Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Merger Agreement
On June 20, 2023, Quotient Technology Inc. (“Quotient” or the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CB Neptune Holdings, LLC (“Parent”) and NRS Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Quotient (the “Merger”), with Quotient continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Surviving Corporation”). Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC (“Charlesbank”).
Quotient’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, are in the best interests of Quotient and its stockholders, and approved the Merger Agreement, the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The Board also resolved to recommend that Quotient’s stockholders vote to adopt the Merger Agreement and approve the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock of Quotient, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (subject to certain exceptions, including shares of Common Stock owned by stockholders of Quotient who have properly exercised appraisal rights in accordance with Delaware law) will, at the Effective Time, automatically be converted into the right to receive $4.00 in cash (the “Per Share Price”), without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to any applicable Company stock plan outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, will, automatically and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into and will become the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest thereon and subject to applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (2) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Price over the exercise price per share of such option. Each option to purchase shares of Common Stock with an exercise price per share equal to or greater than the Per Share Price will be cancelled without any action on the part of the holder thereof and without any cash payment being made in respect thereof
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each restricted stock unit (“Company RSU”) granted pursuant to any applicable Company stock plan outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (subject to certain limited exceptions) will automatically, without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into and will become the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest thereon and subject to applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (1) the Per Share Price and (2) the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each performance-based restricted stock unit (“Company PSU”) granted pursuant to any applicable Company stock plan outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will automatically, without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled and converted into and will become the right to receive an amount in cash (with any performance-vesting conditions deemed achieved as of immediately prior to the Effective Time at 100% of the target level of performance (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is equal to 100% of the Company PSUs underlying each Company PSU award granted in 2022)), without interest thereon and subject to applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (1) the Per Share Price and (2) the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Company PSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Completion of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including (1) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; (2) the expiration or early termination of the applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and other applicable antitrust Laws, as amended; and (3) the absence of an order or law preventing the Merger.
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants made by each of Quotient, Parent and Merger Sub, including, among others, covenants by Quotient regarding the conduct of its business prior to the closing of the Merger. Quotient is also subject to customary “no-shop” restrictions on its ability (and the ability of its subsidiaries and representatives) to (1) solicit, initiate, propose or induce the making, submission or announcement of, or knowingly encourage, facilitate or assist alternative acquisition proposals from third parties; (2) subject to certain exceptions, provide information relating to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or personnel of, Quotient or any of its subsidiaries to third parties in connection with alternative acquisition proposals, or (3) subject to certain exceptions, participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals. In addition, Quotient has agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, the Board will not withdraw its recommendation that Quotient’s stockholders vote to adopt the Merger Agreement. Quotient has also agreed that it will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a preliminary proxy statement relating to the adoption of the Merger Agreement by Quotient’s stockholders promptly after the execution of the Merger Agreement (but in no event later than 30 days after the date of the Merger Agreement), and the Company will convene and hold a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders for the purpose of seeking the adoption of the Merger Agreement as promptly as reasonably practicable following the mailing of the definitive proxy statement to the Company’s stockholders.