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 and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2017
PHI, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Louisiana | 0-9827 | 72-0395707 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
2001 SE Evangeline Thruway, Lafayette, Louisiana | 70508 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(337) 235-2452
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On December 18, 2017, PHI, Inc. (the Company) entered into an amending agreement (the Amending Agreement) with HNZ Group Inc. (HNZ) and the other parties to the previously-announced arrangement agreement dated October 30, 2017 (the Arrangement Agreement), which makes certain amendments to the pre-closing reorganization set forth in the Arrangement Agreement and certain technical amendments to the related statutory plan of arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the Transaction).
On December 20, 2017, HNZ and the Company issued a press release announcing that the HNZ shareholders have approved the Transaction, and that the Québec Superior Court has issued a final order approving the Transaction. With these approvals, substantially all conditions to the closing of the Transaction are now satisfied and, as a result, it is expected that the Transaction will be completed in late December 2017.
A copy of the Amending Agreement is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, a copy of the Amending Agreement has also been posted on HNZs website and was filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis Retrieval (SEDAR) website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators under HNZs SEDAR profile and is available free of charge on www.sedar.com. A copy of the joint press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PHI, INC. | ||||||
Date: December 20, 2017 | By: | /s/ Trudy P. McConnaughhay | ||||
Name: | Trudy P. McConnaughhay | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |