c. United States Federal Income Tax Withholding. To prevent the potential imposition of U.S. federal backup withholding tax on the gross payments made pursuant to the Offer, prior to receiving such payments, each Shareholder accepting the Offer who has not previously submitted to the Company a correct, completed and signed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (“Form W-9”) or substituted Form W-9 (included with the original subscription) (for U.S. Shareholders) or IRS Form W-8BEN (“Form W-8BEN”), IRS Form W-8IMY (“Form W-8IMY”), IRS Form W-8ECI (“Form W-8ECI”), or other applicable form (for Non-U.S. Shareholders), or otherwise established an exemption from such withholding, must submit the appropriate form to the Company. See Section 13, below.
For this purpose, a “U.S. Shareholder” is, in general, a Shareholder that is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of such income or (iv) a trust if (A) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and (B) one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. A “Non-U.S. Shareholder” is any Shareholder other than a U.S. Shareholder.
5. Withdrawal Rights.
At any time prior to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, and, if the Shares have not by then been accepted for payment by us, at any time after October 25, 2018 (which is 40 business days after the commencement of the Offer), any Shareholder may withdraw all or any number of the Shares that the Shareholder has tendered. To be effective, a written Notice of Withdrawal must be timely received by us, via mail, courier, facsimile or personal delivery, at the address listed in Section 4 of this Offer to Purchase. The Notice of Withdrawal must specify the name(s) of the person having tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn or if all tendered Shares are being withdrawn, the Shareholder’s Social Security or Tax ID Number, and must be signed by the Shareholder.
All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of letters of instruction providing notice of withdrawal will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. Shares properly withdrawn will not thereafter be deemed to be tendered for purposes of the Offer. Withdrawn Shares, however, may be re-tendered by following the procedures described in Section 4, above, prior to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date.
6. Payment for Shares.
Our acceptance of your Shares will form a binding agreement between you and the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. We will have accepted for payment Shares validly submitted for purchase and not withdrawn, when we give oral or written notice to DST Systems, Inc., our transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), of our acceptance for payment of such Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Purchase Price will be equal to $9.08 per Share. You will not receive interest on the Purchase Price under any circumstances.
In all cases, payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by us of: (i) a Letter of Transmittal properly completed and bearing original signature(s) (or a copy thereof) and any required signature guarantee(s) and (ii) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Shareholders may be charged a fee by a broker, dealer or other institution for processing the tender requested. We may not be obligated to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer under certain conditions. See Section 3, above.
Any tendering Shareholder or other payee who has not previously submitted a correct, completed and signed Form W-9, Form W-8BEN, Form W-8IMY, Form W-8ECI or other appropriate form, as necessary, and who fails to complete fully, and sign either the Substitute Form W-9 in the Letter of Transmittal or other appropriate form (e.g., Form W-8BEN, Form W-8IMY or Form W-8ECI) and provide such properly completed form to us may be subject to federal backup withholding tax on the gross proceeds paid to such Shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer. See Section 13 regarding this tax as well as possible withholding on the gross proceeds payable to tendering Non-U.S. Shareholders.
7. Source and Amount of Funds.
The total cost to us of purchasing a maximum of 305,323 of our issued and outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer, at the Purchase Price of $9.08 per share, would be $2,772,333. As discussed in Section 1, we are