Exhibit (a)(5)(B)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GTCR VALOR COMPANIES, INC. EXTENDS TENDER OFFER FOR
VOCUS, INC. UNTIL MAY 21, 2014
CHICAGO – May 16, 2014 – GTCR Valor Companies, Inc. (“GTCR”) announced today that its subsidiary, GTCR Valor Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), extended its previously announced tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS) (“Vocus”) at a price of $18.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding tax, until 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, unless the tender offer is further extended or earlier terminated. The tender offer had been previously scheduled to expire at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on May 16, 2014.
Also in connection with the tender offer, GTCR announced that on May 15, 2014, after review by the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the waiting period applicable to the tender offer under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”). As a result of the early termination, the condition to the tender offer relating to expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act has been satisfied.
The depositary for the tender offer has advised that, as of the close of business on May 15, 2014, a total of approximately 17,961,740 shares of Vocus’s common stock, or approximately 83% of Vocus’s outstanding shares of common stock, had been validly tendered into, and not properly withdrawn from, the tender offer, including 934,156 shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been delivered in settlement or satisfaction of such guarantee.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Vocus’s common stock. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Vocus’s common stock is being made pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that GTCR and the Purchaser filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2014. GTCR and the Purchaser have also filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the commencement of the offer, and Vocus has filed a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, as amended, with respect to the offer. The tender offer statement (including the offer to purchase, related letters of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement, each as amended, contain important information that should be read carefully and considered before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. These materials (and all other materials filed by GTCR, the Purchaser or Vocus with the Securities and Exchange Commission) are available free of charge at the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, or from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent named in the tender offer materials, at (800) 322-2885 or tenderoffer@mackenziepartners.com.