Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On January 31, 2020, Spartan Motors, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Asset
Purchase Agreement with Spartan Motors USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company; REV Group, Inc. ("REV"); and Spartan Fire LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of REV (the "Buyer"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell
substantially all of the assets and liabilities comprising the Emergency
Response Vehicles business (the "ERV business") for approximately $55 million in
cash, subject to a net working capital adjustment. The ERV business consists of
the design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of fire truck
apparatus and fire truck cab chassis, including through the sale of aftermarkets
parts. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Buyer also agreed to assume
certain liabilities of the ERV business. The sale of the ERV business is
effective February 1, 2020.
The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase Agreement, a copy of which will be
filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2019.
Concurrent with the close of the sale of the ERV business and effective February
1, 2020, the Credit Agreement dated August 8, 2018, by and among the Company and
its affiliates, as borrowers; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent; and the lenders party to such Credit Agreement (the
"Credit Agreement") was amended by a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, which
released certain of the Company's subsidiaries that were sold as part of the ERV
business pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement described above. The
substantive business terms of the Credit Agreement remain in place and were not
changed by the Fourth Amendment.
The foregoing description of the Fourth Amendment is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Fourth Amendment, a copy of which will be filed as an
exhibit to the Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Effective February 1, 2020, the Company completed the sale of the ERV business
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement
and received cash of $55 million, which will be subject to a post-closing net
working capital adjustment. The Buyer also agreed to assume certain liabilities
of the ERV business. In connection with the closing of the sale, the Company and
the Buyer have entered into a transition services agreement, pursuant to which
the parties will provide each other certain transition services for a specified
period following the closing.
The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase Agreement, a copy of which will be
filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2019.
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On February 3, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had
completed the sale of the ERV business contemplated by the Asset Purchase
Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 8.01 and the attached Exhibit shall not be deemed
filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information
The unaudited pro forma condensed statements of operations for the nine months
ended September 30, 2019, and the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016,
and the unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet as of September 30, 2019,
and the related notes showing the pro forma effects of the sale of the ERV
business are attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release issued on February 3, 2020
99.2 Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements
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