10-Q

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number: 001-32172

 

 

XPO Logistics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   03-0450326
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

 

Five Greenwich Office Park

Greenwich, CT

  06831
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(855) 976-4636

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of April 30, 2014, there were 52,521,134 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 


XPO Logistics, Inc.

Form 10-Q

Index

 

Part I—Financial Information

  

Item 1. Financial Statements:

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

     3   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

     4   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     5   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

     6   

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     7   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     26   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     37   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     38   

Part II—Other Information

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     38   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     39   

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     40   

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     40   

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     40   

Item 5. Other Information

     40   

Item 6. Exhibits

     41   

 

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Part I—Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements.

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

 

    March 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS    

Current assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 143,886      $ 21,524   

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $5,066 and $3,539, respectively

    342,752        134,227   

Prepaid expenses

    8,515        3,935   

Deferred tax asset, current

    6,182        3,041   

Other current assets

    10,869        7,304   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    512,204        170,031   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net of $15,658 and $11,803 in accumulated depreciation, respectively

    98,819        56,571   

Goodwill

    539,168        363,448   

Identifiable intangible assets, net of $22,722 and $15,411 in accumulated amortization, respectively

    250,203        185,179   

Deferred tax asset, long-term

    511        72   

Restricted cash

    13,332        2,141   

Other long-term assets

    9,518        2,799   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term assets

    911,551        610,210   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ 1,423,755      $ 780,241   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY    

Current liabilities:

   

Accounts payable

  $ 227,738      $ 71,391   

Accrued salaries and wages

    19,257        11,741   

Accrued expenses, other

    45,947        9,489   

Current maturities of long-term debt

    1,777        2,028   

Other current liabilities

    6,486        4,684   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    301,205        99,333   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible senior notes

    99,844        106,268   

Revolving credit facility and other long-term debt, net of current maturities

    470        75,373   

Deferred tax liability, long-term

    24,793        15,200   

Other long-term liabilities

    32,663        28,224   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term liabilities

    157,770        225,065   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

   

Stockholders’ equity:

   

Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares; 73,335 and 74,175 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

    42,258        42,737   

Common stock, $.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized; 52,570,800 and 30,583,073 shares issued, respectively; and 52,525,800 and 30,538,073 shares outstanding, respectively

    53        30   

Additional paid-in capital

    1,063,242        524,972   

Treasury stock, at cost, 45,000 shares held

    (107     (107

Accumulated deficit

    (140,666     (111,789
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

    964,780        455,843   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $ 1,423,755      $ 780,241   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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XPO Logistics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2014     2013  

Revenue

   $ 282,403      $ 113,999   

Operating expenses

    

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     224,006        97,739   

Direct operating expense

     3,880        —     

Sales, general and administrative expense

     75,878        27,627   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     303,764        125,366   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (21,361     (11,367
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense (income)

     15        (109

Interest expense

     10,058        3,064   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income tax provision

     (31,434     (14,322

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (3,299     222   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (28,135     (14,544

Cumulative preferred dividends

     (742     (743
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss available to common shareholders

   $ (28,877   $ (15,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic loss per share

    

Net loss

   $ (0.70   $ (0.85

Diluted loss per share

    

Net loss

   $ (0.70   $ (0.85

Weighted average common shares outstanding

    

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

     41,313        18,032   

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

     41,313        18,032   

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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XPO Logistics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2014     2013  

Operating activities

    

Net loss

   $ (28,135   $ (14,544

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities

    

Provisions for allowance for doubtful accounts

     2,196        231   

Depreciation and amortization

     11,273        1,554   

Stock compensation expense

     2,206        1,097   

Accretion of debt

     1,430        1,438   

Other

     2,062        (211

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:

    

Accounts receivable

     (56,414     (9,771

Deferred tax expense

     (4,529     135   

Income tax payable

     2,298        (814

Prepaid expense and other current assets

     114        (62

Other long-term assets

     (96     (2

Accounts payable

     48,676        (3,417

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     10,177        (3,659
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows used by operating activities

     (8,742     (28,025
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities

    

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

     (190,962     (16,560

Payment for purchases of property and equipment

     (3,935     (1,081

Other

     246        125   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows used by investing activities

     (194,651     (17,516
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Repayment of borrowings on revolving debt facility

     (75,000     —     

Proceeds from stock offering, net

     413,183        —     

Payment for cash held as collateral in lending arrangement

     (11,269     —     

Dividends paid to preferred stockholders

     (742     (743

Other

     (417     173   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows provided (used) by financing activities

     325,755        (570
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     122,362        (46,111

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     21,524        252,293   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 143,886      $ 206,182   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 4,287      $ 3,328   

Cash (received) paid for income taxes

   $ (1,507   $ 732   

Equity portion of acquisition purchase price

   $ 108,815      $ 2,573   

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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XPO Logistics, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     Preferred Stock     Common Stock      Treasury Stock     Paid-In      Accumulated        
     Shares     Amount     Shares      Amount      Shares     Amount     Capital      Deficit     Total  

Balance, December 31, 2013

     74      $ 42,737        30,583       $ 30         (45   $ (107   $ 524,972       $ (111,789   $ 455,843   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     —          —          —           —           —          —          —           (28,135   $ (28,135

Exercise of warrants and stock options and other

     —          —          170         1         —          —          922         —        $ 923   

Conversion of preferred stock to common stock

     (1     (479     120         —           —          —          479         —        $ —     

Proceeds from common stock offering, net of issuance costs

     —          —          17,250         17         —          —          413,166         —        $ 413,183   

Issuance of common stock for acquisitions

     —          —          3,663         4         —          —          108,811         —        $ 108,815   

Issuance of common stock upon conversion of senior notes, net of tax

     —          —          796         1         —          —          12,686         —        $ 12,687   

Dividend paid

     —          —          —           —           —          —          —           (742   $ (742

Stock compensation expense

     —          —          —           —           —          —          2,206         —        $ 2,206   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2014

     73      $ 42,258        52,582       $ 53         (45   $ (107   $ 1,063,242       $ (140,666   $ 964,780   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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XPO Logistics, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

1. Organization

Nature of Business

XPO Logistics, Inc. (“XPO,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”)—provides premium transportation and logistics services to thousands of customers through our three business units:

Freight Brokerage—provides services primarily to customers in North America under the brands XPO Logistics, 3PD, and, following the acquisition of Pacer International, Inc. (“Pacer”) on March 31, 2014, Pacer. These services include truckload, less-than truckload and intermodal brokerage, and last-mile delivery logistics services for the delivery of heavy goods. Freight brokerage services are arranged using relationships with subcontracted motor and rail carriers, as well as vehicles that are owned and operated by independent contract drivers.

Expedited Transportation—provides services under the brands Express-1, XPO NLM and XPO Air Charter to customers in North America. These services include the management of time-critical, urgent shipments, transacted through direct selling and through our web-based technology. Expedited ground services are provided through a fleet of exclusive-use vehicles that are owned and operated by independent contract drivers, referred to as owner operators, and through contracted third-party motor carriers. For shipments requiring air charter, service is arranged using our relationships with third-party air carriers.

Freight Forwarding—provides services under the brand XPO Global Logistics (formerly Concert Group Logistics) to North America-based customers with domestic and global interests. These services are sold and arranged under the authority of XPO Global Logistics through a network of Company-owned and independently-owned offices in the United States and Canada and, following the acquisition of Pacer, Europe and Asia.

For specific financial information relating to the above segments, refer to Note 13—Segment Reporting.

2. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. However, management believes that the disclosures contained herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect, in the opinion of the Company, all material adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly present the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, and results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingencies at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Estimates have been prepared on the basis of the most current and best available information and actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 that are set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, a copy of which is available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a full year.

Use of Estimates

        The Company prepares its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These principles require management to make estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. The Company reviews its estimates on a regular basis and makes adjustments based on historical experience and existing and expected future conditions. Estimates are made with respect to, among other matters, accrued revenue, purchased transportation, recoverability of long-lived assets, estimated legal accruals, estimated restructuring accruals, valuation allowances for deferred taxes, reserve for uncertain tax positions, and allowance for doubtful accounts. These evaluations are performed and adjustments are made as information is available. Management believes that these estimates, which have been discussed with the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors, are reasonable; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

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Statement of Operations, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows Presentation

Certain line items from the December 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheet and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three-months ended March 31, 2013 have been conformed to the 2014 presentation. The carrier costs related to unbilled revenue are now included in accounts payable rather than accrued expenses, other. The conformed line items had no impact on previously reported results.

Certain line items from the March 31, 2013 condensed consolidated statement of operations have been conformed to the 2014 presentation, including the retitling of direct expense to cost of purchased transportation and services and the addition of the direct operating expense category. The conformed line items had no impact on previously reported results.

Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue at the point in time when delivery is completed, with related costs of delivery being accrued as incurred and expensed within the same period in which the associated revenue is recognized. The Company uses the following supporting criteria to determine that revenue has been earned and should be recognized:

 

    Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;

 

    Services have been rendered;

 

    The sales price is fixed and determinable; and

 

    Collectability is reasonably assured.

The Company reports revenue on a gross basis in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 605, “Reporting Revenue Gross as Principal Versus Net as an Agent.” The Company believes presentation on a gross basis is appropriate under ASC Topic 605 in light of the following factors:

 

    The Company is the primary obligor and is responsible for providing the service desired by the customer.

 

    The customer holds the Company responsible for fulfillment, including the acceptability of the service (requirements may include, for example, on-time delivery, handling freight loss and damage claims, establishing pick-up and delivery times, and tracing shipments in transit).

 

    For Expedited Transportation and Freight Brokerage, the Company has complete discretion to select its drivers, contractors or other transportation providers (collectively, “service providers”). For Freight Forwarding, the Company enters into agreements with significant service providers that specify the cost of services, among other things, and has ultimate authority in providing approval for all service providers that can be used by Freight Forwarding’s independently-owned stations. Independently-owned stations may further negotiate the cost of services with Freight Forwarding-approved service providers for individual customer shipments.

 

    Expedited Transportation and Freight Brokerage have complete discretion to establish sales prices. Independently-owned stations within Freight Forwarding have the discretion to establish sales prices.

 

    The Company bears credit risk for all receivables. In the case of Freight Forwarding, the independently-owned stations reimburse Freight Forwarding for a portion (typically 70-80%) of credit losses. Freight Forwarding retains the risk that the independent station owners will not meet this obligation.

For the Company’s subsidiary XPO NLM, revenue is recognized on a net basis in accordance with ASC Topic 605. The Company does not serve as the primary obligor, receives a fixed management fee for its services and does not assume credit risk for these transactions. In certain instances, the Company also does not have discretion to select its service providers.

The Company’s Freight Forwarding segment collects certain taxes and duties on behalf of their customers as part of the services offered and arranged for international shipments. The Company’s accounting policy is to present these collections on a gross basis with revenue recognized of $1.0 million and $0.8 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the date of purchase to be cash equivalents unless the investments are legally or contractually restricted for more than three months.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company records its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its assessment of various factors. The Company considers historical experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, credit quality of the Company’s customers, any specific customer collection issues that have been identified, current economic conditions, and other factors that may affect customers’ ability to pay.

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets include such items as prepaid rent, software maintenance costs, insurance premiums, other prepaid operating expenses, certain inventories at 3PD, receivables related to certain working capital adjustments from acquisitions, and other miscellaneous receivables.

Income Taxes

Taxes on income are provided in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the book values and the tax basis of particular assets and liabilities, and the tax effects of net operating loss and capital loss carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in the tax rate is recognized as income or expense in the period that included the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to offset the net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management periodically assesses the likelihood that the Company will utilize its existing deferred tax assets and records a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes is determined based on ASC Topic 740, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements and provides guidance on the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosures and transition. For additional information refer to Note 10—Income Taxes.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives

Goodwill consists of the excess of cost over the fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations. Intangible assets with indefinite lives consist of the Express-1, Inc. trade name. The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 350, “IntangiblesGoodwill and Other,” which requires an annual impairment test for goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives. The Company may first choose to perform a qualitative evaluation of the likelihood of goodwill and intangible assets impairment. If the Company determined a quantitative evaluation was necessary, the goodwill at the reporting unit was subject to a two-step impairment test. The first step compares the book value of a reporting unit, including goodwill, with its fair value. If the book value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the Company completes the second step in order to determine the amount of goodwill impairment loss that should be recorded. In the second step, the Company determines an implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all of the assets and liabilities other than goodwill. The amount of impairment is equal to the excess of the book value of goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The Company performs the annual impairment testing during the third quarter unless events or circumstances indicate impairment of the goodwill may have occurred before that time. For the periods presented, the Company did not recognize any goodwill impairment as the estimated fair value of its reporting units with goodwill exceeded the book value of these reporting units. For additional information refer to Note 7—Goodwill.

The fair value of purchased intangible assets with indefinite lives, primarily a trade name, is estimated and compared to their carrying value. The Company estimates the fair value of these intangible assets based on an income approach using the relief-from-royalty method. This methodology assumes that, in lieu of ownership, a third party would be willing to pay a royalty in order to exploit the related benefits of these types of assets. This approach is dependent on a number of factors, including estimates of future growth and trends, royalty rates for this category of intellectual property, discount rates and other variables. The Company bases its fair value estimates on assumptions it believes to be reasonable, but which are unpredictable and inherently uncertain. Actual future results may differ from those estimates. The Company recognizes an impairment loss when the estimated fair value of the intangible asset is less than the carrying value. The Company performs the annual impairment testing during the third quarter unless events or circumstances indicate impairment of the intangible assets with indefinite lives may have occurred before that time. For the periods presented, the Company did not recognize any impairment of intangible assets with indefinite lives as the estimated fair value of its intangible assets with indefinite lives exceeded the book value of these reporting units.

 

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Identifiable Intangible Assets

The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” which establishes accounting standards for the impairment of long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment and intangible assets subject to amortization. The Company reviews long-lived assets to be held-and-used for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If the sum of the undiscounted expected future cash flows over the remaining useful life of a long-lived asset group is less than its carrying amount, the asset is considered to be impaired. Impairment losses are measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset group exceeds the fair value of the asset. The Company estimates fair value using the expected future cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risks associated with the recovery of the asset. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, there was no impairment of the identified intangible assets.

The Company’s intangible assets subject to amortization consist of customer relationships, trade names, non-compete agreements, carrier relationships and other intangibles that are amortized either over the period of economic benefit or on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related intangible asset. The estimated useful lives of the respective intangible assets range from four months to 14 years.

The following table sets forth the Company’s identifiable intangible assets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands. The increase in intangible assets during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 is the result of the Pacer acquisition.

 

     March 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

Indefinite Lived Intangibles

    

Trade name

   $ 3,346      $ 3,346   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Definite Lived Intangibles:

    

Customer lists and relationships

     235,926        168,666   

Carrier relationships

     12,100        12,100   

Trade name

     10,801        8,041   

Non-compete agreeements

     8,580        6,265   

Other intangible assets

     2,172        2,172   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     269,579        197,244   

Less: acccumulated amortization

     (22,722     (15,411
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

   $ 246,857      $ 181,833   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Identifiable Intangibles

   $ 250,203      $ 185,179   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Estimated future amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets for the next five years is as follows (in thousands):

 

     2014      2015      2016      2017      2018  

Estimated future amortization expense

   $ 44,752       $ 43,368       $ 34,056       $ 23,502       $ 21,776   

Actual amounts of amortization expense may differ from estimated amounts due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, additional intangible asset acquisitions, impairment of intangible assets, accelerated amortization of intangible assets and other events.

Intangible asset amortization expense recorded in sales, general and administrative expense was $7.3 million and $0.8 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are generally recorded at cost or in the case of internally developed acquired technology at fair value at the date of acquisition. Maintenance and repair expenditures are charged to expense as incurred. When assets are sold, the applicable costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and any gain or loss is included in income. For internal use software, the Company has adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 350, “IntangiblesGoodwill and Other.” Accordingly, certain costs

 

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incurred in the planning and evaluation stage of internal use computer software are expensed as incurred. Costs incurred during the application development stage are capitalized and included in property and equipment. Capitalized internal use software also includes the fair value of acquired internally developed technology. Capitalized internal use software totaled $43.7 million and $31.7 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

 

Classification    Estimated Useful Life

Leasehold improvements

   Shorter of term of lease or 15 years

Buildings

   39 years

Vehicles

   5 years

Rail cars

   25 to 30 years

Containers and chassis

   15 to 20 years

Office equipment

   5 to 7 years

Computer equipment

   5 years

Computer software

   3 to 5 years

Satellite equipment

   3 to 5 years

Warehouse equipment

   7 to 10 years

The following table sets forth the Company’s property and equipment as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     March 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

Property and Equipment, at cost

    

Leasehold improvements

   $ 10,522      $ 7,969   

Buildings

     1,115        1,115   

Vehicles

     2,945        2,723   

Rail cars

     11,016        —     

Containers and chassis

     1,992        —     

Office equipment

     8,757        6,636   

Computer equipment

     10,752        8,218   

Computer software

     64,414        39,709   

Satellite equipment

     1,505        1,496   

Warehouse equipment

     1,459        508   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     114,477        68,374   

Less: Acccumulated depreciation

     (15,658     (11,803
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Property and Equipment, net

   $ 98,819      $ 56,571   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment was $4.0 million and $0.7 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash primarily consists of cash held as collateral for letters of credit in conjunction with the acquisition of Pacer in March 2014 due to the termination of Pacer’s former revolving credit facility as well as restricted cash held as security under 3PD’s captive insurance contracts.

Other Long-Term Assets

Other long-term assets consist primarily of balances representing deposits and notes receivable from various XPO Global Logistics independent station owners, incentive payments to independent station owners within the XPO Global Logistics network, debt issuance costs related to the Company’s revolving credit facility and convertible senior notes, and capitalized costs related to

 

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major preventative maintenance activities for leased railcars. The incentive payments are made by XPO Global Logistics to certain station owners as an incentive to establish an independently-owned station and are amortized over the life of each independent station contract and the unamortized portion generally is recoverable in the event of default under the terms of the agreements. The debt issuance costs related to the revolving credit facility are amortized on a straight-line basis over the respective term while the debt issuance costs related to the convertible senior notes are amortized using the effective interest method. The capitalized preventative maintenance costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the economic useful life depending on the type of maintenance performed.

Accrued Expenses, Other

Accrued expenses, other consist primarily of accrued professional service fees, a liability for a portion of the Pacer purchase price that was not paid prior to March 31, 2014, accrued container and railcar costs including maintenance, accruals for various insurance claims, deferred revenue, accrued property and other taxes, and other miscellaneous accrued expenses. The following table outlines the Company’s accrued expenses, other as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     As of March 31, 2014      As of December 31, 2013  

Accrued professional service fees

   $ 14,172       $ 7,301   

Pacer purchase price payable

     9,409         —     

Accrued container and railcar costs

     6,888         —     

Accrued insurance claims

     6,123         437   

Other accrued expenses

     4,925         253   

Deferred revenue

     2,945         —     

Accrued property and other taxes

     1,485         —     

Accrued interest on convertible debt

     —           1,498   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accrued Expenses, Other

   $ 45,947       $ 9,489   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consist primarily of the holdback of a portion of the purchase price in connection with acquisitions, deferred rent liabilities and liabilities for unfavorable leasehold interests recorded as part of purchase accounting. The following table outlines the Company’s other long term liabilities as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

    As of March 31, 2014     As of December 31, 2013  

Acquisition-related holdbacks

  $ 21,989      $ 22,500   

Long-term portion of deferred rent liability

    4,467        4,387   

Liability for uncertain tax positions

    1,664        916   

Liability for unfavorable leasehold interests

    4,162        233   

Long-term portion of vacant rent liability

    270        143   

Other

    111        45   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Long-Term Liabilities

  $ 32,663      $ 28,224   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translation

The statements of operations of foreign subsidiaries whose functional currencies are other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using average exchange rates for the period and the exchange gain or loss is reflected in expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Exchange gains or losses are not material to the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented. The net assets of foreign subsidiaries whose functional currencies are other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates as of the balance sheet date. The U.S. dollar effects that arise from translating the net assets of these subsidiaries at changing rates are recorded in stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses were not significant for any of the periods presented.

Fair Value Measurements

FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and classifies the inputs used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:

 

    Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

 

    Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and

 

    Level 3—Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable, generally utilizing pricing models or other valuation techniques that reflect management’s judgment and estimates.

 

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At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s financial assets that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis included $1.5 million and $1.6 million of money market funds, respectively.

Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The aggregate net fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management. The respective carrying value of certain financial instruments approximated their fair values as of the periods ended March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. These financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, notes receivable, accounts payable, accrued expense, notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt. Fair values approximate carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short-term in nature and they are receivable or payable on demand. The fair value of the Freight Forwarding notes receivable from the owners of the independently-owned stations approximated their respective carrying values based on the interest rates associated with these instruments.

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding $120.7 million of 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2017, which the Company is obligated to repay at face value unless the holder agrees to a lesser amount or elects to convert all or a portion of such notes into the Company’s common stock. Holders of the convertible senior notes are due interest semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year. The conversion rate was initially 60.8467 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $16.43 per share of common stock) and is subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. The fair value of the convertible senior notes was $225.3 million as of March 31, 2014. For additional information refer to Note 6—Debt.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for share-based compensation based on the equity instrument’s grant date fair value in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation.” The fair value of each share-based payment award is established on the date of grant. For grants of restricted stock units, including those subject to service-based vesting conditions and those subject to service and performance or market-based vesting conditions, the fair value is established based on the market price on the date of the grant. For grants of options, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards. The determination of the fair value of share-based awards is affected by the Company’s stock price and a number of assumptions, including expected volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.

The weighted-average fair value of each stock option recorded in expense for three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is amortized over the requisite service period of the option. The Company has used one grouping for the assumptions, as its option grants have similar characteristics. The expected term of options granted has been derived based upon the Company’s history of actual exercise behavior and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. Historical data was also used to estimate option exercises and employee terminations. Estimated volatility is based upon the Company’s historical market price at consistent points in a period equal to the expected life of the options. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant and the expected dividend yield is zero. For additional information refer to Note 9—Stock-Based Compensation.

Earnings per Share

Earnings per common share are computed in accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share,” which requires companies to present basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share. For additional information refer to Note 11—Earnings per Share.

 

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3. Acquisitions

2014 Acquisitions

Pacer International

On January 5, 2014, the Company entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Pacer Merger Agreement”) with Pacer International, Inc., providing for the acquisition of Pacer by the Company (the "Pacer Transaction"). Pacer is an asset-light North American freight transportation and logistics services provider. The closing of the transaction was effective on March 31, 2014 (the “Effective Time”).

At the Effective Time, each share of Pacer’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive (i) $6.00 in cash and (ii) 0.1017 of a share of XPO common stock, which amount is equal to $3.00 divided by the average of the volume-weighted average closing prices of XPO common stock for the ten trading days prior to the closing (the “Merger Consideration”). Pursuant to the terms of the Pacer Merger Agreement, all vested and unvested Pacer options outstanding at the effective time of the merger were settled in cash based on the value of the Merger Consideration. In addition, all Pacer restricted stock, and all vested and unvested Pacer restricted stock units and performance units outstanding at the effective time of the merger were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The fair value of the total consideration paid under the Pacer Merger Agreement was $331.5 million and consisted of $222.7 million of cash payable at the time of closing and $108.8 million representing the fair value of 3.7 million shares of the Company's common stock.

The Pacer Transaction was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of March 31, 2014, with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. The following table outlines the Company’s consideration transferred and the identifiable net assets acquired at their estimated fair value as of March 31, 2014 (in thousands).

 

Consideration

   $  331,488   
  

 

 

 

Less: Net assets acquired

     97,912   

Intangibles acquired:

  

Less: Fair value of trademarks/tradenames

     2,760   

Less: Fair value of non-compete agreements

     2,310   

Less: Fair value of contractual customer relationships

     66,250   

Less: Fair value of non-contractual customer relationships

     1,010   

Less: Fair value of acquired technology

     13,190   

Plus: Net unfavorable leasehold interests

     (2,487

Plus: Net deferred tax liability on fair value adjustments

     (25,689
  

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ 176,232   
  

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered open due to the timing of the transaction close. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Freight Brokerage segment. The carryover of the tax basis in goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes while the step-up in goodwill as a result of the acquisition is non-deductible for income tax purposes.

In connection with the Pacer Transaction, certain members of the Pacer senior management team signed employment agreements with the Company that became effective upon completion of the acquisition. As part of their employment agreements, the Company granted these Pacer management team members an aggregate of 122,569 time-based restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards under the XPO Logistics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 present consolidated information of the Company as if the Pacer Transaction had occurred as of January 1, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     Pro Forma
Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2014
    Pro Forma
Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
2013
 

Revenue

   $ 517,903      $ 422,486   

Operating Loss

   $ (28,310   $ (15,865

Net Loss

   $ (35,713   $ (18,403

Loss per common share

    

Basic

   $ (0.69   $ (0.36

Diluted

   $ (0.69   $ (0.36

 

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The unaudited pro forma consolidated results for the three-month periods were prepared using the acquisition method of accounting and are based on the historical financial information of Pacer, 3PD and the Company. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results incorporate historical financial information for all significant acquisitions pursuant to SEC regulations since January 1, 2013. The historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to pro forma adjustments that are: (i) directly attributable to the acquisition, (ii) factually supportable and (iii) expected to have a continuing impact on the combined results. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results are not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s consolidated results of operations actually would have been had it completed these acquisitions on January 1, 2013.

2013 Acquisitions

NLM

On December 10, 2013, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Landstar Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. and Landstar System Holdings, Inc. (the “NLM Stock Purchase Agreement”) to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Landstar Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. known as National Logistics Management (“NLM”) (the “NLM Transaction”). NLM is the largest provider of web-based expedited transportation management in North America. The closing of the transaction occurred on December 28, 2013. The fair value of the total consideration paid under the NLM Stock Purchase Agreement was $87.0 million, paid in cash, excluding any working capital adjustments.

The NLM acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of December 28, 2013 with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $46.8 million and intangible assets of $26.1 million. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Expedited Transportation segment and is deductible for income tax purposes based on the IRC Section 338(h)(10) election made with respect to the NLM Transaction. In addition, the Company recorded an acquired technology asset of $12.6 million as property, plant and equipment in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered final except for the settlement of any working capital adjustments and the fair value of working capital, intangible assets and other assumed liabilities. During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded a measurement period adjustment to change the presentation of accounts receivable and accounts payable related to NLM. Certain accounts receivable that were netted against accounts payable are now shown separately in accounts receivable in order to more appropriately recognize the amounts based on the flow of transactions. The working capital adjustments in connection with this acquisition are being finalized, although the Company does not expect there to be a material change in the purchase price as a result.

Optima Service Solutions

On November 13, 2013, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with A-1 Home Services, Inc., Mr. Steve Gordon and Mr. Glenn Lebowitz to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Optima Service Solutions, LLC (“Optima”) for $26.6 million in cash consideration and deferred payments, excluding any working capital adjustments. Optima is a non-asset, third-party logistics service provider focusing on arranging in-home complex installation and residential delivery services for major retailers.

The Optima acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of November 13, 2013 with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $13.9 million and intangible assets of $11.3 million. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Freight Brokerage segment and is deductible for income tax purposes. In addition, the Company recorded an acquired technology asset of $0.9 million as property, plant and equipment in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered final except for the settlement of any working capital adjustments and the fair value of intangible assets and assumed liabilities. The working capital adjustments in connection with this acquisition are being finalized, although the Company does not expect there to be a material change in the purchase price as a result.

3PD

On July 12, 2013, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with 3PD Holding, Inc. (“3PD”), Logistics Holding Company Limited, Mr. Karl Meyer, Karl Frederick Meyer 2008 Irrevocable Trust II, Mr. Randall Meyer, Mr. Daron Pair and Mr. James J. Martell (the “3PD Stock Purchase Agreement”) to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of 3PD (the “3PD Transaction”). 3PD is a non-asset, third party provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. The closing of the

 

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transaction occurred on August 15, 2013. The fair value of the total consideration paid under the 3PD Stock Purchase Agreement was approximately $364.3 million, paid in cash, deferred payments (including an escrow), and $7.4 million of restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. The final working capital adjustment in connection with this acquisition has been finalized, and as a result, the cash consideration increased by $1.2 million.

The 3PD acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of August 15, 2013, with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the 3PD Transaction, the Company recorded goodwill of $231.3 million and intangible assets of $130.2 million. As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered final. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Freight Brokerage segment. The carryover of the tax basis in goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes while the step-up in goodwill as a result of the acquisition is non-deductible for income tax purposes.

Interide Logistics

On May 6, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Interide Logistics, LC (“Interide”) for $3.1 million in cash consideration and 36,878 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock with a value of $0.6 million, excluding any working capital adjustments, with no assumption of debt. Interide is a non-asset, third-party transportation logistics service provider focusing on freight brokerage with offices in Salt Lake City, UT, Louisville, KY and St. Paul, MN.

The Interide acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of May 6, 2013 with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $3.4 million and intangible assets of $1.7 million. As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered final. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Freight Brokerage segment and is deductible for income tax purposes. The working capital adjustments in connection with this acquisition have been finalized and there was no material change in the purchase price as a result.

Covered Logistics & Transportation

On February 26, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Covered Logistics & Transportation LLC (“Covered”) for $8.0 million in cash consideration and 173,712 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock with a value of $3.0 million, excluding any working capital adjustments, with no assumption of debt. Covered is a non-asset, third-party transportation logistics service provider focusing on freight brokerage with offices in Lake Forest, IL and Dallas, TX.

The Covered acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of February 26, 2013 with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $7.4 million and intangible assets of $2.8 million. As of March 31, 2014, the purchase price allocation is considered final. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Freight Brokerage segment and is deductible for income tax purposes. The working capital adjustments in connection with this acquisition are being finalized.

East Coast Air Charter

On February 8, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, the Company purchased substantially all of the operating assets of East Coast Air Charter, Inc. and 9-1-1 Air Charter LLC (together, “ECAC” or “East Coast Air Charter”) for total cash consideration of $9.3 million, excluding any working capital adjustments, with no assumption of debt. ECAC is a non-asset, third party logistics service provider specializing in expedited air charter brokerage in Statesville, NC.

The ECAC acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations.” Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at their estimated fair values as of February 8, 2013 with the remaining unallocated purchase price recorded as goodwill. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $3.8 million and intangible assets of $4.8 million. All goodwill recorded related to the acquisition relates to the Expedited Transportation segment and is deductible for income tax purposes. The working capital adjustments in connection with this acquisition have been finalized and there was no material change in the purchase price as a result.

 

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4. Restructuring Charges

On March 31, 2014, the Company initiated a facility rationalization and severance program to close facilities and reduce employment in order to improve efficiency and profitability in conjunction with its acquisition of Pacer. The program includes facility exit activities and employment reduction initiatives.

The amount of restructuring charges incurred during the three-month period ended March 31, 2014 and included in our condensed consolidated statement of operations as sales, general and administrative expense is summarized below (in thousands). These charges are not allocated to our reportable segments. No amount of the restructuring liability was included in the purchase price allocation for Pacer as all activities were initiated by XPO to benefit the post-combination period.

 

Reserve balance at December 31, 2013

   $ —     

Contract termination charges incurred

     1,951   

Severance charges incurred

     3,618   

Non-cash share based compensation incurred

     825   

Payments and other

     —     
  

 

 

 

Reserve balance at March 31, 2014

   $ 6,394   
  

 

 

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $22.4 million in future minimum payments required under non-cancellable service agreements for ongoing services, maintenance and support to information technology providers. Remaining future minimum payments related to these agreements amount to approximately $10.7 million, $6.7 million, $2.6 million, $1.7 million, and $0.7 million for the periods ending March 31, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and thereafter, respectively.

$0.2 million of expense was recognized in the three-month period ended March 31, 2014 related to these agreements.

Lease Commitments

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $168.6 million in future minimum payments required under operating leases for various real estate, double-stack railcars, containers, chassis, tractors, data processing equipment, transportation and office equipment leases that have an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term. Remaining future minimum payments related to these operating leases amount to approximately $68.8 million, $40.5 million, $24.8 million, $14.1 million, and $20.4 million for the periods ending March 31, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 and thereafter, respectively.

Certain operating leases for railcars contain provisions for automatic renewal for an additional five year period. The above remaining future minimum payments assume the automatic five year renewal and include the related minimum lease payments.

Rent expense was approximately $4.6 million and $0.9 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Litigation

The Company is involved, and will continue to be involved, in numerous legal proceedings arising out of the conduct of its business. These proceedings may include, among other matters, claims for property damage or personal injury incurred in connection with the transportation of freight and employment-related claims, including claims involving asserted breaches of employee restrictive covenants and tortious interference with contract. These proceedings also include numerous purported class-action lawsuits, multi-plaintiff and individual lawsuits and state tax and other administrative proceedings that claim that the Company’s owner operators or contract carriers should be treated as employees, rather than independent contractors. These lawsuits and proceedings may seek substantial monetary damages (including claims for unpaid wages, overtime, failure to provide meal and rest periods, unreimbursed business expenses and other items), injunctive relief, or both.

The Company establishes accruals for specific legal proceedings when it is considered probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Accruals for loss contingencies are reviewed quarterly and adjusted as additional information becomes available. In connection with certain acquisitions of privately-held businesses, the Company has retained purchase price holdbacks to provide security for a negotiated duration with respect to damages incurred in connection with pre-acquisition claims and litigation matters. If a loss is not both probable and reasonably estimable, or if an exposure to loss exists in excess of the amount accrued therefor or the applicable purchase price holdback, the Company assesses whether there is at least a reasonable possibility that a loss, or additional loss, may have been incurred. If there is a reasonable possibility that a loss, or

 

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additional loss, may have been incurred, the Company discloses the estimate of the possible loss or range of loss if it is material and an estimate can be made, or states that such an estimate cannot be made. The evaluation as to whether a loss is reasonably possible or probable is based on the Company’s assessment, in conjunction with legal counsel, regarding the ultimate outcome of the matter.

The Company believes that it has adequately accrued for, or has adequate purchase price holdbacks with respect to, the potential impact of loss contingencies that are probable and reasonably estimable, and there was no indication of a reasonable possibility that a material loss, or additional material loss (including in excess of any applicable purchase price holdback), may have been incurred. The Company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any matters to which the Company is presently party will have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. However, the results of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, and an unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company carries liability and excess umbrella insurance policies that it deems sufficient to cover potential legal claims arising in the normal course of conducting its operations as a transportation company. In the event the Company is required to satisfy a legal claim in excess of the coverage provided by this insurance, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be negatively impacted.

California DLSE claims

The Company’s Pacer subsidiary, which was acquired on March 31, 2014, received notices from the California Labor Commissioner, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the "DLSE"), that a total of 153 owner operators contracted with certain Pacer subsidiaries have filed claims with the DLSE in which they assert that they should be classified as employees, as opposed to independent contractors. These claims seek reimbursement for the owner operators’ business expenses, including fuel, tractor maintenance and tractor lease payments. Seven of these claims have been heard by a DLSE hearing officer, who awarded a total of $2.2 million to the seven claimants. Pacer has appealed these awards to California Superior Court, San Diego, where a de novo trial will be held on the merits of those claims. As a part of the acquisition accounting process, XPO is currently evaluating these claims and the recent award to the seven claimants and will determine the fair value of these claims, if any, in the forthcoming measurement period. The Company has not established any reserve with respect to these matters as of March 31, 2014.

Pacer Acquisition Litigation

Between January 8 and January 16, 2014, five substantially identical putative class actions were filed in the Tennessee Chancery Court against the Company, Pacer and Pacer’s directors challenging the Company’s acquisition of Pacer. By stipulation and order dated February 18, 2014, the Chancery Court for Davidson County consolidated these cases under the caption In re Pacer International, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, No. 14-39-IV. The operative complaint in the consolidated case alleges, among other things, that the directors of Pacer breached their fiduciary duties to Pacer's shareholders in connection with the proposed acquisition of Pacer by XPO by agreeing to the proposed merger at an allegedly unfair price pursuant to a purportedly flawed and conflicted sales process, by including certain allegedly preclusive deal-protection measures, and by misrepresenting and/or omitting certain allegedly material information in the proxy statement relating to the transaction. The parties have reached an agreement in principle to settle all of these claims, which the Company continues to believe are without merit. The settlement remains subject to Court approval. There can be no assurance that the parties will ultimately enter into a definitive settlement agreement or that the Court will approve the settlement.

6. Debt

Debt Facilities

The Company may from time to time use debt financing for acquisitions and business start-ups, among other things. The Company also enters into long-term debt and capital leases with various third parties from time to time to finance certain operational equipment and other assets used in its business operations. Generally, these loans and capital leases bear interest at market rates, and are collateralized with accounts receivable, equipment and certain other assets of the Company.

As of March 31, 2014, the Company and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as borrowers, were parties to a $125.0 million multicurrency secured Revolving Loan Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with the lender parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent for such lenders, with a commitment termination date of October 17, 2018.

The proceeds of the Credit Agreement may be used by the Company for ongoing working capital needs and other general corporate purposes, including strategic acquisitions. At March 31, 2014, the Company had no amount drawn under the Credit Agreement. The Company was in compliance, in all material respects, with all covenants related to the Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2014. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at the Company’s option, the one, two, three or six month (or such other period less than one month or greater than six months as the lenders may agree) LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.75% to 2.25%, or a base rate plus a margin of 0.75% to 1.25%. The Company is required to pay an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.25% or 0.375% of the quarterly average undrawn portion of the commitments under the Credit Agreement, as well as customary letter of credit fees. The margin added to LIBOR, or base rate, will depend on the quarterly average availability of the commitments under the Credit Agreement.

 

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All obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and are unconditionally guaranteed by certain of its subsidiaries, provided that no foreign subsidiary guarantees, and no assets of any foreign subsidiary secures, any obligations of any of the Company’s domestic borrower subsidiaries. The borrowings under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company’s subsidiaries. Within the meaning of Regulation S-X, Rule 3-10, XPO Logistics, Inc. (the parent company) has no independent assets or operations, the guarantees of its subsidiaries are full and unconditional and joint and several, and any subsidiaries other than the guarantor subsidiaries are minor. The Credit Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that are customary for agreements of this type. Among other things, the covenants in the Credit Agreement limit the Company’s ability to, with certain exceptions: incur indebtedness; grant liens; engage in certain mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and dispositions; make certain investments and restricted payments; and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. In certain circumstances, the Credit Agreement also requires the Company to maintain certain minimum EBITDA or, at the Company’s election, maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. If an event of default under the Credit Agreement shall occur and be continuing, the commitments thereunder may be terminated and the principal amount outstanding thereunder, together with all accrued unpaid interest and other amounts owed thereunder, may be declared immediately due and payable. Certain subsidiaries acquired by the Company in the future may be excluded from the restrictions contained in certain of the foregoing covenants. The Company does not believe that the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement will impair its ability to execute its strategy.

For additional information on the Company’s revolving debt facilities, refer to Note 14—Subsequent Events.

Convertible Senior Notes

At March 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding $120.7 million aggregate principal amount of 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2017. Total unamortized debt issuance costs classified in other long-term assets at March 31, 2014 are $2.6 million. Interest is payable on the Notes on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 795,814 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain holders of the Notes in connection with the conversion of $13.1 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The conversions were allocated to long-term debt and equity in the amounts of $10.5 million and $10.5 million, respectively. Certain of these transactions represented induced conversions pursuant to which the Company paid the holder a market-based premium in cash. The negotiated market-based premiums, in addition to the difference between the current fair value and the book value of the Notes, were reflected in interest expense. The number of shares of common stock issued in the foregoing transactions equals the number of shares of common stock presently issuable to holders of the Notes upon conversion under the original terms of the Notes.

Under certain circumstances at the election of the holder, the convertible senior notes may be converted until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 1, 2017, into cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, at the Company’s election, at the initial conversion rate of approximately 60.8467 shares of common stock per $1,000 in principal amount, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $16.43 per share. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its convertible senior notes in connection with such corporate event in certain circumstances. On or after April 1, 2017, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their convertible senior notes at any time.

The convertible senior notes may be redeemed by the Company on or after October 1, 2015 if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), including the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption. The Company may redeem the convertible senior notes in whole, but not in part, at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, plus a make-whole premium payment. The “make whole premium” payment or delivery will be made, as the case may be, in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s election, equal to the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest on the convertible senior notes to be redeemed through October 1, 2017 (excluding interest accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to 4.5%. The make-whole premium is paid to holders whether or not they convert the convertible senior notes following the Company’s issuance of a redemption notice.

 

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The following table outlines the Company’s debt obligations as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     Interest rates     Term (months)      As of March 31, 2014     As of December 31, 2013  

Convertible senior notes

     4.50     60       $ 120,658      $ 133,742   

Revolving credit facility

     4.38     60         —          75,000   

Notes payable

     N/A        N/A         2,017        2,205   

Capital leases for equipment

     14.15     59         230        196   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total debt

          122,905        211,143   

Less: unamortized bond discount

          (20,814     (27,474

Less: current maturities of long-term debt

          (1,777     (2,028
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt, net of current maturities

        $ 100,314      $ 181,641   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

7. Goodwill

The following table is a roll-forward of goodwill from December 31, 2013 to March 31, 2014. The current period additions are the result of the goodwill recognized as excess purchase price in the acquisition of Pacer (in thousands):

 

     Expedited
Transportation
    Freight
Forwarding
     Freight
Brokerage
     Total  

Goodwill at December 31, 2013

   $ 58,412      $ 9,222         295,814       $ 363,448   

Acquisitions and other adjustments

     (3     —           175,723         175,720   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill at March 31, 2014

   $ 58,409      $ 9,222       $ 471,537       $ 539,168   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

8. Stockholder’s Equity

On February 5, 2014, the Company closed a registered underwritten public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, and on February 11, 2014, the Company closed as part of the same public offering the sale of an additional 2,250,000 shares as a result of the full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, in each case at a price of $25.00 per share (together, the “February 2014 Offering”). The Company received $413.2 million in net proceeds from the February 2014 Offering after underwriting discounts and expenses.

On August 13, 2013, the Company closed a registered underwritten public offering of 9,694,027 shares of common stock, and on August 16, 2013, the Company closed as part of the same public offering the sale of an additional 1,454,104 shares as a result of the full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, in each case at a price of $22.75 per share (together, the “August 2013 Offering”). The Company received $239.5 million in net proceeds from the August 2013 Offering after underwriting discounts and expenses.

 

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9. Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes the Company’s equity awards outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014:

 

     Options      Restricted Stock Units  
     Options     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
     Exercise
Price Range
     Weighted Average
Remaining Term
    

Restricted

Stock Units

    Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 

Outstanding at December 31, 2013

     1,421,520      $ 11.02       $ 2.28 - $23.19         6.93         1,351,655      $ 13.26   

Granted

     15,000      $ 28.89       $ 27.69 - $31.28            598,808      $ 18.72   

Exercised

     (37,250   $ 3.60       $ 2.96 - $16.98           (28,017   $ 29.41   

Forfeited

     (14,000   $ 16.88       $ 16.57 -$17.10            —        $ —     
  

 

 

            

 

 

   

Outstanding at March 31, 2014

     1,385,270      $ 11.36       $ 2.28 - $31.28         6.97         1,922,446      $ 14.72   
  

 

 

            

 

 

   

The stock-based compensation expense for outstanding RSUs was $1.8 million and $0.7 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Of the 1,922,446 outstanding RSUs, 748,697 vest subject to service conditions and 1,173,749 vest subject to service and a combination of market and performance conditions.

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $12.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSU compensation that is anticipated to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.31 years. Remaining estimated compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock-based grants is $4.1 million, $4.4 million, $3.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.2 million for the periods ending December 31, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had 682,870 options vested and exercisable and $3.7 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options. The remaining estimated compensation expense related to the existing stock options is $1.3 million, $1.2 million, $0.9 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the periods ended December 31, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

10. Income Taxes

The Company has determined its interim tax provision projecting an estimated annual effective tax rate. For the three-months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $3.3 million, yielding an effective tax rate of 10.5%. The effective tax rate of 10.5% differed from the expected effective tax rate of 35% due primarily to the establishment of a partial valuation allowance on our federal and state deferred tax assets, non-deductible loss on convertible debt, other non-deductible amounts and the change in the mix of income among the jurisdictions in which we do business.

For the three-months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded income tax expense of $0.2 million yielding an effective tax rate of 1.6%. The effective tax rate of 1.6% differed from the expected effective tax rate of 35% due primarily to the effects of recording a tax valuation allowance against the income tax benefit for the first quarter of 2013.

The Company had a valuation allowance of $11.2 million as of March 31, 2014 primarily on the deferred tax assets generated for federal, state and foreign net operating losses where it is not more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be utilized. The Company assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered based upon the consideration of many factors, including the current economic climate, its expectations of future taxable income, its ability to project such income, the reversal of temporary differences and the implementation of feasible and prudent tax planning strategies. These assumptions require significant judgment about the forecasts of future taxable income and are consistent with the plans and estimates the Company is using to manage its underlying businesses. Any reversal of the valuation allowance will favorably impact the Company’s results of operations in the period of reversal.

In general, it is the practice and intention of the Company to reinvest the earnings of its non-U.S. subsidiaries in those operations. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had not made a provision for U.S. or additional foreign withholding taxes for financial reporting over the tax basis of investments in foreign subsidiaries that are essentially permanent in duration, if any exists. Generally, such amounts become subject to U.S. taxation upon the remittance of dividends and under certain other circumstances. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of deferred tax liability related to investments in these foreign subsidiaries.

 

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11. Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the combined weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and the potential dilution of stock options, warrants, RSUs, convertible senior notes and Company’s Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“preferred stock”), outstanding during the period, if dilutive. The weighted average of potentially dilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is shown per the table below.

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2014      2013  

Basic common stock outstanding

     41,312,894         18,031,926   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Potentially Dilutive Securities:

     

Shares underlying the conversion of preferred stock to common stock

     10,503,286         10,610,714   

Shares underlying the conversion of the convertible senior notes

     7,741,643         8,749,239   

Shares underlying warrants to purchase common stock

     8,004,967         6,342,298   

Shares underlying stock options to purchase common stock

     529,385         550,611   

Shares underlying restricted stock units

     565,825         414,088   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     27,345,106         26,666,950   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted weighted shares outstanding

     68,658,000         44,698,876   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The impact of this dilution was not reflected in the earnings per share calculations in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations because the impact was anti-dilutive. The treasury method was used to determine the shares underlying warrants, stock options and RSUs for potential dilution with an average market price of $28.85 per share and $17.15 per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

12. Related Party Transactions

There were no related party transactions that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

On August 15, 2013, the Company completed its acquisition of 3PD, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement to which Mr. James J. Martell was a party. Mr. Martell is a member of the board of directors of the Company and also was an investor in, and member of the board of directors of, 3PD. Mr. Martell recused himself from, and did not participate in, deliberations of the Company’s board of directors with respect to the acquisition of 3PD. Other than his interest in the purchase price paid pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, Mr. Martell did not receive compensation in connection with the acquisition of 3PD. On July 12, 2013, Mr. Martell entered into a subscription agreement with the Company pursuant to which, on August 15, 2013, he invested $0.7 million of the after-tax proceeds he received in the transaction in restricted shares of the Company’s common stock.

There were no other related party transactions that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2013.

13. Segment Reporting

The Company determines its operating segments based on the information utilized by the chief operating decision maker, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to allocate resources and assess performance. Based on this information, the Company has determined that it has five operating segments, which are aggregated into three reportable segments as described in Note 1 of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

These reportable segments are strategic business units through which the Company offers different services. The Company evaluates the performance of the segments primarily based on their respective revenues, net revenue margin and operating income. Accordingly, interest expense and other non-operating items are not reported in segment results. In addition, the Company has disclosed a corporate segment, which is not an operating segment and includes the costs of the Company’s executive and shared service teams, professional services such as legal and consulting, board of directors, and certain other corporate costs associated with operating as a public company. The Company allocates charges to the reportable segments for IT services, depreciation of IT fixed assets as well as centralized recruiting and training resources.

 

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The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company evaluates performance based on various financial measures of the respective business segments. The chief operating decision maker does not review assets by segment for purposes of allocating resources and therefore assets by segment are not disclosed. The following schedule identifies select financial data for each of the Company’s reportable segments for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively (in thousands):

 

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XPO Logistics, Inc.

Segment Data

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     Freight
Brokerage
    Expedited
Transportation
     Freight
Forwarding
     Corporate     Eliminations     Total  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

              

Revenue

   $ 231,689      $ 33,810       $ 19,506       $ —        $ (2,602   $ 282,403   

Operating (loss) income

     (3,995     3,746         552         (21,664     —          (21,361

Depreciation and amortization

     8,993        1,612         100         568        —          11,273   

Interest expense

     12        2         —           10,044        —          10,058   

Tax provision (benefit)

     607        —           —           (3,906     —          (3,299

Goodwill

     471,537        58,409         9,222         —          —          539,168   

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

              

Revenue

   $ 78,230      $ 23,875       $ 16,233       $ —        $ (4,339   $ 113,999   

Operating (loss) income

     (3,820     753         372         (8,672     —          (11,367

Depreciation and amortization

     1,014        268         88         184        —          1,554   

Interest expense

     2        2         —           3,060        —          3,064   

Tax provision

     41        —           —           181        —          222   

Goodwill

     46,066        11,616         9,222         —          —          66,904   

14. Subsequent Events

Preferred Stock Dividend

On April 3, 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved the declaration of a dividend payable to holders of the preferred stock. The declared dividend equaled $10 per share of preferred stock as specified in the Certificate of Designation of the preferred stock. The total declared dividend equaled $0.7 million and was paid on April 15, 2014.

Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Credit Agreement

On April 1, 2014, XPO and certain of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, as borrowers (collectively, the “Borrowers”), entered into a $415.0 million multicurrency secured Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Credit Agreement (the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with the lender parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent for such lenders (the “Administrative Agent”), with a commitment termination date of October 17, 2018. The principal amount of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be increased by an aggregate amount of up to $100.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions specified in the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement replaces and supersedes in its entirety the $125.0 million multicurrency secured Revolving Loan Credit Agreement that the Company entered into on October 18, 2013.

The proceeds of the Amended Credit Agreement may be used by the Company and its subsidiaries for ongoing working capital needs, other general corporate purposes, including strategic acquisitions, and fees and expenses in connection with the transaction. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at the Company’s option, the one, two, three or six month (or such other period less than one month or greater than six months as the lenders may agree) LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.75% to 2.25%, or a base rate plus a margin of 0.75% to 1.25%. The Borrowers are required to pay an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.25% or 0.375% of the quarterly average undrawn portion of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement, as well as customary letter of credit fees. The margin added to LIBOR, or base rate, will depend on the Borrowers’ quarterly average availability of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement.

All obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the Borrowers’ assets and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, provided that no foreign subsidiary guarantees, and no assets of any foreign subsidiary secures, any obligations of any domestic Borrower. The Amended Credit Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that are customary for agreements of this type. Among other things, the covenants in the Amended Credit Agreement limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to, with certain exceptions: incur indebtedness; grant liens; engage in certain mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and dispositions; make certain investments and restricted payments; and enter into certain

 

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transactions with affiliates. In certain circumstances, the Amended Credit Agreement also requires the Company to maintain minimum EBITDA or, at the Company’s election, maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. If an event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement shall occur and be continuing, the commitments thereunder may be terminated and the principal amount outstanding thereunder, together with all accrued unpaid interest and other amounts owed thereunder, may be declared immediately due and payable. Certain subsidiaries acquired by the Company in the future may be excluded from the restrictions contained in certain of the foregoing covenants. The Company does not believe that the covenants contained in the Amended Credit Agreement will impair its ability to execute its strategy.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other written reports and oral statements we make from time to time contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “will,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terms. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference include those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, the risks discussed in our other filings with the SEC and the following: economic conditions generally; competition; our ability to find suitable acquisition candidates and execute our acquisition strategy; the expected impact of acquisitions, including the expected impact on our results of operations; our ability to raise debt and equity capital; our ability to attract and retain key employees to execute our growth strategy; litigation, including litigation related to alleged misclassification of independent contractors; our ability to develop and implement a suitable information technology system; our ability to maintain positive relationships with our network of third-party transportation providers; our ability to retain our and acquired businesses’ largest customers; our ability to successfully integrate Pacer, National Logistics Management (“NLM”), 3PD and other acquired businesses and realize anticipated synergies and cost savings; rail and other network changes; weather and other service disruptions; and governmental regulation. All forward-looking statements set forth in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to or effects on us or our business or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this Quarterly Report speak only as of the date hereof and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by law.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. In addition, reference should be made to our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and related “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Executive Summary

XPO Logistics, Inc. is a leading non-asset provider of transportation logistics services. We act as a middleman between shippers and carriers who outsource their transportation logistics to us as a third-party provider. As of March 31, 2014, we operated at 120 locations: 99 Company-owned branches and 21 agent-owned offices.

We offer our services through three business segments. Our freight brokerage segment places shippers’ freight with qualified carriers, primarily trucking companies. Our expedited transportation segment facilitates urgent shipments via independent over-the-road contractors and air charter carriers. Our freight forwarding segment arranges domestic and international shipments using ground, air and ocean transport through a network of agent-owned and Company-owned locations.

In September 2011, following the equity investment in the Company led by Jacobs Private Equity, LLC, we began to implement a strategy to leverage our strengths—including management expertise, operational scale and capital resources—with the goals of significant growth and value creation.

By executing our strategy, we have built leading positions in some of the fastest-growing sectors of transportation logistics. In North America, we are the fourth largest provider of freight brokerage services, which, driven by an outsourcing trend, is growing at two to three times the rate of Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”). Our acquisitions of 3PD Holding, Inc. (“3PD”) and Optima Service Solutions, LLC (“Optima”) in 2013 (further described below) made us the largest provider of heavy goods last-mile delivery logistics in North America, a $13 billion sector which, driven by outsourcing by big-box retailers and e-commerce, is growing at five to six times the rate of GDP. In part due to our acquisition of NLM in December of 2013, we now manage more expedited shipments than any other company in North America and have established a foothold in managed transportation. Expediting is growing due to a trend toward just-in-time inventories in manufacturing. Following the acquisition of Pacer in March of 2014, we are the third largest provider of intermodal services in North America and the largest provider of cross-border Mexico intermodal services, a sector that, driven by the efficiencies of long-haul rail and the growth of near-shoring of manufacturing in Mexico, is growing at three to five times the rate of GDP. We believe our broad service offering gives us a competitive advantage as many customers, particularly large shippers, focus their relationships on fewer, larger third party logistics providers with deep capacity across a wide range of services.

 

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Our strategy has three main components:

 

    Optimization of operations. We are continuing to optimize our existing operations by growing our sales force, implementing advanced information technology, cross-selling our services and leveraging our shared carrier capacity. We have a disciplined framework of processes in place for the recruiting, training and mentoring of newly hired employees. Our salespeople market our services to hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized prospective customers. In addition, we have a strategic and national accounts team focused on developing business relationships with the largest shippers in North America. Our network is supported by our national operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which we opened in March of 2012, and by our information technology. We have a scalable platform in place across the Company, with sales, service, carrier and track-and-trace capabilities, as well as benchmarking and analysis. Most important to our growth strategy, we are developing a culture of passionate, world-class service for customers.

 

    Acquisitions. We take a disciplined approach to acquisitions: we look for companies that are highly scalable and are a good strategic fit with our core competency. When we acquire a company, we seek to integrate it with our operations and scale it up by adding salespeople. We integrate the acquired operations with our technology platform, which connects them to our broader organization, and we give them access to our shared carrier pool. We gain more carriers, customers, lane histories and pricing histories with each acquisition, and in some cases an acquisition adds complementary services. We use these resources Company-wide to buy transportation more efficiently and to cross-sell a more complete supply chain solution to customers. Since the beginning of 2012, we have developed an active pipeline of targets. In 2012, we completed the acquisition of four non-asset third party logistics companies. We acquired another six companies in 2013, including 3PD, the largest non-asset, third party provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America, and NLM, the largest provider of web-based expedited transportation management in North America. On March 31, 2014, we acquired Pacer, the third largest provider of intermodal transportation services in North America. We plan to continue to acquire quality companies that fit our strategy for growth.

 

    Cold-starts. We believe that cold-starts can generate high returns on invested capital because of the relatively low investment required and the large component of variable-based incentive compensation. We are currently ramping up 24 cold-starts: 11 in Freight Brokerage, 12 in Freight Forwarding and one in Expedited Transportation. We seek to locate our Freight Brokerage cold-starts in prime areas for sales recruitment. We plan to continue to open cold-start locations where we see the potential for strong returns.

Acquisition of Pacer International

On January 5, 2014, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Pacer. On March 31, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Pacer pursuant to the terms of the Pacer Merger Agreement whereby Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of XPO, merged with and into Pacer with Pacer continuing as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of XPO. The Pacer Transaction was effective on March 31, 2014. The fair value of the total consideration paid under the Pacer Merger Agreement was $331.5 million and consisted of $222.7 million of cash payable at the time of closing and $108.8 million representing the fair value of 3.7 million shares of our common stock.

Restructuring

On March 31, 2014, the Company initiated a facility rationalization and severance program to close facilities and reduce employment in order to improve efficiency and profitability in conjunction with its acquisition of Pacer. The program includes facility exit activities and employment reduction initiatives.

Amended Revolving Loan Credit Agreement

On April 1, 2014, we and certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a $415.0 million multicurrency secured revolving loan facility with a commitment termination date of October 17, 2018. The principal amount of the commitments under the amended credit facility may be increased by an aggregate amount of up to $100.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions specified in the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement replaces and supersedes in its entirety the $125.0 million multicurrency secured Credit Agreement that we entered into on October 18, 2013. We can use the proceeds of the Amended Credit Agreement for ongoing working capital needs and other general corporate purposes, including strategic acquisitions.

Common Stock Offerings

On February 5, 2014, we closed a registered underwritten public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, and on February 11, 2014 we closed as part of the same public offering the sale of an additional 2,250,000 shares as a result of the full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, in each case at a price of $25.00 per share (together, the “February 2014 Offering”). We received $413.2 million in net proceeds from the February 2014 Offering after underwriting discounts and expenses.

 

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Convertible Debt Conversions

To date, we have entered into transactions pursuant to which we have issued an aggregate of 1,405,068 shares of our common stock to certain holders of the 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2017 in connection with the conversion of $23.1 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Certain of these transactions included induced conversions pursuant to which we paid the holder a market-based premium in cash. The negotiated market-based premiums, in addition to the difference between the current fair value and the book value of the Notes, are reflected in interest expense. The number of shares of common stock issued in the foregoing transactions equals the number of shares of common stock presently issuable to holders of the Notes upon conversion under the original terms of the Notes.

Statement of Operations Presentation

Certain prior period statement of operations line items have been conformed to the 2014 presentation, including the retitling of direct expense to cost of purchased transportation and services and the addition of the direct operating expense category. The conformed line items had no impact on previously reported income. The conformed statements of operations data for the years ended December 2013, 2012 and 2011 and the three-months ended March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, 2013 are shown below on a consolidated basis and for the Freight Brokerage segment.

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Prior Period Results Conformed to 2014 Presentation

Statements of Operations Data

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

AS CONFORMED    For the
Year Ended
    For the
Three Months Ended
    For the
Year Ended
 
     December 31,
2011
     December 31,
2012
    March 31,
2013
    June 30,
2013
    September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2013
 

Revenue

   $ 177,076       $ 278,591      $ 113,999      $ 137,091      $ 193,982      $ 257,231      $ 702,303   

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     147,298         237,765        97,739        117,751        159,147        204,159        578,796   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     29,778         40,826        16,260        19,340        34,835        53,072        123,507   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct operating expense

     —           —          —          —          2,077        4,278        6,355   

SG&A expense

               

Salaries & benefits

     16,338         39,278        18,048        20,491        26,948        34,799        100,286   

Other SG&A expense

     3,937         11,616        4,262        5,198        8,067        7,762        25,289   

Purchased services

     6,733         15,388        3,815        5,914        7,805        5,741        23,275   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,046         2,508        1,502        1,752        8,357        9,016        20,627   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     28,054         68,790        27,627        33,355        51,177        57,318        169,477   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

   $ 1,724       $ (27,964   $ (11,367   $ (14,015   $ (18,419   $ (8,524   $ (52,325
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Freight Brokerage

Prior Period Results Conformed to 2014 Presentation

Statements of Operations Data

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

AS CONFORMED    For the
Year Ended
    For the
Three Months Ended
     For the
Year Ended
 
     December 31,
2011
     December 31,
2012
    March 31,
2013
    June 30,
2013
    September 30,
2013
    December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2013
 

Revenue

   $ 29,186       $ 125,121      $ 78,230      $ 95,360      $ 152,616      $ 215,183       $ 541,389   

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     24,489         108,996        68,164        82,793        124,966        169,371         445,294   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net revenue

     4,697         16,125        10,066        12,567        27,650        45,812         96,095   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Direct operating expense

     —           —          —          —          2,077        4,278         6,355   

SG&A expense

                

Salaries & benefits

     2,484         15,171        10,163        12,367        17,442        24,554         64,526   

Other SG&A expense

     716         3,590        1,895        3,031        5,172        6,022         16,120   

Purchased services

     148         1,695        814        979        1,763        2,068         5,624   

Depreciation and amortization

     44         1,223        1,014        1,180        4,611        8,087         14,892   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     3,392         21,679        13,886        17,557        28,988        40,731         101,162   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

   $ 1,305       $ (5,554   $ (3,820   $ (4,990   $ (3,415   $ 803       $ (11,422
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Reporting Disclosures

This discussion and analysis also refers from time to time to our Freight Brokerage international operations. These brokered shipments may originate in either the United States or Canada and are largely attributable to our acquisition of Kelron Corporate Services, Inc. and certain related entities (collectively, “Kelron”) in August 2012. These services are provided to both U.S. and Canadian customers who primarily pay in their home currency.

This discussion and analysis also refers from time to time to Expedited Transportation’s international operations. These operations involve the transportation of freight shipments that originate in or are delivered to either Canada or Mexico. These freight shipments either originate in or are delivered to the United States, and therefore only a portion of the freight movement actually takes place in Canada or Mexico. This service is provided to domestic customers who pay primarily in U.S. dollars. We discuss this freight separately because our Expedited Transportation segment has developed an expertise in cross-docking freight at the border through the utilization of Canadian and Mexican carriers.

This discussion and analysis also refers from time to time to our Freight Forwarding international operations. These freight movements also originate in or are delivered to the United States and are primarily paid for in U.S. dollars.

The following section describes some of our revenue and expense categories and is provided to facilitate investors’ understanding of the discussion of our financial results below.

Revenue

Revenue is generated through the rates, fuel surcharges and other fees we charge our customers for our portfolio of freight transportation services and is impacted by changes in volume, product mix, length of haul and route changes. The freight transportation services we provide include truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal brokerage, last-mile delivery logistics services, time-critical, urgent shipment solutions, and freight forwarding.

Cost of purchased transportation and services

Cost of purchased transportation and services is primarily attributable to the cost of procuring freight transportation services for our customers, commissions paid to independent station owners in our freight forwarding business, and insurance and truck leasing expense in our expedited business. Our non-asset operating model provides transportation capacity through variable cost third-party transportation arrangements, therefore enabling us to be flexible to adapt to changes in economic or industry conditions. Our primary means of providing capacity are through our base of independent owner operators and contract carriers for ground transportation and air charter services in Expedited Transportation and our network of independent truck, rail, ocean and air carriers in Freight Brokerage and Freight Forwarding.

 

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Net revenue

Net revenue is total revenue less the cost of purchased transportation and services. This discussion and analysis refers from time to time to net revenue margin. We use the term net revenue margin to refer to the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of net revenue divided by revenue.

Direct operating expense

Direct operating expense includes both the fixed and variable operating costs of the warehousing facilities related to our freight brokerage last mile operations. Operating costs of our last mile warehousing facilities consist mainly of labor, rent, maintenance, utilities and other facility related costs.

Sales, general and administrative expense

Sales, general and administrative expense consists of costs relating to customer acquisition, carrier procurement, billing, customer service, salaries and related expenses of the executive and administrative staff, acquisition-related costs, office expenses, technology services, professional fees and other purchased services relating to the aforementioned functions, and depreciation and amortization expense.

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Consolidated Summary Financial Table

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,     Percent of Revenue     Change  
     2014     2013     2014     2013     %  

Revenue

   $ 282,403      $ 113,999        100.0     100.0     147.7

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     224,006        97,739        79.3     85.7     129.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     58,397        16,260        20.7     14.3     259.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct operating expense

     3,880        —          1.4     0.0     100.0

SG&A expense

          

Salaries & benefits

     41,159        18,048        14.6     15.8     128.1

Other SG&A expense

     13,266        4,262        4.7     3.7     211.3

Purchased services

     10,214        3,815        3.6     3.3     167.7

Depreciation & amortization

     11,239        1,502        4.0     1.3     648.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     75,878        27,627        26.9     24.1     174.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (21,361     (11,367     -7.6     -9.8     87.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expense (income)

     15        (109     0.0     -0.1     -113.8

Interest expense

     10,058        3,064        3.6     2.7     228.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income tax

     (31,434     (14,322     -11.2     -12.4     119.5

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (3,299     222        -1.2     0.2     -1586.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (28,135   $ (14,544     -10.0     -12.6     93.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Consolidated Results

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Our consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2014 increased 147.7% to $282.4 million from $114.0 million in the first quarter of 2013. This increase was driven largely by the increased revenues due to the acquisitions of 3PD, NLM, Optima, Interide, Covered, and East Coast Air Charter as well as the revenue attributable to the growth of our Freight Brokerage cold-start locations.

Total net revenue dollars for the first quarter of 2014 increased 259.1% to $58.4 million from $16.3 million in the first quarter of 2013. Net revenue margin was 20.7% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 14.3% in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in net revenue margin primarily relates to the acquisitions of high-margin 3PD and NLM.

Direct operating expense for the first quarter of 2014 was $3.9 million, or 1.4% as a percentage of revenue. Direct operating expense increased due to the acquisition of 3PD which included certain warehousing operations. Prior to the acquisition of 3PD in August 2013, we had no such warehousing operations.

Sales, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expense as a percentage of revenue increased to 26.9% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 24.1% in the first quarter of 2013. SG&A expense increased by $48.3 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the first quarter of 2013 due to: acquisitions; sales force recruitment; investment in technology; costs associated with our new Freight Brokerage offices; and restructuring, integration and transaction costs related to the acquisition of Pacer.

Interest expense for the first quarter of 2014 increased 228.3% to $10.1 million from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2013 mainly due to an undrawn debt commitment fee of $4.5 million in relation to our acquisition of Pacer, interest expense related to the conversion of our convertible senior notes of $2.3 million, and $0.4 million of interest expense related to our revolving credit agreement.

For the first quarter of 2014, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $3.3 million, yielding an effective tax rate of 10.5%. The effective tax rate of 10.5% differed from the Federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to the establishment of a partial valuation allowance on our federal and state deferred tax assets, non-deductible loss on convertible debt, other non-deductible amounts and the change in the mix of income among the jurisdictions in which we do business. For the first quarter of 2013, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $0.2 million, yielding an effective tax rate of 1.6%. The effective tax rate of 1.6% differed from the Federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily due to the effects of recording a tax valuation allowance against the income tax benefit for the first quarter of 2013.

The increase in net loss was due primarily to higher SG&A expenses and interest expense.

 

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Freight Brokerage

Summary Financial Table

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,     Percent of Revenue     Change  
     2014     2013     2014     2013     %  

Revenue

   $ 231,689      $ 78,230        100.0     100.0     196.2

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     187,372        68,164        80.9     87.1     174.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     44,317        10,066        19.1     12.9     340.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct operating expense

     3,880        —          1.7     0.0     100.0

SG&A expense

          

Salaries & benefits

     25,526        10,163        11.0     13.0     151.2

Other SG&A expense

     7,841        1,895        3.4     2.4     313.8

Purchased services

     2,072        814        0.9     1.0     154.5

Depreciation & amortization

     8,993        1,014        3.9     1.3     786.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     44,432        13,886        19.2     17.7     220.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

   $ (3,995   $ (3,820     -1.8     -4.8     4.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Freight Brokerage

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Revenue in our Freight Brokerage segment increased by 196.2% to $231.7 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to $78.2 million in the first quarter of 2013. Revenue growth was primarily due to the acquisitions of 3PD, Optima, Interide and Covered, as well as revenue growth from our Freight Brokerage cold-start sales locations. Headcount in our Freight Brokerage segment increased to 2,331 from 668 as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Freight Brokerage’s net revenue dollars increased 340.3% to $44.3 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $10.1 million in the first quarter of 2013. Freight Brokerage’s net revenue margin was 19.1% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 12.9% in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in net revenue margin was due to the acquisitions of high-margin last-mile logistics providers 3PD and Optima in 2013 and improvement in our existing business.

Direct operating expense for the first quarter of 2014 was $3.9 million, or 1.7% as a percentage of revenue. Direct operating expense increased due to the acquisition of 3PD which included certain warehousing operations. Prior to the acquisition of 3PD in August 2013, we had no such warehousing operations.

SG&A expense increased to $44.4 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $13.9 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in SG&A expense was due to acquisitions, sales force expansion, technology and training, as well as increased intangible asset amortization relating to the acquisition of 3PD. As a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense increased to 19.2% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 17.7% in the first quarter of 2013.

Our Freight Brokerage operations generated an operating loss of $4.0 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to a loss of $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2013.

Management’s growth strategy for Freight Brokerage is based on:

 

    Selective acquisitions of non-asset based freight brokerage firms that would benefit from our scale and potential access to capital;

 

    The opening of new freight brokerage sales offices;

 

    Investment in an expanded sales and service workforce;

 

    Technology investments to improve efficiency in sales, freight tracking and carrier procurement; and

 

    The integration of industry best practices, with specific focus on better leveraging our scale and lowering administrative overhead.

 

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Expedited Transportation

Summary Financial Table

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,      Percent of Revenue     Change  
     2014      2013      2014     2013     %  

Revenue

   $ 33,810       $ 23,875         100.0     100.0     41.6

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     22,442         20,067         66.4     84.1     11.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     11,368         3,808         33.6     15.9     198.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SG&A expense

            

Salaries & benefits

     4,154         1,945         12.3     8.1     113.6

Other SG&A expense

     1,456         604         4.3     2.5     141.1

Purchased services

     434         289         1.3     1.2     50.2

Depreciation & amortization

     1,578         217         4.7     0.9     627.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     7,622         3,055         22.6     12.7     149.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 3,746       $ 753         11.0     3.2     397.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note: Total depreciation and amortization for the Expedited Transportation operating segment included in both direct expense and SG&A was $1,612 and $268 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Expedited Transportation

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Revenue in our Expedited Transportation segment increased 41.6% to $33.8 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $23.9 million in the first quarter of 2013. This growth was driven by the acquisitions of NLM and East Coast Air Charter as well as organic growth due to an increase in demand in the expedited market.

Expedited Transportation net revenue dollars increased 198.5% to $11.4 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2013. Expedited Transportation net revenue margin was 33.6% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 15.9% in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in net revenue margin is primarily attributable to the acquisition of NLM which recognizes revenue on a net basis and generated $6.4 million of gross and net revenue. Excluding NLM, our expedited net revenue margin improved primarily as a result of higher revenue per mile.

SG&A expense increased 149.5% to $7.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase was due to the acquisitions of NLM and East Coast Air Charter. As a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense increased to 22.6% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 12.7% in the first quarter of 2013.

Operating income increased to $3.7 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in operating income was primarily related to the acquisitions of NLM and East Coast Air Charter and organic improvement in profitability.

Management’s growth strategy for our Expedited Transportation segment is based on:

 

    Targeted investments to expand the sales and service workforce, in order to capture key opportunities in specialized areas (e.g., cross-border, refrigeration and air charter);

 

    An increased focus on carrier recruitment and retention, as well as improved utilization of the current carrier fleet;

 

    Technology upgrades to improve efficiency in sales and carrier procurement;

 

    Selective acquisitions of non-asset based expedited businesses that would benefit from our scale and potential access to capital; and

 

    Cross-selling of expedited transportation services to customers of our other business segments.

 

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Freight Forwarding

Summary Financial Table

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,      Percent of Revenue     Change  
     2014      2013      2014     2013     %  

Revenue

   $ 19,506       $ 16,233         100.0     100.0     20.2

Cost of purchased transportation and services

     16,793         13,847         86.1     85.3     21.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     2,713         2,386         13.9     14.7     13.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SG&A expense

            

Salaries & benefits

     1,635         1,433         8.4     8.8     14.1

Other SG&A expense

     349         403         1.8     2.5     -13.4

Purchased services

     77         90         0.4     0.6     -14.4

Depreciation & amortization

     100         88         0.5     0.5     13.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

     2,161         2,014         11.1     12.4     7.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 552       $ 372         2.8     2.3     48.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Revenue in our Freight Forwarding segment increased 20.2% to $19.5 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $16.2 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase was primarily the result of increased volume in our existing operations as well as the opening of new freight forwarding locations.

Freight Forwarding’s net revenue dollars increased 13.7% to $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in net revenue dollars was driven by an increase in volume. Freight Forwarding net revenue margin decreased to 13.9% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 14.7% in the first quarter of 2013. The decrease in net revenue margin was primarily driven by an increase in international shipments, which typically generate higher revenue, but at a lower margin, than domestic shipments.

SG&A expense increased 7.3% to $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2013. As a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense decreased to 11.1% in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to 12.4% in the first quarter of 2013.

Operating income was $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to income of $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increase in operating income was primarily related to growth in net revenue.

Management’s growth strategy for Freight Forwarding is based on:

 

    Plans to open new offices in key U.S. markets, which will consist of both company-owned branches and independently-owned stations;

 

    Growth of international shipments;

 

    Technology upgrades to improve efficiency in sales and carrier procurement;

 

    Selective acquisitions of complementary, non-asset based freight forwarding businesses; and

 

    Cross-selling of freight forwarding services to customers of our other business segments.

 

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XPO Corporate

Summary of Sales, General and Administrative Expense

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,      Percent of Consolidated Revenue     Change  
     2014      2013      2014     2013     %  

SG&A expense

            

Salaries & benefits

     9,844         4,507         3.5     4.0     118.4

Other SG&A expense

     3,620         1,359         1.3     1.2     166.4

Purchased services

     7,632         2,622         2.7     2.3     191.1

Depreciation & amortization

     568         184         0.2     0.2     208.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total SG&A expense

   $ 21,664       $ 8,672         7.7     7.7     149.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Corporate

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Corporate SG&A expense in the first quarter of 2014 increased by $13.0 million compared to the first quarter of 2013. Salaries and benefits increased due to the costs of restructuring at Pacer and an increase in headcount in corporate shared services. Purchased services increased in the first quarter of 2014 due largely to acquisition-related transaction costs.

Corporate SG&A for the first quarter of 2014 included: $6.4 million of restructuring charges related to the acquisition of Pacer, including $0.8 million of non-cash share based compensation; $4.6 million of acquisition-related transaction costs; $1.2 million of litigation-related legal costs; and $1.4 million of non-cash share based compensation.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

As of March 31, 2014, immediately following the acquisition of Pacer, we had $211.0 million of working capital, including cash of $143.9 million, compared to working capital of $70.7 million, including cash of $21.5 million, as of December 31, 2013. This increase of $140.3 million in working capital during the three-month period was mainly due to the common stock offering in February 2014 offset by cash used for the acquisition of Pacer, operations and capital expenditures.

We continually evaluate our liquidity requirements, capital needs and availability of capital resources based on our operating needs and our planned growth initiatives. In addition to our existing cash balances and net cash provided by operating activities, in certain circumstances we may also use debt financings and issuances of equity or equity-related securities to fund our operating needs and growth initiatives. See discussion below in Debt Facilities regarding our new amended $415.0 million multicurrency secured revolving loan credit facility.

We believe that our existing cash balances and availability under our new amended revolving credit facility will be sufficient to finance our existing operations.

Cash Flow

During the first three months of 2014, $8.7 million was used in cash from operations compared to $28.0 million used for the comparable period in 2013. The primary use of cash for the period was payment of transportation services and various SG&A expenses.

Cash generated from revenue equaled $226.9 million for the first three months of 2014 as compared to $104.2 million for the same period in 2013 and correlates directly with the revenue increase between the two periods. Cash flow increases are related primarily to volume increases between the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

Cash used for payment of transportation services for the first three months of 2014 equaled $192.0 million as compared to $97.1 million for the same period in 2013. The increase in cash outflows between the two periods also directly correlates to the increase in revenues between the two periods.

 

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Other operating uses of cash included SG&A items, which equaled $41.8 million and $31.2 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Payroll represents the most significant SG&A item. For the first three months of 2014, cash used for payroll equaled $20.6 million as compared to $13.4 million for the same period in 2013.

Investing activities used approximately $194.7 million during the first three months of 2014 compared to a use of $17.5 million from these activities during the same period in 2013. During the first three months of 2014, $191.0 million was used in acquisitions and $3.9 million was used to purchase fixed assets offset by $0.2 million generated by other investing activities. During the same period in 2013, $16.5 million was used in acquisitions and $1.1 million was used to purchase fixed assets while $0.1 million was received from other investing activities.

Financing activities generated approximately $325.8 million for the first three months of 2014, compared to $0.6 million used for the same period in 2013. Our main source of cash from financing activities during the first three months of 2014 was the $413.2 million of net proceeds from the issuance of stock while our primary uses of cash were the $75.0 million used to repay borrowings on the revolving credit facility, payment of $11.3 million as collateral for Pacer’s outstanding letters of credit upon termination of their separate credit agreement, dividends paid to preferred stockholders of $0.7 million and $0.4 million used for other financing activities. During the same period in 2013, our primary use of cash was the dividend paid to preferred stockholders of $0.7 million offset by $0.1 of cash generated from other financing activities during the period.

Debt Facilities

On April 1, 2014, we and certain of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, as borrowers, entered into the $415.0 million multicurrency secured Amended Credit Agreement with the lender parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent for such lenders (the “Administrative Agent”), with a maturity of five years. The principal amount of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be increased by an aggregate amount of up to $100.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions specified in the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement replaces and supersedes in its entirety the $125.0 million multicurrency secured Revolving Loan Credit Agreement that we entered into on October 18, 2013.

The proceeds of the Amended Credit Agreement may be used by us and our subsidiaries for ongoing working capital needs, other general corporate purposes, including strategic acquisitions, and fees and expenses in connection with the transaction. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, the one, two, three or six month (or such other period less than one month or greater than six months as the lenders may agree) LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.75% to 2.25%, or a base rate plus a margin of 0.75% to 1.25%. The Borrowers are required to pay an undrawn commitment fee equal to 0.25% or 0.375% of the quarterly average undrawn portion of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement, as well as customary letter of credit fees. The margin added to LIBOR, or base rate, will depend on our quarterly average availability of the commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement.

All obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of our assets and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries, provided that no foreign subsidiary guarantees, and no assets of any foreign subsidiary secure, any obligations of any domestic Borrower. The Amended Credit Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that are customary for agreements of this type. Among other things, the covenants in the Amended Credit Agreement limit our ability to, with certain exceptions: incur indebtedness; grant liens; engage in certain mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and dispositions; make certain investments and restricted payments; and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. In certain circumstances, the Amended Credit Agreement also requires us to maintain minimum EBITDA or, at our election, maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) of not less than 1.00 to 1.00. If an event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement occurs and is continuing, the commitments thereunder may be terminated and the principal amount outstanding thereunder, together with all accrued unpaid interest and other amounts owed thereunder, may be declared immediately due and payable. Certain subsidiaries acquired by us in the future may be excluded from the restrictions contained in certain of the foregoing covenants. We do not believe that the covenants contained in the Amended Credit Agreement will impair our ability to execute our strategy.

 

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Contractual Obligations

The following table reflects our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2014 (in thousands):

 

     Payments Due by Period  
            Less than 1      1 to 3      3 to 5      More than 5  

Contractual Obligations

   Total      Year      Years      Years      Years  

Capital leases payable

   $ 230       $ 58       $ 128       $ 44       $ —     

Notes payable

     2,017         1,721         296         —           —     

Operating/real estate leases

     168,643         68,849         65,248         25,051         9,495   

Purchase commitments

     22,362         10,720         9,296         2,346         —     

Employment contracts

     18,588         7,911         10,677         —           —     

Severance

     3,618         3,208         410         —           —     

Convertible senior notes

     139,662         5,430         10,859         123,373         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total contractual cash obligations

   $ 355,120       $ 97,897       $ 96,914       $ 150,814       $ 9,495   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition to the obligations in the table above, we are contractually obligated to pay up to $22.0 million of purchase price holdbacks retained in connection with acquisitions, subject to resolution of, and set-off with respect to, any indemnifiable claims. The timing of such payments depends on the resolution of the underlying idemnifable claims, and we cannot predict when such payments may be due. We do not have any other material commitments that have not been disclosed elsewhere.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any transactions that would be considered “off-balance sheet arrangements” under Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. In certain circumstances, those estimates and assumptions can affect amounts reported in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. We have made our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements, giving due consideration to materiality. We do not believe there is a great likelihood that materially different amounts will be reported related to the accounting policies described above. However, application of these accounting policies involves the exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Note 2 of the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 includes a summary of the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 includes a summary of our critical accounting policies. For the period ended March 31, 2014, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies.

New Pronouncements

No applicable new accounting pronouncements were noted during the period ended March 31, 2014.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

The following discussion about our market risk disclosures involves forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.

Interest Rate Risk. As of March 31, 2014, we held $157.2 million of cash and restricted cash in cash depository and money market funds held in depository accounts at ten financial institutions. The primary market risk associated with these investments is liquidity risk. We have exposure to changes in interest rates on our revolving credit facility. The interest rates on our revolving credit facility fluctuate based on LIBOR or a base rate plus an applicable margin. Assuming our $125.0 million revolving credit facility was fully drawn at March 31, 2014, a hypothetical 100-basis-point change in the interest rate would increase our annual interest expense by $1.3 million. We do not use derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk or to speculate on future changes in interest rates.

 

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Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. Our Canadian-based businesses and results of operations are exposed to movements in the U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar foreign currency exchange rate. A portion of our revenue is denominated in Canadian dollars. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against the Canadian dollar, our revenues reported in U.S. dollars would decline. With regard to operating expense, our primary exposure to foreign currency exchange risk relates to operating expense incurred in Canadian dollars. If the Canadian dollar strengthens, costs reported in U.S. dollars will increase. Movements in the U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar foreign currency exchange rate did not have a material effect on our revenue during the three-month period ending March 31, 2014. A hypothetical ten percent change in average exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar would not have resulted in a material change to our earnings.

From time to time, we use foreign currency forward contracts to reduce part of the variability in certain forecasted Canadian dollar denominated cash flows. Generally, these instruments are for maturities of six months or less. We consider several factors when evaluating hedges of our forecasted foreign currency exposures, such as significance of the exposure, offsetting economic exposures and potential costs of hedging. We do not enter into derivative transactions for purposes other than hedging economic exposures. At March 31, 2014, we had no outstanding forward contracts to reduce the variability in our Canadian dollar denominated revenues and operating expenses.

Convertible Debt Outstanding. The fair market value of our outstanding issue of convertible senior notes is subject to interest rate and market price risk due to the convertible feature of the notes and other factors. Generally the fair market value of fixed interest rate debt will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The fair market value of the notes may also increase as the market price of our stock rises and decrease as the market price of our stock falls. Interest rate and market value changes affect the fair market value of the convertible senior notes, and may affect the prices at which we would be able to repurchase such convertible senior notes were we to do so. These changes do not impact our financial position, cash flows or results of operations. For additional information on the fair value of our outstanding convertible senior notes, refer to Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operations of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on their evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such time such that the material information required to be included in our SEC reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms relating to the Company, including our consolidated subsidiaries, and was made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period when this report was being prepared.

Changes in internal controls. Except as described below, there have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting. On March 31, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of Pacer and is in the process of integrating the acquired business into the Company’s overall internal controls over financial reporting process. For additional information on the acquisition of Pacer, refer to Note 3—Acquisitions.

Part II—Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are involved, and will continue to be involved, in numerous legal proceedings arising out of the conduct of our business. These proceedings may include, among other matters, claims for property damage or personal injury incurred in connection with the transportation of freight and employment-related claims, including claims involving asserted breaches of employee restrictive covenants and tortious interference with contract. These proceedings also include numerous purported class-action lawsuits, multi-plaintiff and individual lawsuits and state tax and other administrative proceedings that claim that our owner operators or contract carriers should be treated as employees, rather than independent contractors. These lawsuits and proceedings may seek substantial monetary damages (including claims for unpaid wages, overtime, failure to provide meal and rest periods, unreimbursed business expenses and other items), injunctive relief, or both.

We believe that we have adequately accrued for, or have adequate purchase price holdbacks with respect to, the potential impact of loss contingencies that are probable and reasonably estimable, and there was no indication of a reasonable possibility that a material loss, or additional material loss (including in excess of any applicable purchase price holdback), may have been incurred. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any matters to which we are presently party will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. However, the results of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, and an unfavorable resolution of one or more of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Item 1A. Risk Factors.

In addition to the information on risk factors set forth in this Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, you should carefully consider the following risk factors which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The cross-border agreement with Union Pacific may adversely affect our operating income over time.

In October 2012, our Pacer subsidiary entered into a multi-year agreement with Union Pacific to arrange, manage and provide wholesale intermodal services for automotive parts shipments between the United States and Mexico under which Pacer acts as Union Pacific's manager for cross-border shipments and provides rail container and chassis management services for Union Pacific in Mexico and is compensated on a fee basis for such services and the use of its equipment. The margin contribution from this business in future years will be primarily dependent on (1) the volume of US-Mexico automotive parts shipments via the network that we manage under the agreement; (2) the volume of Pacer equipment used via the network that we manage versus rail or other equipment; and (3) the amount of selling, general and administrative costs incurred to run this business. Over the remaining term of the agreement, our revenue and margin for the services and equipment provided under the agreement will decline absent growth in our retail direct US-Mexico business and will also continue to be dependent on the previously mentioned factors. If there are unfavorable changes in any of the aforementioned factors, our revenues, as well as our results of operations and cash flows, could be adversely affected.

Union Pacific is the primary source for the containers and chassis used in our intermodal operations and any failure by Union Pacific to provide us with containers and chassis when required would adversely affect our revenues and ability to service our customers.

Union Pacific is the primary supplier and servicer of the 53-ft containers used in our intermodal business as well as of the chassis used on the Union Pacific network. We have the ability under these arrangements with Union Pacific to increase or decrease our equipment fleet periodically. The refusal or failure of Union Pacific to provide us with additional containers and chassis when required, or its failure to adequately and timely service the containers or chassis we use, would have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our business may be affected by any adverse change to relationships with railroad service providers upon the expiration or renewal of such contracts.

Our rail contracts, which have varied expiration dates, contain specific contract rates and other negotiated provisions that enable us to provide competitive intermodal transportation rates and services to our customers. Our loss of one or more of these rail contracts, or failure to enter into renewal or replacement contracts with comparably favorable terms upon expiration of the current contracts, could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows. While we expect to be able to continue to obtain competitive terms and conditions from our railroad vendors, no assurance can be given that such terms and conditions will be comparable to those in our current rail contracts.

Our transportation suppliers could provide preferences to their own internal competing operations and to others, which would decrease our profitability.

Our intermodal operations compete in some cases with the intermodal service and equipment offerings of our rail transportation providers as well as with other transportation service providers. For example, CSX and Union Pacific, two of our primary rail transportation providers, offer transcontinental and other long-haul intermodal transportation services and equipment capacity that compete with our intermodal operations. If our rail transportation providers offer preferences and container capacity to their internal service offerings or to other customers, these preferences, such as lower rates, more access to capacity or faster terminal services, could have a material adverse effect on the profitability of our operations and on our ability to continue to provide efficient intermodal services to our customers.

Our international operations subject us to various operational and financial risks which could adversely affect our business.

The services we provide outside of the United States subject us to risks resulting from changes in tariffs, trade restrictions, trade agreements, tax policies, difficulties in managing or overseeing foreign operations and agents, different liability standards, required compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act, and intellectual property laws of countries which do not protect our rights in our intellectual property, including but not limited to, our proprietary information systems, to the same extent as the laws of the United States. The occurrence

 

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or consequences of any of these factors may restrict our ability to operate in the affected region and/or decrease the profitability of our operations in that region. As we expand our business in foreign countries, we will also be exposed to increased risk of loss from foreign currency fluctuations and exchange controls.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

    2.1*+   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 5, 2014, by and among Pacer International, Inc., XPO Logistics, Inc. and Acquisition Sub, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to XPO’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2014 (File No. 001-32172)).
  10.1*   Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2014, by and among XPO Logistics, Inc. and certain subsidiaries, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank N.A. and KeyBank National Association as Lenders, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to XPO’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2014 (File No. 001-32172))
  10.2*   Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to XPO’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014 (File No. 001-32172))
  10.3*   Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to XPO’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014 (File No. 001-32172))
  10.4*   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2014, between the Company and Gordon E. Devens (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to XPO’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014 (File No. 001-32172))
  10.5   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2014, between the Company and Mario A. Harik
  31.1   Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014
  31.2   Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014
  32.1†   Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014
  32.2†   Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

* Incorporated by reference.
+ Schedules and similar attachments to the Agreement and Plan of Merger have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish on a supplemental basis a copy of any omitted schedules and similar attachments to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
This exhibit will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such exhibit will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

XPO Logistics, Inc.

/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs

Bradley S. Jacobs

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ John J. Hardig

John J. Hardig

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: May 2, 2014

 

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EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”), effective as of March 14, 2014, by and between XPO Logistics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and Mario A. Harik (“Employee”).

WHEREAS, Employee and the Company are parties to that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2011 (the “Employment Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company and Employee wish to amend the terms of the Employment Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, Employee and the Company agree as follows:

1. Term and Duties. (a) Term. The term of Employee’s employment hereunder (the “Term”) shall begin on November 14, 2011 (the “Start Date”) and end on September 2, 2016. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Term may be earlier terminated by either party in accordance with the terms of Section 4 of this Agreement, and the Term shall automatically expire on the last day of the Term (the “Expiration Date”) without notice required by any party to the other.

(b) Employment Duties. Employee shall report directly to the Chief Operating Officer of the Company (“COO”) or Chief Financial Officer of the Company (“CFO”) with a dotted line to the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company. Employee shall perform such duties as assigned from time to time by the COO or the CFO, which may include without limitation: (i) designing, implementing and maintaining a comprehensive information technology (“IT”) system across the Company; (ii) hiring and managing IT employees; (iii) integrating the IT systems of any acquired businesses; and (iv) preparing recommendations and input regarding strategy, proposed acquisitions, business development and other operating and financial matters.

(c) Title, Full Time Service and Other Activities. During the Term, Employee shall serve as the Chief Information Officer of the Company and, excluding any periods of paid time-off or approved sick leave to which Employee is entitled, Employee shall devote his full working time, energy and attention to the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder and shall faithfully and diligently endeavor to promote the business and best interests of the Company. During the Term, Employee may not, without the prior written consent of the CEO, directly or indirectly, operate, participate in the management, operations or control of, or act as an employee, officer, consultant, partner, member, agent or representative of, any type of business or service other than as an employee and member of the Company. It shall not, however, be a violation of the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(c) for Employee to (i) serve as an officer or director or otherwise participate in non-profit, educational, social welfare, religious and civic organizations or (ii) manage his personal, financial and legal affairs, in each case so long as any such activities do not unreasonably interfere with the performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Company.


(d) Location. During the Term, Employee shall be based primarily in the Boston metropolitan area or, in Employee’s discretion, the New York metropolitan area, with such travel as the performance of his duties to the Company may require.

2. Compensation. (a) Base Salary. During the Term, the Company shall pay Employee, pursuant to the Company’s normal and customary payroll procedures but not less frequently than monthly, a base salary at the rate of $300,000 per annum (the “Base Salary”). The Base Salary is subject to review annually throughout the Term by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) in its sole discretion.

(b) Annual Bonus. As additional compensation, Employee shall have the opportunity to earn a performance-based bonus (“Annual Bonus”) for each year during the Term of Employee’s employment commencing in the 2012 fiscal year targeted at 100% of the Base Salary based upon Employee’s achievement of performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee. The performance goals applicable to the Annual Bonus shall be based on one or more of the performance criteria set forth in Section 6(e)(iv) of the Company’s 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2011 Plan Performance Criteria”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and without limiting any other rights and remedies of the Company (including as may be required by law), if Employee has engaged in fraud or other willful misconduct that contributes materially to any significant financial restatements or material loss to the Company or any of its affiliates, the Company may, at any time up to six months after learning of such conduct, but in no event more than two years after Employee engages in such conduct, require repayment by Employee of any cash Annual Bonus (net of any taxes paid by Employee on such payment) previously paid to Employee, or cancel any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus or adjust the future compensation of Employee in order to recover the amount by which any compensation paid to Employee exceeded the lower amount that would have been payable after giving effect to the restated financial results or the material loss.

(c) Make-Whole Payment. In order to compensate Employee for all benefits and payments that Employee forfeited when he ceased employment with his former employer, Employee shall receive cash payments equal to $200,000, $100,000 of which shall be payable on the Start Date and $100,000 of which shall be payable on July 2, 2012, provided that Employee remains continuously employed by the Company on such dates.

(d) Benefits. During the Term, Employee shall be eligible to participate in the benefit plans and programs of the Company that are generally available to other members of the Company’s senior executive team, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans and programs.

(e) Paid-Time Off. Employee shall be entitled to 10 days paid-time off and any holidays that are generally afforded to the Company’s employees, in each case, per calendar year during the Term, prorated for the portion(s) of any partial calendar year during the Term.

 

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(f) Business Expenses. The Company shall provide Employee a Company-owned wireless smartphone and Company-owned laptop computer during the Term and shall pay or reimburse Employee for all reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred in the performance of his duties to the Company during the Term upon the presentation of appropriate statements of such expenses.

3. Equity Awards. (a) Grant. On or as promptly as practicable following the Start Date, subject to approval by the Compensation Committee, Employee shall receive (i) 95,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) of the Company and (ii) options (“Options”) to purchase 135,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Shares”), with an exercise price equal to the closing price per Share as reported by the NYSE Amex LLC on the date of grant, in each case, on the terms set forth below and on such other customary terms and conditions as the Company may require.

(b) Vesting and Cancellation. The RSUs and Options shall initially be unvested and, subject to Employee’s continued employment hereunder, shall vest, subject to Employee’s continued employment, in equal annual installments of 20% each beginning on September 2, 2012 and continuing for the next four anniversaries thereof (each such date, a “Vesting Date”).

(c) Treatment upon Termination of Employment. All unvested RSUs and Options referenced in this Section 3 shall be forfeited upon the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company for any reason other than (i) a termination by the Company without Cause or a termination by Employee for Good Reason and (ii) a termination due to Employee’s death or Disability. In the event that Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason, subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5(d) of this Agreement, a portion of any unvested RSUs and Options referenced in this Section 3 outstanding as of the Date of Termination shall immediately vest as determined in accordance with the following sentence, and the balance of such RSUs and Options referenced in this Section 3 shall immediately be forfeited upon the Date of Termination. For purposes of this Section 3(c), the portion of RSUs and Options that shall vest upon a termination pursuant to Section 3(c)(i) of this Agreement shall be calculated by multiplying the number of outstanding and unvested RSUs and Options that would otherwise have vested on the next Vesting Date by a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of days that have elapsed between the Vesting Date immediately preceding the Date of Termination and the Date of Termination (or, if Employee’s employment is terminated before the first Vesting Date, between September 2, 2011 and the Date of Termination), and (y) the denominator of which shall be 365. In the event that Employee’s employment hereunder terminates due to his death or Disability, all unvested RSUs and Options referenced in this Section 3 shall automatically be 100% vested and, in the case of RSUs, be settled within 30 days following the Date of Termination. No amounts shall be payable by the Company at any time with respect to any unvested RSUs or Options.

(d) Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control while Employee is still employed by the Company, all outstanding RSUs and Options shall automatically be 100% vested and, in the case of RSUs, shall be settled within 10 days following the date of such Change of Control. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change of Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Company’s 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

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4. Termination. Employee’s employment hereunder shall be terminated upon the earliest to occur of any one of the following events (in which case the Term shall terminate as of the applicable Date of Termination):

(a) Expiration of Term. Unless sooner terminated, Employee’s employment hereunder shall terminate automatically in accordance with Section 1(a) of this Agreement on the Expiration Date, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, in which case employment will continue on an at-will basis or pursuant to the terms of any subsequent agreement between Employee and the Company.

(b) Death. Employee’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.

(c) Cause. The Company may terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for Cause by written notice at any time. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean Employee’s (i) willful misconduct or gross negligence in the performance of his duties hereunder or substantial failure or willful refusal to perform duties reasonably assigned by the CEO, CFO, COO or the Board; (ii) commission of any fraud, embezzlement or theft, any act of material dishonesty that is injurious to the Company, or any deliberate misappropriation of money or other assets of the Company; (iii) material breach of any term of this Agreement or any agreement governing any of the equity compensation referred to in Section 3 of this Agreement (the “Equity Compensation”), or material breach of his fiduciary duties to the Company; (iv) any willful act, or failure to act, in bad faith to the detriment of the Company; (v) willful failure to cooperate in good faith with a governmental or internal investigation of the Company or any of its directors, managers, officers or employees, if the Company requests his cooperation; and (vi) conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or any serious crime (other than vehicular misdemeanors punishable solely by fine); provided that in cases where cure is possible, Employee shall first be provided a 15-day cure period. If, subsequent to Employee’s termination of employment hereunder for any reason other than by the Company for Cause, it is determined in good faith by the Board that, based on facts not actually known by the CEO or Board at the time of Employee’s termination, Employee’s employment could have been terminated by the Company for Cause pursuant to this Section 4(c), Employee’s employment shall, at the election of the Board at any time up to six months after learning such facts, but in no event more than two years after the occurrence of such facts, be deemed to have been terminated for Cause retroactively to the date the events giving rise to Cause occurred.

(d) Without Cause. The Company may terminate Employee’s employment hereunder without Cause by written notice at any time.

(e) Good Reason. Employee may terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason in accordance with the terms of this Section 4(e). For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without first obtaining Employee’s written consent: (i) the Company materially breaches the terms of this Agreement; (ii) the

 

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Company diminishes Employee’s position and functional responsibilities in a material and negative manner, including a change in Employee’s title or, except as specifically permitted hereunder, the person to whom Employee reports; (iii) the Company reduces the Base Salary or materially reduces the amount of paid vacation to which Employee is entitled or his fringe benefits or perquisites; (iv) the Company requires Employee to be based in a location that is more than 50 miles from Employee’s initial work location (which shall be either the Boston metropolitan area or, in Employee’s discretion, the New York metropolitan area); or (v) the Compensation Committee does not, within 60 days of the Start Date, approve the grant of RSUs and Options in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Agreement; provided that, the Company shall first be provided a 30-day cure period (the “Cure Period”), following receipt of written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company that constitutes Good Reason, to cease, and to cure, any conduct specified in such written notice; provided further, that such notice shall be provided to the Company within 60 days of the occurrence of the conduct constituting Good Reason. If, at the end of the Cure Period, the circumstance that constitutes Good Reason has not been remedied, Employee will be entitled to terminate employment for Good Reason during the 30-day period that follows the end of the Cure Period. If Employee does not terminate employment during such 30-day period, Employee will not be permitted to terminate employment for Good Reason as a result of such event. If the Company disputes the existence of Good Reason, Employee shall have the burden of proof to establish that Good Reason does exist or that the circumstances that gave rise to Good Reason have not been cured.

(f) Voluntarily Resignation. Employee may voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder at any time upon at least 30 days’ advance written notice to the Company.

(g) Disability. Employee’s employment hereunder shall terminate in the event of Employee’s Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, where such impairment causes Employee to be unable to perform the duties of his position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, as determined by a board-certified physician mutually agreeable to the Company and Employee, and the determination of such physician shall be binding upon Employee and the Company.

(h) “Date of Termination” shall mean: (i) the scheduled expiration of the Term in the event of termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 4(a) of this Agreement; (ii) the date of Employee’s death in the event of termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Agreement; (iii) the date of the Company’s delivery of a notice of termination to Employee or such later date as specified in such notice in the event of termination by the Company pursuant to Section 4(c) or 4(d) of this Agreement; (iv) the 30th date following delivery of Employee’s notice to the Company of his resignation in accordance with Section 4(e) or 4(f) of this Agreement (or such earlier date as selected by the Company provided that the Company continues to pay or provide to Employee the compensation and benefits specified under Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement through such 30th date) and (v) the date of a determination of Employee’s Disability in the event of a termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 4(g) of this Agreement.

 

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5. Termination Payments. (a) General. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 5, following any termination of Employee’s employment hereunder, the obligations of the Company to pay or provide Employee with compensation and benefits under Section 2 of this Agreement shall cease, and the Company shall have no further obligations to provide compensation or benefits to Employee hereunder except for payment of (i) any unpaid Base Salary accrued through the Date of Termination; (ii) any unused vacation accrued through the Date of Termination, and (iii) any unpaid or unreimbursed obligations and expenses under Section 2(f) of this Agreement accrued or incurred through the Date of Termination (collectively items (a)(i) through (a)(iii) above, the “Accrued Benefits”). The payments referred to in Sections 5(a)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement shall be paid within 30 days following the Date of Termination. The payments referred to in Section 5(a)(iii) of this Agreement shall be paid at the times such amounts would otherwise be paid had Employee’s services hereunder not terminated. Upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, all unvested RSUs and Options shall be cancelled without payment therefor except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 3(c) of this Agreement. The payments and benefits to be provided to Employee under Section 5(c) of this Agreement, if any, shall in all events be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions of Section 5(d) of this Agreement.

(b) Automatic Expiration of the Term, Voluntary Resignation, or Cause. If Employee’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 4(a), 4(c) or 4(f) of this Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to Employee other than with respect to the Accrued Benefits.

(c) Death, Disability, Without Cause or for Good Reason. In the event of a termination by reason of Employee’s death or Disability or in the event the Company terminates Employee’s employment hereunder without Cause or Employee resigns for Good Reason, Employee (or his estate) shall be entitled to:

(i) the Accrued Benefits;

(ii) a cash payment (the “Severance Payment”) equal to two times the Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination but for purposes of this Section 5(c)(ii) in no event shall the Base Salary be less than $300,000 (payable as set forth in Section 5(d) of this Agreement), plus any Annual Bonus that the Company has notified Employee in writing that Employee has earned prior to the Date of Termination but is unpaid as of the Date of Termination, and, except in the case of a termination by reason of Employee’s death, medical and dental coverage for Employee and his covered eligible dependents for a period of 12 months from the Date of Termination; provided that, in the event of a termination without Cause or for Good Reason, (x) any monies Employee earns from any other work, whether as an employee or as an independent contractor, while Employee is receiving any Severance Payments, shall reduce, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the amount that the Company is obligated to pay Employee under this Section 5(c)(ii) and (y) if Employee secures other employment, any medical or dental benefits provided under this Section 5(c)(ii) shall cease as of the commencement of such employment; provided,

 

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further, that, in the event of Employee’s termination of employment without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason within one year following a Change of Control, (1) the Severance Payment shall be equal to three times the sum of (a) the Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination (payable as set forth in Section 5(d) of this Agreement), and (b) the target Annual Bonus, as in effect on the Date of Termination (payable as set forth in Section 5(d) of this Agreement), plus any Annual Bonus that the Company has notified Employee in writing that Employee has earned prior to the Date of Termination but that is unpaid as of the Date of Termination, and (2) medical and dental coverage for Employee and his covered eligible dependents shall extend for a period of 36 months from the Date of Termination. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Change of Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Company’s Amended and Restated 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan; and

(iii) accelerated vesting of any outstanding RSUs and Options to the extent set forth in Section 3(c) of this Agreement.

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever compensation is payable to Employee hereunder as a result of a termination due to Disability during or with respect to a time that such Disability would entitle Employee to severance, disability income or to salary continuation payments from the Company, as applicable, according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by the Company or according to any policy of the Company in effect at the time of such Disability, the compensation payable to Employee hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to Employee by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by the Company, the compensation payable to Employee hereunder shall by reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to Employee by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.

(d) Conditions Precedent and Subsequent. The payments and benefits provided under Section 5(c) of this Agreement (other than the Accrued Benefits and other than in the event of termination by reason of Employee’s death or Disability) are subject to and conditioned upon (i) Employee having provided, within 30 days after the Date of Termination (or such greater period as required by law), an irrevocable waiver and general release agreement in a form satisfactory to the Company that has become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms and in no event later than the 60th day after the Date of Termination, and (ii) Employee’s compliance with Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. Employee shall, upon request by the Company, be required to repay to the Company (net of any taxes paid by Employee on such payments), and the Company shall have no further obligation to pay, the Severance Payment in the event Employee receives, within four months after the occurrence of the breach, written notice from the Company that, in the reasonable judgment of the CEO, Employee has materially breached his obligations under Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement; provided, however, that, in cases where cure is possible, Employee shall first be provided a 15-day cure period to cease, and to cure, such conduct. The Severance Payment, if any, payable hereunder shall be paid in substantially equal installments over the 24-month period, following the Date of Termination, consistent with the Company’s payroll practices, with the first installment to be paid within 15 days after the condition described in Section 5(d)(i) of this Agreement has been satisfied and

 

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with any installments that would otherwise have been paid prior to such date accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the first date on which payments are made in accordance with the terms of this sentence.

(e) Forfeiture of Equity Compensation Awards. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and without limiting any rights and remedies available to the Company under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise available at, or required by, law or in equity, in the event the Company terminates Employee’s employment for Cause or if Employee violates the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement (other than the non-disparagement covenant set forth in Section 7(f) of this Agreement) or engages in fraud or willful misconduct that contributes materially to any significant financial restatement or material loss to the Company or any of its affiliates, the Company may, (i) in the case of a termination for Cause, at any time up to six months after such termination, or (ii) in the case of a violation of the restrictive covenants or engaging in fraud or willful misconduct, at any time up to six months after learning of such conduct, but in no event more than two years after Employee engages in such conduct, (x) terminate or cancel any equity compensation awards granted to Employee by the Company (“Equity Awards”) that are unvested or vested and unexercised, (y) require Employee to forfeit or remit to the Company any amount payable, or the after-tax net amount paid or received by Employee, in respect of any Equity Awards the vesting of which was accelerated upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason and (z) require Employee to forfeit or remit to the Company any Shares (or the equivalent value in cash) required to be held by Employee under the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines (subject to a maximum of four times the Base Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination) and that were issued to Employee upon vesting, settlement or exercise, as applicable, of any Equity Awards; provided, however, that, in cases where cure is possible, Employee shall first be provided a 15-day cure period to cease, and to cure, such conduct.

6. Non-Solicitation. (a) During the Term and during the Restricted Period, Employee hereby agrees not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or hire or assist any other person or entity in soliciting or hiring any employee of the Company, or any of its affiliates (the “Company Entities”), to perform services for any entity (other than a Company Entity) or attempt to induce any such employee to leave the service of a Company Entity, or solicit, hire or engage on behalf of himself or any other person, any employee of a Company Entity, or anyone who was employed by a Company Entity, during the twelve-month period preceding such hiring or engagement. “Restricted Period” means three years following termination of Employee’s employment for any reason.

(b) During the Term and during the Restricted Period, Employee hereby agrees not to, directly or indirectly, solicit, encourage, advise or influence any individuals, partnerships, corporations, professional associations or other business organizations that have a business relationship with any Company Entity during the Term or for one year thereafter (the “Company’s Clients”) to discontinue or reduce the extent of the relationship between the Company Entities and the Company’s Clients or to obtain or seek products or services the same as or similar to the Company Entities from any other source not affiliated with the Company Entities. The Company may, in its sole discretion and upon written request from Employee, grant Employee a written release from Employee’s obligations contained in this Section 6(b).

 

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7. Confidentiality; Non-Compete; Non-Disclosure; Non-Disparagement; Cooperation. (a) Confidentiality. (i) Employee hereby agrees that, during the Term and thereafter, he will hold in strict confidence (except as required by applicable law after notice to the CEO) any Confidential Information related to any of the Company Entities. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean all confidential or proprietary information of any of the Company Entities (in whatever form), including, without limitation: any information, observations and data concerning the business or affairs or operation of the Company Entities developed by Employee during the Term or which any Company Entity or any of their respective members, directors, officers, managers, partners, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, investment bankers, investment advisors or financing sources at any time furnishes or has furnished to Employee in connection with the business of any of the Company Entities; the Company’s (and any of its respective affiliates’) investment methodologies or models, investment advisory contracts, fees and fee schedules or investment performance (“Track Records”); technical information or reports; brand names, trademarks, formulas; trade secrets; unwritten knowledge and “know-how”; operating instructions; training manuals; customer lists; customer buying records and habits; product sales records and documents, and product development, marketing and sales strategies; market surveys; marketing plans; profitability analyses; product cost; long-range plans; information relating to pricing, competitive strategies and new product development; information relating to any forms of compensation or other personnel-related information; contracts and supplier lists and any information relating to financial data, strategic business plans; information about any other third parties in respect of which any Company Entity has a business relationship or owes a duty of confidentiality; and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, studies or other documents prepared by Employee that contain or reflect any such information and, in each case, which is not known to the public generally other than as a result of Employee’s breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Track Records shall not be the work of any one individual (including Employee) and are the exclusive property of the Company and its affiliates, as applicable, and agrees that he shall in no event claim the Track Records as his own following termination of his employment with the Company.

(ii) Except as expressly set forth otherwise in this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement), Employee agrees that, prior to the date on which the Company publicly files this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Employee shall not disclose the terms of this Agreement except to his immediate family and his financial and legal advisors, or as may be required by law or ordered by a court. Employee further agrees that any disclosure to his financial and legal advisors will only be made after such advisors acknowledge and agree to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and its terms.

(iii) Employee further agrees that he will not improperly use or disclose any confidential information or trade secrets, if any, of any former employers of Employee or any other person to whom Employee has an obligation of confidentiality, and will not bring onto the premises of the Company or its affiliates any unpublished documents or any property belonging to any such former employer or other person to whom Employee has an obligation of confidentiality unless consented to in writing by the former employer or such other person.

 

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(b) Non-Competition. Employee and the Company agree that Employee will occupy a high-level and unique position of trust and confidence with the Company Entities and will have access to their Confidential Information, and that they would likely suffer significant harm from Employee’s competing with them during the Term and for some period of time thereafter. Accordingly, Employee agrees that he will not, during the Term and during the Non-Compete Period, directly or indirectly become employed by, engage in business with, serve as an agent or consultant to, become an employee, partner, member, principal, stockholder or other owner (other than a holder of less than 1% of the outstanding voting shares of any publicly held company) of, any Competitive Business, or otherwise perform services relating to the business of, or otherwise compete with and within the Restricted Area, any of the Company Entities, or businesses they are actively considering, at the time of termination of Employee’s employment or during the one year prior to the Date of Termination (the “Business”) for any Competitive Business (whether or not for compensation). For purposes of this Agreement, “Competitive Business” shall mean any individual, employeeship, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated organization, trust, joint venture or other entity (i) that engages in, or is actively considering engaging in during the Term or during the one year following the Date of Termination, acquisition related or mergers and acquisition activities related to the transportation or third-party logistics industry, including, without limitation, researching, analyzing and evaluating companies for possible investment in or acquisition of, for itself or clients, or (ii) that engages in, or is actively considering engaging in during the Term or during the one year following the Date of Termination, the Business, including, without limitation, any providers of third-party logistics services, including, without limitation, freight brokerage, freight forwarding, expediting, internet load boards or intermodal providers, or firms such as CH Robinson, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., Echo Global Logistics Inc., Roadrunner Transportation Systems, TransCore, Internet Truckstop LLC and Hub Group Inc.; provided; however, that clause (i) of this definition shall have no further force and effect as of the date that is one year following a Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Competitive Business shall not include the IT department of Goldman Sachs to the extent that any services performed by Employee for the IT department of Goldman Sachs shall in no way relate, directly or indirectly, to the Business. The Company may, in its sole discretion and upon written request from Employee, grant Employee a written release from Employee’s obligations contained in this Section 7(b). “Non-Compete Period” means (x) one year following termination of Employee’s employment by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason and (y) three years following termination of Employee’s employment for any reason not covered by clause (x) of this definition. “Restricted Area” means Canada, Mexico, and any State of the United States, and any other country in which the Company or any Company Entity does business or any other country in which any Company client is located, during the Term or the Non-Compete Period.

(c) Extended Non-Competition. In the event that Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason, the Company shall have the right to extend the Non-Compete Period for up to two additional 12-month periods (each, an “Extended Non-Compete Period”) beyond the completion of the Non-Compete Period. If the Company elects to extend the Non-Compete Period or the Extended Non-Compete Period, it will notify Employee in writing of such fact not later than the 90th day prior to the expiration of the Non-Compete Period or the then-current Extended Non-Compete Period, as applicable. By signing this Agreement, Employee agrees to accept and abide by the Company’s election. If the Company elects to extend the Non-Compete Period, Employee

 

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agrees that, during any Extended Non-Compete Period, Employee shall be bound by the restrictions set forth in Section 7(b) in the same manner applicable during the Non-Compete Period, and the Company agrees to pay Employee subject to Section 5(d) of this Agreement during each month of the Extended Non-Compete Period, an amount equal to his monthly Base Salary as in effect on the Date of Termination (but for purposes of this Section 7(c) in no event shall the monthly Base Salary be less than $25,000). Payment for any partial month will be prorated. Payment of Employee’s Base Salary during the Extended Non-Compete Period will be made pursuant to the Company’s normal and customary payroll procedures. If the Company elects to extend the Non-Compete Period or the Extended Non-Compete Period, any monies Employee earns from any other work during such periods, whether as an employee or as an independent contractor, will reduce, dollar for dollar, the amount that the Company is obligated to pay Employee under this Section 7(c). Payments made by the Company under this Section 7(c) are made solely for the extension of the non-compete covenant and do not render Employee either an employee of, or a consultant to, the Company.

(d) Competitive Opportunity. If, at any time during the Term, Employee (i) acquires knowledge of a potential investment, investment opportunity or business venture which may be an appropriate investment by the Company, or in which the Company could otherwise have an interest or expectancy (a “Competitive Opportunity”), or (ii) otherwise is then exploiting any Competitive Opportunity, Employee shall promptly bring such Competitive Opportunity to the Company. In such event, Employee shall not have the right to hold any such Competitive Opportunity for his (and his agents’, employees’ or affiliates’) own account and benefit or to recommend, assign or otherwise transfer or deal in such Competitive Opportunity with persons other than the Company.

(e) Return of Company Property. All documents, data, recordings, or other property, including, without limitation, smartphones, computers and other business equipment, whether tangible or intangible, including all information stored in electronic form, obtained or prepared by or for Employee and utilized by Employee in the course of his employment with the Company shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and Employee shall return all copies of such property upon any termination of his employment and as otherwise requested by the Company during the Term.

(f) Non-Disparagement. Employee hereby agrees not to defame or disparage any of the Company Entities or any of its officers, directors, members, partners or employees (collectively, the “Company Parties”), and, during the Term and for a period of three years following termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, to cooperate with the Company upon reasonable request, in refuting any defamatory or disparaging remarks by any third party made in respect of any of the Company Parties. Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, make (or cause to be made) any comment or statement, oral or written, including, without limitation, in the media or to the press or to any individual or entity, that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the reputation of any of the Company Parties or the conduct of its, his or their business.

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reasonable cooperation in connection with any suit, action or proceeding (or any appeal from any suit, action or proceeding), and any investigation and/or defense of any claims asserted against any Company Entity that relates to events occurring during Employee’s employment with any Company Entity as to which Employee may have relevant information (including furnishing relevant information and materials to the relevant Company Entity or its designee and/or providing testimony at depositions and at trial), provided that the Company shall reimburse Employee for expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any such cooperation occurring after the termination of Employee’s employment and provided that any such cooperation occurring after the Date of Termination shall be scheduled to the extent reasonably practicable so as not to unreasonably interfere with Employee’s business or personal affairs.

8. Notification of Subsequent Employer. Employee hereby agrees that, prior to accepting employment with any other person during any period during which Employee remains subject to any of the covenants set forth in Section 6, 7(b) or 7(c), Employee shall provide such prospective employer with written notice of such provisions of this Agreement, with a copy of such notice delivered simultaneously to the Company.

9. Injunctive Relief. Employee acknowledges that it is impossible to measure in money the damages that will accrue to the Company Parties in the event that Employee breaches any of the restrictive covenants provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. In the event that Employee breaches any such restrictive covenant, the Company Parties shall be entitled to an injunction restraining Employee from violating such restrictive covenant (without posting any bond). If any of the Company Parties shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce any such restrictive covenant, Employee hereby waives the claim or defense that such Company Party has an adequate remedy at law and agrees not to assert in any such action or proceeding the claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law. The foregoing shall not prejudice the Company’s right to require Employee to account for and pay over to the Company, and Employee hereby agrees to account for and pay over, the compensation, profits, monies, accruals or other benefits derived or received by Employee as a result of any transaction constituting a breach of any of the restrictive covenants provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement or to seek any other relief to which it may be entitled.

10. Miscellaneous. (a) Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and shall be deemed to be given when delivered personally, or four days after it is mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or one day after it is sent by overnight courier service via UPS or FedEx and, in each case, addressed as follows (or if it is sent through any other method agreed upon by the parties):

If to the Company:

XPO Logistics, Inc.

Five Greenwich Office Park

Greenwich, CT 06831

Attention: General Counsel

 

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If to Employee:

During the Term, to his principal office at the Company, and after the Term, to his principal residence as listed in the records of the Company.

with a copy in either case to:

Hughey Business Law

2801 Oakland Avenue

Nashville, TN 37212

Attention: Derek Hughey, Esq.

Email: derek@hugheybusinesslaw.com

or to such other address as any party may designate by notice to the others.

(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to Employee’s employment hereunder and supersedes and is in full substitution for any and all prior understandings or agreements (whether written or oral) with respect to Employee’s employment. The Company does not make and has not made, and Employee does not rely and has not relied on any statement, omission, representation or warranty, written or oral, of any kind or nature whatsoever, regarding the Company or the Equity Compensation, including, without limitation, its or their present, future, prospective or potential value, worth, prospects, performance, soundness, profit or loss potential, or any other matter or thing whatsoever relating to whether Employee should purchase or accept any Equity Compensation and/or the consideration therefor.

(c) Amendment; No Waiver. Except as expressly set forth otherwise in this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 10(l)(iv) and 10(m) of this Agreement), this Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties, and the application of any provision hereof may be waived only by an instrument in writing that specifically identifies the provision whose application is being waived and that is signed by the party against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought. The failure of any party at any time to insist upon strict adherence to any provision hereof shall in no way affect the full right to insist upon strict adherence at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver by any party of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of any succeeding breach of such provision or a waiver of the provision itself or a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment of any steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party of liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination.

(d) No Construction Against Drafter. The parties acknowledge and agree that each party has reviewed and negotiated the terms and provisions of this Agreement and has had the opportunity to contribute to its revision. Accordingly, any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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(e) Employee Representations and Acknowledgements. Employee represents, warrants and covenants that as of the date hereof: (i) he has the full right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, (ii) he is ready, willing and able to perform his obligations hereunder and, to his knowledge, no reason exists that would prevent him from performing his obligations hereunder, (iii) he is not bound by any agreement that conflicts with or prevents or restricts the full performance of his duties and obligations to the Company hereunder during or after the Term and (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any existing obligation, commitment or agreement to which Employee is subject. Employee acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall (x) entitle Employee to any compensation or other interest in respect of any activity of Jacobs Private Equity, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“JPE”) or Bradley S. Jacobs other than with respect to the Company; (y) restrict or prohibit the Company, Bradley S. Jacobs or any of his affiliates from having business interests and engaging in business activities in addition to those relating to the Company; or (z) restrict the investments which the Company, Bradley S. Jacobs or JPE or any of his or its affiliates may make, regardless of whether such investment opportunity or investment may be deemed to be a Competitive Opportunity. Employee acknowledges that he has carefully read this Agreement and has given careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon Employee by this Agreement, and is in full accord as to the necessity of such restraints for the reasonable and proper protection of the Confidential Information, business strategies, employee and customer relationships and goodwill of the Company Entities now existing or to be developed in the future. Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that each and every restraint imposed by this Agreement is reasonable with respect to subject matter, industry scope, time period and geographic area. Employee agrees to comply with each of the covenants contained in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement in accordance with their terms, and Employee shall not, and hereby agrees to waive and release any right or claim to, challenge the reasonableness, validity or enforceability of any of the covenants contained in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement. Employee further acknowledges that although Employee’s compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement may prevent Employee from earning a livelihood in a business similar to the business of the Company Entities, Employee’s experience and capabilities are such that Employee has other opportunities to earn a livelihood and adequate means of support for Employee and Employee’s dependents. Employee acknowledges that the Company has advised him that it is in his best interest to consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement.

(f) Survival. Employee’s obligations under Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the entire period provided therein notwithstanding any termination of employment or other expiration of the Term or termination of this Agreement. The terms and conditions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement shall survive the Term and termination of Employee’s employment.

(g) Assignment. This Agreement is binding on and is for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives. This Agreement is personal to Employee; and neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder may be assigned by Employee without the prior written consent of the Company (or except by will or the laws of descent and distribution), and any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10(g) shall be void.

 

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(h) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any applicable law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse; provided, however, that in the event of a final, non-reviewable, non-appealable determination that any provision of Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement (whether in whole or in part) is void or constitutes an unreasonable restriction against Employee, such provision shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable for the longest duration and the greatest scope as may constitute a reasonable restriction under the circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

(i) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable to Employee hereunder all federal, state, city, foreign or other taxes that the Company may reasonably determine are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation (it being understood that Employee shall be responsible for payment of all taxes in respect of the payments and benefits provided herein).

(j) Cooperation Regarding Equity Compensation. Employee expressly agrees that he shall execute such other documents as reasonably requested by the Company to effect the terms of this Agreement and the issuance of the Equity Compensation as contemplated hereunder in compliance with applicable law.

(k) Governing Law; Arbitration; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (i) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with its express terms, and otherwise in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its principles of conflicts of law.

(ii) Any claim initiated by Employee arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, or Employee’s employment, or the termination thereof, shall be resolved by binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in the City, County and State of New York administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

(iii) Any claim initiated by the Company arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, or Employee’s employment, or the termination thereof, shall, at the election of the Company be resolved in accordance with Section 10(k)(ii) or (iv) of this Agreement.

 

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(iv) Employee hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in the City, County and State of New York; provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude the Company from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in any other court for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Section 10(k) or enforcing any judgment or award obtained by the Company. Employee waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which he now or hereafter has to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an applicable court described in this Section 10(k)(iv), and agrees that he shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any court. Employee agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any applicable court described in this Section 10(k)(iv) shall be conclusive and binding upon Employee and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction. EMPLOYEE EXPRESSLY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN THE EVENT THAT ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE BREACH THEREOF, OR EMPLOYEE’S EMPLOYMENT, OR THE TERMINATION THEREOF, IS LITIGATED OR HEARD IN ANY COURT.

(v) The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all legal fees and costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees and the fees of experts) from the losing party in connection with any claim arising under this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder.

(l) Section 409A. (i) It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

(ii) Neither Employee nor any of his creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Agreement or under any other plan, policy, arrangement or agreement of or with the Company or any of its affiliates (this Agreement and such other plans, policies, arrangements and agreements, the “Company Plans”) to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to Employee or for Employee’s benefit under any Company Plan may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by Employee to the Company or any of its affiliates.

(iii) If, at the time of Employee’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) Employee shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable under a Company Plan constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of

 

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Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company (or its affiliate, as applicable) shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead accumulate such amount and pay it on the first business day after such six-month period.

(iv) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any Company Plan to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to any Company Plan as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In any case, Employee is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on Employee or for Employee’s account in connection with any Company Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any affiliate shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold Employee harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

(v) For purposes of Section 409A, each payment hereunder will be deemed to be a separate payment as permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).

(vi) Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A, any benefits and reimbursements provided to Employee under this Agreement during any calendar year shall not affect any benefits and reimbursements to be provided to Employee under this Agreement in any other calendar year, and the right to such benefits and reimbursements cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Furthermore, reimbursement payments shall be made to Employee as soon as practicable following the date that the applicable expense is incurred, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the underlying expense is incurred.

(m) Section 105(h). Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will be permitted to alter the manner in which medical benefits are provided to Employee following termination of Employee’s employment, provided that the after-tax cost to Employee of such benefits shall not be greater than the cost applicable to similarly situated executives of the Company who have not terminated employment.

(n) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

(o) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be a part of or control or affect the meaning of any provision hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

XPO LOGISTICS, INC.
  by  

/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs

  Name:   Bradley S. Jacobs
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
   

/s/ Mario A. Harik

    MARIO A. HARIK

 

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

I, Bradley S. Jacobs, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of XPO Logistics, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs

Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 2, 2013

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

I, John J. Hardig, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of XPO Logistics, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ John J. Hardig

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: May 2, 2013

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

As adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer of XPO Logistics, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

By:  

/s/ Bradley S. Jacobs

  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 2, 2013

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

As adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of XPO Logistics, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

By:  

/s/ John J. Hardig

  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: May 2, 2013