UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2006
COOPER-STANDARD
HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 333-123708 | 20-1945088 |
(State or other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.) |
39550 Orchard Hill
Place Drive
Novi, Michigan 48375
(Address of principal executive
offices)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (248) 596-5900
Not Applicable
(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported on a Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2005, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (the Company), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (Holdings), and ITT Industries, Inc. (ITT) entered into a Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the Agreement) on December 4, 2005, pursuant to which the Company and certain of its affiliates agreed to acquire the automotive fluid handling systems business of ITT, including the outstanding capital stock of certain of ITTs direct and indirect subsidiaries and certain assets and liabilities of ITT and its affiliates, for $205 million in cash (the Transaction). On February 6, 2006, the Company and ITT entered into the First Amendment to the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the Amendment). The Amendment provided for, among other things, an increase in the net working capital target that is the basis for the net working capital adjustment described in the Agreement.
The Transaction was consummated on February 6, 2006 shortly following the execution of the Amendment.
In order to finance the Transaction and to pay related fees and expenses, on February 6, 2006, the Company also entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (the Amendment to the Credit Agreement), dated as of December 23, 2004, among Holdings, a Delaware corporation, the Company, Cooper-Standard Automotive Canada Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Ontario, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as syndication agent, and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P., UBS Securities LLC and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-documentation agents. The Amendment to the Credit Agreement provided for a $190,000,000.00 incremental term loan and a 20,725,000.00 incremental term loan.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment itself, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The foregoing description of the Amendment to the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment to the Credit Agreement itself, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
On February 7, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had completed the Transaction. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
See Item 1.01.
Item 2.03: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
See Item 1.01. | ||
Item 9.01: | Financial Statements and Exhibits | |
(c) | Exhibits. | |
10.1 | First Amendment to the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement dated February 6, 2006 between Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. and ITT Industries, Inc. | |
10.2 | Amendment to the Credit Agreement | |
99.1 | Press release announcing the consummation of the Transaction, dated February 7, 2006. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. | |||
Date: February 10, 2006 | |||
By: | /s/ Timothy W. Hefferon | ||
Name: | Timothy W. Hefferon | ||
Title: | Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary |
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