UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 8-K/A AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 29, 1998* APPLIED POWER INC. ----------------- (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Wisconsin 1-11288 39-0168610 --------- ------- ---------- (State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer Id. No.) 13000 West Silver Spring Drive Butler, Wisconsin 53007 Mailing address: P. O. Box 325, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 ---------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (414) 783-9279 -------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) - ---------------- * This Amendment is filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a)(4) of Item 7 of Form 8-K. The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following items, financial statements, exhibits or other portions of its Current Report dated as of September 29, 1998 on Form 8-K (the "9/29/98 8-K"): Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets - -------------------------------------------- Acquisition of Rubicon On September 1, 1998, Applied Power Inc. ("Applied Power") announced that it had reached agreement with the Board of Directors of Rubicon Group plc ("Rubicon") on the terms of a recommended cash tender offer (with a guaranteed loan note alternative) to be made by APW Enclosure Systems Limited, a United Kingdom subsidiary of Applied Power (the "Purchaser"), to acquire the entire issued share capital of Rubicon (the "Offer"). The Rubicon common shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Pursuant to the tender offer, which commenced September 1, 1998 and was made by Goldman, Sachs & Co., an investment banking firm, on behalf of the Purchaser, the Purchaser offered to pay 2.35 pounds sterling, net to the seller in cash, for each of Rubicon's approximately 88 million issued common shares and .50 pounds sterling, net to the seller in cash, for each of Rubicon's approximately 100,000 cumulative preference shares (the "Offer Price"). The Offer Price valued Rubicon's entire issued share capital at approximately 207 million pounds sterling, or approximately $346 million. On September 29, 1998, Applied Power announced that the Purchaser had accepted for payment all the Rubicon shares which had been tendered pursuant to the Offer at the Offer Price. The tendered shares accepted for payment as of September 29, 1998 totaled over 66.8% of the outstanding common shares and 12.6% of the outstanding preference shares. Apart from these, the Purchaser acquired or agreed to acquire another 19.7% of Rubicon's issued common shares, so that after accepting the shares tendered, the Purchaser owned or had accepted over 86.5% of Rubicon's common shares and 12.6% of the preference shares. The Offer remained open. The tendered common shares accepted for payment under the Offer exceeded 90% of the outstanding common shares on October 8, 1998, and the Purchaser invoked Section 429 of the UK Companies Act of 1985, as amended, to acquire the remaining outstanding common shares of Rubicon. The Purchaser now owns all of the common shares of Rubicon. The Purchaser has also accepted for payment under the Offer, 27.2% of the preference shares. The Offer for the preference shares remains open. Rubicon is a United Kingdom company that manufactures complex electronic enclosures and related system sub-assemblies and bonded magnets. The acquisition of Rubicon will further expand Applied Power's electronic enclosures capabilities in Europe and will enhance its ability to supply backplanes, power supplies, and thermal management solutions and the integration of these components and others into the enclosure. In its fiscal year ended May 31, 1998, Rubicon earned 20.7 million pounds sterling of operating profit (approximately $33.7 million) on sales of 241.1 million pounds sterling (approximately $393.5 million). Of those sales, 33.6% were outside Europe. Applied Power is undertaking a thorough review of Rubicon's operations and studying the manner in which its operations can best be optimized within Applied Power, and intends to take such actions as a result of this review as may be deemed appropriate under the circumstances. Applied Power currently intends to continue the primary business operations of Rubicon, and to continue to use the physical assets of Rubicon's primary business operations for that purpose, while integrating such operations with its own. 2 Financing of the Offer The total amount of funds required to acquire all of the Rubicon shares is currently estimated to be approximately $357 million, including related fees and expenses. The Purchaser obtained all of the funds it expended from Applied Power. To provide the necessary funds, Applied Power and Enerpac B.V., a Netherlands subsidiary of Applied Power, as Borrowers, entered into a Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of October 14, 1998 (the "Credit Agreement"), with Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent, The First National Bank of Chicago, as Syndication Agent, Societe Generale, as Documentation Agent, and various financial institutions from time to time party thereto as Lenders, providing for a $850 million 5-year revolving credit facility (the "Facility"). The Credit Agreement was arranged by NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC. In conjunction with the closing of the Facility, Applied Power terminated its prior $700 million 5-year revolving credit facility (the "Prior Facility"), and used certain funds received under the Facility to repay borrowings under the Prior Facility. The Facility is to be used to finance the Offer, to refinance existing indebtedness (including the Prior Facility), and to provide for working capital, capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits - ----------------------------------------- Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a)(4) of Item 7 of Form 8-K, Item 7 of the 9/29/98 8-K is hereby amended to file the financial statements of Rubicon Group plc ("Rubicon") for the year ended May 31, 1998 required to be filed pursuant to Item 7(a) and the pro forma financial information required to be filed pursuant to Item 7(b) in connection with the acquisition of Rubicon as reported in Item 2 of the 9/29/98 8-K. (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired: The following financial statements of Rubicon prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom are incorporated herein by reference to pages 23 through 45 of Rubicon's 1998 Annual Report, which pages are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1. These financial statements are not the statutory accounts of Rubicon. The statutory accounts for the year ended May 31, 1998 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales and the auditors' report thereon was unqualified: Directors' Report Report of the Independent Chartered Accountants Consolidated Profit and Loss Account for the year ended May 31, 1998 Consolidated Balance Sheet at May 31, 1998 Company Balance Sheet at May 31, 1998 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the year ended May 31, 1998 Statement of Recognised Gains and Losses for the year ended May 31, 1998 Notes to the Financial Statements 3 (b) Pro Forma Financial Information: The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements of Applied Power Inc. and subsidiaries, reflecting the acquisition of Rubicon, are filed herewith: Introduction to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Applied Power Inc. and Rubicon Group plc (unaudited) Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the year ended August 31, 1998 (unaudited) Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of August 31, 1998 (unaudited) Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (c) Exhibits: See the Exhibit Index of this Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. 4 APPLIED POWER INC. AND RUBICON GROUP PLC INTRODUCTION TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Unaudited As described under Item 2 of this report, originally filed on September 29, 1998, as amended hereby, Applied Power Inc. (the "Company"), through a wholly- owned subsidiary, acquired by means of a tender offer and market purchases of shares all of the outstanding common shares and over 27% of the outstanding preference shares of stock of Rubicon Group plc ("Rubicon"). The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet and statement of earnings (the "pro forma statements") give effect to the acquisition of Rubicon using the purchase method of accounting and are based on the estimates and assumptions set forth in the notes to such pro forma statements. The pro forma statements have been prepared by the Company utilizing the historical audited financial statements of the Company and notes thereto which were contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1998 and the audited financial statements and notes thereto of Rubicon for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1998, incorporated by reference in Item 7(a) of this report. Rubicon's reporting currency is the United Kingdom pound sterling and its financial information in the accompanying pro forma combined financial statement has been translated to the US Dollar in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation." Rubicon's historical financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom ("UK GAAP"), however, Rubicon's financial information in the accompanying pro forma statements has been adjusted to conform with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("US GAAP"). The only material adjustment required to conform with US GAAP is related to goodwill. Under UK GAAP purchased goodwill may be written off on acquisition directly against reserves. Under US GAAP, goodwill is capitalized and amortized by charges against income over the period during which it is estimated it will be of benefit subject to a maximum of 40 years. Goodwill previously written off directly to reserves in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet at August 31, 1998 was approximately $128.7 million. No attempt has been made to identify future differences between UK GAAP and US GAAP as the result of prescribed changes in accounting standards. Regulatory bodies that promulgate UK GAAP and US GAAP have significant project ongoing that could affect future comparisons such as this one. Also, no attempt has been made to identify future differences between UK GAAP and US GAAP that may affect the financial statements as a result of transactions or events that may occur in the future. These pro forma statements have been prepared and included herein as required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and are provided for comparative purposes only. The pro forma statements are not necessarily indicative of the future consolidated financial position and results of operations or those which would have occurred had the acquisition been consummated as of the dates reflected in the pro forma statements. In reviewing the pro forma statements, the reader should consider the following: 1. The historical amounts of Rubicon were compiled to conform, as closely as possible, to the fiscal year of the Company. The historical consolidated profit and loss account for Rubicon covers the twelve month period beginning June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998 and the historical consolidated balance sheet is as of May 31, 1998. 2. The following pro forma financial statements do not reflect any adjustments for the various synergies or cost reductions the Company expects to achieve as a result of the acquisition. 5 APPLIED POWER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES AND RUBICON GROUP PLC PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS Unaudited YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 1998 (Amounts in Thousands except per share amounts)