Item 1.01Item 1.01 - Entry into Material Agreement
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Arrangement
Agreement
On September 28, 2026, BRC Group Holdings,
Inc. (“BRC” or the “Company”), 1001755979 Ontario Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of BRC, and Sangoma Technologies Corporation (“Sangoma”) entered into a definitive
agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to acquire all of the issued and
outstanding common shares of Sangoma (the “Sangoma Shares”) by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement (the
“Plan of Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the
“Transaction”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement,
Sangoma shareholders (“Sangoma Shareholders”) will receive 0.04767 of a common share of BRC (each whole share, a “BRC
Share”) and US$4.925 in cash for each Sangoma Share held (the “Consideration”). The BRC Shares issuable
as Consideration are expected to be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, based on the court’s approval of the Plan of Arrangement.
Additionally, each outstanding Sangoma restricted
share unit, performance share unit (“PSU”) and deferred share unit which remains outstanding at the effective time
of the Transaction (the “Effective Time”) will be cancelled and terminated in exchange for a cash payment equal to
US$5.225 (the “Consideration Value”) multiplied by the number of Sangoma Shares subject to such award (net of applicable
withholdings), with the value of each PSU determined based on achievement of performance goals at 100% of target. Outstanding options
to purchase Sangoma Shares (“Legacy Options”) will be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the amount,
if any, by which the Consideration Value exceeds the applicable exercise price of such Legacy Option, multiplied by the number of Sangoma
Shares subject to such Legacy Option.
The Transaction requires the approval of at least:
(i) 66⅔% of the votes cast by Sangoma Shareholders in person or by proxy at
the special meeting of securityholders to be called by Sangoma to approve the Transaction (the “Meeting”); and (ii)
a simple majority of the votes cast by Sangoma Shareholders in person or by proxy at the Meeting, excluding those votes attached to Sangoma
Shares held by persons required to be excluded pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders
in Special Transactions.
Each of the directors and senior officers of Sangoma,
collectively holding approximately 27% of the outstanding Sangoma Shares, have entered into Voting Support Agreements (as defined below)
with BRC and the Purchaser, pursuant to which they have agreed, among other things, to vote their Sangoma Shares and convertible securities
(together, the “Subject Securities”) in favor of the Transaction. See “Voting Support Agreements”.
In addition to securityholder and court approvals,
the Transaction is subject to applicable regulatory approvals (including approvals of the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”)
and the Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) and clearance under U.S. antitrust laws) and the satisfaction of certain other
closing conditions customary for a transaction of this nature. The Arrangement Agreement includes customary deal protections, including
fiduciary-out provisions, non-solicitation covenants, and the right to match any superior proposals. The Transaction is not subject to
a financing condition. Additionally, a termination fee of US$5,397,000 is payable to the Purchaser (or as directed by the Purchaser) by
Sangoma in certain circumstances if the Transaction is not completed. Details regarding these and other terms of the Transaction are set
out in the Arrangement Agreement.
Subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions,
the Transaction is expected to close in January 2027. The Sangoma Shares are expected to be delisted from the TSX and the NASDAQ after
closing of the Transaction.
The Board of Directors of Sangoma (the “Board”)
appointed a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”) to, among other things, consider and
make a recommendation to the Board with respect to the Transaction. After consultation with its financial and legal advisors, and on the
unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, the Board unanimously determined that the Transaction is in the best interests of Sangoma
and approved the Arrangement Agreement. Accordingly, the Board and the Special Committee unanimously recommend that Sangoma Shareholders
vote in favor of the Transaction.
ATB Capital Markets Corp. has provided an opinion
to the Special Committee and the Board stating that, as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the various assumptions,
limitations, qualifications and scope of review set forth therein, the consideration to be received by Sangoma Shareholders pursuant to
the Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Sangoma Shareholders.
Full details of the Transaction will be included
in the meeting materials to be prepared by Sangoma in connection with the Meeting, which are expected to be mailed to Sangoma Shareholders
and filed under Sangoma’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
The foregoing description of the Arrangement Agreement
and the Transaction contemplated thereunder, including the Plan of Arrangement, is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Arrangement Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The Arrangement Agreement has been included as an exhibit to this Form 8-K to
provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about BRC, the Purchaser,
Sangoma or their respective subsidiaries. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Arrangement Agreement were made
only for purposes of the Arrangement Agreement as of the specific dates therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties thereto, may
be subject to qualification and limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures
made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties
that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions
thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties. Further, investors should read the Arrangement
Agreement not in isolation, but only in conjunction with the other information that BRC includes in reports, statements and other filings
it makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
Voting Support Agreements
In connection with the execution of the
Arrangement Agreement, BRC and the Purchaser entered into voting support agreements with each of the directors and senior officers
of Sangoma (the “Voting Support Agreements”).
Pursuant to the Voting Support Agreements, the directors and senior
officers of Sangoma party thereto have agreed, among other things, to vote their respective Subject Securities (i) in favor of the
approval of the Transaction, including the special resolution approving the Plan of Arrangement (the “Arrangement
Resolution”) and (ii) against any acquisition proposal and any other proposed action, proposal, transaction, agreement or
other matter which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, prevent, materially delay, impede, interfere with or inhibit
the completion of the Transaction. The Voting Support Agreements will terminate automatically upon the earliest of: (i) the
Effective Time; and (ii) the termination of the Arrangement Agreement in accordance with its terms. In addition, the Voting Support
Agreements may be terminated upon delivery of written notice if, without the supporting shareholder’s prior written consent,
there occurs (i) a decrease in the aggregate Consideration, (ii) an adverse change in the form of consideration payable, (iii) any
other material amendment or modification to the Transaction or the Arrangement Agreement that is materially adverse to the
supporting shareholder, or (iv) a material breach by BRC or the Purchaser of any representation, warranty or covenant under the
Voting Support Agreements or the Arrangement Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Voting Support
Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Voting Support Agreements, the form of
which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Financing and Debt Commitment
The Transaction will be funded through a combination
of debt financing, an equity contribution from BRC of approximately $38 million and an equity contribution from the BRC telecommunication
subsidiaries of approximately $16 million.
In connection with the Transaction, Banc of California, Axos Bank and
Israel Discount Bank of New York (such commitment parties, the “Commitment Parties”) issued a Commitment Letter (the
“Commitment Letter”) to BRPI Acquisition Co LLC, United Online, Inc., YMax Corporation and Lingo Management, LLC whereby
the Commitment Parties have committed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to provide senior secured term loans in
an aggregate principal amount of $212,255,000 (“Commitment Amount”) payable in connection with the Transaction. The
term loans are expected to be part of an amendment and refinancing (“New Telecom Facility”) of the existing Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2025, by and among BRPI Acquisition Co LLC, Lingo Management, LLC, United Online,
Inc., and YMAX Corporation, the subsidiaries of the borrowers party thereto, Banc of California and the lenders party thereto (as amended,
the “Existing Telecom Credit Agreement”). The New Telecom Facility is expected to have materially similar terms and
replace the Existing Telecom Credit Agreement and be subject to usual and customary representations and warranties, covenants and
events of default customary for facilities of this type. Upon closing of the Transaction, the New Telecom Facility will replace the Existing
Telecom Credit Agreement that had $71,500,000 outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and the outstanding balance on the New Telecom Facility
will be equal to the Commitment Amount.
The availability of the financing contemplated by the Commitment Letter
is subject to customary terms and conditions for transactions of this nature, including the consummation of the Transaction substantially
concurrently with the funding of the financing, the accuracy of certain representations and warranties, the absence of specified material
adverse effects, the delivery of customary documentation and other conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter.
Oaktree Credit Agreement Amendment No. 6, Consent and Waiver
On September 28, 2026,
BRC and its wholly owned subsidiary BR Financial Holdings, LLC (the “Borrower”) entered into Amendment No.
6 to Credit Agreement, Consent and Waiver (“Amendment No. 6”) which amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated
as of February 26, 2025, by and among BRC, Borrower, each of the lenders party thereto, and Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as administrative
agent and as collateral agent (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement and Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of March
24, 2025, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 8, 2025, Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of October 8, 2025,
Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 14, 2026 and Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement dated as of August 7, 2026,
the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Credit Agreement.
Amendment
No. 6 made amendments and included certain consents and waivers required for the Transaction. Amendment No. 6 amended and restated Section
2.10(c) to add a requirement that the Borrower shall use 50% of any cash distributions received by any Loan Party from a Telecom Subsidiary
(as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) to prepay the Term Loans, subject to payment of the Prepayment Premium. Amendment No.
6 also provided consent for the Transaction and waived certain covenants, including an indebtedness covenant (Section 6.01(p)(ii)), investment
covenants (Section 6.06) and a covenant prohibiting certain guarantees (Section 6.01(b)). The consent and waivers were provided solely
to the extent needed to allow the Transaction to occur in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement.
The foregoing description of Amendment No. 6 is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 6 filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01Item 2.01 - Completion of Acquisition
Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
The
information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein to the extent required to be
disclosed under this Item 2.01.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
September 28, 2026, BRC issued a press release announcing the Transaction. A copy of such press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The
information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference in any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
in the event that BRC expressly states that such information is to be considered filed under the Exchange Act or incorporates
it by specific reference in such filing.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication does
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall
there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of such other jurisdiction.
Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current
Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, as amended, Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, statements regarding the Arrangement and the closing thereof, the anticipated debt commitment, the Company’s or Sangoma’s
future results of operations and financial position, the Company’s and Sangoma’s business strategy, prospective costs, timing
and likelihood of success, plans and objectives of management for future operations, future results of current and anticipated operations
of the Company and Sangoma, the anticipated benefits of the Arrangement, and the expected operation of Sangoma as a subsidiary of the
Company after the transaction. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,”
“will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative
of these terms or other comparable terminology. The absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Such
forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its
management, are inherently uncertain.
Actual results
may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including,
without limitation: the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price
of the Company’s securities; the risk that the debt commitment may not be advanced in the anticipated timeframe; the occurrence
of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive Arrangement Agreement; the inability
to complete the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement, including due to failure to obtain the Required Securityholder
Approval or to satisfy the other conditions to closing in the Arrangement Agreement; the risk that the transaction disrupts current plans
and operations of the Company or Sangoma as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transaction; the ability to realize the
anticipated benefits of the transaction, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Company and Sangoma
to integrate their operations, grow and manage growth economically, and hire and retain key employees; costs related to the transaction;
changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that Sangoma or the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business,
and/or competitive factors; changes in market demand for the Company’s services and products; changes in economic, market, or regulatory
conditions; and other risks and uncertainties as more fully described in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2026 and
June 30, 2026, and other filings the Company makes from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these and other forward-looking statements contained herein. The forward-looking statements
made in this Current Report on Form 8-K relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required
by law. The Company’s forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions,
joint ventures or investments it may make.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
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2.1* Arrangement Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2026, by and among BRC, 1001755979 Ontario Inc. and Sangoma Technologies Corporation.
10.1* Form of Voting Support Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2026, by and among BRC, the Purchaser and each of the Supporting Shareholders.
10.2 Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement, Consent and Waiver, dated as of September 28, 2026, among BRC, BR Financial Holdings, LLC, each of the lenders party thereto and Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC
99.1 Press Release, dated September 28, 2026, issued by BRC.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Certain schedules and exhibits
to Exhibits 2.1 and 10.1 have been omitted pursuant to Item 6.01(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to provide a copy of
any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC or is staff upon request.