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(“OS Holdings”), an Ohio corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympic Steel, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Metal-Fab, Inc., a Kansas corporation (“Metal-Fab”), the sellers party thereto (collectively, the “Sellers”) and a representative of the Sellers. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, on January 3, 2023, OS Holdings purchased all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Metal-Fab from the Sellers for a cash purchase price of $131.0 million, subject to a final working capital adjustment.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917470/000143774923000197/0001437749-23-000197-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"M&A Transactions","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"acquisition"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Metal-Fab, Inc."},{"label":"Consideration","value":"cash purchase price of $131.0 million"},{"label":"Closing","value":"2023-01-03"}],"fact_type":"ma_transaction"},{"claim_id":"bcc574581cd92a39336142218e54453f35c02048","claim":"OLYMPIC STEEL INC entered into Purchase Agreement with Metal-Fab, Inc., the sellers (collectively, the \"Sellers\"), and a representative of the Sellers valued at $131.0 million (effective 2023-01-03).","evidence_excerpt":"On January 3, 2023, OS Holdings, Inc. (“OS Holdings”), an Ohio corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympic Steel, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Metal-Fab, Inc., a Kansas corporation (“Metal-Fab”), the sellers party thereto (collectively, the “Sellers”) and a representative of the Sellers. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, on January 3, 2023, OS Holdings purchased all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Metal-Fab from the Sellers for a cash purchase price of $131.0 million, subject to a final working capital adjustment.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917470/000143774923000197/0001437749-23-000197-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"entry"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"asset purchase"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Metal-Fab, Inc., the sellers (collectively, the \"Sellers\"), and a representative of the Sellers"},{"label":"Value","value":"$131.0 million"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2023-01-03"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"},{"claim_id":"eeb4626c1d0fa98a41532788e6e3ab5bdeaccff5","claim":"OLYMPIC STEEL INC amended Sixth Amendment with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the Lenders valued at from $475.0 million to $625.0 million (effective 2023-01-03).","evidence_excerpt":"Additionally on January 3, 2023, the Company and certain of its wholly-owned direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) entered into the Joinder and Sixth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), with the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”). The Sixth Amendment amends the Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2017 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”), among the Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Agent, for purposes of, among other things, increasing the commitments under the revolving credit facility from $475.0 million to $625.0 million and joining OS Holdings and Metal-Fab as Borrowers under the Loan Agreement.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917470/000143774923000197/0001437749-23-000197-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"amendment"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"credit facility"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the Lenders"},{"label":"Value","value":"from $475.0 million to $625.0 million"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2023-01-03"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). 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