Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Events

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12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
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Subsequent Events

17. Subsequent Events

On July 6, 2023, the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to the A&R Note Purchase Agreement among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, Goldman and the purchaser party thereto (the “Purchaser”). The Fourth Amendment provides for (i) the waiver by the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent of the Company’s breach of the minimum Consolidated Liquidity covenant contained in the A&R Note Purchase Agreement, the failure to make the interest payment for the most recently ended quarter and certain other breaches specified therein; (ii) the extension of the maturity of the $50 million aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding pursuant to the A&R Note Purchase Agreement from October 1, 2023 to September 1, 2024; (iii) an amendment fee payable by the Company at maturity equal to 1.00% of the principal balance of the Notes on the Effective Date; (iv) a due date for the next interest payment on the date that is 30 days from the Effective Date, which interest payment was originally due on July 3, 2023; (v) following the Company’s entry into a Transaction Support Agreement (as defined below), the payment-in-kind of the quarterly interest payments that are due following the next the interest payment; (vi) a new minimum Consolidated Liquidity covenant requirement of $4.0 million, commencing on July 14, 2023, which amount will increase to $4.5 million on August 16, 2023 and to $6.0 million on August 31, 2023; (vii) the replacement of the Adjusted LIBO Rate with a Term SOFR interest rate benchmark; (viii) the ability for Goldman to either (A) force a conversion of the interest rate benchmark to Base Rate or (B) impose default interest during an Event of Default; (ix) the right for one designated Goldman board observer to attend the meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors (and committees thereof) in a non-voting capacity, subject to certain customary exceptions; and (x) the amendment to certain provisions of the A&R Note Purchase Agreement, including to add a number of new covenants.  Those new covenants include requirements that the Company (i) enter into a transaction support agreement with one or more lenders in form and substance mutually satisfactory to Goldman and the Company (the “Transaction Support Agreement”) within 30 days of the Effective Date; (ii) subject to necessary stockholder approvals, execute and deliver, or reach agreement on substantially final versions of, the definitive documentation with respect of the transactions specified in the Transaction Support Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent within 45 days after the Effective Date; (iii) close the transactions specified by the Transaction Support Agreement by September 15, 2023; and (iv) provide a Section 382 analysis (i.e., an analysis relating to the potential limitation of the use of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards due to ownership changes, which loss carryforwards the Company understands may be potentially valuable in one or more transaction structures) to Goldman on a quarterly basis. The Fourth Amendment also imposes restrictions on the Company’s ability to (i) pay professional fees for the next 30 days in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate; (ii) make certain other cash disbursements in excess of thresholds set forth in the Fourth Amendment; and (iii) amend existing, or enter into new, employment agreements or pay or incur any bonus or severance payment.

On August 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Fifth Amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) to the A&R Note Purchase Agreement among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, Goldman and the purchaser. The Fifth Amendment provides for (i) the waiver by the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent of the Company’s breach of a covenant contained in the A&R Note Purchase Agreement to enter into a transaction support agreement with one or more lenders in form and substance mutually satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Company (the “Transaction Support Agreement”) within 30 days of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and the failure to make an interest payment within 30 days of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date; (ii) a due date for the next interest payment on August 22, 2023 or such later date as is agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, which interest payment was originally due within 30 days of the effective date of the Fourth Amendment to the A&R Note Purchase Agreement; (iii) a minimum Consolidated Liquidity covenant requirement of $3.5 million, commencing on July 14, 2023 and operative through September 1, 2024; and (iv) the amendment of the milestones with respect of the Transaction Support Agreement to require that the Company (A) agree to the terms and form of the Transaction Support Agreement (which may include a structure including bankruptcy proceedings) with one or more lenders in form and substance mutually satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Company by August 22, 2023 or such later date as is agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion,(B) subject to any necessary stockholder approvals, execute and deliver, or reach agreement on substantially final versions of, the definitive documentation with respect of the transactions specified in the Transaction Support Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent by August 31, 2023 or such later date as is agreed to by the Collateral Agent

in its sole discretion, and (C) that the Company shall have closed the transactions specified by the Transaction Support Agreement by September 15, 2023 or such later date as is agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion.

On September 22, 2023, the Company entered into a Sixth Amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. and the purchaser. Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment, the Company issued and the Purchaser purchased for $3,000,000 in cash additional senior secured notes on September 22, 2023 (the “Additional Notes”). The Additional Notes bear interest at the SOFR Rate plus 8.75% per annum, payable-in-kind on the last day of each interest period of one-, two-, three- or six-months (but, in the case of a six-month interest period, every three-months). The entire principal amount of the Additional Notes is due and payable on September 1, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”). The Additional Notes do not amortize and the entire principal balance is due in a single payment on the Maturity Date.

Voluntary Filing under Chapter 11

On September 28, 2023, the Company and its wholly owned direct subsidiaries, Capstone Turbine International, Inc. (“Capstone Turbine International”) and Capstone Turbine Financial Services, LLC. (together with the Company, the “Debtors”), commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Chapter 11 proceedings were jointly administered under the caption In re Capstone Green Energy Corporation, Inc., et al. (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). The Debtors continued to operate their business in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court. At hearings before the Bankruptcy Court on September 29, 2023, the Debtors obtained approval from the Bankruptcy Court of certain “first day” motions containing customary relief intended to assure the Debtors’ ability to continue their ordinary course operations during the Chapter 11 Cases.

Concurrent with the petition, the Debtors entered into the Transaction Support Agreement with the pre-petition senior secured creditor, Broad Street Credit Holdings, LLC. (“Broad Street”), and Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. (the “Collateral Agent”). The Transaction Support Agreement, among other things, provides that Broad Street and the Collateral Agent will support the Debtors’ restructuring efforts as set forth in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Transaction Support Agreement. The Transaction Support Agreement contains customary conditions, representations, and warranties of the parties and is subject to a number of conditions, including, among others, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the parties and compliance with the obligations set forth in the Transaction Support Agreement. The Transaction Support Agreement also provides for termination by the parties upon the occurrence of certain events.

DIP Note Purchase Agreement

On October 3, 2023, the Debtors entered into a super-priority senior secured debtor-in-possession note purchase agreement (the “DIP Note Purchase Agreement”) with Broad Street and the Collateral Agent. Broad Street provided the Debtors with a credit facility (the “DIP Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $30.0 million, consisting of (1) $12.0 million new money DIP notes, and (2) a roll-up of secured obligations under the existing pre-petition debt with Broad Street in the amount of $18.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the DIP Note Purchase Agreement. On September 28, 2023, the Debtors filed the Motion of Debtors for Interim and Final Orders (I) Authorizing the Debtors to Obtain Senior Secured Postpetition Financing, (II) Granting Liens and Superpriority Administrative Expense Status, (III) Authorizing the Use of Cash Collateral, (IV) Granting Adequate Protection to Pre-Petition Secured Parties, (V) Scheduling a Final Hearing, and (VI) Granting Related Relief (the “DIP Motion”) seeking the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the DIP Facility and certain related relief. A copy of the DIP Note Purchase Agreement was attached to the joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Plan”) filed as part of the voluntary petition.

On October 2, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court granted the DIP Motion and entered an interim order (the “Interim DIP Order”) approving the DIP Facility on an interim basis and providing the Debtors with the necessary liquidity to

continue to operate in Chapter 11. Upon entry of the Interim DIP Order and satisfaction of all applicable conditions precedent, as set forth in the DIP Note Purchase Agreement, the Debtors were authorized to make a single, initial draw of $9.0 million on the DIP Facility (the “Initial Draw”). The remaining $3.0 million of the DIP Facility became available to be drawn by the Debtors on November 13, 2023, after the Bankruptcy Court entered the Final DIP Order (the “Final Order”). The amount was drawn by the Debtors on October 24, 2023, after the entry of the Final Order and compliance with the terms, conditions, and covenants to be set forth in the DIP Documents. Substantially all of the Debtors’ assets were encumbered by first-priority liens of the Purchaser.

The Bankruptcy Court originally set a final hearing date on November 7, 2023, in accordance with the requirements of the Transaction Support Agreement. On November 3, 2023, the final hearing was cancelled and rescheduled to November 13, 2023, with the permission of the Bankruptcy Court.

Emergence from Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceedings

The Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan on November 14, 2023, and the Debtors satisfied all conditions required for Plan effectiveness and emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases ("Emergence") on December 7, 2023. On or following the emergence date and pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the following occurred or became effective:

▪Restructuring: The Company was reorganized pursuant to the Transaction Support Agreement and became a private company that continues to own assets consisting of (i) all of the Company’s right, title, and interest in and to certain trademarks of the Company and (ii) assets owned by the Company relating to distributor support services ((i) and (ii) together, the “Retained Assets”) and certain income tax attributes that remained with Reorganized PrivateCo. Capstone Turbine International became a publicly traded company and was renamed Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. This entity is the successor entity for purposes of Securities and Exchange Commission registration. Pre-petition equity holders received 100% of the common equity in this public entity, subject to dilution for any equity incentive plans implemented as part of the reorganization. All equity of the predecessor entity was cancelled, and the predecessor entity became a reorganized private company. The reorganized private company equity is owned 100% by the pre-petition senior secured lender in exchange for the satisfaction of $35.0 million of its pre-petition claims, and $10.0 million of its DIP claim. A new subsidiary to the public entity was created, issuing 100% of its common equity to the public entity, and 100% of its preferred equity to the reorganized private entity. Such new subsidiary conducts all of the Capstone business (other than in respect of the Retained Assets). The preferred equity is convertible at the option of the holder at any time to 37.5% of the common equity deemed outstanding, making the common equity of the new subsidiary subject to dilution to 62.5% ownership.

▪Exit Financing: The DIP Facility converted into an exit facility (as defined herein) for an aggregate principal amount of $27.0 million, consisting of (1) $7.0 million new money notes, (2) a roll-up of secured obligations under the pre-petition debt in the amount of $8.0 million, and (3) a roll-up of the DIP new money notes of $12.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Exit Note Purchase Agreement by and among Capstone Green Energy LLC, as the issuer, Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. and Capstone Turbine Financial Services, LLC, as the guarantors, Broad Street and the Collateral Agent. The new money notes mature two years from the Effective Date, and the roll-up debts mature three years from the emergence date. Interest is calculated using a SOFR rate plus an applicable margin, and a portion is paid-in-kind until the third year following emergence. In the original Plan, the exit facility was to be for an aggregate principal amount of $25.0 million, with only $5.0 million in new money notes. The final approved Plan increased the new money notes to $7.0 million upon the confirmation of the Plan by Bankruptcy Court.

Nasdaq Delisting of Common Stock

Effective at the opening of the trading session on October 5, 2023, the Company’s common stock was suspended from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Effective October 23, 2023, the Company’s common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan

In connection with the Emergence, on November 30, 2023, the Capstone Green Energy Holdings, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) was approved and adopted by the Board.  The Incentive Plan is intended to, among other things, (i) attract and retain the types of employees, consultants and directors who will contribute the Company’s long-term success, (ii) provide incentives that align the interests of employees, consultants and directors with those of the stockholders of the Company, and (iii) promote the success of the Company’s business. The Incentive Plan was not approved by the Company’s stockholders. All outstanding unvested equity awards outstanding under the Capstone Green Energy Corporation 2017 Equity Incentive Plan were cancelled on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan.

The Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee or the Board.  No more than 3,000,000 shares of New Common Stock are available for the grant of awards under the Incentive Plan. The Company intends to issue equity awards to incentivize employees whose unvested equity awards were terminated in accordance with the Plan.

The aggregate value of awards granted during a single fiscal year to any non-employee director, together with any cash fees paid or to be paid to such non-employee director during the fiscal year and the value of awards granted to such non-employee director under any other equity compensation plan of the Company during the fiscal year, will not exceed a total value of $300,000.

The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend or terminate the Incentive Plan.  However, (i) in some situations, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy any applicable laws, and (ii) rights under any award granted before an amendment shall not be impaired by any amendment without the grantee’s written.