Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 12, 2026, Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a binding term sheet (the “Term Sheet”) with CCM Frontier JV Holdco, LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“CCM Frontier”), which provides for, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet, the formation of a joint venture between the Company and CCM Frontier through Frontier Power USA Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “JV Company”). CCM Frontier and the Company expect to enter into definitive written agreements with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet prior to the closing of such transactions.
Equity Ownership
At or prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet, CCM Frontier (or its applicable designated affiliate) is expected to (a) receive 50,000,001 Class A-1 Units of the JV Company (“Class A-1 Units”) as founder’s equity in consideration for the contracts, contacts, investment opportunities, subject matter expertise and other going concern value with respect to the frontier power platform developed by affiliates of CCM Frontier (the “Pre-Closing Contribution”), (b) contribute $100 million (the “Initial Class A-2 Contribution”) to the JV Company (a portion of which may be contributed and utilized prior to the closing, including for purposes of the payment of the deposit under a capacity reservation agreement between the Company and the JV Company) in exchange for 100,000,000 Class A-2 Units of the JV Company (“Class A-2 Units” and, together with the Class A-1 Units, the “Class A Units”), at a price of $1.00 per Class A-2 Unit, and (c) receive the Warrant (as defined below).
At the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet, the Company is expected to, directly or indirectly, contribute an amount equal to the aggregate amount raised pursuant to a rights offering described below (the “Initial Class B Contribution”) to the JV Company in exchange for a number of Class B Units of the JV Company (“Class B Units” and, together with the Class A Units, the “Preferred Units”) at a price of $1.00 per Class B Unit.
In the event that a rights offering is oversubscribed with the consent of CCM Frontier, and therefore the Initial Class B Contribution exceeds $150 million, CCM Frontier will have the option to contribute to the Company an additional amount up to the amount by which the amount raised in a rights offering exceeds $150 million and receive a number of additional Class A-2 Units at a price of $1.00 per Class A-2 Unit.
Closing Conditions
CCM Frontier’s and the Company’s obligations to complete the transactions and consummate the closing contemplated by the Term Sheet are subject to the following conditions: (a) completion of a rights offering described below; (b) Department of Energy consent to the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet; (c) approval by the Company’s shareholders of an increase in the Company’s authorized shares; and (d) the execution and delivery of a Commercial Framework Guidelines (in a form to be mutually and reasonably agreed by the Company and CCM Frontier).
Financing
The investment by the Company in the JV Company is expected to be financed by a rights offering to holders of Eos Common Shares and certain of its outstanding warrants as of a future record date (the “Rights Offering”). The Rights Offering will target a raise of $150 million, the proceeds of which are expected to be used by the Company to fund the Initial Class B Contribution, and the Rights Offering will not raise an amount in excess of $150 million without the prior written consent of CCM Frontier. The Company’s stockholders that participate in the Rights Offering (the “Rights Offering Participants”) are expected to receive Eos Common Shares (in addition to certain warrants with respect to Eos Common Shares as described below) up to their pro rata entitlement (the “Basic Subscription Right”). At expiration of the Rights Offering, Rights Offering Participants that have fully exercised their Basic Subscription Right may also exercise an over-subscription right to purchase additional Eos Common Shares (in addition to certain warrants with respect to Eos Common Shares as described below).
The terms of the Rights Offering will be determined by the Company in good faith consultation with CCM Frontier. The mechanics, sequencing and legal structure of the Rights Offering (including (without limitation) with respect to issued warrants, which are further described below) is to be separately documented, and remains subject to, among other things, certain consents, applicable securities laws and Nasdaq requirements.
Rights Offering Participants are expected to be entitled to receive warrants (each a “RO Warrant”) to purchase a number of Eos Common Shares (such shares, collectively, the “RO Warrant Shares”) equal to (a)(i) their respective subscription amounts, multiplied by (ii) 33% and divided by (b) a valuation per warrant to be mutually agreed to by CCM Frontier and the Company (which will be the same valuation used for determining the shares underlying the CCM Frontier Warrant described
below), provided, however that in no event will such valuation result in pro forma dilution to the holders of Eos Common Shares, assuming each holder of Eos Common Shares fully subscribes to its pro rata share of the Rights Offering (such value, the “Applicable Value”).
Upon issuance, the RO Warrants are expected to entitle Rights Offering Participants to purchase the RO Warrant Shares at an exercise price per share equal to a 20% discount to the 15-day VWAP of the Eos Common Shares as of launch of the contemplated Rights Offering. The RO Warrants are expected to expire on the 10 year anniversary of Closing.
The RO Warrants are expected to be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis.
Cerberus Warrants
In consideration for the Initial Class A-2 Contribution, the Company is expected to issue to CCM Frontier a warrant to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant”) equal to (a) $75 million divided by (b) the Applicable Value (such shares, the “Warrant Shares”).
Upon issuance, the Warrant is expected to entitle CCM Frontier to purchase the Warrant Shares at an exercise price per share equal to a 20% discount to the 15-day VWAP of the Company’s Common Stock as of launch of the contemplated rights offering. The Warrant is expected to expire on the 10-year anniversary of Closing.
The Warrant is expected to be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis. The Warrant is expected to be exercisable upon surrender of the Warrant, together with a notice of exercise, to the Company. Promptly after CCM Frontier exercises the Warrant and, if applicable, the Company receives payment for the shares issuable upon such exercise, the Company will deliver to CCM Frontier certificates or book-entries for the shares acquired and, if the Warrant has not been fully exercised and has not expired, a new warrant of like tenor representing a warrant to purchase the shares not yet acquired. If, upon exercise of the Warrant, CCM Frontier would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company will, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the market price of the Company’s Common Stock or round up to the next whole share.
The Warrant is expected to be issued in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the Warrant, not to be registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. The shares underlying the Warrant are expected to be subject to customary registration rights, and after issuance may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.
Governance
The JV Company will be managed by a board of managers that will initially include seven members, four of which will be appointed by CCM Frontier and up to three of which will be appointed by the Company (subject to the Company maintaining certain ownership thresholds in the JV Company). The board of managers will have full and exclusive power to conduct and exercise control over the activities of the Company, subject to certain reserved and fundamental matters that will require the consent of a manager appointed by the Company or the Company, as applicable (so long as the Company maintains certain ownership thresholds in the JV Company).
Day to day oversight of the JV Company’s development projects will be delegated to and performed by an appointee of CCM Frontier, which is initially anticipated to be an affiliate of CCM Frontier, pursuant to a management services agreement on customary terms and conditions to be agreed to by CCM Frontier and the Company.
Distributions
In the event of a liquidation of the JV Company, distributions will be made as follows: (a) first to CCM Frontier until it has received a return of its invested capital (excluding the Pre-Closing Contribution), (b) second to the Company until it has received a return of its invested capital, (c) third to CCM Frontier until it has received a return of the Pre-Closing Contribution, (d) fourth, to CCM Frontier and the Company pro rata until they have received a pre-tax IRR of 10% compounded quarterly on invested capital (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of CCM Frontier the Pre-Closing Contribution and the Initial Class A-2 Contribution), (e) fifth to the holders of (i) Preferred Units pro rata and (ii) any incentive units in accordance with any management incentive plan adopted by the JV Company. Amounts previously distributed to the holders of Preferred Units and incentive units other than in a liquidation of the JV Company will be credited against amounts that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of Preferred Units and incentive units in a liquidation of the Company..
Distributions of available cash by the JV Company other than in a liquidation will be made as follows: (a) first to CCM Frontier and the Company pro rata (based on number of Preferred Units held) until they have received (i) a return of their invested capital (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of CCM Frontier the Pre-Closing Contribution and the Initial Class A-2 Contribution) and (ii) a pre-tax IRR of 10% (compounded quarterly) on such invested capital (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of CCM Frontier the Pre-Closing Contribution and the Initial Class A-2 Contribution), and (b) second to the holders of (i) Preferred Units pro rata and (ii) any incentive units in accordance with any management incentive plan adopted by the JV Company.
Transfers
CCM Frontier and the Company will not be permitted to transfer their respective Preferred Units in the JV Company prior to the third anniversary of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Term Sheet, except for certain permitted transfers to affiliates. After the third anniversary of the closing, CCM Frontier and the Company will be permitted to transfer their respective Preferred Units, subject to a right of first offer in favor of the non-transferring party.