8-K
filed September 19, 2023, 7:59 PM ET
CIK 0001861449
M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
Bird Global, Inc.: M&A transaction — Bird Global acquires Spin for $19M; expects $20M+ synergies, becomes #1 North American micromobility operator
Bird Global, Inc.
- Purchase price $19M: $10M cash, $6M vendor take-back note, $3M hold-back (cash & stock).
- Spin contributed ~$45M net revenue (LTM June 30, 2023); combined Bird+Spin revenue ~$265M.
- Acquisition expected immediately accretive with upwards of $20M in synergies; Bird now operates in 87% of top 50 US/Canada cities with shared micromobility.
- Bird amended MidCap loan agreement to secure additional $6M advance; maturity extended to July 12, 2025 to finance acquisition.
- Combined fleet of 200,000+ vehicles across ~350 markets; Bird claims largest North American micromobility operator by market share.
Key facts
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Debt Financings
SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04
confidence 0.9
Bird Global, Inc. amended credit facility with MidCap Financial Trust maturing July 12, 2025.
- Instrument
- credit facility
- Counterparty
- MidCap Financial Trust
- Maturity
- July 12, 2025
- Event
- amendment
Exact text from the filing
On the Closing Date, the Company, as parent, Bird Rides, as borrower, and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with MidCap Financial Trust, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, to amend and restate, in its entirety, that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2021 by and among Bird US Opco, LLC, as borrower, Bird US Holdco, LLC, as holdco guarantor, and MidCap Financial Trust, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (as amended prior to the Closing Date)). The Amended and Restated Loan Agreement provides for, among other things, (a) an additional advance of $6 million, to be used for, among other things, the completion of the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement, (b) an extension of the maturity date of the loan to July 12, 2025, (c) amendments to the monthly amortization payment amounts and (d) the extension o
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Debt Financings
SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04
confidence 0.9
Bird Global, Inc. incurred guarantee of $6 million with Seller at 8.0% per annum.
- Instrument
- guarantee
- Principal
- $6 million
- Counterparty
- Seller
- Rate
- 8.0% per annum
- Event
- incurrence
Exact text from the filing
the Company and Bird Rides for the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, is $19 million (the “Purchase Price”), which is comprised of (a) $10 million in cash, (b) $6 million in the form of a secured vendor take-back promissory note (the “VTB Consideration”), and (c) $3 million in hold-back consideration comprised of $1 million in cash (the “Cash
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M&A Transactions
SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01
confidence 0.9
Bird Global, Inc. completed an acquisition involving Tier Mobility SE for $19 million (closed 2023-09-19).
- Action
- acquisition
- Counterparty
- Tier Mobility SE
- Consideration
- $19 million
- Closing
- 2023-09-19
Exact text from the filing
2023, (the “Closing Date”). The aggregate consideration paid, or that will be paid, by the Company and Bird Rides for the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, is $19 million (the “Purchase Price”), which is comprised of (a) $10 million in cash, (b) $6 million in the form of a secured vendor take-back promissory note (the “VTB Consideration”), and (c)
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Material Agreements
SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02
confidence 0.99
Bird Global, Inc. entered into Senior Secured Promissory Note - VTB Note with Tier Mobility SE valued at $6,000,000 (effective 2023-09-19).
- Action
- entry
- Agreement
- notes offering
- Counterparty
- Tier Mobility SE
- Value
- $6,000,000
- Effective
- 2023-09-19
Exact text from the filing
On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of the VTB Consideration, Bird Rides issued to Seller a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $6 million (the “Note”).
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Material Agreements
SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02
confidence 0.98
Bird Global, Inc. amended Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with MidCap Financial Trust valued at $6,000,000 additional advance, maturity extended to July 12, 2025 (effective 2023-09-19).
- Action
- amendment
- Agreement
- credit facility
- Counterparty
- MidCap Financial Trust
- Value
- $6,000,000 additional advance, maturity extended to July 12, 2025
- Effective
- 2023-09-19
Exact text from the filing
On the Closing Date, the Company, as parent, Bird Rides, as borrower, and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with MidCap Financial Trust, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, to amend and restate, in its entirety, that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2021 by and among Bird US Opco, LLC, as borrower, Bird US Holdco, LLC, as holdco guarantor, and MidCap Financial Trust, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (as amended prior to the Closing Date)).
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Material Agreements
SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02
confidence 0.99
Bird Global, Inc. entered into Spin Acquisition and Purchase Agreement with Tier Mobility SE valued at $19,000,000 (effective 2023-09-19).
- Action
- entry
- Agreement
- asset purchase
- Counterparty
- Tier Mobility SE
- Value
- $19,000,000
- Effective
- 2023-09-19
Exact text from the filing
On September [19], 2023, Bird Global, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the acquisition by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bird Rides, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bird Rides”) of 100% of the stock of Skinny Labs, Inc. d/b/a Spin, a Delaware corporation (“Spin”), from Tier Mobility SE, a company incorporated in Germany with registered number HRB 236551 B (“Seller”), pursuant to the terms of a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), entered into by and among the Company, Bird Rides, Seller and Spin (the “Acquisition”) on September [19], 2023, (the “Closing Date”).
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Material Agreements
SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02
confidence 0.95
Bird Global, Inc. entered into Guarantee and Security Agreement for VTB Note with Tier Mobility SE valued at Guarantee and security over certain assets of Spin (effective 2023-09-19).
- Action
- entry
- Counterparty
- Tier Mobility SE
- Value
- Guarantee and security over certain assets of Spin
- Effective
- 2023-09-19
Exact text from the filing
Under the Purchase Agreement and the Note, Spin, as guarantor and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, delivered to the Seller a guarantee and security agreement (the “Security Agreement”) secured by [certain assets of Spin, certain existing and new licenses and permits; and all amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing licenses and permits and all rents, profits and products of the foregoing].
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