Covetrus (CVET) Confirms Receiving $21 Per Share Offer From Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TPG Global

Covetrus (NASDAQ: CVET) disclosed:

On May 19, 2022, Covetrus, Inc. (the “Company”) acknowledged that the Company had received a non-binding proposal (the “Proposal”) from funds affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) and TPG Global, LLC (collectively, the “Sponsors”) to acquire all of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock not already owned by the Sponsors or their affiliates for cash consideration of $21.00 per share. The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) previously formed a transaction committee of directors (the “Transaction Committee”) comprising non-management directors that are independent of CD&R.

Prior to the making of the Proposal, the Company granted CD&R a limited waiver (the “Limited Waiver”) of the standstill restrictions contained in the Investment Agreement, dated April 30, 2020, by and among the Company and CD&R VFC Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of CD&R, in order to permit the submission of the Proposal (as well as to permit CD&R to engage with the Company (through the Transaction Committee or as otherwise directed) to pursue, develop and, if later approved by the Board upon the recommendation of the Transaction Committee, enter into the transaction contemplated by the Proposal).

The foregoing description of the Limited Waiver does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Limited Waiver, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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