Successful Completion of Tender Offer

RNS Number : 9452Q

Titanium Asset Management Corp

21 October 2013

 



Titanium Asset Management and TAMCO Holdings, LLC Announce Successful Completion of Tender Offer

Milwaukee, WI - October 21, 2013 - Titanium Asset Management Corp. (AIM - TAM) (the "Company") and TAMCO Holdings, LLC ("Parent") announce that TAMCO Acquisition, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"), has accepted for payment all 4,759,193 shares of common stock of the Company that were validly tendered in its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company at a price of $1.08 per share, net to the seller in cash without interest (the "Offer"), as of the expiration of the Offer.  The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 18, 2013. 

The depositary for the Offer has advised that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 18, 2013, 4,759,193 shares of common stock of the Company had been validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, including 110,000 shares tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase.  The 4,759,193 tendered shares, together with 10,585,400 shares of common stock of the Company owned by Parent, represent approximately 77.7% of all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. 

Purchaser intends to exercise its top up option under the merger agreement with the Company and promptly complete a "short form" merger under Delaware law.  The merger is expected to be completed today, October 21, 2013. As a result of the merger, any shares of Company common stock not previously tendered in the Offer will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the same $1.08 per share in cash paid in the Offer (except for shares held by Parent, Purchaser or the Company or shares for which appraisal rights are properly demanded pursuant to Delaware law).

Following the merger, the Company will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and there will be no other shareholders of the Company.  Accordingly, the Company has notified the London Stock Exchange plc of the cancellation of the admission of the Company's common stock to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc (the "Cancellation").  It is anticipated that the effective date of the Cancellation will be November 19, 2013.

For further information please contact:

Titanium Asset Management Corp.

Robert Brooks, Chairman                                               [phone]

Titanium Asset Management Corp.

Brian Gevry, Chief Executive Officer                             [phone]

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

David Foreman, Rishi Zaveri                                          [phone]

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to the potential acquisition of Titanium Asset Management Corp. by TAMCO Holdings, LLC and its affiliate.  The Company intends that these forward-looking statements be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions.  You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could materially affect actual results.  The actual results of the transaction could vary materially as a result of a number of factors, including: uncertainties as to how many of the Company's stockholders will tender their shares in the Offer; the possibility that competing offers will be made; and the possibility that various closing conditions for the transaction may not be satisfied or waived.  Other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the reports that we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and our quarterly and current reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.  The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect the Company's expectations as of the date of this announcement.  Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFER

This announcement is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of Titanium Asset Management Corp.  In connection with the Offer, Parent and Purchaser have mailed to the Company's stockholders an Offer to Purchase and related materials, and the Company has mailed to its stockholders a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement.  Parent and Purchaser have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, including an Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal, and the Company has filed with the SEC its Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9.  The Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and related materials. Company stockholders are urged to read these materials carefully, since they contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the Offer.  Company stockholders may obtain a free copy of these materials and other documents relating to the Offer and the Merger filed by Parent and Purchaser or the Company with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or on the Company's website at www.ti-am.com.  These materials may also be obtained for free by contacting Morrow & Co., LLC, the Information Agent for the Offer, at [phone] (toll free) or as set forth above in this announcement.

 

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