12500 West Creek Parkway
Richmond, Virginia 23238
804-484-7700
May 18, 2021
Dear Valued Customer:
We have exciting news to share with you today. Performance Food Group (PFG), with divisions including Vistar, Eby-Brown, Performance Foodservice and PFG Customized, is pleased to announce that we have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Core-Mark. Pending U.S. federal antitrust clearance and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, the acquisition will include 32 distribution centers primarily focused on serving Core-Mark’s customers across the United States, and locations in Canada too, with top national brand products.
We’re pleased to be bringing together the best talent in convenience! This acquisition will enable Eby-Brown and PFG’s Vistar segment to expand geographic presence and scale in the convenience channel, build on our foodservice capabilities, and continue our growth. Our news release offers more details about the acquisition.
We’re happy to share this growth opportunity for our business and highlight the commitment all our associates take in helping our customers like you thrive too. Please be assured that business will continue as usual as PFG works to complete this transaction with Core-Mark.
Thank you for your ongoing confidence and trust in us. We are proud to provide quality service to you!
Sincerely,
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Pat Hagerty | | Tom Wake | | Joe Roenna |
PFG EVP | | President | | EVP, Sales |
Vistar CEO | | Eby-Brown | | Eby-Brown |
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, our financial results, our liquidity and capital resources, integration of our acquisition of Reinhart and other non-historical statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The following factors, in addition to those discussed under the section entitled Item 1A. Risk Factors in the PFG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 27, 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 18, 2020, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements:
| • | | the material adverse impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have on the global markets, the restaurant industry, and our business specifically; |
| • | | competition in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to compete successfully; |
| • | | we operate in a low margin industry, which could increase the volatility of our results of operations; |
| • | | we may not realize anticipated benefits from our operating cost reduction and productivity improvement efforts; |