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): May 30, 2007
PRG-Schultz International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Georgia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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0-28000
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58-2213805 |
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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600 Galleria Parkway, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia
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30339-5949 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth below in response to Item 2.01 with respect to the Sale Agreement (as
defined below) and the non-competition agreements is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On May 30, 2007, PRG-Schultz International, Inc. (PRG) sold its Meridian VAT business
(Meridian) to Averio Holdings Limited, a Dublin, Ireland based company affiliated with management
of Meridian (Purchaser). To effect the transaction, PRG sold all of the outstanding capital
stock of its subsidiaries, Meridian VAT Reclaim Operations Limited and Meridian VAT Reclaim
Services Limited, to Purchaser, and novated to Purchaser certain intracompany loans totaling
approximately EUR 17.6 million, all pursuant to the terms of a Sale of Shares Agreement, dated as
of May 30, 2007 (the Sale Agreement). PRG received net proceeds from the sale, after repayment
of approximately EUR 2.4 million (approximately U.S. $3.2 million) of intercompany loans owed to
Meridian, of approximately EUR 16.8 million (approximately U.S.
$22.5 million). Purchaser is also
required to pay PRG, as additional purchase price consideration, EUR 1.5 million (approximately
U.S. $2.0 million) on each of December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009. However, the additional payments
owed by Purchaser on December 31, 2008 and 2009 are subject to certain place of supply rules
remaining in effect in the European Union without amendment prior to the relevant payment date. All
U.S. dollar equivalents provided herein are based on current exchange rates and, as a result, the
actual U.S. dollar value of future payments to be made by Purchaser could vary.
The Sale Agreement includes customary representations and warranties of the parties and also
includes a mutual release of all claims arising prior to the closing associated with the Meridian
business. Both PRG and Purchaser have also agreed to indemnify the other for breaches of the
representations and warranties included in the Sale Agreement subject, in the case of
indemnification by PRG, to minimum and aggregate amount thresholds set forth in the Sale Agreement.
In connection with the sale of Meridian to Purchaser, PRG and Purchaser have also entered into
non-competition agreements. Under these agreements, PRG has agreed that for a period of three
years it will not provide certain VAT recovery services, and the Purchaser has agreed that for the
same three year period, it will not (i) provide audit recovery services within Austria, Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the State of New York or the
State of Georgia and (ii) will not provide certain VAT recovery services to certain identified
entities. These non-competition agreements also include confidentiality and non-solicitation
provisions.
Copies of the Sale Agreement and the respective non-competition agreements are included herein as
Exhibits 2.1, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The
description of such agreements in this Item 2.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of such agreements.
In connection with the sale of Meridian, PRG is filing with this Current Report, as Exhibit 99.1
hereto, pro forma consolidated financial information as of and for the three months ended March 31,
2007 and for the year ended December 31, 2006 as if the sale of Meridian had occurred on the
assumed dates set forth in the pro forma financial statements.