Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On January 4, 2021, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (“Teledyne”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among FLIR Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FLIR”), Firework Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Teledyne (“Merger Sub I”), Firework Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Teledyne (“Merger Sub II”), and Teledyne. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub I will merge with and into FLIR, with FLIR as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the completion of the Merger, the surviving corporation from the Merger will merge with and into Merger Sub II (the “Subsequent Merger,” and together with the Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II surviving the Subsequent Merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Teledyne.
Teledyne’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the Merger Agreement, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Merger Consideration. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each share of common stock of FLIR, par value $0.01 per share (“FLIR Shares”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than shares held by Teledyne, FLIR or any of their respective subsidiaries and shares held by any holder of FLIR Shares who is entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such shares under Delaware law) will convert into the right to receive (i) $28.00 per share in cash and (ii) 0.0718 of a share of common stock of Teledyne, par value $0.001 per share (“Teledyne Common Stock”). No fractional shares of Teledyne Common Stock will be issued in the Merger, and holders of FLIR Shares will receive cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Teledyne Common Stock.
FLIR Stock Options. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding option to purchase FLIR Shares, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding and unexercised (“FLIR Stock Options”), will be cancelled and the holder of each FLIR Stock Option will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (x) $56.00 over (y) the exercise price of such FLIR Stock Option, multiplied by (ii) the number of FLIR Shares subject to such FLIR Stock Option, less applicable tax withholdings. In the event the per-share exercise price of a FLIR Stock Option is equal to or greater than $56.00, such FLIR Stock Option will be cancelled as of the effective time of the Merger without payment.
FLIR Service-based Restricted Stock Units. At the effective time of the Merger, (i) each FLIR restricted stock unit that is subject only to service-based vesting requirements and (ii) each FLIR restricted stock unit that was issued after the date of the Merger Agreement and is held by certain FLIR insiders, in each case, that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (each, a “FLIR RSU”) will vest and be cancelled, with the holder of such FLIR RSU becoming entitled to receive $56.00 in respect of each FLIR Share subject to such FLIR RSU.
FLIR Service-based Restricted Stock Units issued in 2021. At the effective time of the Merger, each FLIR restricted stock unit that (i) is subject only to service-based vesting requirements, (ii) was issued after the date of the Merger Agreement, (iii) is not held by certain FLIR insiders and (iv) is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (each, a “2021 FLIR RSU”) shall be assumed by Teledyne and converted automatically into a restricted stock unit with respect to a number of shares of Teledyne Common Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the total number of FLIR Shares subject to such 2021 FLIR RSU immediately prior to the effective time by (y) 0.1436, with any fractional shares to be paid in cash. Upon assumption and conversion, each such award shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to it before the effective time of the Merger.