| Item 2.01 | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
The information contained in the section above entitled “Introductory Note” is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Sale, and in consideration for the exchange of all of the outstanding equity interests of Newco, Purchaser paid the equivalent of approximately $4,122,920,340.71, consisting of $2,899,696,138.00 in cash and $1,223,224,202.71 in loan notes that are subsequently contributed for JVCo Shares comprising 11,988,036 ordinary shares, 372,581,265 A Preference Shares and 655,171,271 B Preference Shares. The consideration amount was determined pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement. Following the Sale, Rainbow Capital held approximately 60% of the JVCo Shares and the Company indirectly held approximately 40% of the JVCo Shares.
In addition, KKR Rainbow Aggregator L.P. (“KKR Aggregator”) (an affiliate of funds and/or separately managed accounts advised and/or managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its affiliates) has in a separate transaction invested an aggregate of $1 billion directly into Coty through the issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The Series B Preferred Stock conveys to KKR Aggregator the right to designate two directors to the Company’s board of directors and voting rights on an as-converted basis. Assuming full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and no other changes to the Company’s capitalization (and including the impact of Accrued Dividends (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designations), KKR Aggregator would be the second largest shareholder, with an approximate 17.9% stake.
On November 16, 2020, HFS Holdings S.á r.l. (“HFS”), a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg that is beneficially owned by Peter Harf, a director of the Company, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with KKR Aggregator and certain of its affiliated investment funds (the “Preferred Stock Sellers”), pursuant to which HFS agreed to purchase from the Preferred Stock Sellers, in exchange for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,539 ($1,027 per share), 146,057 shares of Series B Preferred Stock that were issued on July 31, 2020 and all Accrued Dividends thereon the “Series B Purchase”). The Series B Purchase, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, is expected to close on August 27, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which was attached as Exhibit 2.2 to Coty’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
The Purchase Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Coty, Purchaser, JVCo or Newco. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement, as of the specific dates therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and the parties expressly identified as third-party beneficiaries thereto, as applicable (except as expressly provided therein), may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Purchase Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements therein or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the respective dates of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the parties’ public disclosures.
On December 1, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the transactions contemplated under the Separation Agreement and the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
