Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC (the “Company”) and Compass Diversified Holdings (“Holdings” and, together with the Company, collectively “CODI,” “us” or “we”) acquires and manages small to middle market businesses in the ordinary course of its business. The following description relates to the recent divestiture of one such business.
Advanced Circuits
On January 10, 2023, the Company, solely in its capacity as the representative (the “Equityholders’ Representative”) of the holders (the “Equityholders”) of stock and options of Compass AC Holdings, Inc. (“Advanced Circuits”), a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) with APCT Inc. (“Purchaser”), Circuit Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) and Advanced Circuits, pursuant to which Purchaser will acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of Advanced Circuits, the parent company of the operating entity, Advanced Circuits, Inc., through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Advanced Circuits, with Advanced Circuits surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Merger”). The sale price of Advanced Circuits will be based on an enterprise value of $220 million and will be subject to certain adjustments based on matters such as the working capital and cash and debt balances of Advanced Circuits at the time of the closing. The Company owns approximately 68% of the outstanding stock of Advanced Circuits on a fully diluted basis. The proceeds received by the Company will be used to repay all or a portion of outstanding debt under the Company’s revolving credit facility.
The Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants. The obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and Advanced Circuits and the Equityholders, on the other hand, to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Agreement are subject to certain conditions, including, but not limited to, (i) subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party, (ii) the absence of any court order or law enacted by any governmental authority preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, (iii) performance in all material respects by the other party of its covenants, (v) the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and (iv) the approval of the Agreement and the Merger by the equity holders of Advanced Circuits by written consent. Purchaser and Merger Sub’s obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Agreement are also subject to the condition that (a) no material adverse effect will have occurred with respect to the Advanced Circuits business prior to closing and (b) the number of shares of Advanced Circuits' common stock with respect to which appraisal rights have been exercised will not exceed 5.0% of the issued and outstanding shares.
The Agreement also contains certain rights to terminate the agreement, including the right of either Purchaser or Advanced Circuits to terminate the Agreement after April 10, 2023, if the transactions contemplated by the Agreement have not been consummated by such date, subject to certain exceptions.
The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. However, there can be no assurances that all of the conditions to closing will be satisfied.
The foregoing brief description of the Agreement is not meant to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Agreement itself, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.