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
September 19, 2018
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
DELAWARE
 
001-34734
 
20-2454942
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
1431 Opus Place, Suite 530 Downers Grove, Illinois
 
 
 
60515
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)
(414) 615-1500
(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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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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
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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. o
 
 
 
 
 







Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 
 
 
Investment Agreement Amendment
On September 19, 2018, Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 2 to Investment Agreement (the “Investment Agreement Amendment”), by and among the Company and Elliott Associates, L.P. and Brockdale Investments LP (collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company and the Purchasers agreed to further extend the termination date under that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2018 (as amended on August 3, 2018, the “Investment Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Purchasers, from November 30, 2018 to January 1, 2019. As a result, pursuant to the Investment Agreement, as amended by the Investment Agreement Amendment, the Company may issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers may purchase from the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Investment Agreement (as amended), from time to time until January 1, 2019, the remaining 19,022 shares of the Company’s Series E-1 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series E-1 Preferred Stock”), at a purchase price of $920 per share.
The foregoing description of the Investment Agreement Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Investment Agreement Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.35(B).
ABL Facility Amendment
As described in Item 2.03 below, on September 19, 2018, the Company entered into a Fifth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement with BMO Harris Bank, N.A. and certain other lenders. The disclosure provided in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 2.03.
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 
 
 
On September 19, 2018, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Fifth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement (the “ABL Facility Amendment”) with BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and a Lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as a Lender, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as a Lender, with respect to the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated July 21, 2017, as previously amended on December 15, 2017, January 30, 2018, March 14, 2018, and August 3, 2018. Pursuant to the ABL Facility Amendment, the Lenders waived: (i) an Event of Default that arose under Section 9.01(b) of the Credit Agreement due to (a) a Fixed Charge Trigger Period commencing as of September 6, 2018, and (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of July 31, 2018, which is the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended prior to September 6 th and 7 th of 2018, being less than 1.00 to 1.00; and (ii) the Dominion Trigger Period and the Reporting Trigger Period for the period commencing on September 6, 2018 and ending on September 19, 2018. Pursuant to the ABL Facility Amendment, the Credit Agreement was further amended to, among other things: (i) extend the time period during which the Company is permitted to purchase Series E-1 Preferred Stock under the Investment Agreement (as amended) from November 30, 2018 to December 31, 2018; and (ii) amend the definitions of Dominion Trigger Period and Reporting Trigger Period to confirm that a Dominion Trigger Period and a Reporting Trigger Period have each commenced on September 19, 2018 and will continue until (a) the date that during the previous thirty (30) consecutive days, (1) no Event of Default has existed, and (2) Adjusted Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than the greater of (x) ten percent (10%) of the Maximum Borrowing Amount at such time and (y) $ 17,500,000, and (b) the Company has received net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interest) of at least $30,000,000.
The foregoing description of the terms of the ABL Facility Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the ABL Facility Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.33(E).
Item 3.02.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.


 
 
 
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading Investment Agreement Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.






Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.


 
 
 
On September 19, 2018, we issued a press release announcing our plans for a rights offering to existing holders of our common stock. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall such be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
 
 
(a)
Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(b)
Pro Forma Financial Information.
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(c)
Shell Company Transactions.
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
 
Number
 
 
 
 
10.33(E)
Fifth Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated September 19, 2018, among Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc., BMO Harris Bank N.A., the Lenders (as defined therein) and the other parties thereto

10.35(B)
Amendment No. 2 to Investment Agreement an, dated as of September 19, 2018, by and among Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc., Elliott Associates, L.P., and Brockdale Investments LP

99.1
Press Release dated September 19, 2018







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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: September 20, 2018
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Terence R. Rogers
 
 
 
 
 
Terence R. Rogers
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer






EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Exhibit
 
Number
Description
 
 
 
10.33(E)

10.35(B)

99.1



EXECUTION VERSION FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Fifth Amendment”) dated as of September 19, 2018 among ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company identified as “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature pages to the Credit Agreement (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto and BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), each of which is a party to the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below). WHEREAS, Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 21, 2017 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to this Fifth Amendment and as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and as amended by this Fifth Amendment and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Amended Credit Agreement”). WHEREAS, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors request that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend the Existing Credit Agreement in certain respects, and the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent are willing to so amend the Existing Credit Agreement, as set forth below. WHEREAS, an Event of Default exists under the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors request that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent waive such Event of Default, and the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent are willing to so waive such Event of Default, as set forth below. WHEREAS, these recitals shall be construed as part of this Fifth Amendment. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Fifth Amendment, terms defined in the Amended Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein. Section 2. Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. From and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows: 2.01. References Generally. References in the Existing Credit Agreement (including references to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) and each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in the other Loan Documents (and indirect references such as “thereunder”, “thereby”, “therein” and “thereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 2.02. Amended Language. (a) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following defined term in appropriate alphabetical order as follows: AmericasActive:12674471.7


 
“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” means September 19, 2018. (b) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended by amending and restating the following defined terms in appropriate alphabetical order as follows: “Dominion Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) Adjusted Excess Availability is less than the greater of (x) ten percent (10.0%) of the Maximum Borrowing Amount at such time and (y) $17,500,000 for a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days,and (b) continuing until the date that during the previous thirty (30) consecutive days, (i) no Event of Default has existed, and (ii) Adjusted Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than the greater of (x) ten percent (10%) of the Maximum Borrowing Amount at such time and (y) $ 17,500,000; provided, that, a Dominion Trigger Period shall commence on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and continue until the requirements set forth in clause (b) above have been satisfied and the Company has received net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interest) of at least $30,000,000. “Reporting Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) Adjusted Excess Availability is less than the greater of (x) ten percent (10.0%) of the Maximum Borrowing Amount at such time and (y) $17,500,000 for a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days, and (b) continuing until the day (i) no Event of Default exists, (ii) Adjusted Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than the greater of (A) $17,500,000 and (B) 10.0% of the of the Maximum Borrowing Amount for 30 consecutive days; provided, that, a Reporting Trigger Period shall commence with the first full week following the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and continue until the requirements set forth in clause (b) above have been satisfied and the Company has received net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interest) of at least $30,000,000. “Second Amendment Series E Preferred Stock” means the “Series E Preferred Stock” as defined in, and issued pursuant to, the Second Amendment Investment Agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Investment Agreement and Termination of Equity Commitment Letter dated as of August 3, 2018); provided that (A) the aggregate amount of such Preferred Stock shall not exceed $52,500,000, (B) such Preferred Stock shall be issued in increments of not less than $8,750,000, (C) the Net Cash Proceeds of each issuance of such Preferred Stock shall be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(i)(E) and (D) such Preferred Stock is issued by December 31, 2018. (c) Section 8.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended by replacing each reference to “Fixed Charge Coverage Trigger Period” with “Fixed Charge Trigger Period” Section 3. Waiver to the Existing Credit Agreement. The Company has notified the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that a Fixed Charge Trigger Period commenced as of September 6, 2018, and as a result an Event of Default exists under Section 9.01(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement due to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of July 31, 2018, which is the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended prior to September 6th and 7th of 2018, being less than 1.00 to 1.00 (the Event of Default arising solely from such circumstances is 2


 
hereafter referred to as the “Specified Default”). The Company hereby requests the Required Lenders to waive (x) the Specified Default and (y) the imposition of the Dominion Trigger Period and the Reporting Trigger Period for the period commencing on September 6, 2018 and ending on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Required Lenders hereby waive the Specified Default and imposition of the Dominion Trigger Period and the Reporting Trigger Period for the period specified herein. Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date: 4.01. each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all respects (or in all material respects for such representations and warranties that are not by their terms already qualified as to materiality) as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects (or in all material respects for such representations and warranties that are not by their terms already qualified as to materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.01, (i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(a) and (c) of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clause (a) of Section 7.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(b) of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clause (b) of Section 7.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement; 4.02. both immediately before and after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, no Default (other than the Specified Default) shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom; and 4.03. both immediately before and after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom, under the Existing Investment Agreement and/or the Second Amendment Investment Agreement (as amended) or any transactions contemplated thereby, and no fees shall have been paid to any holders of the “Preferred Stock” in connection therewith. Section 5. Conditions Precedent. The amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement set forth in Section 2 above shall become effective as of the date (the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”), upon which each of the following conditions precedent shall be satisfied or waived: 5.01. Execution. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Fifth Amendment, executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. 5.02. Preferred Stock Consent. The Lenders shall have received confirmation that the holders of the “Preferred Stock” under the Existing Investment Agreement and the Second Amendment Investment Agreement (as amended by (a) Amendment No. 1 to Investment Agreement and Termination of Equity Commitment Letter dated as of August 3, 2018 and (b) Amendment No. 2 to Investment Agreement dated as of September 19, 2018, a copy of which has been attached hereto as Exhibit A) have consented to the Fifth Amendment in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders. 5.03. Borrowing Base Certificate. Adjusted Excess Availability shall be greater than $17,500,000 on and after September 8, 2018, as evidenced by a Borrowing Base Certificate for the month ending August 31, 2018 delivered by the Company to the Administrative Agent on September 8, 2018. 3


 
5.04. Costs and Expenses. The Company shall have paid all reasonable and documented out- of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with this Fifth Amendment payable pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Amended Credit Agreement. Section 6. Reference to and Effect Upon the Existing Credit Agreement. 6.01. Except as specifically amended or waived above, the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 6.02. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein. Section 7. Ratification of Liability. As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Company and the other Loan Parties, as debtors, grantors, pledgors, guarantors, assignors, or in other similar capacities in which such parties grant liens or security interests in their properties or otherwise act as accommodation parties or guarantors, as the case may be, under the Loan Documents to which they are a party, hereby ratify and reaffirm all of their payment and performance obligations and obligations to indemnify, contingent or otherwise, under each of such Loan Documents to which they are a party, and ratify and reaffirm their grants of liens on or security interests in their properties pursuant to such Loan Documents to which they are a party, respectively, as security for the Obligations, and as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, each such Person hereby confirms and agrees that such liens and security interests hereafter secure all of the Obligations, including, without limitation, all additional Obligations hereafter arising or incurred pursuant to or in connection with this Fifth Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Company and the other Loan Parties further agree and reaffirm that the Loan Documents to which they are parties now apply to all Obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all additional Obligations hereafter arising or incurred pursuant to or in connection with this Fifth Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document). As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Company and the other Loan Parties (a) further acknowledge receipt of a copy of this Fifth Amendment, (b) consent to the terms and conditions of same, and (c) agree and acknowledge that each of the Loan Documents to which they are a party remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 8. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Fifth Amendment is a Loan Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement. This Fifth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto on separate counterpart signature pages, and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart signature page by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission of an Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page. Section headings used in this Fifth Amendment are for reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Fifth Amendment. Section 9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT, AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Section 10. Release and Waiver. The Loan Parties each do hereby release the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, personal 4


 
representatives, successors, predecessors and assigns from all manner of actions, cause and causes of action, suits, deaths, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments, executions, claims and demands, whatsoever, in law or in equity, and particularly, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any agreements, documents and instruments relating to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the administration of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender and any agreements, documents and instruments relating to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Claims”), which the Loan Parties now have against the Administrative Agent or any Lender or ever had, or which might be asserted by their heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, agents, successors, or assigns based on any Claims which exist on or at any time prior to the date of this Fifth Amendment. The Loan Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that they have been advised by counsel in connection with this Fifth Amendment and that they each understand that this Section 10 constitutes a general release of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and that they each intend to be fully and legally bound by the same. The Loan Parties further expressly acknowledge and agree that this general release shall have full force and effect notwithstanding the occurrence of a breach of the terms of this Fifth Amendment or an Event of Default or Default under the Credit Agreement. [signature pages follow] 5


 


 


 


 


 


 
EXHIBIT A Amendment No. 2 to Investment Agreement [Attached.]


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Announces Plans for Rights Offering to Stockholders Downers Grove, IL (BUSINESS WIRE)—September 19, 2018 -- Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner” or the “company”) (NYSE: RRTS), a leading asset-right transportation and asset-light logistics service provider, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for a rights offering to existing holders of its common stock. This rights offering is expected to be supported by a commitment that is being negotiated with certain funds affiliated with Elliott Management Corporation (collectively, “Elliott”) to purchase all unsubscribed shares of the company’s common stock (the “backstop commitment”) to ensure that the rights offering is fully subscribed. The company expects to receive gross proceeds of approximately $450 million before fees and expenses. The purpose of the rights offering is to improve and simplify the company’s capital structure in a manner that gives the company’s existing stockholders the opportunity to participate on a pro rata basis. By improving and simplifying its capital structure, the company believes it will increase the speed and likelihood of a full operational recovery. The company intends to use the proceeds from the rights offering and the backstop commitment to pay in cash all accrued and unpaid dividends on the company’s outstanding shares of preferred stock, to redeem all of the company’s outstanding shares of preferred stock, to pay all expenses incurred by Elliott in connection with any backstop commitment and to pay all fees and expenses of the company in connection with the rights offering. Elliott will not receive any fees for providing the backstop commitment. The company intends to use any remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes. Consummation of the rights offering is, among other things, subject to approval by the holders of a majority of the company’s common stock and the holders of a majority of the company’s common stock not beneficially owned by Elliott of (i) an amendment to the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizing additional shares for issuance in the rights offering, (ii) an amendment to the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to authorize certain corporate governance changes to be negotiated with Elliott in connection with the backstop commitment, and (iii) the standby purchase agreement and the potential change of control that may result from the purchase of shares of the company’s common stock by Elliott pursuant to any backstop commitment. Accordingly, the rights offering will not commence until the registration statement becomes effective and the foregoing proposals are approved at a meeting of the stockholders. Once the foregoing proposals are approved by the stockholders, the rights offering will be made by distributing at no charge to the company’s stockholders one transferrable right for every share of common stock owned by each stockholder as of the record date to purchase new shares of Roadrunner common stock (the “basic subscription right”). The company expects to list the rights for trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The subscription price and number of shares each right will entitle the holder to purchase have not yet been determined. The record PHX 332802630v7


 
date for the distribution of the rights and the dates for both the subscription period and expiration of the rights offering will be included in the final prospectus. If the rights offering is not fully subscribed under the basic subscription right, stockholders who exercise the basic subscription right in full will be entitled to subscribe for additional shares of common stock up to the number of shares purchased under such holder’s basic subscription right at the same subscription price (the “over-subscription right”). In addition, the company is currently negotiating and expects to enter into a standby purchase agreement with Elliott pursuant to which the company expects Elliott to agree to exercise its basic subscription right in full, although Elliott would not be entitled to subscribe for additional shares under the over- subscription right, and pursuant to which the company expects to agree to issue and sell to Elliott, and for Elliott to agree to purchase from the company, all unsubscribed shares of common stock in the rights offering, at a price per share equal to the subscription price. Elliott is under no obligation to enter into the standby purchase agreement and Roadrunner does not expect to commence the rights offering in the event it is unable to enter into the standby purchase agreement with Elliott. Elliott is currently a 9.5% beneficial holder of Roadrunner common stock and holds all of Roadrunner’s outstanding preferred stock. Questions about the rights offering may be directed to the company’s dealer manager, Barclays Capital Inc. by telephone at (212) 526-3511 or (212) 526-1627. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. A copy of the prospectus forming a part of the registration statement may be obtained free of charge at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by contacting Roadrunner at (414) 615-1500. The rights will be issued to holders of Roadrunner’s common stock as of a record date, which has yet to be determined. The company will provide notice of the record date in the future at such time as it is determined. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. About Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. Roadrunner Transportation Systems is a leading asset-right transportation and asset-light logistics service provider offering a full suite of solutions under the Roadrunner®, Active On- Demand® and Ascent Global Logistics® brands. The Roadrunner brand offers less-than- truckload, temperature controlled and intermodal services. Active On-Demand offers premium mission critical air and ground transportation solutions. Ascent Global Logistics offers domestic freight management, retail consolidation, international freight forwarding and customs brokerage. For more information, please visit Roadrunner’s websites, www.rrts.com and www.ascentgl.com. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which relate to future events, performance, and strategic initiatives. PHX 332802630v7


 
Forward-looking statements also include, among other things, statements regarding the amount of gross proceeds we expect to receive in the rights offering; the positive effect of the rights offering on the company’s balance sheet; the listing of the rights for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RRTSR”; our entry into a standby purchase agreement with Elliott; Elliott’s agreement to exercise its basic subscription right and provide the backstop commitment; the company’s use of the net proceeds received in the rights offering; and whether the company will ultimately commence and consummate the rights offering. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “predict,” “potential,” “opportunity,” and similar words or phrases or the negatives of these words or phrases. These forward-looking statements are based on Roadrunner’s current assumptions, expectations, and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, estimates, assumptions, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that may cause Roadrunner’s actual results, performance, initiatives, or achievements, to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. Because the risks, estimates, assumptions and uncertainties referred to above could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, Roadrunner assumes no obligation and does not intend to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. For a full discussion of risks and uncertainties, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Roadrunner’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2018, and in Roadrunner’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on June 20, 2018. ### Contact: Reputation Partners Marilyn Vollrath 414-376-8834 ir@rrts.com PHX 332802630v7