April 15, 2016
Cravath represented the borrower, Vista Outdoor Inc., in connection with its amended and restated $400 million revolving credit facility and $640 million term loan A facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent. Vista Outdoor Inc. is a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the outdoor sports and recreation markets. A portion of the proceeds from the facilities were used by Vista to consummate its acquisition of BRG Sports Inc.’s Action Sports division. The transaction closed on April 1, 2016.
The Cravath team included partner Stephen M. Kessing and associates Renee A. Brutus and Peter H. Webb on banking matters and associates Jonathan D. Grossman and Ashley May on tax matters.
Deals & Cases
October 07, 2024
On October 4, 2024, Vista Outdoor Inc. (“Vista Outdoor”), the parent company of more than three dozen renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC, and its affiliates (“SVP”), a global alternative investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management, to sell Revelyst in an all‑cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion. In connection with the SVP Transaction, Vista Outdoor also entered into an amendment to the merger agreement with Czechoslovak Group a.s. (“CSG”) to acquire The Kinetic Group, increasing the purchase price for The Kinetic Group to $2.225 billion. Together, the CSG Transaction and the SVP Transaction represent an enterprise value of $3.35 billion for Vista Outdoor and will deliver an estimated $45 per share in cash to Vista Outdoor stockholders. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
October 16, 2023
On October 16, 2023, Vista Outdoor Inc. (“Vista Outdoor”), the parent company of 41 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, announced a definitive agreement to sell its Sporting Products business to Czechoslovak Group a.s. (“CSG”), a leading industrial technology holding company, for an enterprise value of $1.91 billion in an all-cash transaction. This transaction represents the next step in Vista Outdoor’s plan to split the company into separate entities. Cravath is representing Vista Outdoor in connection with the transaction.
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