material economic terms of the Proposed Sale Transaction which have not been heretofore disclosed by the Issuer, and which stockholders of the Issuer must be provided with in order to be able to fully and fairly evaluate the attractiveness of the Proposed Sale Transaction, and to decide on whether to vote in favor of such transaction.
Accordingly, pursuant to the 220 Demand Letter, Lapetus II demanded the right to inspect and copy the following items with respect to the Issuer:
(a) all books and records referring or relating to the nominating process, including without limitation any communications and information regarding the current Board, the self-evaluations referenced in the Issuer’s Preliminary Proxy Statement, any discussion around potential new members, the process by which the Board identified and evaluated potential new members (including in respect of Randy Nebel and Nancy Taylor), and the decision to appoint two chairmen;
(b) any books and records relating to, concerning, or reflecting on the Board’s assessment of its members’ independence and qualifications;
(c) any books and records relating to, concerning, or reflecting the Issuer’s review and analysis of strategic alternatives during the Strategic Review Process, including without limitation any information on the scope of any strategic alternatives explored and evaluated;
(d) any analyses, information, recommendations and summaries, in written or electronic form, prepared by financial advisors, investment bankers or other consultants relating to the Issuer’s review of strategic alternatives presented to or provided to the Board or its individual members in the course of the Strategic Review Process;
(e) any books and records relating to, concerning or reflecting the Proposed Sale Transaction, including without limitation the restructuring and Restructuring Agreement in respect thereof, and the unfunded pension liabilities and assumption of a portion of such unfunded pension liabilities by the buyer in such Proposed Sale Transaction;
(f) a copy of the term sheet regarding the four-year pulp supply agreement entered into with Pixelle in connection with the Proposed Sale Transaction, and any books and records relating to, concerning or reflecting the negotiation of such term sheet and the terms therein, including without limitation any analyses conducted regarding the financial terms agreed to in such term sheet;
(g) any books and records referring or relating to whether Mr. Eugene Davis is over-boarded, including without limitation any analysis of whether he is over-boarded, all minutes for any Board meeting attended by Mr. Eugene Davis, all records of attendance by Mr. Eugene Davis at Board meetings and any documents relating to or explaining his absence from any such meetings or portions thereof;
(h) any books and records, that have already been produced or which the Issuer is planning or intending to produce to any other stockholder making demand for inspection of books and records under Section 220 of the DGCL (or any analogous statute); and
(i) Any books and records referring or relating to the Board’s decision to delay its 2019 annual meeting.
The term “books and records” as defined in the 220 Demand Letter includes the Issuer’s documents, communications, and any other methods of information storage of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, memoranda, board minutes, notes, recordings, agendas, summaries, transcripts, spreadsheets, summaries, telephone records, diaries, data compilations, letters, emails, text messages, instant messages and other correspondence in the possession of, authored by, edited by, prepared for, reviewed by, sent to, sent by, or received by the Board, any committee of the Board, any of the Issuer’s directors, officers, or other employees or its financial advisors from September 1, 2017 through the present.