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FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

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):   April 27, 2012

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-35004 72-1074903
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
5445 Triangle Parkway, Suite 400, Norcross, Georgia   30092
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (770) 449-0479

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since 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.

Arrangement Agreement

On April 27, 2012, FleetCor Technologies, Inc. ("FleetCor") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, FleetCor Luxembourg Holding2 S.À.R.L., and CTF Technologies, Inc. ("CTF") entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the "Agreement") for the sale and purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of CTF. FleetCor issued a press release announcing this Agreement on May 1, 2012.

FleetCor agreed to acquire all of CTF’s (the "Acquisition") issued and outstanding shares for an aggregate purchase price of $180 million, by way of a British Columbia, Canada court-approved plan of arrangement. A total of $27 million of the purchase price will be held back to support indemnities given under the Agreement. FleetCor anticipates that the consideration for the Acquisition will be paid using existing cash and borrowings under FleetCor’s credit facilities. CTF’s operating company and operating assets are located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, including machinery and equipment. The Acquisition is expected to close within approximately 60 days.

Completion of the Acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of court, shareholder and regulatory approvals and the absence of material adverse changes. CTF shareholders will be asked to vote on the Acquisition at an annual and special meeting of shareholders currently expected to be held in late June 2012. Holders of approximately 68% of CTF shares, being certain of CTF’s directors, officers and shareholders, have entered into voting agreements with FleetCor supporting the Acquisition.

Other than in respect of the Acquisition, there was no material relationship between CTF and FleetCor or any of its affiliates, or any director or officer of FleetCor, or any associate of any such director or officer. The Agreement includes limited representations, warranties and covenants by the parties.

The representations and warranties contained in the Agreement were made only for the purposes of such Agreement and as of specified dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Certain of the representations and warranties have been made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts. Investors are not third−party beneficiaries under the Agreement. In addition, the representations and warranties contained in the Agreement (i) are qualified by information that the parties have exchanged, and (ii) in some cases are subject to qualifications with respect to materiality, knowledge and/or other matters, including standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that may differ from those applicable to investors. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in FleetCor’s public disclosures. Accordingly, investors should not rely on the representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of FleetCor or CTF or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.





Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the press release announcing the Acquisition is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

Ron Clarke, FleetCor’s chairman and chief executive officer and Eric Dey, FleetCor’s chief financial officer, will host a conference call May 2, 2012 at 11:00 ET to discuss the Acquisition. A live webcast of this conference call will be available at the Investor Relations section of FleetCor’s website (www.fleetcor.com). The live conference call also can be accessed by dialing (877) 941-4774 or for international callers (480) 629-9760. A replay of the webcast will be available on FleetCor’s website for approximately one year.

For your convenience, the conference call can be replayed in its entirety beginning from two hours after the end of the call through May 9, 2012. If you wish to listen to the replay of this conference call, please dial (877) 870-5176, or for international callers (858) 384-5517 and enter passcode 4536680.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including those regarding the Acquisition, consummation of the Acquisition, FleetCor’s future financial and operating results, benefits of the Acquisition, future opportunities for the combined company, and any other statements about FleetCor or CTF managements’ future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "seek," "project" or "expect," "may," "will," "would," "could" or "should," the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including the outcome of the CTF shareholder vote or any court or regulatory review or proceedings that may be instituted in connection with the Acquisition; difficulties in integrating CTF or a failure to attain anticipated operating results, each of which could affect the accretiveness of the Acquisition, and the other factors described in FleetCor’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FleetCor undertakes no obligation to update forward looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time. Readers are further advised to review the "Risk Factors" set forth in FleetCor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which further detail and supplement the factors described in this paragraph.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) See the Exhibit Index attached to this Current Report on Form 8−K, which is incorporated herein by reference.





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SIGNATURES

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

         
    FleetCor Technologies, Inc.
          
May 1, 2012   By:   Eric R. Dey
       
        Name: Eric R. Dey
        Title: Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Press release of FleetCor Technologies, Inc. dated May 1, 2012
EX-99.1

FleetCor Enters Brazil with Acquisition of CTF Technologies

Atlanta, GA – May 1, 2012 – FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a global leader in providing fuel card and workforce payment products to businesses, today announced that it has signed an Arrangement Agreement to acquire CTF Technologies, Inc. (“CTF”) for $180 million. The transaction is expected to close in approximately 60 days.

CTF provides fuel payment processing services for over-the-road fleets, ships, mining equipment, and railroads in Brazil. CTF’s payment platform links together fleet operators, two of the largest Brazilian banks, Bradesco and Itau, and the two largest Brazilian oil companies, Petrobras and Ipiranga. CTF earns revenue primarily from a recurring transaction fee paid by the oil companies who purchase the CTF system for their fleet customers under multi-year customer contracts. More than 3 billion liters of fuel were processed through the CTF system in Brazil in 2011.

“We are pleased to announce the acquisition of CTF, which is consistent with our global acquisition strategy of identifying attractive assets with performance upside. We were attracted to CTF for four reasons: 1) its leading position in the fuel payments market in Brazil, one of the most attractive emerging markets in the world, 2) its strong relationships with Petrobras and Ipiranga, which combined have more than 60% market share of fuel retailing in Brazil, 3) the potential to take the CTF solution to our oil partners around the world, particularly in emerging markets where fuel theft is a significant problem, and 4) the fee based business model, whereby CTF takes virtually no credit risk. We are delighted to now be partners with Petrobras and Ipiranga and look forward to building the relationships while continuing CTF’s track record of innovation, efficiency and service,” said Ron Clarke, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FleetCor Technologies, Inc.

“We are pleased to be partnering with FleetCor. We are confident that they are well positioned to help the company accelerate its growth in Brazil and throughout the world,” said Arie Halpern, President of CTF Brazil.

Ron Clarke, FleetCor’s chairman and chief executive officer and Eric Dey, FleetCor’s chief financial officer, will host a conference call May 2, 2012 at 11:00 ET to discuss FleetCor’s acquisition. A live webcast of this conference call will be available at the Investor Relations section of FleetCor’s website (www.fleetcor.com). The live conference call also can be accessed by dialing (877) 941-4774 or for international callers (480) 629-9760. A replay of the webcast will be available on FleetCor’s website for approximately one year.

For your convenience, the conference call can be replayed in its entirety beginning from two hours after the end of the call through May 9, 2012. If you wish to listen to the replay of this conference call, please dial (877) 870-5176, or for international callers (858) 384-5517 and enter passcode 4536680.

About FleetCor
FleetCor is a leading global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses. FleetCor’s payment programs enable businesses to better control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty. FleetCor serves commercial accounts in North America, Latin America, and Europe. For more information, please visit www.fleetcor.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Some of these statements include those regarding the transaction between FleetCor and CTF, FleetCor’s future financial and operating results, benefits of the transactions, future opportunities for the combined company, and any other statements about FleetCor or CTF management’s future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about FleetCor’s beliefs, expectations and future performance, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” “seek,” “project” or “expect,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could” or “should,” the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including the outcome of any shareholders meeting or court proceeding; difficulties in integrating CTF or a failure to attain anticipated operating results, each of which could affect the accretiveness of the acquisition, and the other factors described in FleetCor’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FleetCor undertakes no obligation to update forward looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time. Readers are further advised to review the “Risk Factors” set forth in FleetCor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which further detail and supplement the factors described in this paragraph.

Contact
Investor Relations, (770) 729-2017
investor@fleetcor.com