During July 2 and 3, 2018, representatives of RSM met onsite with Mr. Humphries and other members of CPH Management at CPH’s Denver headquarters to conduct detailed accounting, quality of earnings and tax due diligence.
On July 6, 2018, Winston sent a list of outstanding issues relating to the most recent draft of the Merger Agreement to Latham. The outstanding issues list included changes to the proposed structure of the transaction, certain financial definitions, representations and warranties, covenants, tax matters and the indemnification provisions, among other items.
On July 9, 2018, representatives of Industrea, CPH, Peninsula, Baird, XMS, Winston, and Latham participated in an organizational conference call to discuss the proposed timeline of the transaction and preparation of Industrea’s proxy statement/prospectus.
Also on July 9, 2018, Mr. Homme sent a response to the issues list in respect of the Merger Agreement to Mr. Osman. Mr. Homme and Mr. Osman subsequently held a telephonic call to discuss the issues list.
Also on July 9, 2018, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Lanza met at Industrea’s offices in New York, New York to discuss the potential PIPE investor feedback and key terms.
On July 10, 2018, Patrick Gilrane, a representative of Industrea, and David Hall, Board Director of Industrea, met with Camfaud Concrete Pumps, Ltd, Tony Faud, Group Managing Director, Brendan Murphy, Commercial Director, Peter Faud, National Fleet Service Director and other managers at Camfaud Concrete Pumps’ headquarters in Epping, United Kingdom. Meeting topics discussed included United Kingdom and European concrete pump markets and market dynamics, fleet operations, organic and acquisition growth opportunities. Mr. Gilrane, Mr. Hall and Mr. Faud also visited the Camfaud facility in the U.K. and observed a concrete pumping operation.
On July 11, 2018, representatives of Industrea, CPH, Peninsula, Baird, XMS, Winston, and RSM, financial advisor to CPH, held an organizational and update conference call to discuss the preparation of Industrea’s proxy statement/prospectus.
On July 14, 2018, Industrea and CPH executed an amended agreement for a limited amount of expense reimbursement of Industrea in order to progress Industrea’s due diligence investigation of CPH and negotiation of transaction documentation. The limited expense reimbursement was tied to the achievement of certain transaction milestones, including progressing due diligence, consulting with potential PIPE investors and negotiating a Merger Agreement, and based on the CPH valuation of $610 million.
On July 18, 2018, representatives of Industrea, CPH, Peninsula, Baird, XMS, Winston, Latham, BDO USA, LLP, (“BDO”), CPH’s independent registered public accounting firm, and RSM, held an organizational and update conference call to discuss the preparation of Industrea’s proxy statement/prospectus.
On July 18, 2018, Mr. Osman met with Mr. Homme and members of CPH Management, including Messrs. Young and Humphries, at CPH’s office in Denver to discuss growth opportunities for CPH, particularly cross-selling and expansion opportunities for Eco-Pan.
On July 19, 2018, Winston sent a revised draft of the Merger Agreement to Latham. The revised draft contained changes to the proposed structure of the transaction for tax related purposes, certain financial definitions, representations and warranties, covenants, tax matters and the indemnification provisions, among other items.
On July 20, 2018, Winston sent a revised draft of the term loan debt commitment letter to CS. This draft contained changes that were discussed by Industrea and CS on an ongoing basis since late May 2018.
On July 20, 2018, Industrea sent a detailed investment memorandum regarding the CPH transaction to the Industrea Board, containing a discussion of the business operations, financial performance, growth strategy, industry and competitive dynamics, and valuation and transaction details. The memorandum also contained information comparing CPH’s fully diluted valuation to publicly traded comparable companies.
On July 22, 2018, Mr. Osman provided Mr. Homme with a written summary of previously held confidential investor meetings and preliminary investor feedback, which included feedback on CPH’s attractiveness to public equity market investors. On July 23, 2018, Mr. Osman held a conference call with Mr. Homme to discuss the preliminary investor feedback.