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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
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NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  
 
The Company evaluates subsequent events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued for potential recognition or disclosure. Other than as described below and in Note 5, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements. 
 
Merger Agreement 
 
On April 19, 2016, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Let’s Go Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), WKI Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“WKI”), and, solely in its capacity as the initial Holder Representative thereunder, WKI Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holder Representative”). WKI is the parent company of World Kitchen, LLC, a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of houseware products whose portfolio of brands includes Corelle, Pyrex, CorningWare and Snapware, among others.
 
The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Merger Sub will merge with and into WKI (the “Merger”) with WKI continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Prior to the Merger, the Company shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation. On April 19, 2016, following execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, WKI delivered irrevocable written consents executed by WKI stockholders holding sufficient shares of WKI common stock to approve the Merger Agreement and the Merger.
 
The aggregate purchase price is $500,000,000, as adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Consideration”). The Company will pay the Merger Consideration seventy-five percent (75%) in cash and twenty-five percent (25%) in newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock based on a per share issue price of $10.00 per share.
 
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (i) each outstanding share of WKI common stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) whether vested or unvested, each (A) Time-Based Option, (B) Performance-Based Option (assuming attainment of full performance targets) and (C) SAR (in each case, as defined in the Merger Agreement), granted for compensatory purposes to a WKI employee or outside WKI director or other service provider under a WKI Incentive Plan (as defined in the Merger Agreement) will automatically be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration as more particularly set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Merger Consideration for SARs is payable entirely in cash.
 
The cash portion of the Merger Consideration is also subject to (i) a purchase price escrow of $5,000,000 for any post-closing adjustments to the purchase price and (ii) an indemnity escrow for eighteen months from the closing date of $5,000,000 for any indemnification claims by the Company under the Merger Agreement. Any proceeds remaining (i) in the purchase price escrow after completion of the post-closing purchase price adjustment and (ii) in the indemnification escrow after eighteen months, will be distributed to the pre-closing holders of WKI common stock, Time-Based Options, Performance-Based Options and SARs.
 
The Company intends to finance the cash portion required for the Merger and related transactions primarily through a combination of cash held in the Trust Account after redemptions (as described herein), proceeds from the Credit Facilities and proceeds from the Equity Financing (in each case, as defined and as described below). However, the Merger Agreement is not conditioned on obtaining the debt financing under the Credit Facilities, the Equity Financing or any other third-party financing.
 
In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company has entered into a debt commitment letter, dated as of April 19, 2016, with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of Montreal and BMO Capital Markets Corp. (collectively, the “Commitment Parties”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Commitment Parties have committed to provide, in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, (i) a $100 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”) and (ii) a $250 million senior secured first lien term facility (the “Term Facility” and, together with the ABL Facility, the “Credit Facilities”) to Merger Sub. Proceeds of the Term Facility will be used at Closing, together with up to $25 million of proceeds of the ABL Facility, to finance a portion of the Merger Consideration and fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith. Upon the consummation of the Merger, the post-combination company will assume all of the obligations of the Merger Sub under the Credit Facilities.  The Credit Facilities will be guaranteed by the Company, the parent entity of the Merger Sub, and certain of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries. The Credit Facilities will be secured by substantially all of the assets of the Merger Sub and such guarantors. The funding of the Credit Facilities is subject to customary conditions, including the negotiation of definitive documentation and other customary closing conditions.
 
In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company has entered into an equity commitment letter, dated April 19, 2016, with the Sponsor, which will provide equity financing by means of purchasing newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock based on a per share issue price of $10.00 per share in an aggregate amount of up to $58 million (the “Equity Financing”), of which (i) $50 million is solely for the purpose of providing a portion of the financing for the Merger and (ii) up to an additional $8 million is for use only in certain circumstances, as further described in the Merger Agreement. 
 
The Company's Board of Directors has unanimously (1) determined that the Merger Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, (2) approved the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and (3) resolved to recommend adoption of the Merger Agreement and other related matters by the Company's shareholders.
 
Pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company will provide certain of its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem, contemporaneously with a vote on the Merger, their common shares of the Company for cash equal to their pro rata share of the Trust Account.
 
The closing of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including, among others, (1) adoption by the Company’s shareholders of the Merger Agreement and approval of certain related matters, including the change in the jurisdiction of incorporation to Delaware and adoption of new governing documents and certain governance and other matters in connection therewith, issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with the Merger, certain approvals required by the rules of NASDAQ, and an incentive equity plan, (2) effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-4 registering the shares of the Company’s common stock to be issued to WKI’s stockholders pursuant to the Merger, (3) approval for the listing of such shares on NASDAQ, (4) expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR”), (5) net redemptions of the Company’s common shares by its shareholders shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding common shares and the cash available in the Trust Account shall not be less than $122,000,000 (in each case, after giving effect to payments in respect of redemptions) and (6) appointment of the Nominee Director (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Stockholder Letter (as defined below).
 
The Company has made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement, including, among others, covenants to (1) make required HSR filings and to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR, (2) prepare and submit a listing application to NASDAQ and take other related actions required to list the common shares of the Company to be issued in connection with the Merger, (3) use its reasonable best efforts to arrange and obtain the debt financing described above and (4) subject to certain conditions, appoint the Nominee Director to the Company’s board of directors, with such appointment to take effect on the first business day after the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
 
WKI has made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement, including, among others, covenants to conduct its business in the ordinary course during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time.
 
The Merger Agreement contains customary non-solicitation restrictions prohibiting (1) WKI and its subsidiaries from initiating, soliciting or otherwise encouraging an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or conducting discussions or negotiations or entering into a definitive agreement in connection therewith and (2) GPIAC from making any proposal or offer that constitutes a Business Combination Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or initiating discussions or negotiations or entering into a definitive agreement in connection therewith, provided, that, subject to certain conditions, the Company may take certain actions related to an Acquiror Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
 
The Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Merger (whether before or after the required Company stockholder votes have been obtained) by mutual written consent of the Company and WKI and, in certain other limited circumstances, including if the Merger has not been consummated by September 20, 2016, subject to extension until November 19, 2016 in certain circumstances.
 
In connection with the Merger Agreement, and the receipt by certain of WKI's stockholders of shares of the Company's common stock in connection with the Merger, the Company, the Principal Stockholders of WKI and the Lock-up Stockholders of WKI (in each case, as defined in the Merger Agreement) have executed a letter agreement (the “Stockholder Letter”), dated as of April 19, 2016, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Principal Stockholders and the Lock-up Stockholders have agreed to certain restrictions regarding the transfer of the shares of the Company’s common stock to be received by such persons in connection with the Merger and (ii) the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights to the Principal Stockholders and the Lock-up Stockholders.
 
The Merger will be accounted for as a purchase in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, the assets (including identifiable intangible assets) and liabilities of WKI as of the effective time of the Merger will be recorded at their respective fair values and added to those of the Company. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value will be recorded as goodwill.