Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
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Delaware
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0-23874
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36-3189198
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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500 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, Maryland
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21074
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(410) 239-2700
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code
Check the appropriate box below if
the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement
On February 13, 2014, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (the “Company”)
entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed
to purchase from Everest Topco LLC (the “Seller”) all of the outstanding limited liability company interests of Everest
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Everest Holdings”). Everest Holdings is a holding company for
the Eddie Bauer brand and its related businesses and operations. The aggregate consideration payable by the Company under the Purchase
Agreement is (i) $545 million in cash and five million shares of common stock of the Company payable upon the closing under the
Purchase Agreement; provided that in no event will the common stock to be issued to the Seller exceed 19.9% of the Company’s
issued and outstanding common stock prior to such issuance, giving pro forma effect to repurchases made pursuant to the proposed
tender offer described in Item 8.01 below, if any (and for every share of common stock less than five million shares of common
stock that the Seller actually receives as a result of such adjustment, the Seller will receive an additional $56.00 in cash),
and (ii) up to an additional $50 million in cash consideration, the payment of which is dependent upon Everest Holdings meeting
targeted levels of EBITDA (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) for Everest Holdings’ fiscal year ending on January 3, 2015
(the foregoing is referred to herein as the “Transaction”). The purchase price is subject to certain adjustments based
on the amount of working capital, cash, indebtedness and transaction expenses of Everest Holdings as of closing.
The Transaction is subject to the satisfaction of various closing
conditions described in the Purchase Agreement. Consummation of the Transaction is not subject to a financing condition.
The Purchase Agreement contains certain termination rights for
both the Company and the Seller, including without limitation (i) the right of either party to terminate the Purchase Agreement
if the Transaction is not consummated by June 13, 2014, (ii) the right of the Company to terminate the Purchase Agreement to accept
an unsolicited superior proposal (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) from a third party with respect to a change of control
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the Company and (iii) the right of the Seller to terminate the Purchase Agreement if
the Company receives a proposal of a third party to acquire the Company that the Company does not reject or recommend against within
20 business days. Upon termination of the Purchase Agreement under specified circumstances, the Company may be required to pay
a termination fee. If the Company terminates the Purchase Agreement to accept or enter into a definitive agreement with respect
to, or if the Seller terminates the Purchase Agreement for the Company’s failure to reject or recommend against within 20
business days, a superior proposal, the Company would be required to pay to the Seller a termination fee of $48 million. In connection
with termination of the Purchase Agreement for the failure of the Company to consummate the Transaction due to a failure to obtain
financing and in other specified circumstances, the Company would be required to pay to the Seller a termination fee of $55 million.
In addition, upon termination of the Purchase Agreement under specified circumstances in which a termination fee is not payable
upon termination, the Company may be required to reimburse the Seller for its fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
Purchase Agreement and to pay a termination fee of $48 million, less any fees and expenses previously paid, in the event the Company
enters into or recommends a change of control of the Company within six months after such termination.
The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties
and covenants customary for a transaction of this nature, and related indemnification obligations.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is not complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Standstill and Stockholder Agreement
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, on February 13, 2014,
the Company and the Seller entered into a Standstill and Stockholder Agreement (the “Standstill and Stockholder Agreement”).
The Seller has
agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to take certain actions
with respect to the Company during the period prior to and after the closing of the Transaction. During the Standstill Period (as
defined below), the Seller has agreed, and has agreed to cause its controlled affiliates and certain other related parties to agree,
among other things, (A) to certain standstill provisions regarding the Company, including a prohibition on acquiring additional
shares of the Company’s common stock, and (B) not to sell or dispose of any Company common stock owned by the Seller and
its controlled affiliates to any person or “group” if such person or “group” holds or, after giving effect
to any such sale or disposition, would own 7.5% or more of the Company’s common stock unless such sale has been approved
by the Company’s board of directors. Subject to certain exceptions, the Seller and its controlled affiliates may not dispose
of any shares of Company common stock, including by tendering into any self-tender offer commenced by the Company, until the date
that is six months after the closing under the Purchase Agreement (the “Everest Closing Date”) at which time such restricted
sale provisions will expire with respect to 25% of the Company common stock received by the Seller in the Transaction, and thereafter
such restricted sale provisions will expire with respect to an additional 25% of such Company common stock on the date that is
one year after the Everest Closing Date, and will expire with respect to all such Company common stock on the date that is 18 months
after the Everest Closing Date. The Standstill and Stockholder Agreement does not restrict the Seller or any other person from
selling or disposing of the Company’s common stock in connection with a tender offer or other business combination transaction
involving the Company or any transaction involving a change of control of the Company. The Standstill and Stockholder Agreement
does not restrict the right of the Seller or any other person to vote its shares of Company common stock at any annual or special
meeting of the stockholders of the Company or otherwise.
The “Standstill Period” is defined in the Standstill
and Stockholder Agreement to mean the period beginning on February 13, 2014 and ending on either (A) if the Purchase Agreement
is terminated, the date of such termination or (B) if the closing occurs under the Purchase Agreement, the date that is 90 days
after the first date after the Everest Closing Date that the Seller and its affiliates and certain specified transferees of the
Seller to whom it may distribute shares of Company common stock received by the Seller in the Transaction (whether or not affiliates),
taken together, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 5% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company.
Pursuant to the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, upon the
closing under the Purchase Agreement for so long as the Seller and certain of its specified affiliates to whom it may distribute
shares of Company common stock received by the Seller in the Transaction, taken together, hold (A) at least the greater of (i) 10%
of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock then outstanding and (ii) the minimum percentage of the
total number of shares of the Company’s common stock then outstanding that must be beneficially owned by a stockholder of
the Company to appoint two directors in accordance with the rules of NASDAQ, the Seller shall have the right to designate two members
of the Company’s board of directors or (B) less than the amount determined pursuant to clause (A), but at least 5%, of the
total number of shares of the Company’s common stock then outstanding, the Seller shall have the right to designate one member
of the Company’s board of directors. The Company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to facilitate the appointment,
nomination and election of the individuals designated by the Seller to be members of the Company’s board of directors, subject
to the review and approval by the Company’s board of directors and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Company’s
board of directors.
The foregoing description of the Standstill and Stockholder
Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, which is filed
as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The representations and warranties of the Company contained
in the Purchase Agreement and the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement have been made solely for the benefit of the Seller. In
addition, such representations and warranties (A) have been made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement or the Standstill
and Stockholder Agreement, as applicable, (B) have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to the Seller in connection
with the Purchase Agreement, (C) are subject to materiality qualifications contained in the Purchase Agreement and the Standstill
and Stockholder Agreement, as applicable, which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (D) were made only
as of the date of the
Purchase Agreement and the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement
or such other date as is specified in the Purchase Agreement or the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, as applicable, and (E)
have been included in the Purchase Agreement and the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, as applicable, for the purpose of allocating
risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, each of the Purchase Agreement and
the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement is included with this filing only to provide investors with information regarding the
terms of such agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business.
Investors should not rely on the representations and warranties or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual
state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject
matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement and the Standstill and Stockholder
Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. The Purchase
Agreement and the Standstill and Stockholder Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with
the other information regarding the Company that has been, is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Forms
10-K, Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K, proxy statements, registration statements and other documents that the Company files with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Amendment to Rights Agreement
The information included in Item 3.03 below and the Amendment
No. 2 to Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 14, 2014, the Company issued a press release containing
an earnings update for the fourth quarter of the Company’s fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. A copy of the press release
is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the information
set forth on Exhibit 99.3 hereto, is being furnished in accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K. Such information,
including the press release referenced above, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and
shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language
in such filings, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
As described in Item 1.01 above under the heading “Membership
Interest Purchase Agreement”, the Company has entered into the Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company will issue
five million shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, subject to adjustment. The issuance of the
Company’s common stock under the Purchase Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
pursuant to the exemptions for a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities
Act.
The information included in Item 1.01 above under the heading
“Membership Interest Purchase Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference, and the disclosure in this Item 3.02
is qualified by reference to the information set forth in Item 1.01 above under the heading “Membership Interest Purchase
Agreement”.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
In connection with the execution of the Purchase Agreement,
the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”), entered into
Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014 (the “Rights Agreement Amendment”), to the Rights
Agreement dated as of September 6, 2007 (as previously amended, the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and the
Rights Agent. The Rights Agreement Amendment provides, among other things, that neither the Seller nor any of its associates or
affiliates (“Everest”) shall become an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement), and that a Shares Acquisition
Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall not be deemed to occur, as a result of the authorization, execution, delivery or
performance of the Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, or the entry
into the Rights Agreement Amendment, or the announcement of any of the foregoing, and Everest shall not become an Acquiring Person
unless and until Everest shall acquire beneficial ownership of additional shares of the Company’s common stock such that
it becomes the beneficial owner of the percentage of the Company’s common stock that is greater (by more than one percent
of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock) than (A) the percentage of the shares of Company common stock outstanding
as to which Everest shall have beneficial ownership as of immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Purchase Agreement, including the issuer tender offer described in Item 8.01 below or (y) such lesser percentage as to which
Everest has beneficial ownership following any transfer of the Company’s securities by Everest after the Everest Closing
Date; provided, however, that such provisions shall pertain only until the first time, following the Everest Closing Date, as Everest
has beneficial ownership of less than 9% of the shares of the Company’s common stock then outstanding. The Rights Agreement
Amendment also amends the Rights Agreement with respect to Everest and FMR LLC and any other person that beneficially owned between
10% and 20% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on January 3, 2014 to clarify the scope of the definition
of “Acquiring Person” as it applies to such persons in the event that the Company purchases shares of the Company’s
common stock, whether through an issuer tender offer or otherwise.
A copy of the Rights Agreement as originally executed is attached
as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 7, 2007, and is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company
on January 3, 2014, and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the Rights Agreement Amendment does not purport
to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement Amendment, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 14, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing,
among other things, the Transaction. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein
by reference.
On February 14, 2014, the Company provided supplemental information
regarding the Transaction in connection with presentations to analysts and investors. A copy of the investor presentation is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Item 7.01, including the information
set forth on Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, is being furnished in accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K. Such information,
including the press release and the investor presentation referenced above, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless
of any general incorporation language in such filings, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
In connection with the Transaction, on February 14, 2014, the
Company announced its intention to commence a tender offer to purchase up to 4,615,384 shares of the Company’s common stock
at a purchase price per share of $65.00, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The tender offer will be conditioned
on, among other things, the consummation of the Transaction.
The issuer tender offer referred to in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, the press releases and the investor presentation has not yet commenced, and none of this Current Report on Form 8-K,
the press releases or the investor presentation are an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. If and
when the tender offer is commenced, the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a
tender offer statement. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE,
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS) CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders may obtain free copies of the tender offer statement and other documents (when available)
filed with the SEC by the Company free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender
offer statement may be obtained from the Company free of charge by directing a request to the Company’s Investor Relations
Department, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., 500 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, MD 21074, 410.239.5900.
Item 9.01 Exhibits.
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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2.1
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Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and among Everest Topco LLC, Everest Holdings LLC and the Company*
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4.1
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Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent
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10.1
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Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and between the Company and Everest Topco LLC*
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99.1
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Press release regarding the Transaction issued by the Company on February 14, 2014
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99.2
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Investor Presentation, dated February 14, 2014
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99.3
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Press release regarding Company earnings update issued by the Company on February 14, 2014
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* This filing excludes schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item
601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, which the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
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Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Charles
D. Frazer
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Name:
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Charles D. Frazer
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Title:
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Senior Vice President – General Counsel
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Date: February 14, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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2.1
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Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and among Everest Topco LLC, Everest Holdings LLC and the Company*
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4.1
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Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent
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10.1
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Standstill and Stockholder Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2014, by and between the Company and Everest Topco LLC*
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99.1
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Press release regarding the Transaction issued by the Company on February 14, 2014
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99.2
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Investor Presentation, dated February 14, 2014
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99.3
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Press release regarding Company earnings update issued by the Company on February 14, 2014
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* This filing excludes schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item
601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, which the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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