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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001616318-24-000122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001616318"
company_name: "Vista Outdoor Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T14:24:02.838631+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vista Outdoor completes sale of Kinetic Group to CSG; stockholders get $25.75 cash + 1 share of Revelyst

## Summary
- Stockholders receive $25.75 cash and one share of Revelyst common per VSTO share held.
- Revelyst begins trading on NYSE under ticker GEAR on November 27, 2024.
- $500M aggregate principal of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2029 redeemed at 102.250% of principal plus accrued interest.
- Vista Outdoor repaid and terminated its existing ABL Credit Agreement upon closing.
- SVP to acquire Revelyst for $1.125B enterprise value; transaction expected to close by January 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001616318-24-000122
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001616318
- company_name: Vista Outdoor Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/vsto-20241127.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Ehrich was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Allan Kerfeld was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven Rodgers was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Vanderbrink was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Blenker was appointed as Director at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as director upon merger
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the directors and officers of Vista Outdoor resigned as directors and officers of Vista Outdoor and at the Effective Time, Mr. Michael Callahan, Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. David Štěpán, Mr. David Blenker and Mr. Thomas Feddo, each being the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Štěpán was appointed as Director at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as director upon merger
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the directors and officers of Vista Outdoor resigned as directors and officers of Vista Outdoor and at the Effective Time, Mr. Michael Callahan, Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. David Štěpán, Mr. David Blenker and Mr. Thomas Feddo, each being the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Vanderbrink was appointed as Director at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as director upon merger
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the directors and officers of Vista Outdoor resigned as directors and officers of Vista Outdoor and at the Effective Time, Mr. Michael Callahan, Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. David Štěpán, Mr. David Blenker and Mr. Thomas Feddo, each being the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Kowalski was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Berthiaume was appointed as Officer at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as officer upon merger
  - Role: Officer
  source text: Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. Jeffrey Ehrich, Mr. Allan Kerfeld, Mr. Mark Kowalski, Mr. Robert Berthiaume and Mr. Steven Rodgers , each being the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became officers of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Feddo was appointed as Director at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as director upon merger
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the directors and officers of Vista Outdoor resigned as directors and officers of Vista Outdoor and at the Effective Time, Mr. Michael Callahan, Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. David Štěpán, Mr. David Blenker and Mr. Thomas Feddo, each being the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Callahan was appointed as Director at Vista Outdoor Inc..
  - Action: Appointed as director upon merger
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the directors and officers of Vista Outdoor resigned as directors and officers of Vista Outdoor and at the Effective Time, Mr. Michael Callahan, Mr. Jason Vanderbrink, Mr. David Štěpán, Mr. David Blenker and Mr. Thomas Feddo, each being the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of Vista Outdoor as the Surviving Corporation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm
- M&A Transactions
  Vista Outdoor Inc. completed an acquisition involving CSG for each share of Vista Outdoor Common Stock was converted into the right to receive one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of Revelyst and $25.75 (closed 2024-11-27).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: CSG
  - Consideration: each share of Vista Outdoor Common Stock was converted into the right to receive one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of Revelyst and $25.75
  - Closing: 2024-11-27
  source text: in the Merger Agreement)) was converted into the right to receive (a) one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Revelyst and (b) $25.75 in cash, in each case, per share of Vista Outdoor Common Stock. In addition, at the Effective Time, each Company equity award that was outstanding as of the Effective Time and was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616318/000161631824000122/0001616318-24-000122-index.htm

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