Item 2.01.
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Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
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On March 6, 2020, Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of certain assets of Kosmos Cement Company, a Kentucky general partnership (the “Seller”). The Acquisition was completed pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 25, 2019 (as amended, the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Seller.
The assets (the “Assets”) acquired by the Company in the Acquisition include (i) a cement plant located in Louisville, Kentucky, (ii) a limestone quarry located in Battletown, Kentucky, (iii) cement distribution terminals located in Indianapolis, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charleston, West Virginia; Ceredo, West Virginia; Mt. Vernon, Indiana; and Lexington, Kentucky, and (iv) certain other properties, assets and rights of the Seller, including leasehold interests, equipment, vehicles and contract rights, used in connection with the business conducted by the Seller at or from the foregoing facilities (collectively, the “Kosmos Business”).
The Company assumed in the Acquisition certain liabilities and obligations of the Seller relating to the Kosmos Business, including contractual obligations, reclamation obligations and various other liabilities and obligations arising out of or relating to the Kosmos Business after the closing of the Acquisition (the “Closing”).
The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) paid by the Company at the Closing was $665 million in cash, subject to a customary post-closing inventory adjustment as provided in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price was funded through cash on hand and borrowings made simultaneously with the Closing under the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2019 (the “Term Loan Agreement”), among the Company, certain banks and financial institutions party thereto as lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Asset Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 4, 2020.
Item 2.03.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
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The information set forth above in Item 2.01, which describes the transaction in connection with which the Company incurred a direct financial obligation, is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
As previously reported, the Company entered into the Term Loan Agreement on December 20, 2019, establishing a $665 million term loan facility to fund payment of the Purchase Price and fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Acquisition. In connection with the completion of the Acquisition and as of the Closing, approximately $665 million was