Peloton Signs Agreement to Acquire Precor

SOURCE: Peloton, Precor

Acquisition expected to establish Peloton's U.S. manufacturing footprint, enhance R&D capabilities, and accelerate growth  of commercial verticals

New York, NY - Dec. 21, 2020 -- Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON), the leading interactive fitness platform, today announced that it  has entered into an agreement to acquire Precor, one of the largest global commercial fitness equipment providers with a  significant U.S. manufacturing presence, in a transaction valued at $420 million USD. With the acquisition, Peloton plans  to establish U.S. manufacturing capacity, boost research and development capabilities with Precor’s highly-skilled team,  and accelerate Peloton’s penetration of the commercial market. Peloton plans to produce connected fitness products in  the U.S. before the end of the calendar year 2021. Subject to the completion of the transaction, Precor will operate as a  business unit within Peloton. Precor President Rob Barker will become CEO, Precor and General Manager, Peloton  Commercial, reporting to William Lynch, Peloton’s President. Precor is a division of Finnish sporting goods company Amer  Sports, which is owned by an investor consortium including ANTA Sports (HKG:2020.HK), FountainVest Partners,  Anamered Investments Inc. and Tencent Holdings Limited. The transaction is expected to close in early calendar year  2021.  

Committing to making the world happier and healthier  

“Precor embodies the Peloton mission of putting Members first. Over the last few months, we’ve gotten to know the  team and saw firsthand how much they care about their products, customers and, last but not least, their employees. By  combining our talented and committed R&D and Supply Chain teams with the incredibly capable Precor team and their  decades of experience, we believe we will be able to lead the global connected fitness market in both innovation and  scale,” said Peloton’s Lynch. “We’re looking forward to integrating the Precor team into Peloton and excited about what  this means for the future of our brand and our ability to continue delivering world-class Member experiences.”  

“Precor is driven to create personalized health and fitness experiences that help people live the lives they desire. That  passion has led us to create highly customizable solutions running on the fitness industry’s largest commercial network,”  said Rob Barker, Precor’s President. “The Precor team is excited to combine our manufacturing expertise and more than  40 years of equipment innovations with Peloton’s award-winning workout experiences to help commercial customers  succeed and keep exercisers moving.”  

Establishing U.S. manufacturing 

The acquisition adds 625,000 square feet of U.S. manufacturing capacity with in-house tooling and fabrication, product  development, and quality assurance capabilities in Whitsett, North Carolina and Woodinville, Washington. Peloton will  be able to control the entire production process, from design to ship, and increase total production scale, while  maintaining a high level of product quality. By making fitness equipment closer to U.S. consumers, Peloton will be able  to deliver connected fitness products to Members sooner. 

The Precor U.S. facilities will join Peloton’s existing manufacturing network with its third party manufacturers and the  Tonic facilities based in Taiwan. Once the transaction closes, the Precor U.S. facilities will provide Peloton with  incremental operational scale and flexibility to support the growth of its connected fitness product line. 

Investing more in research and development  

The acquisition would add a team of nearly 100 dedicated research and development employees to Peloton’s  accomplished R&D team. With decades of experience designing and engineering cardio and strength fitness equipment 

and user experiences, the Precor team plans to work with the Peloton R&D team to design and create the next generation  of connected fitness experiences.  

Scaling Peloton commercial offerings  

Precor is one of the largest commercial fitness equipment providers in the world and has 40 years of experience and  expertise building a customer-focused business at scale. Under the Peloton umbrella, Precor plans to make the award winning Peloton experience accessible to more people through its long-standing relationships with hotels, multifamily  residences, and college and corporate campuses. Precor will also continue to service its global network. When the  transaction closes, the parties plan to make Peloton connected fitness products available to Precor’s broader network of  commercial customers in Peloton’s existing markets.  

For additional information, please refer to the Peloton Investor Relations website for a question and answer document  relating to this proposed transaction.  

About Peloton  

Peloton is the leading interactive fitness platform, with a loyal community of more than 3.6 million Members. The  company pioneered connected, technology-enabled fitness, and the streaming of immersive, instructor-led boutique  classes for its Members anytime, anywhere. Peloton makes fitness entertaining, approachable, effective, and convenient, while fostering social connections that encourage its Members to be the best versions of themselves. An innovator at the  nexus of fitness, technology, and media, Peloton has reinvented the fitness industry by developing a first-of-its-kind  subscription platform that seamlessly combines the best equipment, proprietary networked software, and world-class  streaming digital fitness and wellness content, creating a product that its Members love. The brand's immersive content is  accessible through the Peloton Bike, Bike+, Tread, Tread+ and Peloton App, which allows access to a full slate of fitness  classes across disciplines, on any iOS or Android device, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku TVs, and Chromecast and Android TV.  Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has a growing number of retail showrooms across the U.S.,  UK, Canada and Germany. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com. 

About Precor  

Precor, headquartered in Greater Seattle, WA, has been a pioneer in delivering fitness experiences for commercial  customers and exercisers for more than 40 years. Precor serves more than 100 countries worldwide with offices in the  Americas, EMEA, and APAC and operates two U.S.-based manufacturing locations. Precor products and services span  across all major categories, including cardio, strength, functional fitness, group training, and connected solutions. In 2020,  Precor reached the milestone of recording one billion workouts in its Preva® fitness cloud. That number represents more  than 140,000 connected units in over 13,000 facilities. On average, Precor exercisers record more than 20 million minutes  of workouts each day as recorded by the Precor digital platform Preva®. Precor segments include commercial  clubs/facilities and the verticals of Hospitality, Multi-family Housing, Corporate, and Education. For more information, visit  www.Precor.com