EXPLANATORY NOTE
On September 20, 2020, Garrett Motion Inc. (the Company) and certain of its subsidiaries (together with the Company, the
Debtors) filed voluntary petitions (the cases commenced thereby, the Chapter 11 Cases) seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy Code) in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court), to pursue a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. The Chapter 11 Cases were jointly administered under the caption In re Garrett Motion Inc., 20-12212. On April 26, 2021, the Debtors filed the proposed Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the Plan).
On April 26, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan (the Confirmation Order). Copies of the
Confirmation Order and the Plan were included as exhibits to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on April 27, 2021 and are incorporated by reference herein.
On April 30, 2021 (the Effective Date), the Company satisfied the conditions to effectiveness set forth in the Confirmation
Order and in the Plan, the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms and the Debtors emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases, as disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC
on April 30, 2021, which is incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the Companys emergence from bankruptcy and
pursuant to the Plan, all then-existing shares of the Companys old common stock were cancelled, and the Company initially issued (i) 65,035,801 shares of the Companys new common stock, par value $0.001 (the Common Stock), to
certain holders of the Companys old common stock as of April 30, 2021, (ii) 247,768,962 shares of the Companys Series A Preferred Stock, to affiliated funds of Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (Centerbridge), affiliated funds
of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree) and certain other investors and parties, including in connection with the consummation of two rights offerings and the related Replacement Equity Backstop Commitment Agreement (such parties
to the Replacement Equity Backstop Commitment Agreement, the Additional Investors), and (iii) 834,800,000 shares of the Companys Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 (the Series B Preferred Stock), to
Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell).
The shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan were issued in reliance upon
the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, or, only to the extent such exemption under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy
Code was not available, Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the safe harbor contained in Regulation D thereunder.
The shares
of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Plan were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, or, only to the extent such exemption under
section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code was not available, Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the safe harbor contained in Regulation D thereunder.
On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement), pursuant to
which the Company agreed to file with the SEC a shelf registration statement for the offer and resale of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock held by Centerbridge, Oaktree, the Additional Investors and certain accredited investors who
subscribed for Series A Preferred Stock in the rights offering pursuant to the Plan designed to comply with Regulation D under the Securities Act. The parties to the Registration Rights Agreement have customary demand, underwritten offering and
piggyback registration rights, subject to the limitations set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. Under their underwritten offering registration rights, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement may request to sell all or any portion
of their Common Stock in an underwritten offering that is registered, subject to certain restrictions. The Registration Rights Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions, including, without limitation, provisions with respect to
blackout periods and indemnification. This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
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