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Get filing alertsEnerpac Tool Group to acquire SFE Group for ~$472M, expands credit facility by $225M
Filed July 9, 2026 · Period ending July 7, 2026 · ~2 min read
Key Changes
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Enerpac entered definitive agreement to acquire Specialized Fabrication Equipment Group for ~$472M cash (~$451.4M plus $20.6M in RSUs for key personnel). Target generated $170M trailing revenue and $44M adjusted EBITDA.
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Revolving credit facility increased from $400M to $625M to fund acquisition. Pro forma net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA expected at ~2.8x upon closing, with transaction accretive to fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS.
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Acquisition expands Enerpac's total addressable market by ~$1B, adding portfolio of 12 industrial tool brands serving aerospace, defense, energy, and other critical industries.
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Closing expected Q1 fiscal 2027 (no earlier than September 1, 2026), subject to HSR clearance, U.K. Competition and Markets Authority confirmation, and foreign investment approvals in France and Germany.
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Purchase price represents 10.6x trailing-twelve-month adjusted EBITDA and 9.5x with anticipated synergies within three years. Retention arrangements include three-year vesting RSUs for key SFE personnel.
Exhibit 99.1 view on EDGAR →
Summary
Enerpac Tool Group announced a definitive agreement to acquire Specialized Fabrication Equipment Group for approximately $472 million in cash, representing its largest acquisition to date. SFE Group, a Houston-based provider of specialized fabrication, welding, portable machining, and material-handling equipment, generated trailing twelve-month revenue of approximately $170 million and adjusted EBITDA of $44 million.
The target operates a portfolio of 12 established brands serving critical industries including aerospace, defense, energy, and manufacturing. The purchase price represents 10.6x trailing EBITDA and 9.5x with anticipated synergies within three years.
To fund the transaction, Enerpac amended its credit agreement to increase its revolving facility from $400 million to $625 million, with PNC Bank providing the incremental $225 million commitment. Pro forma net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA is expected at approximately 2.8 times upon closing, and management expects the acquisition to be accretive to fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS. The transaction expands Enerpac's total addressable market by approximately $1 billion and advances its pure-play industrial tools strategy. Closing is expected in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, no earlier than September 1, 2026, subject to HSR Act clearance, U.K. Competition and Markets Authority confirmation, and foreign investment approvals in France and Germany. The merger agreement includes retention arrangements with three-year vesting restricted stock units for key SFE personnel to align acquired management with shareholder interests. The transaction can be terminated if closing does not occur by November 1, 2026, with potential extension to December 31, 2026 if only regulatory approvals remain pending.
Section-by-Section Diff
Event · Item 2.03 — Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
Item 2.03 also reports this as a direct financial obligation (body incorporates the primary Item by reference).
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Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant The information included in Item 1.01 hereof under the heading “Amendment to Credit Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
The 8-K includes a labeled Item 2.03 section. Its body incorporates the primary Item (typically 1.01) by reference rather than restating terms — do not treat that thinness as 'Item 2.03 absent.' The company is signaling creation of a direct financial obligation alongside the agreement disclosure; keep Item 2.03 visible in the report.
Event · Exhibit 99.1
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Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (NYSE: EPAC) (the “Company” or “Enerpac”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with SFEG Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Gladstone Investment Corporation, to acquire Specialized Fabrication Equipment Group LLC (SFE Group) for approximately $472 million in cash. The purchase price represents a multiple of 10.6x trailing-twelve-month adjusted EBITDA and 9.5x trailing adjusted EBITDA with synergies anticipated to be realized within three years following the acquisition. SFE Group generated on a trailing twelve months basis sales of approximately $170 million and approximately $44 million of adjusted EBITDA.
Enerpac has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SFE Group, a global provider of specialized fabrication, welding, portable machining, and material-handling equipment, for approximately $472 million in cash. The target generated trailing twelve-month sales of approximately $170 million and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $44 million. The purchase price represents 10.6x trailing-twelve-month adjusted EBITDA and 9.5x with anticipated synergies within three years.
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The acquisition of SFE Group will advance Enerpac Tool Group’s pure-play industrial tools and solutions strategy by expanding our presence in attractive industrial tools categories while creating opportunities to leverage our scale, technical and applications expertise, and customer and channel partner relationships. This acquisition will further expand Enerpac Tool Group’s total addressable market by approximately $1 billion.
The acquisition advances Enerpac's pure-play industrial tools strategy by expanding presence in attractive categories and creating opportunities to leverage scale, technical expertise, and customer relationships. The transaction expands Enerpac's total addressable market by approximately $1 billion.
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Expect the acquisition to be accretive to fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS2. ... The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of Fiscal 2027 and is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
The acquisition is expected to be accretive to fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS (adjusted for transaction costs, integration costs and noncash acquisition-related charges). The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of Fiscal 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
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Headquartered in Houston, Texas, SFE Group is a global provider of specialized fabrication, welding, portable machining, and material-handling equipment serving critical industries. SFE Group operates a portfolio of 12 well-established brands, including Climax, B&B Sumner, Axxair, Sumner Material Lifts, TAG, Mathey Dearman, Magnatech, Bortech, Fit-Up Pro, H&S Tool, PPM, and Calder, with leading market positions and a reputation for quality, durability, reliability, and technical expertise.
SFE Group is a Houston-based global provider of specialized fabrication, welding, portable machining, and material-handling equipment. It operates a portfolio of 12 established brands with leading market positions serving critical industries including aerospace, defense, food and beverage, bio-pharma, oil and gas, manufacturing, utilities, power generation, semiconductor, maritime, mining, transportation, data centers, and hospitals.
Event · Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement filed; see Key Changes for terms.
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On July 7, 2026, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Enerpac Finance Limited (“Enerpac Finance”), ATU Euro Finance B.V. (together with the Company and Enerpac Finance, the “Borrowers”) and Hydratight Operations, Inc., as Guarantor, entered into a First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 7, 2026 (the “First Amendment”) with PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as First Amendment Incremental Revolving Lender, and PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as the administrative agent for the lenders under the Credit Agreement dated as of September 9, 2022 among the Company, the initial subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement”). The First Amendment amends the Credit Agreement, effective as July 7, 2026, to increase the revolving credit facility thereunder from $400.0 million to $625.0 million, with PNC Bank, National Association, as the First Amendment Incremental Revolving Credit Lender, agreeing, on the terms and conditions set forth therein, to provide the Borrowers the commitment with respect to the $225.0 million increase in the revolving credit facility.
Enerpac Tool Group amended its credit agreement to increase its revolving credit facility from $400.0 million to $625.0 million, an increase of $225.0 million. PNC Bank, National Association provides the incremental commitment. This expansion provides additional liquidity to support the SFE Group acquisition and general corporate purposes.
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The Merger Agreement provides that consummation of the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if applicable) of various customary conditions (with certain of such conditions applying only to the Company’s obligation to consummate the Merger), including: (i) the receipt of all requisite regulatory approvals, including the expiration of any applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”), confirmation by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority that it has no further questions in respect of the Merger and will not open an investigation in respect of the Merger and other specified matters; (ii) the absence of a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with respect to SFE Group and its subsidiaries arising since July 7, 2026; (iii) receipt of authorizations by relevant governmental authorities under appliable foreign investment control regimes, including in France and Germany; (iv) the completion by SFE Group of certain specified dispositions and dissolutions; and (v) other customary closing conditions, including delivery by the Company to the Representative of a conditionally bound buy-side insurance policy (in the form included as an exhibit to the Merger Agreement) (the “RWI Policy”) in respect of, among other things, inaccuracies or breaches of the representations and warranties made by SFE Group in the Merger Agreement.
The merger closing is subject to multiple regulatory approvals including HSR Act clearance, U.K. Competition and Markets Authority confirmation, and foreign investment authorizations in France and Germany. Additional conditions include no material adverse effect on SFE Group since July 7, 2026, completion of certain SFE dispositions and dissolutions, and delivery of a representations and warranties insurance policy. The merger agreement can be terminated if closing does not occur by November 1, 2026, with potential extensions to December 31, 2026 if only regulatory approvals remain pending.
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The Merger Agreement contemplates that, pursuant to separate agreements between three executive personnel of SFE Group and the Company, specified percentages of the Merger Consideration to be paid to such executive personnel (or entities through which such personnel hold equity interests in SFE Group) shall be deposited in an escrow account and applied to purchase, on behalf of such executive personnel, shares of Class A common stock of the Company in market transactions over a specified period, with restrictions on the ability of such personnel to sell or otherwise transfer such shares for a period ending on the third anniversary of the Closing Date. The Merger Agreement provides that transaction bonuses to be owed by SFE Group to key personnel of SFE Group upon consummation of the Merger shall be paid, in full or in part (as specified in a schedule appended to the Merger Agreement), by delivery of restricted stock units awarded under the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended and restated November 9, 2020) to vest, subject in each case to the recipient’s continued employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the third anniversary of the Closing Date and to be evidenced by award agreements in a form included as an exhibit to the Merger Agreement.
The transaction includes retention arrangements for SFE Group executives. Three executives will have portions of their merger consideration used to purchase Enerpac common stock with three-year transfer restrictions. Key personnel will receive transaction bonuses through restricted stock units vesting on the third anniversary of closing, subject to continued employment. These arrangements align acquired management with Enerpac shareholders and support retention of critical talent.
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