July 31, 2020 |
Re: | Global Blue Group Holding AG (the “Company”) |
Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended |
Filed February 24, 2020, June 19, 2020, July 8, 2020, July 17, 2020 and July 23, 2020 |
File No. 333-236581 (the “Registration Statement”) |
Ms. Christine Dietz United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549-3628
cc: Mr. Jeff Kauten |
Dear Chris:
This letter is in response to your request from our call on July 30, 2020, for some further information regarding the recoverable amount/goodwill figures for the Staff’s Comment 3 from the Staff’s letter of July 27, 2020. The Company’s response is below.
• | As noted in the response letter dated July 30, 2020, the Company had within the July 20, 2020 letter provided the headroom by which the recoverable amount of the CGU less net debt exceeded the carrying value of the goodwill (“Method 1”). Upon clarification of the Staff’s question in the letter dated July 23, 2020, the Company provided the recoverable amount for each of the CGUs relative to the carrying value (including goodwill) of the CGU (“Method 2”) |
• | To assist with the Staff’s review, please see attached a summary table summarizing the headroom (€K and %), per method, for both the central case and the negative growth sensitivity |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | ||||
Christine Dietz |
-2- | July 31, 2020 |
• | While the conclusion remains unchanged, the numbers are not entirely comparable, as clarified below: |
o | In Method 1, the FV of the CGU is after the deduction of the net debt; whereas, in Method 2, the FV of the CGU was not accordingly reduced for net debt |
o | When comparing the negative growth sensitivity to the central case, while the FV of the CGU reduction is the same in both methodologies, due to the net debt being constant (i.e. not impacted by the sensitivity), the magnitude of the decline in the FV of the CGU (less net debt) in Method 1 is larger |
With regard to Staff comment 4, we propose to cover the additional footnote disclosure you requested in Note 17 (Goodwill), instead of subsequent events, because it is not a subsequent event, but rather is due to using available information through when the financial statements are issued.
Please let us know if a further discussion would be helpful.
Thanks again for your consideration,
/s/ Michael Wolfson
Michael Wolfson
cc: | Far Point Acquisition Corporation |
Global Blue Group Holding AG
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
(€K) | Central Case |
Negative 2.5% Sensitivity |
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JULY 20TH ANALYSIS (“Method 1”) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FV of CGU |
Net Debt |
FV of CGU (less net debt) |
Goodwill of CGU |
Headroom | % Goodwill |
FV of CGU |
Net Debt |
FV of CGU (less net debt) |
Goodwill of CGU |
Headroom | % Goodwill |
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TFS |
1,446,475 | (442,318 | ) | 1,004,157 | 358,760 | 645,397 | 180 | % | 833,299 | (468,141 | ) | 365,158 | 358,760 | 6,398 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AVPS |
327,731 | (100,217 | ) | 227,514 | 49,200 | 178,314 | 362 | % | 132,422 | (74,394 | ) | 58,028 | 49,200 | 8,828 | 18 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total |
1,774,206 | (542,535 | ) | 1,231,671 | 407,960 | 823,711 | 202 | % | 965,721 | (542,535 | ) | 423,186 | 407,960 | 15,226 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memo: Net debt allocated based on the proportional split of the FV of CGU per case |
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JULY 24TH ANALYSIS (“Method 2”) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FV of CGU |
Carrying Value of CGU (incl. Goodwill) |
Headroom | % Carrying Value (incl. Goodwill) |
FV of CGU |
Carrying Value of CGU (incl. Goodwill) |
Headroom | % Carrying Value (incl. Goodwill) |
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TFS |
1,446,475 | 671,351 | 775,124 | 115 | % | 833,299 | 671,351 | 161,948 | 24 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AVPS |
327,731 | 104,086 | 223,645 | 215 | % | 132,422 | 104,086 | 28,336 | 27 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total |
1,774,206 | 775,437 | 998,769 | 129 | % | 965,721 | 775,437 | 190,284 | 25 | % |