Business Combinations

12 Months Ended

Aug. 30, 2014

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

5. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On April 22, 2013, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of the Class C Solutions Group from Barnes Group, pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 22, 2013, between the Company and Barnes Group. In connection with the acquisition, the total cash consideration the Company paid to Barnes Group was $547,335 which is net of a post-closing working capital adjustment in the amount of $1,434 that was received by the Company in September 2013. The acquisition was funded by borrowings under the Company’s unsecured credit facility (described in Note 10 below), which was closed simultaneously with the acquisition, and the remaining portion of the purchase price was funded from available cash reserves.

Class C Solutions Group is a leading distributor of fasteners and other high margin, low cost consumables with a broad distribution footprint throughout the U.S. and Canada. Class C Solutions Group has a strong presence with customers across manufacturing, government, transportation and natural resources end-markets. Class C Solutions Group specializes in lowering the total cost of its customers’ inventory management through storeroom organization and vendor managed inventory (or VMI). With this acquisition, the Company adds a highly complementary provider of fasteners and other high margin consumable products and services (often referred to as “Class C” items) with an experienced field sales force and VMI solution. With the integration of the two businesses, the Company has the opportunity to bring our MRO offering to Class C Solutions Group’s customers, and Class C Solutions Group’s Class C product offering and VMI system to MSC’s customers.

On January 31, 2012, the Company acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. (“ATS Industrial”), which is a leading metalworking and MRO industrial distributor in the Rocky Mountain region. The cash purchase price for the acquisition was $32,204.  

The acquisitions of Class C Solutions Group and ATS Industrial were accounted for as business purchases pursuant to ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”).The results of operations for Class C Solutions Group and ATS Industrial have been included in our consolidated financial statements from the respective dates of acquisition.