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Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed, on February 4, 2024, Haynes International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Haynes” or the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with North American Stainless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Warhol Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and solely for purposes specified therein, Acerinox S.A., a Spanish sociedad anonima (“Guarantor”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).
The completion of the Merger is conditioned upon, among other things, the expiration of any waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), applicable to the consummation of the Merger (the “HSR Waiting Period”). The HSR Waiting Period expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 18, 2024.
The completion of the Merger remains subject to the satisfaction of other closing conditions specified in the Merger Agreement, including approval of the Merger under other applicable antitrust and foreign investment laws and the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Haynes’ stockholders. Haynes continues to expect to complete the Merger in the third calendar quarter of 2024.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding market and industry prospects and future results of operations or financial position, made in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “may”, “should”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. Statements in this communication that are forward looking may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the benefits of the proposed acquisition of the Company by Parent and the associated integration plans, expected synergies and capital expenditure commitments, anticipated future operating performance and results of the Company, the expected management and governance of the Company following the acquisition and expected timing of the closing of the proposed acquisition and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
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There may also be other statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally outside the Company’s control, that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of the Company or Parent or both of them to terminate the Merger Agreement, including circumstances requiring a party to pay the other party a termination fee pursuant to the Merger Agreement; the failure to obtain applicable regulatory or the Company stockholder approval in a timely manner or otherwise; the risk that the acquisition may not close in the anticipated timeframe or at all due to one or more of the other closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived; the risk that there may be unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the proposed acquisition; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts the Company’s current plans and operations; the risk that certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction may impact the Company’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; risks related to disruption of each company’s management’s time and attention from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; continued availability of capital and financing and rating agency actions; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of the Company’s common stock, credit ratings or operating results; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of the Company to retain and hire key personnel, to retain customers and to maintain relationships with each of their respective business partners, suppliers and customers and on their respective operating results and businesses generally; the risk of litigation that could be instituted against the parties to the Merger Agreement or their respective directors, managers or officers and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition, including the effects of any outcomes related thereto; risks related to unpredictable and severe or catastrophic events, including but not limited to acts of terrorism, war or hostilities, cyber attacks, or the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or any other pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease in the United States or worldwide on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as the response thereto by each company’s management; and other business effects, including the effects of industry, market, economic, political or regulatory conditions.
Also, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements for a number of additional reasons as described in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under any “Forward-Looking Statements” or similar heading in the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K filed November 16, 2023, the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed March 18, 2024 and the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K.
The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. Although the Company believes that the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements contained herein are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. As a result, the forward-looking statements based upon those assumptions also could be incorrect. Except to the extent required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication is being made in respect to the proposed transaction involving the Company and Parent. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Company will be held on April 16, 2024 to seek Company stockholder approval in connection with the proposed transaction. The Company filed its Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC on March 18, 2024 (available here) (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the special meeting of Haynes’ stockholders. The Company commenced mailing of the Definitive Proxy Statement on March 18, 2024. This communication is not a substitute for the Definitive Proxy Statement or any other document that may be filed by the Company with the SEC.
BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION, COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Any vote in respect of resolutions to be proposed at the Company’s stockholder meeting to approve the proposed transaction or other responses in relation to the proposed transaction should be made only on the basis of the information contained in the Company’s proxy statement. You can obtain a free copy of the Definitive Proxy Statement and other related documents (when available) filed by the Company with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by accessing the Investors section of the Company’s website at https://www.haynesintl.com.
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Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be “participants” (as defined under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers, including a description of their respective direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement and the Company’s other filings with the SEC made subsequent to the date of the Definitive Proxy Statement. To the extent holdings of the Company’s securities by such directors or officers have changed since the amounts printed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||
| Date: March 19, 2024 | By: | /s/ Michael L. Shor | |
| Name: | Michael L. Shor | ||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| Document Period End Date | Mar. 18, 2024 |
| Entity File Number | 001-33288 |
| Entity Registrant Name | HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000858655 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 06-1185400 |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 1020 West Park Avenue |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Kokomo |
| Entity Address, State or Province | IN |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 46904-9013 |
| City Area Code | 765 |
| Local Phone Number | 456-6000 |
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| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
| Trading Symbol | HAYN |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
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