Exhibit 99(c)(9)
Project Oak Tree
Potential Buyers Contact Summary
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “**”. AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED SEPARATELY TO THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
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Champions of Growth
December 1, 2005
Potential Buyers Contact Summary
Strategic Buyers Contact Summary – Tier I
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Names to Contact |
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| Will hear back later this month. |
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| Sent Teaser. |
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| Sent e-mail; waiting to hear back. |
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| Initiated contact. |
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| Sent Teaser; left follow-up voicemail. |
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| TWP meeting on 12/2/05. |
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| Hold off for now. |
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| Oak Tree to contact. |
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Total 8 |
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Names to Contact |
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| Familiar with Oak Tree; focused on integrating ** acquisition; “Not the right time”. |
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| Getting acquired by **. |
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| Not interested; sector is of interest but “not the right time”. |
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| Sector is generally of interest but prefer organic and other “viable” opportunities. |
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Total 4 |
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** Confidential material redacted and submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Potential Buyers Contact Summary
Financial Buyers Contact Summary – Tier I
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Names to Contact |
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| Sent Teaser and NDA. |
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| Sent Teaser; left follow-up voicemail. |
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| Hold off for now. |
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| Sent Teaser. |
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| Negotiating NDA. |
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Austin Ventures |
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| Interested but expressed concern around valuation. |
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Total 6 |
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Declined
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| Lack of scale; negative cash flow; might need additional investment. |
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| Declined; lack of scale. |
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| Subscale / negative cash flows / uncomfortable with using Oak Tree as a platform, given assumption that they’d likely need to complement with additional acquisitions. |
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Total 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
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** Confidential material redacted and submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Potential Tier II Partners
Strategic Buyers
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Total 10 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
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** Confidential material redacted and submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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