GE Vernova Recommends Shareholders Reject “Mini-Tender” Offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation
May 10 2024 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced that it received
notice of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital
Investment Corporation (TRC Capital) to purchase up to 1,000,000
shares of GE Vernova common stock, which represents approximately
0.4% of the shares outstanding, at a price of $155.00 per share in
cash. TRC Capital’s offer price is 7.39% less than the $167.36
closing price per share of GE Vernova’s common stock on May 7,
2024, the last trading day before the mini-tender offer appears to
have commenced.
GE Vernova does not endorse TRC Capital’s unsolicited
mini-tender offer and recommends that GE Vernova shareholders not
tender their shares in the offer because the offer is at a price
below the current market price for GE Vernova’s shares. TRC Capital
has included in the terms of its offer a condition that the closing
price of GE Vernova’s shares must not decrease by more than 5%. As
a result, unless TRC Capital decides to waive this condition, GE
Vernova shareholders who tender their shares in the offer would
receive a below-market price for GE Vernova’s shares through the
tender offer. The offer is also subject to a number of other
conditions.
GE Vernova is not affiliated or associated in any way with TRC
Capital, its mini-tender offer or the offer documentation. TRC
Capital has made many similar mini-tender offers for shares of
other companies. Mini-tender offers seek to acquire not more than
5% of a company’s outstanding shares, thereby avoiding many
disclosure and procedural requirements of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that apply to offers for more than
5% of a company's outstanding shares.
The SEC has cautioned investors about mini-tender offers,
stating that mini-tender offers “have been increasingly used to
catch investors off guard,” and that investors “may end up selling
their securities at below-market prices.” The SEC's guidance to
investors on mini-tender offers is available at
https://www.sec.gov/reportspubs/investor-publications/investorpubsminitendhtm.html.
Shareholders should obtain current market quotations for their
shares, consult with their broker or financial advisor, and
exercise caution with respect to TRC Capital’s mini-tender offer.
GE Vernova recommends that shareholders who have not responded to
TRC Capital’s offer take no action. Shareholders who have already
tendered their shares may withdraw them at any time prior to 12:01
a.m. New York City time, on June 7, 2024, according to TRC
Capital’s offering documents.
GE Vernova encourages brokers and dealers, as well as other
market participants, to review the SEC's letter regarding
broker-dealer mini-tender offer dissemination and disclosure
available at
https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/minitenders/sia072401.htm.
GE Vernova requests that a copy of this news release be included
with all distributions of materials relating to TRC Capital’s
mini-tender offer for shares of GE Vernova's common stock.
Additional Information
GE Vernova’s website at www.gevernova.com/investors, as well as
GE Vernova’s LinkedIn and other social media accounts, contains a
significant amount of information about GE Vernova, including
financial and other information for investors. GE Vernova
encourages investors to visit these websites from time to time, as
information is updated, and new information is posted.
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a purpose-built global energy company that
includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported
by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting
Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of
experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely
positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to
electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.
GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity
that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of
life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around
the world.
GE Vernova’s mission is embedded in its name – it retains its
legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and
ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush
ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new,
innovative era of lower carbon energy. Supported by the Company
Purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova will help
deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy
future. Learn more: GE Vernova’s website and LinkedIn.
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