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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
Subsequent Events

Acquisition of Conwed Plastics LLC

On January 20, 2017, the Company acquired all of the equity interests in Conwed Plastics LLC, a Delaware limited liability company , and its Belgian subsidiary ("Conwed NV") (collectively, "Conwed") pursuant to an Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of December 14, 2016, by and among the Company, DelStar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation as buyer, Baldwin Enterprises, Inc., a Colorado corporation, as seller, Conwed and, solely for the limited purposes specified therein, Leucadia National Corporation, a New York corporation. As a result of the acquisition, Conwed and its subsidiaries became wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of the Company.

The purchase price to acquire Conwed was $295 million in cash, subject to certain customary post-closing adjustments, plus three potential earn-out payments not to exceed $40 million, in the aggregate, which payments are contingent upon the achievement of certain financial metrics in each of 2019, 2020 and 2021, in each case upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for Conwed was funded from the Company’s borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement, while the purchase price for Conwed NV was funded from cash on hand.

Conwed and its subsidiaries manufacture highly engineered resin-based netting solutions, with operations in the United States and Belgium, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of February 24, 2017, the Company is in the process of determining the preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as initial appraisals are still underway and have not yet been completed.

Debt Amendment

On December 1, 2016, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ("First Amendment") with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent. Under the terms of the First Amendment, and effective only upon the closing of the Conwed acquisition on January 20, 2017, the Company's maximum net debt to EBITDA ratio, calculated on a trailing four fiscal quarter basis, was required to be not greater than 4.25 at December 31, 3017, reducing to 4.00 after December 31, 2017, 3.75 after March 31, 2018, 3.50 after June 30, 2018 and 3.00 after December 31, 2018.

Derivative Instruments

On January 20, 2017, the Company entered into an interest rate swap transaction with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for a three-year term on a notional amount of $315 million. The interest rate swap is intended to manage the Company's interest rate risk by fixing the interest rate on a portion of the Company's debt currently outstanding under its credit facility that was previously subject to a floating interest rate equal to 1-month LIBOR plus a credit spread. The swap provides for the Company to pay a fixed rate of 1.65% per annum in addition to the credit spread on such portion of its outstanding debt in exchange for receiving a variable interest rate based on 1-month LIBOR.

On January 20, 2017, the Company also entered into a three-year cross-currency swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. designated as a hedge of a portion of the Company's net investment in certain Euro-denominated subsidiaries. The terms of the cross-currency swap provide for an exchange of principal on a notional amount of $100 million swapped to €93.7 million at maturity. The Company will receive from our swap counterparty U.S. dollar interest at a fixed rate of 1.65% per annum and pay to our swap counterparty Euro interest at a fixed rate of -0.18% per annum.