KPS Capital Partners Agrees To Acquire Substantially All Of The Assets Of Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Including Equity Of Foreign Subsidiaries

NEW YORK, July 20, 2020 /CNW/ — KPS Capital Partners, LP (“KPS”) announced today that, through a newly formed affiliate, it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Briggs & Stratton” or the “Company”) under which KPS will acquire substantially all of the assets of Briggs & Stratton, including equity of foreign subsidiaries, for approximately $550 million. Briggs & Stratton has filed a motion with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri seeking the designation of KPS as the stalking horse bidder in a sale motion as part of the Company’s filing of voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code today.

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