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Subsequent Events
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events

18. Subsequent Events – On April 1, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with TyraTech to change our ownership in Envance Technologies, LLC from 60% to 87%.

On April 2, 2015, the Company’s international subsidiary, AMVAC C.V., through its wholly owned subsidiary, AMVAC Netherlands B.V., acquired the Nemacur nematicide product line in Europe (“E.U.”) from Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd. Nemacur is a highly effective insecticide/nematicide used to control soil insects and nematodes on many fruit and vegetable crops. The assets acquired in this transaction include trademarks, product registrations, associated registration data and customer information related to the marketing, distribution and sale of Nemacur in the E.U.

On April 29, 2015 the Company’s international subsidiary, AMVAC C.V. completed the product line acquisition of Bromacil from E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for territories outside of the U.S. and Canada. Bromacil is a broad spectrum residual herbicide used on crops such as pineapples, citrus, agave, and asparagus. Bromacil is also used to control many annual weeds at lower rates and perennial weeds and brush at the highest rates permitted by the label. It is particularly useful for the control of perennial grasses. The assets acquired in this transaction include trademarks, product registrations, associated registration data and customer information related to the marketing, distribution and sale of Bromacil.

With the completion of the Bromacil purchase on April 28, 2015 the Company’s principal operating subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corporation (“AMVAC”), as borrower, and affiliates (including the Company), as guarantors and/or borrowers, entered into a Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) with a group of commercial lenders led by Bank of the West (AMVAC’s primary bank) as agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer. The details of the amendment include an increase in the leverage covenant ratio for the last three quarters of 2015. Further, a new covenant involving the coverage of fixed charges (in effect, the ratio of consolidated current assets to consolidated current liabilities) was added to the credit facility for the duration of its term.