Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if, based on the Final Purchase Price, shares of Class A Common Stock having an aggregate value in excess of $2.2 million, or such greater amount as Bimini Capital may elect to pay, subject to applicable law, have been properly tendered, and not properly withdrawn before the Expiration Date, at prices at or below the Final Purchase Price, Bimini Capital will accept the shares of Class A Common Stock to be purchased in the following order of priority: (i) first, Bimini Capital will purchase all odd lots of less than 100 shares of Class A Common Stock at the Final Purchase Price from stockholders who properly tender all of their shares of Class A Common Stock at or below the Final Purchase Price and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Date (tenders of less than all of the shares of Class A Common Stock owned, beneficially or of record, by such odd lot holder will not qualify for this preference); (ii) second, after purchasing all the odd lots that were properly tendered at or below the Final Purchase Price, from all stockholders who properly tender shares of Class A Common Stock at or below the Final Purchase Price, on a pro rata basis, subject to the conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase and with appropriate adjustment to avoid purchases of fractional shares of Class A Common Stock; and (iii) third, only if necessary to permit Bimini Capital to purchase $2.2 million in value of shares of Class A Common Stock (or such greater amount as Bimini Capital may elect to pay, subject to applicable law), from holders who have tendered shares of Class A Common Stock at or below the Final Purchase Price subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the holder’s shares of Class A Common Stock be purchased if any shares of Class A Common Stock are purchased in the Offer as described in the Offer to Purchase (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, stockholders whose shares of Class A Common Stock are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their shares of Class A Common Stock. Because of the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described above, it is possible that Bimini Capital will not purchase all of the shares of Class A Common Stock tendered by a stockholder even if such stockholder tenders its shares of Class A Common Stock at or below the Final Purchase Price. Shares of Class A Common Stock tendered at prices greater than the Final Purchase Price and shares of Class A Common Stock not purchased because of proration provisions will be returned to the tendering stockholders at Bimini Capital’s expense promptly after the Expiration Date. See Section 1, Section 3 and Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase.
The Offer is not conditioned on the receipt of financing or any minimum number of shares of Class A Common Stock being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.
For your information and for forwarding to those of your clients for whom you hold shares of Class A Common Stock registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:
1. The Offer to Purchase;
2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your clients;
3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if the certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock and all other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary before the Expiration Date or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Date;
4. A letter to clients that you may send to your clients for whose accounts you hold shares of Class A Common Stock registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Offer; and
5. A return envelope addressed to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Depositary for the Offer.
Bimini Capital’s Board of Directors has authorized Bimini Capital to make the Offer. However, none of Bimini Capital, the members of its Board of Directors or the Depositary and Information Agent makes any recommendation to any stockholder as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering any shares of Class A Common Stock or as to the price or prices at which stockholders may choose to tender their shares of Class A Common Stock. None of Bimini Capital, the members of its Board of Directors or the Depositary and Information Agent has authorized any person to make any recommendation with respect to the Offer.