INTRODUCTORY NOTE
As previously disclosed on May 13, 2019 in a Current Report on Form8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Amber Road, Inc. (the “Company”), on May 12, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Eagle Parent Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Chicago Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), and E2open, LLC (“E2open”), solely for purposes of Section 9.17 of the Merger Agreement. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price of $13.05 per Share (the “Offer Price”), net to the holder thereof in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 3, 2019 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
Item 2.01 | COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS |
The Offer expired as scheduled at one minute after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 1, 2019 (the “Expiration Time”). Approximately 23,640,724 Shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer, representing approximately 78.4% of the fully diluted Shares (as calculated in accordance with the Merger Agreement) at such time. Additionally, approximately 487,177 Shares were tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery, together with all other Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer, representing approximately 79.9% of the fully diluted Shares (as calculated in accordance with the Merger Agreement) at such time. All conditions to the Offer having been satisfied, the Purchaser accepted for payment all Shares that were validly tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer.
On July 2, 2019, following acceptance of the tendered Shares and concurrently with payment therefor, Purchaser merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and in accordance with Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and not tendered pursuant to the Offer (other than (A) Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser or the Company, or by any wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, Purchaser or the Company, and (B) any Shares owned by stockholders who properly exercised appraisal rights with respect thereto in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL) was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Offer Price, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes. At the Effective Time, the holders of such Shares ceased to have any rights as stockholders of the Company (other than their right to receive an amount of cash equal to the Offer Price, net to the holder thereof, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes).
In addition, at the Effective Time, each option to purchase Shares, whether vested or unvested, that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “Company Option”) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Offer Price over (y) the exercise price payable per Share under such Company Option, less any required withholding taxes (the “Option Consideration”). Any Company Option with an exercise price per Share greater than or equal to the Offer Price was cancelled for no consideration. The Option Consideration payable on vested Company Options will be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date at least three business days following the Merger. The Option Consideration payable on unvested Company Options (subject to certain exceptions) will be subject to the satisfaction of the original vesting conditions applicable to such unvested Company Options and will be paid to holders who have satisfied the applicable vesting conditions on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that is on or following the first day of the fiscal quarter immediately following the applicable vesting date of such unvested Company Options.
Each restricted stock unit granted pursuant to any Company Equity Plan (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that vests solely based on time and was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “Company RSU”) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Offer Price, multiplied by (ii) the total number of Shares subject to such Company RSU, less any required withholding taxes (the “RSU Consideration”). The RSU Consideration payable on vested Company RSUs will be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date at least three business days following the Merger. The RSU Consideration payable on unvested Company RSUs (subject to certain exceptions) will be subject to the satisfaction of the original vesting conditions applicable to such unvested Company RSUs and will be paid to holders who have satisfied the applicable vesting conditions on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that is on or following the first day of the fiscal quarter immediately following the applicable vesting date of such unvested Company RSUs.
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