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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
Note 21 – Subsequent Events
Entry into a Definitive Purchase Agreement
On February 12, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), Steve Madden entered into a sale and purchase deed (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among SML UK Holding Ltd., an English limited company and indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Steve Madden (the “Purchaser”), various entities comprising the Fifth Cinven Fund (the “Cinven Sellers”), Bain & Company, Inc. (“Bain”), Squam Lake Investors X LP (BGPI) (“Squam Lake”), and together with the Cinven Sellers and Bain, (the “Institutional Sellers”), certain individuals (the “Individual Sellers”), and together with the Institutional Sellers, (the “Sellers”), and Steve Madden, as guarantor, pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Mercury Acquisitions Topco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey and the holding company for the Kurt Geiger business (the “Target”), as further described below (the “Transaction”).
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser has agreed to purchase all of the shares of Target at a base purchase price of approximately £202,000 (the “Base Purchase Price”), subject to certain adjustments, including a "locked box" mechanism. Pursuant to such mechanism, (i) the Base Purchase Price will be increased at a rate of £42 per day for the period from February 3, 2024 (the "Locked Box Date") to and including the closing date of the Transaction (the "Closing Date"), and (ii) the Base Purchase Price will be reduced on a pound-for-pound basis for certain value items, as more specifically set forth in the Purchase Agreement. In addition, the loan notes outstanding from Mercury Midco 1 Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Target ("Midco 1"), which are payable to certain Sellers, will be redeemed, and the Base Purchase Price will be reduced in an amount equal to the aggregate total redemption amount.
The closing of the Transaction is subject to certain closing conditions. The Purchaser, the Sellers, and the Target have agreed to cooperate in good faith and use their reasonable best efforts, subject to limitations, to procure that these conditions are fulfilled. The Purchase Agreement will automatically terminate if any closing condition has not been fulfilled or waived by December 5, 2025.
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser has also entered into a management warranty deed (the “Management Warranty Deed”), pursuant to which certain members of management of the Target have provided certain additional customary representations and warranties related to the Target’s business. The Purchaser has separately obtained a warranty and indemnity insurance policy, effective as of the date of entry into the Purchase Agreement and the Management Warranty Deed, which contains customary coverage and exceptions.
Entry into a Commitment Letter

In connection with and concurrently with the entry into, the Purchase Agreement, Steve Madden entered into a commitment letter, dated February 12, 2025 (the “Commitment Letter”), with Citizens Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Citibank (collectively, the “Commitment Parties”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Commitment Parties have committed to provide debt financing for the Transaction, consisting of senior secured credit facilities of up to an aggregate total of $550,000, which includes a $300,000 term loan and a $250,000 revolving credit facility, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter. The obligations of the Commitment Parties to provide debt financing under the Commitment Letter are subject to a number of customary conditions including, without limitation, execution and delivery of definitive documentation consistent with the Commitment Letter.