CUDAHY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner”) (NYSE: RRTS), a leading asset-right transportation and asset-light logistics service provider, announced today that it has reached agreement with its lender group on an interim credit-facility amendment, which supports the Company by providing additional working capital loans and a forbearance provision, while working toward a previously-announced long-term loan amendment.
“We are very pleased with the progress we are making with our lender group,” said Curt Stoelting, President and Chief Operating Officer of Roadrunner. “The short-term amendment helps us to remain focused on serving our customers and clients and increasing our business as seasonal working capital needs begin to increase.”
“The interim agreement provides us with liquidity to support higher levels of business activity which typically begin this month,” Stoelting added. “We view this agreement as a logical step in completing a long-term loan amendment, which we currently anticipate completing by the end of March.”
About Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.
Roadrunner is a leading asset-right transportation and asset-light logistics service provider offering a full suite of solutions under the Roadrunner Freight, Roadrunner Express, Roadrunner Temperature Controlled, Roadrunner Truckload Plus, Roadrunner Intermodal Services and Ascent Global Logistics® brands. The Roadrunner brand offers solutions including less-than-truckload, air and ground domestic and cross-border expedite, dry van and temperature controlled truckload logistics and intermodal services. The Ascent Global Logistics brand offers domestic freight management, retail consolidation, international freight forwarding and customs brokerage. For more information, please visit Roadrunner’s websites, www.rrts.com and www.ascentgl.com.
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