The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 23, 2020, by and among Parent, Purchaser and Goldfield (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides that after the purchase of Shares in the Offer, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will as soon as practicable merge with and into Goldfield (the “Merger”) under the provisions of Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) without prior notice to, or any action by, any other stockholder of Goldfield, with Goldfield continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result of the Merger, each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than Shares held in the treasury of Goldfield or owned by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Goldfield and each Share owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, or by any stockholders of Goldfield who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL) will at the effective time of the Merger be cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the Offer Price. As a result of the Merger, Shares will cease to be publicly traded. We expect the Merger to occur without a “subsequent offering period” within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We do not expect there to be a significant period of time between the consummation of the Offer and the consummation of the Merger. The Merger Agreement is more fully described in Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements” of the Offer to Purchase.
On November 22, 2020, after careful consideration, the board of directors of Goldfield (the “Goldfield Board”) unanimously (a) determined and declared that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Transactions”), including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of Goldfield and Goldfield’s stockholders, (b) approved the Merger Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance by Goldfield of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (c) determined to recommend that the stockholders of Goldfield accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer, and (d) agreed and authorized that the Merger be governed by Section 251(h) of the DGCL and consummated as soon as practicable following the time Purchaser, for the first time, irrevocably accepts for payment Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer.
The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things, the Offer is conditioned upon (a) there being validly tendered in the Offer and not withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer, a number of Shares that, together with the number of Shares then owned by Parent and Purchaser (if any), represent at least one Share more than one-half of the number of all then outstanding Shares (excluding Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not been “received”, as such term is defined in Section 251(h) of the DGCL, by the depository for the Offer pursuant to such procedures) (the “Minimum Condition”), (b) the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, having expired or been terminated, (c) the absence of legal restraints on Purchaser’s ability to accept and pay for Shares tendered into the Offer, and (d) the satisfaction or waiver by Purchaser of the other conditions to the Offer, as set forth in the Merger Agreement (each such condition, an “Offer Condition” and, collectively, the “Offer Conditions”). Following the consummation of the Offer, Purchaser intends to effect the Merger as promptly as practicable, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Subject to the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the terms, conditions and stockholder protections in the Merger Agreement, Purchaser expressly reserves the right to waive, in whole or in part, any Offer Condition or modify the terms of the Offer (including by increasing the Offer Price).
The offering period of the Offer will expire at 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on December 29, 2020, unless the Offer is extended or earlier terminated by Purchaser (the “Expiration Date”). Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn by following the procedures set forth in Section 4—“Withdrawal Rights” of the Offer to Purchase for withdrawing Shares in a timely manner, at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date, and, if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after January 30, 2021 pursuant to the SEC regulations.
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