suite # 100 Ball Ground, Georgia 30107

Attention: Jillian C. Evanko, Chief Executive Officer

Herbert G. Hotchkiss, VP, General Counsel and Secretary

Email:

jillian.evanko@chartindustries.com

herbert.hotchkiss@chartindustries.com

Granite Holdings II, B.V.

c/o KPS Capital Partners, LP

One Vanderbilt Avenue

52^nd Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Raquel Palmer

Email: rpalmer@kpsfund.com

Re: Offering of Buyer Common and Preferred Shares

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2022, by and among Granite Holdings I B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) having its seat in Amsterdam (the “Primary Seller”), Granite Holdings II B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) having its seat in Amsterdam (“BV II”), Granite US Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“US GP Seller” and, together with Primary Seller and BV II, the “Sellers”), the Acquired Companies (as defined therein) and Chart Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”) (as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented, the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

As discussed, Buyer has determined to offer for sale, issue and sell in a public offering approximately (x) $600 million of Buyer Common Shares and (y) $300 million of depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”) representing a fractional interest in the rights and preferences of a newly created series of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred Shares” and such offering, issuance and sale of Buyer Common Shares and Depositary Shares, the “Offering”); provided, however, that the Offering may be upsized in respect of the size of the tranches of such Buyer Common Shares and/or Series B Preferred Shares.

Indicative terms of the Offering, including the Depositary Shares and Series B Preferred Shares are set forth in the draft preliminary prospectus supplement and draft offering summary attached hereto as Exhibit A. Buyer shall cause Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), as its lead underwriter, to use its reasonable best efforts to offer and sell the Depositary Shares on

terms and conditions consistent in all material respects with those set forth on Exhibit A; provided, however, that the parties agree and acknowledge that such terms and conditions are indicative and are subject to market conditions.

Accordingly, so long as (i) the Series B Preferred Shares are (A) of a ranking that is junior in liquidation preference and dividend and distribution rights to the Buyer Preferred Shares (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall constitute Junior Stock under the Certificate of Designations), (B) not redeemable and (C) mandatorily convertible into Buyer Common Shares without any conditionality other than the passage of time, (ii) the Offering is priced no later than December 13, 2022 (the “Consent Outside Date”), it being understood that the underwriter options may be exercised later, and (iii) the net proceeds of the Offering (including any underwriters’ over-allotment option and/or any upsize thereof) that are received by Buyer or any of its affiliates or other designees increase the Minimum Cash Consideration on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and correspondingly reduce the Agreed Stock Consideration Value pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Purchase Agreement, the Sellers hereby (a) consent to the Buyer consummating the Offering for purposes of Section 7.2 of the Purchase Agreement, (b) waive any claim that the Seller Parties might otherwise have under the Purchase Agreement that consummation of the Offering would constitute a breach by any Buyer Party of Section 7.2 of the Purchase Agreement and (c) agree that the final form of the prospectus supplement attached hereto as Exhibit A shall be deemed not to violate Sections 7.3(b) (Confidentiality) and 7.3(c) (Public Announcements) of the Purchase Agreement.

As an inducement for this consent, the Parties hereby agree to the following:

(i)

without duplicating or limiting the generality of the foregoing, the net proceeds of the Offering (including from any underwriters’ over-allotment option and/or any upsize thereof) that are received by Buyer or any of its affiliates or other designees shall increase the Minimum Cash Consideration on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and accordingly reduce the Agreed Stock Consideration Value pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Purchase Agreement (this clause (i), the “Minimum Cash Increase Agreement”);

(ii)

the first sentence of Section 1.1 of Exhibit E to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by: (1) deleting clause (a) of such Section in its entirety and (2) replacing the first instance of the phrase “Prospective Transferee” in clause (b) of such Section with the following phrase: “to any Person (each such Person, a ‘Prospective Transferee’)”;

(iii)

the Buyer shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days following the Primary Seller’s written request therefor, provide to the Primary Seller the Buyer’s good faith, reasonably detailed calculation of the gross proceeds of the Offering, the net proceeds of the Offering (together with reasonable supporting detail) and the resulting amount of Minimum Cash Consideration (after giving effect to the Minimum Cash Increase Agreement);

(iv)

if the Buyer has delivered a Clause IV Election Notice (as defined below) and the Offering results in gross proceeds (based on the public offering price, but before underwriting discounts and commissions) to Buyer or any of its affiliates or other designees in an amount equal to at least $850 million, but which net proceeds are not sufficient to reduce the Agreed Stock Consideration Value to $0, then Buyer shall pay the full amount of the Agreed Stock Consideration Value at the Closing in Buyer Common Shares rather than any Buyer Preferred Shares; provided, however, that in such case, for purposes of calculating the number of Agreed Common Shares to be paid to the Primary Seller, (x) the term “Agreed Stock Consideration Common Value” in the Purchase Agreement shall be hereby amended and restated in its entirety to mean the Agreed Stock Consideration Value, (y) the term “Agreed Buyer Common Share Issue Price” in the Purchase Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to mean the amount per share equal to the lowest public offering price of the Buyer Common Shares in the Offering and (z) the proviso to the definition of “Agreed Stock Consideration Preferred Value” shall be deemed to deleted. A “Clause IV Election Notice” means a written notice delivered in accordance with the Purchase Agreement from the Buyer to the Primary Seller at or prior to the time the Offering is priced (and, in any event, no later than the Consent Outside Date) expressly stating that the Buyer elects for this clause (iv) to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, if such a notice is not timely delivered then this clause (iv) shall have no effect and the Agreed Stock Consideration Value shall be calculated and paid in accordance with the Purchase Agreement as in effect immediately prior to this letter agreement; and

(v)

each Seller hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley (on behalf of the underwriters conducting the Offering), such Seller will not, during the period beginning on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Offering and ending 60 days thereafter (such period, the “Restricted Period”), enter into any swap or other agreement or transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Buyer Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Buyer Common Shares (including, without limitation, Buyer Common Shares or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by each Seller in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon the provisions of this letter agreement), whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Buyer Common Shares or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing in this clause (v) shall limit the Seller or any member of the Company Group from taking any action that is expressly permitted by clause (i) of Section 7.1(d) of the Purchase Agreement.

This letter agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the parties hereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms. Section 11.3 (Amendment), Section 11.4 (Entire Agreement), Section 11.6 (Notices), Section 11.9 (Binding Effect; Assignment), Section 11.10 (No Third Party Beneficiary), Section 11.11 (Counterparts), Section 11.13 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction), Section 11.14 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 11.18 (Severability) of the Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Pages Follow]

cc:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Attention: Matt Stevens

Matt Schlosser

Paul Huddle

Email: mstevens@winston.com

mschlosser@winston.com

phuddle@winston.com

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Angelo Bonvino, Esq.

Michael Vogel, Esq.

Email: abonvino@paulweiss.com

mvogel@paulweiss.com

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this letter agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.


BUYER:

CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.

By:		/s/ Jillian C. Evanko
Name:		Jillian C. Evanko
Title:		President & Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]


ACQUIRED COMPANIES:

GRANITE ACQUISITION GMBH

By:		/s/ Jennifer Robertson
		Name: Jennifer Robertson
		Title: Managing Director


GRANITE CANADA HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP.

By:		/s/ Jennifer Robertson
		Name: Jennifer Robertson
		Title: Director


HOWMEX HOLDINGS, S. de R.L. de C.V.

By:		/s/ Jennifer Robertson
		Name: Jennifer Robertson
		Title: Director


GRANITE US HOLDINGS LP

By:		Granite US Holdings GP, LLC, its general partner

By:		/s/ Raquel Palmer
		Name: Raquel Palmer
		Title: Manager


GRANITE HOLDINGS II, B.V.

By:		/s/ Florian Küppers
		Name: Florian Küppers
		Title: Managing Director


SELLERS:

GRANITE HOLDINGS I, B.V.

By:		/s/ Florian Küppers
		Name: Florian Küppers
		Title: Managing Director


GRANITE HOLDINGS II, B.V.

By:		/s/ Florian Küppers
		Name: Florian Küppers
		Title: Managing Director


GRANITE US HOLDINGS GP, LLC

By:		/s/ Raquel Palmer
		Name: Raquel Palmer
		Title: Manager

Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

Chart Industries, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offerings of Common Stock and Depositary Shares

Atlanta, Georgia – December 8, 2022—Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) (“Chart”) announced today that, subject to market and other conditions, it has commenced concurrent offerings (together, the “Offerings”) of $600 million of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and $300 million of depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/20^th interest in a share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), each in a separate underwritten registered public offering. In addition, Chart expects to grant the underwriters in each respective offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $90 million of Common Stock and up to an additional $45 million of Depositary Shares.

Chart intends to use the proceeds from the Offerings to fund in part the previously announced acquisition of Howden from affiliates of KPS Capital Partners, LP (the “Acquisition”) by reducing the amount of Series A Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) to be issued to Granite Holdings I B.V., a Dutch private limited liability company, under the equity purchase agreement in connection with the Acquisition.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Common Stock or Depositary Shares. No offer, solicitation or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offers of Common Stock or Depositary Shares will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement relating to such Offerings and the accompanying base prospectus.

Morgan Stanley will act as lead joint book-running manager for the Offerings. J.P. Morgan and BofA Securities will also act as joint book-running managers for the Offerings. Chart has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the Offerings. Before you invest, you should read the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the other documents Chart has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Chart and the Offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Chart, the underwriters or any dealer participating in the Offerings will arrange to send you the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus if you request them by contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, or by phone: 1-866-718-1649.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the securities offered in the Offerings, the timing of the Offerings and the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom, statements concerning Chart’s business plans, including anticipated acquisitions, future cost synergies and efficiency savings, objectives, future orders, revenue, margins, earnings, performance or outlook, business or industry trends and other information that is not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “indicators”, “outlook,” “guidance,” “continue,” “target,” or the negative of such terms or comparable terminology.

About Chart Industries, Inc.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair. Being at the forefront of the clean energy transition, Chart is a leading provider of technology, equipment and services related to liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, biogas and CO2 Capture amongst other applications. We are committed to excellence in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues both for our company as well as our customers. With over 25 global manufacturing locations from the United States to China, Australia, India, Europe and South America, we maintain accountability and transparency to our team members, suppliers, customers and communities.

Contacts:

Greg Shewfelt

Vice President, Finance, Chart Industries, Inc.

678-865-9141

Greg.shewfelt@chartindustries.com

Joe Brinkman

Chief Financial Officer, Chart Industries, Inc.

952-243-8433

Joe.brinkman@chartindustries.com

Jill Evanko

President and CEO, Chart Industries, Inc.

630-418-9403

Jill.evanko@chartindustries.com

Contact for Treasury and Banking:

Chuck Corsillo,

Vice President, Treasury, Chart Industries, Inc.

216-225-2385

Chuck.corsillo@chartindustries.com

Exhibit 99.2

LOGO

Chart Industries, Inc. Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offerings of Common Stock and Depositary Shares

Atlanta, Georgia – December 9, 2022—Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) (“Chart”) announced today that it has priced its previously announced concurrent offerings (together, the “Offerings”) of 5,923,670 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), at a public offering price of $118.17 per share and 7,000,000 depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/20^th interest in a share of Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), at a public offering price of $50 per share, each in a separate underwritten registered public offering. In addition, Chart has granted the underwriters in each respective offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 888,550 shares of Common Stock and up to an additional 1,050,000 Depositary Shares, in each case at the public offering price per share.

The net proceeds from the Offerings of Common Stock and Depositary Shares will be approximately $675.5 million and $337.8 million, respectively, in each case after deducting the applicable underwriting discount and before estimated offering expenses payable by Chart.

Holders of the Depositary Shares will be entitled to a proportional fractional interest in the rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock, including conversion, dividend, liquidation and voting rights, subject to the provisions of a deposit agreement. Unless earlier converted, each share of the Preferred Stock will automatically convert on or around December 15, 2025 into between 7.0520 and 8.4620 shares of Common Stock (and, correspondingly, each Depositary Share will automatically convert into between 0.3526 and 0.4231 shares of Common Stock), subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, determined based on the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day prior to December 15, 2025. Dividends on the Preferred Stock will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by Chart’s board of directors (or an authorized committee thereof) at an annual rate of 6.75% on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock (or $50 per Depositary Share). Chart may pay declared dividends in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in shares of Common Stock or in any combination of cash and Common Stock on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on, and including, March 15, 2023 and ending on, and including, December 15, 2025. Currently, there is no public market for the Depositary Shares or the Preferred Stock. Chart has applied to list the Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GTLS.PRB.”

Morgan Stanley is acting as lead joint book-running manager for the Offerings. J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities and Evercore ISI are also acting as joint book-running managers for the Offerings. Stifel, BTIG, Craig-Hallum, Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C., Lake Street, Seaport Global and Tuohy Brothers are acting as co-managers for the Offerings. Chart has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the Offerings. Before you invest, you should read the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the other documents Chart has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Chart and the Offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Chart, the underwriters or any dealer participating in the Offerings will arrange to send you the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus if you request them by contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, or by phone: 1-866-718-1649.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

About Chart Industries, Inc.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair. Being at the forefront of the clean energy transition, Chart is a leading provider of technology, equipment and services related to liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, biogas and CO2 Capture amongst other applications. We are committed to excellence in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues both for our company as well as our customers. With over 25 global manufacturing locations from the United States to China, India, and Europe, we maintain accountability and transparency to our team members, suppliers, customers and communities.

Contacts:

Greg Shewfelt

Vice President, Finance, Chart Industries, Inc.

678-865-9141

Greg.shewfelt@chartindustries.com

Joe Brinkman

Chief Financial Officer, Chart Industries, Inc.

952-243-8433

Joe.brinkman@chartindustries.com

Contact for Treasury and Banking:

Chuck Corsillo,

Vice President, Treasury, Chart Industries, Inc.

216-225-2385

Chuck.corsillo@chartindustries.com

Exhibit 99.3

LOGO

Chart Industries, Inc. Announces Pricing of Offering of Senior Secured Notes and Senior Unsecured Notes

Atlanta, Georgia – December 8, 2022—Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) (“Chart”) announced today that, it has priced its previously announced offering of $1,460,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior secured notes due 2030 (the “Secured Notes”) at an issue price of 98.661% and $510,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.500% unsecured notes due 2031 (the “Unsecured Notes,” and together with the Secured Notes, the “Notes”) at an issue price of 97.949%. The offering is expected to close on December 22, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

Chart intends to use the proceeds from the offering, together with the proceeds from the previously announced offerings of common stock and depositary shares and borrowings under a new term loan B facility, to fund the previously announced acquisition of Howden and pay all associated costs and expenses.

The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of Chart’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facilities. The Secured Notes will be secured by first-priority liens on all of the assets that secure Chart’s and the guarantors’ obligations under Chart’s senior secured credit facilities.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes. No offer, solicitation or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offers of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.

The Notes were offered and will be sold in a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning Chart’s business plans, including statements regarding anticipated acquisitions, future cost synergies and efficiency savings, objectives, future orders, revenue, margins, earnings, performance or outlook, business or industry trends and other information that is not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “indicators”, “outlook,” “guidance,” “continue,” “target,” or the negative of such terms or comparable terminology.