Subsequent Event - Erwin Hymer Group Acquisition

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

17.	Subsequent Event—Erwin Hymer Group Acquisition

On September 18, 2018, the Company and the shareholders of Erwin Hymer Group SE (the “Erwin Hymer Group’) announced that they entered into a definitive agreement for the Company to acquire Erwin Hymer Group (“EHG”). EHG is headquartered in Bad Waldsee, Germany, and is the largest RV manufacturer in Europe, by revenue. The Company entered the definitive agreement with EHG to expand its operations into the growing European market with a long-standing European industry leader.

In accordance with the definitive agreement, consideration to be paid to the sellers at closing was to consist of approximately 1.7 billion Euro in cash and equity consisting of approximately 2.3 million shares of the Company. The Company will also assume responsibility for the debt of EHG.

On February 1, 2019, the parties closed on this transaction. In connection with the closing, the parties entered into an amendment to the purchase agreement to reflect the exclusion of EHG’s North American operations from the business operations acquired by the Company. As a result, the cash purchase price paid by the Company was reduced by 170 million Euro, and the debt obligations the Company otherwise assumed at closing were reduced by 180 million Euro.

At the closing, the Company paid cash consideration of approximately 1.5 billion Euro (approximately $1.7 billion at the exchange rate as of January 31, 2019) and issued 2,256,492 shares of the Company’s common stock to the sellers. The Company also assumed debt of EHG and its affiliates of approximately 315 million Euro (approximately $359 million at the exchange rate as of January 31, 2019), a portion of which was refinanced at closing. The cash consideration paid was funded through a combination of available cash on hand of approximately $95 million and debt financing.

The debt financing obtained in connection with the acquisition of EHG consists of two credit facility agreements, a 7 year, $2.1 billion term loan, and a 5 year, $750.0 million asset-based credit facility (ABL). The obligations of the Company under each facility are secured by liens on substantially all of the assets of the Company, and both agreements contain certain customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company.

Subject to earlier termination, the term loan matures on February 1, 2026 and the ABL terminates on February 1, 2024. In connection with the closing of the transaction, the Company borrowed an aggregate amount of approximately $1.386 billion under a United States Dollar denominated term loan tranche, approximately 618 million Euro (approximately $704 million at the exchange rate as of January 31, 2019) under a Euro denominated term loan tranche, and $100 million under the ABL in order to provide funding for, among other things, the cash consideration paid to the EHG shareholders, the refinancing of specified existing EHG indebtedness, and to pay fees and expenses related to the transaction.

Under the term loan, both the U.S. and Euro term loan tranches require annual payments of 1.0% of the initial term loan balance, payable quarterly in 0.25% installments. The interest rate on the U.S. portion of the term loan will be at an annual base rate plus 2.75%, or LIBOR plus 3.75%, and the interest rate on the Euro portion will be at EURIBOR plus 4.0%, with interest on both tranches payable quarterly. In addition, the Company must make mandatory prepayments of principal under the term loan agreement upon the occurrence of certain specified events, including certain asset sales, debt issuances and receipt of annual cash flows in excess of certain amounts. The Company may, at its option, prepay any borrowings under the term loan, in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty (except in certain circumstances). The Company may add one or more incremental term loan facilities to the term loan, subject to obtaining commitments from any participating lenders and certain other conditions. Ticking fees on the term loan, as defined in the financing commitments, were incurred for the period from December 4, 2018 through January 31, 2019 and totaled approximately $10.7 million.

Availability under the ABL agreement is subject to a borrowing base based on a percentage of applicable eligible receivables and eligible inventory. The ABL will carry interest at an annual base rate plus 0.25% to 0.75%, or LIBOR plus 1.25% to 1.75%, based on adjusted excess availability as defined in the ABL agreement, with the applicable base rate and LIBOR margins being stipulated at 0.25% and 1.25%, respectively, for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 per the ABL agreement. This agreement also includes a 0.25% unused facility fee. The Company may, generally at its option, pay any borrowings under the ABL, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty.

The ABL also contains a financial covenant, which requires the Company to maintain a consolidated fixed-charge coverage ratio of 1.0X, provided that the covenant is only applicable when adjusted excess availability falls below a certain threshold. Up to $75.0 million of the ABL is available for the issuance of letters of credit, and up to $75.0 million is available for swingline loans. The Company may also increase commitments under the ABL by up to $150.0 million by obtaining additional commitments from lenders and adhering to certain other conditions. The unused availability under the ABL is generally available to the Company for general operating purposes.

Costs incurred during the three months ended January 31, 2019 related specifically to this acquisition are included in Acquisition-related costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. These costs include the impact of the change in the fair value and likelihood of closing on the foreign currency forward contract of $31,152 discussed in Note 15 above, and $10,907 of other expenses, consisting primarily of ticking fees.

Costs incurred during the six months ended January 31, 2019 related specifically to this acquisition totaled $99,148 and include the change in the fair value of the foreign currency forward contract of $73,707 discussed in Note 15 above, and $25,441 of other expenses, consisting primarily of ticking fees and legal, professional and advisory fees related to financial due diligence and preliminary implementation costs, as well as regulatory review costs.

Due to the recent timing of the close of the acquisition, the Company has not yet allocated the purchase price to the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.