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 26, 2018

 

PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware .   1-11596 .   58-1954497

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

8302 Dunwoody Place, Suite 250, Atlanta, Georgia   30350
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 587-9898

 

Not applicable

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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 [  ]

 

 

 

   
 

 

Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 26, 2018, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into amendment to our Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”) as discussed under Item 2.03 below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 2 – Financial Information

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

On July 26, 2018, the Company entered into an amendment (the “July 26th Amendment”) to our Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement (“Amended Loan Agreement”) with PNC. The July 26th Amendment provides, among other things, for the release of $1,000,000 of the $2,000,000 in borrowing availability reduction that PNC had previously imposed under our credit facility. The release of this borrowing availability reduction will allow the Company to use the $1,000,000 for working capital purposes. Most of the other terms of the Amended Loan Agreement remain principally unchanged.

 

Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On July 26, 2018, the Company held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2018 Annual Meeting”).

 

As of the record date for the 2018 Annual Meeting, 11,907,542 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”), were outstanding, each entitled to one vote per share. Of such outstanding shares of Common Stock, 9,549,966 shares were present at the meeting in person or by proxy, representing approximately 80.20% of the Company’s securities entitled to vote.

 

At the 2018 Annual Meeting, stockholders (1) reelected the Company’s six directors; (2) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year; and (3) approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the 2017 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

The final results of each of the proposals voted on by the Company’s stockholders are described below:

 

Proposal No. 1—Election of Directors:

 

Nominee   Votes For    

Votes

Withhold

 
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti     3,476,865       2,067,277  
Stanley Robert Cochran     3,327,985       2,216,157  
Joe R. Reeder     3,294,524       2,249,618  
Larry M. Shelton     3,756,514       1,787,628  
Zach P. Wamp     3,351,571       2,192,571  
Mark A. Zwecker     3,741,453       1,802,689  

 

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There were 4,005,824 broker non-votes for each nominee. The election of directors was determined by a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting. Accordingly, withheld votes and broker non-votes were not treated as votes cast, and therefore had no effect on the proposal to elect directors. Each nominee was reelected as a director of the Company, to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Proposal No. 2—Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for the 2018 Fiscal Year:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Votes Abstention  
  9,516,044       21,506       12,416  

 

There were no broker non-votes on this matter. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting was necessary to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Withheld votes and broker non-votes were not treated as votes cast, and therefore had no effect on this proposal.

 

Proposal No. 3—Approval, by an Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote, of the 2017 Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:

 

Votes For     Votes Against     Votes Abstention  
  4,900,778       527,809       115,555  

 

There were 4,005,824 broker non-votes on this matter. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting was necessary to approve the advisory vote on executive compensation. Withheld votes and broker non-votes were not treated as votes cast, and therefore had no effect on this proposal.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit   Description
     

4 .1

 

 

Tenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement dated July 26, 2018, by and among Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., the lenders signatory thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as agent for such lenders.

 

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Signatures

 

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

 

Dated: July 30, 2018

 

  PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Ben Naccarato                                         
    Ben Naccarato
    Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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TENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT,
TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS TENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 26, 2018 (this “ Amendment ”), relating to the Credit Agreement referenced below, is by and among PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the lenders identified on the signature pages hereto (the “ Lenders ”), and PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent ”). Terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, a credit facility has been extended to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 31, 2011 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrower, the Lenders identified therein, and PNC Bank, National Association, as agent for the Lenders;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Required Lenders have agreed to the requested modifications on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Amendments . The Credit Agreement is amended as set forth below:

 

(a) New definitions “ Eurodollar Termination Date ” and “ Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” are added to Section 1.2 in correct alphabetical order to read as follows:

 

“ “ Eurodollar Termination Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.2(a) hereof.

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” shall mean, for any, day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by such Federal Reserve Bank (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate) (an “ Alternate Source ”); provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to Borrower.”

 

     
 

 

(b) The definitions of “ Alternate Source ”, “ Eurodollar Rate ” and “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” in Section 1.2 are amended to read as follows:

 

“ “ Alternate Source ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Overnight Bank Funding Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate ” shall mean for any Eurodollar Rate Loan for the then current Interest Period relating thereto, the interest rate per annum determined by Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (a) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by Agent as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (a “ Eurodollar Alternate Source ”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or (x) if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Eurodollar Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) or (y) if the Eurodollar Rate is unascertainable as set forth in Section 3.8.2(a), a comparable replacement rate determined in accordance with Section 3.8.2), by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, that if the Eurodollar Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. Agent shall give reasonably prompt notice to Borrower of the Eurodollar Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean for any day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such matter as such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day by such Federal Reserve Bank as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate”; provided, if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not publish such rate on any day, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.”

 

(c) The definition of “ Federal Funds Open Rate ” in Section 1.2 is deleted in its entirety.

 

(d) Section 2.1(a)(y)(a)(iii) is amended to read as follows:

 

“(iii) a $1,000,000 availability block established from a portion of the South Georgia Insurance Proceeds, minus”.

 

(e) All references to “10:00 a.m.” in Section 2.2 are replaced with “3:00 p.m.”.

 

(f) The second to the last sentence in Section 2.2(b) is amended to read as follows:

 

“Any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and during the continuation thereof, at the option of Agent or at the direction of Required Lenders, no Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made available to Borrower.”

 

(g) A new Section 2.2(i) is added to read as follows:

 

“(i) Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent nor any Lender, nor any of their participants, is required actually to acquire Eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues based on the Eurodollar Rate. The provisions set forth herein shall apply as if each Lender or its participants had match funded any Obligation as to which interest is accruing based on the Eurodollar Rate by acquiring Eurodollar deposits for each Interest Period in the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loans.”

 

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(h) The words “average daily face amount” in the third line of Section 3.2(a) are replaced with the words “aggregate daily face amount”.

 

(i) Section 3.3(b) is amended by deleting the word “average” in the fourth line of the section.

 

(j) Section 3.8 is amended to read as follows:

 

“3.8. Alternate Rate of Interest .

 

3.8.1. Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair . In the event that Agent or any Lender shall have determined that:

 

(a) reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof for any Interest Period; or

 

(b) Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant maturity are not available in the London interbank Eurodollar market, with respect to an outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan, a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or a proposed conversion of a Domestic Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan; or

 

(c) the making, maintenance or funding of any Eurodollar Rate Loan has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by Agent or such Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law or any interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Body or with any request or directive of any such Governmental Body (whether or not having the force of law); or

 

(d) the Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of the establishment or maintenance of any Eurodollar Rate Loan,

 

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then Agent shall give Borrower prompt written or telephonic notice of such determination. If such notice is given prior to a Eurodollar Termination Date (as defined below) or prior to the date on which Section 3.8.2(a)(ii) applies, (i) any such requested Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made as a Domestic Rate Loan, unless Borrower shall notify Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing, that its request for such borrowing shall be cancelled or made as an unaffected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan, (ii) any Domestic Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan which was to have been converted to an affected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be continued as or converted into a Domestic Rate Loan, or, if Borrower shall notify Agent, no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion, shall be maintained as an unaffected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (iii) any outstanding affected Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be converted into a Domestic Rate Loan, or, if Borrower shall notify Agent, no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such affected Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be converted into an unaffected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan, on the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period for such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans (or sooner, if any Lender cannot continue to lawfully maintain such affected Eurodollar Rate Loan). Until such notice has been withdrawn, Lenders shall have no obligation to make an affected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan or maintain outstanding affected Eurodollar Rate Loans and no Borrower shall have the right to convert a Domestic Rate Loan or an unaffected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan into an affected type of Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

3.8.2. Successor Eurodollar Rate Index .

 

(a) If Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that either (i)(A) the circumstances set forth in Section 3.8.1(a) have arisen and are unlikely to be temporary, or (B) the circumstances set forth in Section 3.8.1(a) have not arisen but the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of the Eurodollar Rate or a Governmental Body having jurisdiction over Agent has made a public statement identifying the specific date after which the Eurodollar Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans (either such date, a “ Eurodollar Termination Date ”), or (ii) a rate other than the Eurodollar Rate has become a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in Dollars in the U.S. market, then Agent may (in consultation with Borrower) choose a replacement index for the Eurodollar Rate and make adjustments to applicable margins and related amendments to this Agreement as referred to below such that, to the extent practicable, the all-in interest rate based on the replacement index will be substantially equivalent to the all-in Eurodollar Rate-based interest rate in effect prior to its replacement.

 

(b) Agent and Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect the replacement index, the adjusted margins and such other related amendments as may be appropriate, in the discretion of Agent, for the implementation and administration of the replacement index-based rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the Other Documents (including, without limitation, Section 16.2), such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement at 5:00 p.m. on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date a draft of the amendment is provided to the Lenders, unless Agent receives, on or before such tenth (10th) Business Day, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Lenders object to such amendment.

 

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(c) Selection of the replacement index, adjustments to the applicable margins, and amendments to this Agreement (i) will be determined with due consideration to the then-current market practices for determining and implementing a rate of interest for newly originated loans in the United States and loans converted from a Eurodollar Rate-based rate to a replacement index-based rate, and (ii) may also reflect adjustments to account for (x) the effects of the transition from the Eurodollar Rate to the replacement index and (y) yield- or risk-based differences between the Eurodollar Rate and the replacement index.

 

(d) Until an amendment reflecting a new replacement index in accordance with this Section 3.8.2 is effective, each advance, conversion and renewal of a Eurodollar Rate Loan will continue to bear interest with reference to the Eurodollar Rate; provided however, that if Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that a Eurodollar Termination Date has occurred, then following the Eurodollar Termination Date, all Eurodollar Rate Loans shall automatically be converted to Domestic Rate Loans until such time as an amendment reflecting a replacement index and related matters as described above is implemented.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time the replacement index is less than zero, at such times, such index shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.”

 

2. Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof upon the execution of this Amendment by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Agent.

 

3. Representations and Warranties . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants in connection herewith that as of the date hereof (after giving effect hereto) (i) the representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except those which expressly relate to an earlier date), and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement.

 

4. Acknowledgments, Affirmations and Agreements . The Borrower (i) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment and (ii) affirms all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents.

 

5. Credit Agreement . Except as expressly modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect.

 

6. Expenses . The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Agent’s legal counsel.

 

7. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.

 

8. Governing Law . This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under, and shall for all purposes be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER :

PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES, INC.

                         
  By: /s/ Ben Naccarato
  Name: Ben Naccarato
  Title CFO

 

AGENT AND LENDER :

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

in its capacity as Agent and as Lender

   
  By: /s/ Alex M. Council IV
  Name: Alex Council
  Title Vice President

 

   

Tenth Amendment

Perma-Fix