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CUSIP No. 75282U104 | | SCHEDULE 13D | | Page 5 of 13 |
Item 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION |
The 1,363,569 shares of Class A Common Stock reported herein are held on behalf of Funds and Accounts managed by the Reporting Persons on a discretionary basis and were acquired by the Reporting Persons for the aggregate purchase price of $17,888,210.39 including brokerage commissions using the cash reserves of the respective Funds and Accounts.
Item 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION |
The Reporting Persons acquired the shares of Class A Common Stock reported herein for investment purposes in the ordinary course of business. The Reporting Persons acquired such shares of Class A Common Stock because it believed that the shares of Class A Common Stock reported herein, when purchased, represented an attractive investment opportunity.
CSL Capital Management, L.P. (“CSL”) had been in touch with T. Rowe Price Associates to discuss T. Rowe Price Associates’ investment in the Issuer and potential strategic alternatives involving the Issuer. While representatives of T. Rowe Price Associates advised CSL that T. Rowe Price Associates viewed itself as a passive investor in the Issuer’s stock, after further discussions with CSL, including CSL communicating to T. Rowe Price Associates that it was interested in acquiring all of the issued and outstanding publicly held shares of the Issuer’s Class A Common Stock, T. Rowe Price Associates determined that it was interested in supporting a proposed transaction with CSL and the Issuer. On March 12, 2020, T. Rowe Price Associates delivered anon-binding indication of support to CSL (the “Rollover Letter”) to participate in the transaction (subject to certain conditions) by rolling over the Class A Common Stock held by the Reporting Persons and their affiliated Accounts and Funds in connection with the proposed transaction, which is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto and is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 4.
On the evening of March 12, 2020, CSL and Bayou Well Holdings Company, LLC (together, the “Offering Parties”) informed T. Rowe Price Associates that the Offering Parties had delivered anon-binding offer (the “Offer Letter”) to the Issuer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding publicly held shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer that are not directly owned by the Offering Parties and certain other holders (including certain Funds and Accounts) in exchange for $6.00 in cash for each such share of Class A Common Stock.
There can be no assurance that any discussions that may occur with the Issuer with respect to the offer contained in the Offer Letter and/or the Rollover Letter will result in the entry into a definitive agreement concerning a transaction or, if such a definitive agreement is reached, will result in the consummation of a transaction provided for in such definitive agreement. Discussions concerning a transaction may be terminated at any time and without prior notice. Entry into a definitive agreement concerning a transaction and the consummation of any such transaction is subject to a number of contingencies that are beyond the control of the Offering Parties and T. Rowe Price Associates, as applicable, including the satisfactory completion of due diligence, the approval of an independent special committee of the Issuer’s board of directors, the informed approval by a majority of the disinterested Issuer stockholders, and the satisfaction of any conditions to the consummation of a transaction set forth in any such definitive agreement.