Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, on January 29, 2019 (the "Petition Date"), PG&E
Corporation (the "Corporation") and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (the "Utility," and together with the Corporation, the "Debtors"), filed
voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 ("Chapter 11") of
the United States Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of
California (the "Bankruptcy Court"). The Debtors' Chapter 11 cases are being
jointly administered under the caption In re: PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, Case No. 19-30088 (DM) (the "Chapter 11 Cases"). On
December 12, 2019, the Debtors filed a Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
dated December 12, 2019 (the "Proposed Plan").
Joinder Agreements to the Noteholder Restructuring Support Agreement
Also as previously disclosed, on January 22, 2020, the Debtors entered into a
Restructuring Support Agreement (the "RSA") with certain holders of senior
unsecured debt of the Utility (the "Consenting Noteholders") and certain funds
and accounts managed or advised by Abrams Capital Management, L.P. and certain
funds and accounts managed or advised by Knighthead Capital Management, LLC.
As of January 31, 2020, the Debtors have entered into Joinder Agreements with
additional holders of senior unsecured debt of the Utility (each, a "Joining
Party") under which each Joining Party agrees to join and be bound by the terms
of the RSA. Collectively, the Joining Parties and the Consenting Noteholders
represent more than 66.7% in principal amount of the following classes of debt
of the Utility: (i) senior notes that mature through 2022 and (ii) senior notes
that mature from 2034 through 2043 and have an intterest rate above 5.0% per
annum. The Form of Joinder Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and
incorporated herein by reference. As of January 31, 2020, the Joinder Parties
are entities affiliated with:
? Appaloosa Management LP ? IngleSea Capital LLC
? Aurelius Capital Management, LP ? King Street Capital Management LP
? Beach Point Capital Management LP ? Latigo Partners, LP
? BofA Securities Inc. ? LMR Partners LLP
? CAM Capital LLC ? Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
? CarVal Investors L.P. ? Nomura Corporate Research and Asset
Management Inc.
? Castle Hook Partners LP ? Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.
? Centerbridge Partners, L.P. ? P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP
? Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. ? Redwood Capital Management, LLC
? Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ? Senator Investment Group LP
? Diameter Capital Partners LP ? Silver Rock Financial LP
? Empyrean Capital Partners, LP ? Solel Capital Partners, L.P.
? Fidelity Investments Inc. ? Symphony Asset Management LLC
? Finepoint Capital LP ? Taconic Capital Advisors LP
? Fir Tree Capital Management LP ? Weiss Asset Management LP
? GMO LLC ? Whitehaven Asset Management LP
? HBK Services LLC ? York Capital Management Global Advisors,
LLC
? Hudson Bay Capital Management LP
Consents to the Backstop Commitment Letters
Also as previously disclosed, on December 23, 2019, the Corporation entered into
Chapter 11 Plan Backstop Commitment Letters (the "Backstop Commitment Letters")
with certain investors (the "Backstop Parties"), under which such investors
severally committed to fund up to $12.0 billion of proceeds to finance the
Proposed Plan through the purchase of common stock of the Corporation.
On January 27, 2020, holders of substantially all of the previously disclosed
Backstop Commitments consented and agreed to (a) the Debtors filing with the
Bankruptcy Court an amended and restated Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
that implements the terms and conditions of the RSA and (b) an extension of the
deadline for the Bankruptcy Court to enter an order approving the Backstop
Commitment Letters from January 31, 2020 to February 28, 2020.
Amendment of Debt Commitment Letters
As previously disclosed, the Debtors entered into debt commitment letters (the
"Debt Commitment Letters") with certain lenders (the "Commitment Parties"),
pursuant to which the Commitment Parties committed to provide $34.35 billion in
bridge financing for the Proposed Plan. Also as previously disclosed, the Debt
Commitment Letters were amended for the first time on November 18, 2019 to
extend the deadline for obtaining Bankruptcy Court approval of the Debt
Commitment Letters and for the second time on December 20, 2019 to, among other
things, (a) extend the deadline for obtaining Bankruptcy Court approval of the
Debt Commitment Letters from December 20, 2019 to January 31, 2020 and
(b) conform to changes in the Backstop Commitment Letters.
On January 30, the Debt Commitment Letters were amended to, among other things,
(a) extend the deadline for obtaining Bankruptcy Court approval of the Debt
Commitment Letters from January 31, 2020 to February 28, 2020, (b) reduce the
aggregate commitments provided by the Commitment Parties from $27.35 billion to
$5.825 billion for the Utility and from $7 billion to $5 billion for the
Corporation to take into account reinstated debt under the RSA and (c) include
termination events for modifications to the RSA, failure to obtain approval by
the Bankruptcy Court to enter into the RSA and failure to obtain the necessary
consents from the Backstop Parties to permit the amendment and restatement of
the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization that implements the terms and
conditions of the RSA (the "Amendment No. 3 to Debt Commitment Letters").
The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 3 to Debt Commitment Letters does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Amendment No. 3 to Debt Commitment Letters, which are filed as Exhibits 10.2 and
10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit Number Description
10.1 Form of Joinder Agreement to the Restructuring Support Agreement dated
as of January 22, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Debtors' Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2020)
10.2(1) Amendment No. 3 to PG&E Corporation Commitment Letter
10.3(1) Amendment No. 3 to Pacific Gas and Electric Company Commitment
Letter
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within the Inline XBRL document
(1) In accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K, certain schedules or
similar attachments to this exhibit have been omitted from this filing. Such
omitted schedules or similar attachments include information about the
commitments attributed to each Commitment Party. The registrant agrees to
furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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