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 19, 2016

Coty Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DE
 
001-35964
 
13-3823358
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
 
10118
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 389-7300

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

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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Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 19, 2016, Coty Inc. (the “Company”), The Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”), Galleria Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of P&G (“SplitCo”), and Green Acquisition Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), entered into a Letter Agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) to amend certain terms of the Transaction Agreement, dated July 8, 2015 (the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among the Company, P&G, SplitCo and Merger Sub, including the exhibits thereto and the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to P&G pursuant thereto. The Company, P&G, SplitCo and Merger Sub entered into the Transaction Agreement to merge P&G’s fine fragrance, color cosmetics, and hair color businesses into Merger Sub through a tax-free Reverse Morris Trust transaction.
The Letter Agreement amends the Transaction Agreement and the exhibits and disclosure letter thereto to disclose and reflect the Company’s previously announced $500 million share repurchase authorization of its Class A common stock.
The other material terms of the Transaction Agreement remain unchanged.
The summary set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Transaction Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, and the Letter Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1

 
Letter Agreement, dated February 19, 2016, by and among Coty Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, Galleria Co. and Green Acquisition Sub Inc.

    
 




 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
COTY INC.
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 25, 2016
By:
/s/ Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Name:
Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Secretary
 
 
 
 
and General Counsel









 

COTY INC.
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.1
 
Letter Agreement, dated February 19, 2016, by and among Coty Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, Galleria Co. and Green Acquisition Sub Inc.

 





Coty Inc.
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
February 19, 2016
The Procter & Gamble Company
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Attention: Corporate Secretary and Jason Muncy, Associate General Counsel – Global Transactions
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2015 (as amended, the “ Transaction Agreement ”), by and among The Procter & Gamble Company, Galleria Co., Coty Inc. and Green Acquisition Sub Inc. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Transaction Agreement.

Each of the Parties agrees as follows:

1. Share Repurchase Program .

(a)     Section 5.06 of the Acquiror Disclosure Letter is hereby amended such that the following disclosure will be added as a new Paragraph 8:

8. Subject to compliance with all applicable Laws, Acquiror may repurchase shares of Class A Common Stock (any such shares repurchased, the “ Subsequent Repurchased Shares ”) in open-market purchases pursuant to a valid trading plan adopted under Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act, which plan will not be subsequently amended without the consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and which purchases may take place at any time or from time to time after such date of adoption and through the 30 th calendar day prior to the Commencement Date (and any Subsequent Repurchased Shares may be retired or extinguished), provided that (a) the aggregate repurchase price therefor will not exceed $500.0 million and (b) all such purchases will be effected in a manner that satisfies all of the conditions set forth in clauses (1)-(4) of sub-paragraph (b) of Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

(b)     Article XI is hereby amended such that the following definition is added to such Article:

Subsequent Repurchased Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06 of the Acquiror Disclosure Letter.

2. Other Transaction Agreement and Exhibit Amendments . The Transaction Agreement and exhibits thereto are hereby amended as follows:

(a)    The definition of “Fully Diluted Basis” is hereby amended so as to add in the text indicated below in bold underline:

Fully Diluted Basis ” means, in each case as of the date on which the Galleria Stock Amount is determined:

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(a)    the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock that are outstanding on such date (provided that, for purposes of this determination, any Repurchased Shares and Subsequent Repurchased Shares will be deemed to constitute outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock), plus
(b)    the aggregate number of Acquiror Equity Interests, other than Series A Preferred Stock, that are outstanding on such date (including restricted stock units, Phantom Units, Acquiror Options and any shares of Class B Common Stock that will be converted into Class A Common Stock as contemplated by the JAB Letter Agreement) of any nature whatsoever, whether contingent, vested or unvested, or otherwise (and without giving effect to any “cashless exercise” or similar features);
in each case other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the shares of the Acquiror New Common Stock issued or to be issued in the Merger. A sample calculation of Fully Diluted Basis is attached hereto as Exhibit Q .
(b)     Section 4.05(f)(i) of the Transaction Agreement is hereby amended so as to add in the text indicated below in bold underline:
(f) As of the date on which the Galleria Stock Amount is calculated through the Closing Date, the Fully Diluted Basis will be equal to:
(i)    374,890,092, representing the aggregate number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock and Acquiror Options outstanding as of the date hereof (it being understood that any Repurchased Shares and any Subsequent Repurchased Shares will be deemed to constitute outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock for purposes of the calculation of the Fully Diluted Basis), plus

(c)    Exhibit E (Minimum Tender Condition Formula) and Exhibit Q (Sample Calculation of Fully Diluted Basis) are each hereby amended so as to add in the text indicated below in bold underline to the following sentence at the bottom of each Exhibit:

In the event that there are any Repurchased Shares or Subsequent Repurchased Shares, all such Repurchased Shares and Subsequent Repurchased Shares will be deemed to constitute outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and therefore will be included in the calculation of “Fully Diluted Basis,” consistent with the definition thereof. For example, if there were originally 98,799,798 outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and 20,000,000 of those shares are repurchased by Acquiror in connection with the activities contemplated by Paragraph 7 or Paragraph 8 of Section 5.06 of the Acquiror Disclosure Letter, those 20,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock will continue to be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of the calculations reflected on this Exhibit (and therefore there will continue to be 98,799,798 shares of Class A Common Stock that are deemed to be outstanding).

(d)    Prior to execution of the Tax Matters Agreement, Section 4.01(d)(ii)(t) of the form of the Tax Matters Agreement attached as Exhibit H to the Transaction Agreement will be amended as follows: “(t) all repurchases by Acquiror or any Affiliate of Acquiror stock (other than any such repurchases permitted by the letter agreements, dated as of August 13, 2015 and as of February 19, 2016, among the Parties) have been unrelated to the Transactions”.


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3. Effect of Letter Agreement . This letter agreement constitutes a valid amendment of the Transaction Agreement (including Exhibit E, Exhibit Q and Section 5.06 of the Acquiror Disclosure Letter) as contemplated by Section 10.06 of the Transaction Agreement. Except as and to the extent expressly modified by this letter agreement, the Transaction Agreement, as so amended by this letter agreement, will remain in full force and effect in all respects. Each reference to “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and “this Agreement” in the Transaction Agreement will from and after the effective date hereof refer to the Transaction Agreement as amended by this letter agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, the date of the Transaction Agreement, as amended hereby, will in all instances remain as July 8, 2015, and any references in the Transaction Agreement to “the date first above written,” “the date of this Agreement,” “the date hereof” and similar references will continue to refer to July 8, 2015, including, without limitation, for purposes of Article III and Article IV of the Transaction Agreement.

4. Entire Agreement . This letter agreement, together with the Transaction Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, including any related annexes, schedules and exhibits, as well as any other agreements and documents referred to herein and therein, will together constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and will supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings of the Parties of any nature, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Sections 10.04(a) , (b) and (c) (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial), in each case, of the Transaction Agreement are incorporated into this letter agreement by reference as if fully set forth herein, mutatis mutandis .

6. Notices . All notices, requests, permissions, waivers and other communications hereunder will be in writing and sent pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.05 of the Transaction Agreement.

7. No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This letter agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and does not confer on third parties (including any employees of any member of the Parent Group or the Acquiror Group) any remedy, claim, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in addition to those existing without reference to this letter agreement.

8. Construction . The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a substantive part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this letter agreement .

9. Counterparts . This letter agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one Party), each of which will be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. This letter agreement, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission, will be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement and will be considered to have the same binding legal effects as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any Party, the other Party will re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to the requesting Party.

[Signature Page Follows]


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Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding by signing and returning to us a countersigned copy of this letter, which shall thereupon constitute a binding agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
COTY INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Name:
Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GREEN ACQUISITION SUB INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Name:
Jules P. Kaufman
 
 
 
Title:
Director
 
 
 
 
 
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED :
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
 
 
 
By:
/s/Laura Becker
 
 
 
Name:
Laura Becker
 
 
 
Title:
Authorized Signatory
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GALLERIA CO.
 
 
 
By:
/s/Laura Becker
 
 
 
Name:
Laura Becker
 
 
 
Title:
Authorized Signatory
 
 
 
    

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