Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser will pay a purchase price of
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by each party that are subject, in some cases, to specified exceptions and qualifications contained in the Purchase Agreement.
Each party's obligation to consummate the Transaction pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is subject to customary closing conditions as set out therein, including, among others, (i) subject to certain exceptions, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the parties; (ii) performance in all material respects by each of the parties of its covenants and agreements; (iii) receipt of certain required regulatory clearances; and (iv) the absence of any law or order from any governmental entity prohibiting consummation of the Transaction.
The Purchase Agreement includes certain termination rights for each of the
Company and the Purchaser. The Purchase Agreement further provides that, in
connection with a termination by the Company under certain specified
circumstances, including if the conditions to closing are satisfied and the
Purchaser is required to close the Transaction but fails to do so, the Company
will be entitled to receive a termination fee of
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. It is not intended to provide any other information about the Company, the Purchaser or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties that are the product of negotiations among the parties thereto and the parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, each other as of specified dates. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed to by the respective parties and are also qualified in important part by confidential disclosure schedules delivered by the respective parties to the Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties may have been made for the purpose of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
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The information in Item 8.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) 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. The information in Item 8.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 2.1 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as ofOctober 15, 2020 , by and amongPQ Corporation and Potters Buyer, LLC* 99.1 Press release datedOctober 15, 2020 104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K ofPQ Group Holdings Inc. , formatted in Inline XBRL and included as Exhibit 101 * Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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