Delaware | 87-4407005 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||
Emerging growth company | ☐ | ||||||||

• | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 13, 2025; |
• | our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 8, 2025, January 30, 2025, February 7, 2025, February 25, 2025, February 27, 2025 (as amended on May 14, 2025), March 24, 2025, and May 16, 2025; |
• | the portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 16, 2025, that are incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024; and |
• | the description of our Capital Stock in Exhibit 4.5 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. |
• | our ability to successfully operate as a standalone public company; |
• | changes in economic conditions generally and specifically in our industry sectors, and other risks relating to the global economy, including, but not limited to, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas conflict, public health crises, changes in or the imposition of new tariffs, and any related responses or actions by businesses and governments; |
• | reductions in cash flows received from our assets; |
• | our ability to take advantage of acquisition opportunities at favorable prices; |
• | a lack of liquidity surrounding our assets, which could impede our ability to vary our portfolio in an appropriate manner; |
• | the relative spreads between the yield on the assets we acquire and the cost of financing; |
• | adverse changes in the financing markets we access affecting our ability to finance our acquisitions; |
• | customer defaults on their obligations; |
• | our ability to renew existing contracts and enter into new contracts with existing or potential customers; |
• | the availability and cost of capital, including for future acquisitions, to refinance our debt and to fund our operations; |
• | concentration of a particular type of asset or in a particular sector; |
• | competition within the rail, energy and intermodal transport sectors; |
• | the competitive market for acquisition opportunities; |
• | risks related to operating through joint ventures, partnerships, consortium arrangements or other collaborations with third parties; |
• | our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; |
• | obsolescence of our assets or our ability to sell our assets; |
• | exposure to uninsurable losses and force majeure events; |
• | infrastructure operations and maintenance may require substantial capital expenditures; |
• | the legislative/regulatory environment and exposure to increased economic regulation; |
• | exposure to the oil and gas industry’s volatile oil and gas prices; |
• | our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the fact that maintaining such exemption imposes limits on our operations; |
• | our ability to successfully utilize leverage in connection with our investments; |
• | foreign currency risk and risk management activities; |
• | effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; |
• | exposure to environmental risks, including natural disasters, increasing environmental legislation and the broader impacts of climate change; |
• | changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads, as well as the success of any hedging strategy we may undertake in relation to such changes; |
• | actions taken by national, state, or provincial governments, including nationalization, or the imposition of new taxes, could materially impact the financial performance or value of our assets; |
• | our dependence on FIG LLC (the “Manager”) and its professionals and actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest in our relationship with our Manager; |
• | effects of the recently completed acquisition of Softbank Group Corp.’s (“Softbank”) equity in Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”) by certain members of management of Fortress and Mubadala Capital, a wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company (“Mubadala”); |
• | volatility in the market price of our stock; and |
• | the inability to pay dividends to our stockholders in the future. |
• | 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share; and |
• | 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. |
• | restricting dividends in respect of our common stock; |
• | diluting the voting power of our common stock or providing that holders of shares of preferred stock have the right to vote on matters as a class; |
• | impairing the liquidation rights of our common stock; or |
• | delaying or preventing a change of control of us. |
• | the Fortress Parties and Ares and their affiliates (the “Ares Parties”) have the right to, and have no duty to abstain from, exercising such right to, engage or invest in the same or similar business as us, do business with any of our clients, customers or vendors or employ or otherwise engage any of our officers, directors or employees; |
• | if the Fortress Parties or the Ares Parties, or any of each of their officers, directors or employees acquire knowledge of a potential transaction that could be a corporate opportunity, each has no duty to offer such corporate opportunity to us, our stockholders or affiliates; |
• | we have renounced any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, such corporate opportunities; and |
• | in the event that any of our directors and officers who is also a director, officer or employee of any of the Fortress Parties or the Ares Parties, acquire knowledge of a corporate opportunity or is offered a corporate opportunity, provided that this knowledge was not acquired solely in such person’s capacity as our director or officer and such person acted in good faith, then such person is deemed to have fully satisfied such person’s fiduciary duty and is not liable to us if any of the Fortress Parties or the Ares Parties pursues or acquires the corporate opportunity or if such person did not present the corporate opportunity to us. |
Securities Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | Securities to be Sold in this Offering | Securities Beneficially Owned After this Offering | |||||||||||||
Name of Selling Stockholder | Shares of Common Stock | Percentage | Shares of Common Stock(2) | Shares of Common Stock | Percentage | ||||||||||
LIF AIV 1, L.P.(1) | 22,050,576 | 16.1% | 22,050,576 | — | — | ||||||||||
Labor Impact Fund, L.P.(1) | 186,794 | * | 186,794 | — | — | ||||||||||
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | The column titled “Shares of Common Stock” under “Securities Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering” consists of 22,237,370 shares of common stock issuable in the aggregate upon the conversion of (i) 158,656 shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock held by LIF AIV 1, L.P. (“LIF AIV”) and (ii) 1,344 shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock held by Labor Impact Fund, L.P. (“Labor Impact Fund”), respectively, as of May 15, 2025, and assumes that (i) we elect to continue paying interest in-kind dividends to the selling stockholders in respect of the shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock that they beneficially hold and (ii) the selling stockholders convert all such shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock into shares of common stock. Such shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock held by the selling stockholders were received as consideration in connection with the Long Ridge Acquisition. The shares of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock are held directly by Labor Impact Fund and LIF AIV and indirectly by: (i) GCM Investments GP, LLC (“GCM GP”) as the general partner of each of LIF AIV and Labor Impact Fund; (ii) GCM Grosvenor L.P. (“GCM LP”) as the investment manager of the selling stockholders; (iii) GCM, L.L.C. as the general partner of GCM LP; (iv) Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings, LLLP (“Grosvenor Capital Holdings”) as the sole member of each of GCM, L.L.C. and GCM GP; (v) GCM Grosvenor Holdings, LLC (“GCM Holdings”) as the general partner of Grosvenor Capital Holdings; (vi) GCM Grosvenor Inc. (“GCM Grosvenor”) as the sole member of GCM Holdings; (vii) GCM V, LLC (“GCM V”) as a shareholder of GCM Grosvenor; and (viii) Michael J. Sacks, as the manager of GCM V (collectively, the “GCM Holders”). Each of the GCM Holders disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock underlying the Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein. The address of each of the GCM Holders is 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611. |
• | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, or of any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate, the income of which is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust if (i) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person. |
• | the gain is effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of such Non-U.S. Holder); |
• | in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a non-resident alien individual, such Non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year of disposition and certain other requirements are met; or |
• | We are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) at any time within the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of such sale, exchange, or other taxable disposition or the period that such Non-U.S. Holder held our common stock and either (a) our common stock is not treated as regularly traded on an established securities market at the time of the sale, or (b) such Non-U.S. Holder owns or owned (actually or constructively) more than 5% of our common stock at any time during the shorter of the two periods mentioned above. |
• | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
• | one or more underwritten offerings; |
• | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares of common stock as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
• | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its accounts; |
• | privately negotiated transactions; |
• | short sales effected after the date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the Commission; |
• | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
• | in-market transactions, including transactions on a national securities exchange or quotations service or over-the-counter market; |
• | through agents; |
• | through agreements with broker-dealers, who may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares of common stock at a stipulated price per share; |
• | a distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable securities exchange; |
• | a distribution in-kind to a selling stockholder’s direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders; |
• | a combination of any such methods of sale or distribution; and |
• | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution |
Amount | |||
SEC registration fee | $16,239.67 | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | $15,000 | ||
Legal fees and expenses | $150,000 | ||
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses | $20,000 | ||
Printing and miscellaneous fees and expenses | $20,000 | ||
Total | $221,239.67 | ||
Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers |
Item 16. | Exhibits |
Item 17. | Undertakings |
1. | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
2. | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
3. | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
4. | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: |
(i) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
(ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. |
5. | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
6. | That, for the purpose of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of FTAI Infrastructure Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 1, 2022). | |||
Amended and Restated Bylaws of FTAI Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 1, 2022). | |||
Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock of FTAI Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 1, 2022). | |||
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations of Series A Senior Preferred Stock of FTAI Infrastructure Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 5, 2023). | |||
Second Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations of Series A Senior Preferred Stock of FTAI Infrastructure Inc., dated as of February 26, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025). | |||
Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Junior Preferred Stock of FTAI Infrastructure Inc., dated as of February 26, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025). | |||
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. | |||
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2025, by and among FTAI Infrastructure Inc., Labor Impact Fund, L.P., LIF AIV 1, L.P., Labor Impact Feeder Fund, L.P. and Labor Impact Real Estate (Cayman) Holdings, L.P (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2025). | |||
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. | |||
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. | |||
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |||
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto). | |||
Filing Fee Table. | |||
FTAI INFRASTRUCTURE INC. | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Kenneth J. Nicholson | ||||||||
Name: | Kenneth J. Nicholson | ||||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||
Signature | Title | Date | ||||
/s/ Kenneth J. Nicholson | Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer) | May 16, 2025 | ||||
Kenneth J. Nicholson | ||||||
/s/ Carl Russell (“Buck”) Fletcher IV | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | May 16, 2025 | ||||
Carl Russell (“Buck”) Fletcher IV | ||||||
/s/ Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | Chairman of the Board | May 16, 2025 | ||||
Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | ||||||
/s/ James L. Hamilton | Director | May 16, 2025 | ||||
James L. Hamilton | ||||||
/s/ Judith A. Hannaway | Director | May 16, 2025 | ||||
Judith A. Hannaway | ||||||
/s/ Matthew Rinklin | Director | May 16, 2025 | ||||
Matthew Rinklin | ||||||