Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

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On February 28, 2018, CAL Funding III Limited (“CAL Funding III”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CAI International, Inc. (the “Company”), issued $332,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.96% Series 2018-1 Fixed Rate Asset-Backed Notes, Class A and $16,900,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.80% Series 2018-1 Fixed Rate Asset-Backed Notes, Class B (collectively, the “Notes”), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement among CAL Funding III, Container Applications Limited, the Company, Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc.  The net proceeds of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt by the Company and offering costs.

The terms of the Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated July 6, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between CAL Funding III and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Series 2018-1 Supplement to the Indenture, dated February 28, 2018 (the “Supplement”).  Principal and interest on the Notes is payable monthly commencing on March 26, 2018, with a scheduled maturity date of February 25, 2028 and a legal final maturity date of February 25, 2039, subject to mandatory prepayments and acceleration under certain circumstances.  The Notes are secured by a first priority security interest on all of the assets of CAL Funding III.  The transaction documents contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, representations and warranties, indemnification provisions and events of default, which are subject to certain conditions and exceptions.

The Notes were offered within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to persons outside of the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, and to other institutional accredited investors as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.  The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction.

The foregoing description of the Notes, the Supplement and the other documents related to this transaction does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of these documents which are attached hereto as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and are incorporated herein by reference.

(d)  Exhibits.

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