Introductory Note.
On June 2, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), STERIS plc, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (“STERIS”), completed its previously announced acquisition of Cantel Medical Corp. (now known as Cantel Medical LLC) (the “Company” or “Cantel”) pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of January 12, 2021, as amended March 1, 2021, by and among STERIS, Solar New US Holding Co, LLC (now known as Solar New US Holding Corporation), a wholly owned subsidiary of STERIS (“US Holdco”), Crystal Merger Sub 1, LLC, a direct and wholly owned subsidiary of US Holdco (“Crystal Merger Sub”), and Cantel. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), the Company incorporated Canyon HoldCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct and wholly owned subsidiary of Cantel (“Canyon Newco”), and Grand Canyon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct and wholly owned subsidiary of Canyon Newco (“Canyon Merger Sub”) and on March 1, 2021, Canyon Newco, Canyon Merger Sub and Cantel entered into a joinder to the Merger Agreement through which Canyon Newco and Canyon Merger Sub became parties to the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things, (a) the merger of Canyon Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Canyon Newco (the “Pre-Closing Merger”), (b) immediately following the Pre-Closing Merger, the conversion of the Company from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company (the “Pre-Closing Conversion”), (c) immediately following the Pre-Closing Conversion, the merger of Crystal Merger Sub with and into Canyon Newco, with Canyon Newco surviving the merger as a direct and wholly owned subsidiary of US Holdco (the “First Merger”) and (d) immediately after the First Merger, the merger of Canyon Newco with and into US Holdco, with US Holdco surviving the merger and remaining a wholly owned subsidiary of STERIS (the “Second Merger” and, together with the Pre-Closing Merger and the First Merger, the “Mergers”).
On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Mergers and the Pre-Closing Conversion were completed. At the effective time of the Pre-Closing Conversion (the “Pre-Closing Conversion Effective Time”), the Company was converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company, and the name of the Company was changed to Cantel Medical LLC. At the effective time of the Pre-Closing Merger (the “Pre-Closing Merger Effective Time”), the separate corporate existence of Canyon Merger Sub ceased, and the Company survived the Pre-Closing Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Canyon Newco. At the effective time of the First Merger (the “First Merger Effective Time”), the separate existence of Crystal Merger Sub ceased, and Canyon Newco survived the First Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of STERIS. At the effective time of the Second Merger (the “Second Merger Effective Time”), the separate corporate existence of Canyon Newco ceased, and US Holdco survived the Second Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of STERIS.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On the Closing Date, the Company, STERIS and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), entered into the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 2, 2021 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), to the indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Convertible Notes”).
As a result of the Mergers, and pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture, the Convertible Notes are no longer convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share of the Company (“Company Shares”). Instead, to the extent such Convertible Notes were convertible immediately prior to the Mergers, such Convertible Notes will be convertible into cash and STERIS Shares (as defined below) in proportion to the Merger Consideration (as defined below) payable pursuant to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to the “Reference Property” provisions in the Indenture. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer or solicitation with respect to any securities.
The foregoing descriptions of the First Supplemental Indenture and the transactions contemplated thereby are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the First Supplemental Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.