Four Decades for Justice
On September 1, 2016, Vista Outdoor Inc. announced it has acquired privately owned Camp Chef, a leading provider of outdoor cooking solutions. The completed transaction enhances Vista Outdoor’s position within one of the camping market’s most attractive categories, complementing its portfolio of 50 brands in shooting sports and outdoor recreation. Cravath represented Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team included associate Justin B. Stein on M&A matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II and associate Kiran Sheffrin on tax matters; senior attorney Lawrence A. Pasini and associate Peretz Riesenberg on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner David J. Kappos and associate Jason M. Sandler on intellectual property matters; and partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters.
Deals & Cases
October 16, 2023
On October 16, 2023, Vista Outdoor Inc. (“Vista Outdoor”), the parent company of 41 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, announced a definitive agreement to sell its Sporting Products business to Czechoslovak Group a.s. (“CSG”), a leading industrial technology holding company, for an enterprise value of $1.91 billion in an all-cash transaction. This transaction represents the next step in Vista Outdoor’s plan to split the company into separate entities. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
May 05, 2022
On May 5, 2022, Vista Outdoor Inc., the parent company of more than three dozen brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products, announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate its Outdoor Products and Sporting Products segments into two independent, publicly‑traded companies. Vista Outdoor anticipates that the transaction will be in the form of a distribution to its shareholders of 100% of the stock of Outdoor Products, which will become a new, independent publicly traded company. The distribution is intended to be tax‑free to U.S. shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
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