Commercial Upfitter Farmbro Expects to Purchase
and Install More Than 2,000 XL Systems in 2021
XL Recognizes Farmbro as its 2020 Sales and
Installation Partner of the Year
XL Fleet (“XL” or the “Company”), a leader in vehicle
electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets,
today announced that Farmbro Inc. (“Farmbro”), an Ontario-based
upfitting solutions service provider specializing in commercial and
work vehicles, expects to double its sales volume from
approximately 1,000 XL unit installations in 2020 to over 2,000 in
2021 to meet the increasing demand for fleet electrification in
Canada. As part of its expanding partnership, XL Fleet is
recognizing Farmbro as its Sales and Installation Partner of the
Year for 2020.
Farmbro is a member of XL’s Sales and Installation Partner
network, the Company’s comprehensive go-to-market channel for
selling and installing the thousands of electrification systems it
has deployed in fleet vehicles throughout North America. Farmbro
installs XL’s hybrid electric drive systems on a wide range of
vehicles and applications for its Canadian fleet customers,
including Ford Transits and Ford E-450 step vans for applications
including last mile delivery, emergency response, customer service
and mass transit.
“Farmbro has been an exceptional partner for XL Fleet, as we
have greatly expanded our reach into the Canadian fleet market over
the past 18 months,” said Brian Piern, Vice President of Sales and
Marketing at XL Fleet. “They have been an integral part of our
continued growth and success, and an obvious choice to be
recognized as our partner of the year. We look forward to continue
ramping up our production volume with them in 2021 and beyond, as
XL Fleet continues to expand its Canadian customer base, electrify
new vehicles and enter new markets.”
“Demand in Canada for vehicle electrification has skyrocketed in
recent years as both government and corporate initiatives on carbon
reduction have become a priority for fleets,” said John Farmer,
President of Farmbro. “Our partnership with XL Fleet has given us
the unique opportunity to meet those demands for customers
nationwide. The team at Farmbro appreciates this recognition and
looks forward to expanding our partnership with XL Fleet.”
XL remains on track to complete its previously announced merger
agreement with Pivotal Investment Corporation II (NYSE: PIC), a
publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in the fourth
quarter of 2020. Upon closing, the combined company will be named
XL Fleet Corp. and is expected to remain listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under a new ticker symbol, “XL”.
About XL Fleet
XL Fleet is a leading provider of vehicle electrification
solutions for commercial and municipal fleets in North America,
with more than 130 million miles driven by customers such as The
Coca-Cola Company, Verizon, Yale University and the City of Boston.
XL’s hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric drive systems can increase
fuel economy up to 25-50 percent and reduce carbon dioxide
emissions up to 20-33 percent, decreasing operating costs and
meeting sustainability goals while enhancing fleet operations. XL's
plug-in hybrid electric drive system was named one of TIME
magazine's best inventions of 2019.
For additional information, please visit www.xlfleet.com.
About Pivotal Investment Corporation II
Pivotal Investment Corporation II (NYSE: PIC) is a special
purpose acquisition company organized for the purpose of effecting
a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business
combination with one or more businesses or entities. On September
18, 2020, Pivotal announced that it had entered into a definitive
merger agreement with XL Fleet. Upon closing, the combined company
will be named XL Fleet and is expected to remain listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under a new ticker symbol, “XL”. For additional
information, please visit https://www.pivotalic.com/.
Important Information and Where to Find It
This communication is being made in respect of the proposed
merger transaction involving Pivotal and XL. Pivotal filed a
registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), which includes a proxy statement/prospectus
of Pivotal, and certain related documents, to be used at the
meeting of shareholders to approve the proposed business
combination and related matters. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF
PIVOTAL ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND ANY
AMENDMENTS THERETO AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED
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PIVOTAL AND THE BUSINESS COMBINATION. The definitive proxy
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date to be established for voting on the proposed business
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of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other
than statements of present or historical fact included in this
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proposed business combination, including Pivotal’s ability to
consummate the transaction, the anticipated timing of the closing
of the business combination and benefits of the transaction, and
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discussed in Pivotal’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2019 under Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A and
in Pivotal’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020. These risk factors will be
important to consider in determining future results and should be
reviewed in their entirety. These forward-looking statements are
expressed in good faith, and Pivotal and XL believe there is a
reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that
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will file from time to time with the SEC.
In addition to factors previously disclosed in Pivotal’s reports
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actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements
or historical performance: the parties’ ability to meet the closing
conditions to the merger, including approval by stockholders of
Pivotal and XL on the expected terms and schedule and the risk that
regulatory approvals required for the merger are not obtained or
are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; delay
in closing the merger or the PIPE Offering; failure to realize the
benefits expected from the proposed transaction; the effects of
pending and future legislation; risks related to disruption of
management time from ongoing business operations due to the
proposed transaction; business disruption following the
transaction; other consequences associated with mergers,
acquisitions and divestitures and legislative and regulatory
actions and reforms; risks associated with XL’s business, including
the highly competitive nature of XL’s business and the market for
hybrid electric vehicles; litigation, complaints, product liability
claims and/or adverse publicity; cost increases or shortages in the
components necessary to support XL’s products and services; the
introduction of new technologies; privacy and data protection laws,
privacy or data breaches, or the loss of data; and the impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic on XL’s business, results of operations,
financial condition, regulatory compliance and customer
experience.
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forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions that are
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projections are necessarily speculative, Pivotal and XL believe
that the preparation of prospective financial information involves
increasingly higher levels of uncertainty the further out the
projection extends from the date of preparation. The assumptions
and estimates underlying the projected results are inherently
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business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
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and XL, or their respective representatives and advisors,
considered or consider the projections to be a reliable prediction
of future events.
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