UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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NIGHTHAWK RADIOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
(Name of registrant as specified in
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On December 8, 2010, NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (the Company)
announced that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with respect to a settlement with the parties to the actions in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa (the Arizona State Court),
captioned
Israni v. NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc., et al.
, No. CV2010-025059,
LaLone v. NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc., et al.
, No. CV2010-028112,
Watts v. Engert, et al.
, No. CV2010-028127,
LaTorre v. NightHawk
Radiology Holdings, Inc., et al.
, No. CV2010-028176,
Newman v. Engert, et al.
, No. CV2010-028262, and
Yu v. Engert, et al.
, No. CV2010-028403 (collectively, the Arizona State Court Litigation), the parties to the action
in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Court), captioned
Scully v. NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc., et al.
, C.A. No. 5890-VCL (the Delaware Litigation), and the parties to the action in
the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (the Arizona Federal Court), captioned
Clayton v. Engert, et al.
, No. 10-CV-02274 (NVW) (the Arizona Federal Court Litigation, and together with the
Arizona State Court Litigation and the Delaware Litigation, the Litigation). Pursuant to the memorandum of understanding, the parties expect to execute a stipulation of settlement, which will be subject to approval by the Arizona State
Court following notice to the Companys stockholders. There can be no assurance that the settlement will be finalized or that the Arizona State Court will approve the settlement. The settlement terms provide that the Litigation will be
dismissed with prejudice against all defendants. The Company and the other named defendants deny any liability with respect to the facts and claims alleged in the Litigation. Defendants further deny that any supplemental disclosure was required
under any applicable statute, rule, regulation or law.
Without agreeing that any of the claims in the Litigation have any
merit, the Company has agreed, pursuant to the settlement terms, to make the following disclosures concerning the transaction which supplement the information provided in the Schedule 14A filed by the Company on November 23, 2010 (the
Proxy Statement) concerning the merger of the Company with Virtual Radiologic Corporation (the Merger). The settlement will not affect the amount of the merger consideration to be paid to the Companys stockholders in
the Merger. The following information supplements the Proxy Statement and should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.
The following additional disclosures are made regarding the Merger.
1. On page 18, immediately after the third full paragraph beginning with Following vRads announcement, on May 17, 2010
Given the preliminary nature of the discussions with vRad, the price which Providence agreed to pay to acquire vRad when coupled with the termination fee, and the financing that would be required to be
obtained to consummate an acquisition of vRad by NightHawk, the Board determined that it was highly unlikely that NightHawk would be in a position to make a proposal to vRad that would be superior to that made by Providence, and that, given the
pendency of the Providence acquisition, that it was highly unlikely that vRad would be in a position to acquire NightHawk at a favorable price.
2. On page 19, in the last full paragraph, in the second sentence immediately following Extensive discussion ensued during which, among other things, representatives of WSGR reviewed with the Board
its fiduciary duties and representatives of Morgan Stanley led a discussion regarding NightHawks alternatives
including
potential transactions with strategic and financial partners and potential responses to Providence.
3. On page 22, in the
sixth full paragraph beginning with On August 31, 2010 immediately after the sentence: On August 31, 2010, representatives of Providence conveyed to Mr. Engert that its investment committee had met and had approved
the acquisition by vRad of NightHawk, but at an offer price of $6.00 per share.
Following further review of due diligence provided
by the Company and further consideration of market conditions, Providence had determined that it was appropriate to amend its offer price from $7.00 per share to $6.00 per share.
4. On page 23 the fourth full paragraph beginning with On September 10,
2010 is revised to read as follows:
On September 10, 2010, Peter Chung, a NightHawk director, received an email from the
financial advisor to Party B who had not previously been contacted by Morgan Stanley regarding its August 16, 2010 inquiry. The email indicated that the financial advisor to Party B had attempted to contact the Company previously,
and sought a return phone call from Mr. Chung. Mr. Chung informed the Board of the inquiry at the September 15 board meeting. On September 17, Mr. Chung had contact with Party Bs financial advisor. On
September 20, NightHawk received a preliminary, non-binding indication of interest from Party B to acquire 100% of NightHawks shares at a price range from $3.50 to $4.50 per share in cash, subject to due diligence.
5. The section of the Proxy Statement entitled Opinion of the Financial Advisor to NightHawk beginning on page 27 is supplemented as
follows:
For purposes of its analysis of the proposed transaction, and taking into consideration the use of cash as consideration, Morgan
Stanley evaluated the Company on a standalone basis. None of the valuation analyses conducted by Morgan Stanley actually incorporates, or relies on, estimates of synergies that might result from this all cash transaction. However, NightHawk
management estimated that vRad could generate up to $25 million in run-rate synergies if the transaction closes.
6. On
page 30, immediately following the second bullet point:
These statistics are as follows:
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Company
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AV/2011E EBITDA
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2011E Price/Earnings
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vRad (on May 14, 2010)
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4.9x
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15.5x
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MEDNAX, Inc.
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7.2x
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11.5x
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Emergency Medical Services, L.P.
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6.9x
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14.0x
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Team Health, Inc.
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7.5x
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12.1x
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IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.
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8.3x
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15.7x
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AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
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5.8x
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17.9x
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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
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9.4x
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26.1x
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7. On page
31, in the paragraph entitled Analysis of Selected Precedent Transactions, immediately following the sentence Applying the same multiple to the Company would result in an implied equity value per share of Company common stock of
$4.81.
Morgan Stanley determined that, based on the size of the deal, the fact that vRad operated in the same industry as
the Company and the absence of other directly comparable deals in the industry, the acquisition of vRad was the most meaningful precedent transaction.
8. On page 30, in the paragraph entitled Present Value of Future Stock Price Analysis, in
the sentence beginning with Morgan Stanley used an illustrative cost immediately following the words including betas, and preceding the words:
for the Company
risk free rates and estimates of market risk premium
9. On page 31 in the paragraph entitled Discounted Cash Flow Analysis after the second sentence ending December 31, 2010 and before the third sentence beginning with Morgan Stanley
Managements EBITDA estimates that were used for the purposes of the discounted cash flow analysis excluded stock-based compensation
expense.
10. On page 31 in the paragraph entitled Discounted Cash Flow Analysis after the sentence ending 2.00% to
3.00% and immediately before the last sentence beginning with This analysis
This range was based on an assumption
regarding long term inflation rates and the predicted terminal growth characteristics of the business.
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