On August 8, 2018, NCR attended a management presentation at JetPay’s office in Carrollton, Texas.
On August 13, 2018, NCR and FT Partners conducted a call to discuss process and timeline.
On August 17, 2018, NCR engaged Accenture to assist in the due diligence of JetPay
On August 24, 2018, NCR and FT Partners conducted another call to discuss updated timeline.
On September 6, 2018, NCR received a process letter from FT Partners, inviting it to submit anon-binding proposal for the acquisition of JetPay. This process letter included a deadline of September 20, 2018 for such proposal.
On September 10, 2018, NCR and representatives of its advisor, Accenture, met with JetPay management in the Philadelphia offices of Dechert LLP (“Dechert”), JetPay’s legal counsel, to discuss JetPay’s payment platform and technology
On September 13, 2018, NCR and Accenture conducted multiple diligence calls with JetPay to discuss product, the HR/Payroll business andyear-to-date financial performance.
On September 17, 2018, JetPay conducted a product demo for NCR and Accenture.
On September 19, 2018, NCR and FT Partners conducted a call to discuss diligence status and process.
On September 19, 2018, NCR held its internal investment council meeting and received approval from executive management to submit anon-binding proposal for the acquisition of JetPay.
On September 20, 2018, NCR submitted a written proposal for the acquisition of JetPay at anall-cash price of $4.42 per share.
On September 24, 2018, NCR and FT Partners held a call to discuss the proposal.
On September 26, 2018, FT Partners responded to NCR’s proposal dated September 20, 2018 and indicated that JetPay had determined that NCR would remain a participant in the bid process and was being invited to continue in the next round of the process. FT Partners further provided that NCR was expected to submit a final proposal for the acquisition (including an increased bid price), along with amark-up of the bid draft of the Merger Agreement prepared by JetPay’s counsel no later than October 23, 2018.
On September 28, 2018, a copy of the bid draft of Merger Agreement was made available to NCR and its advisors in the virtual data room, which draft provided for anall-cash tender offer followed by a merger pursuant to Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
On September 28, 2018, NCR engaged KPMG to conduct financial due diligence and PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct tax due diligence of JetPay.
On September 29, 2018, FT Partners reached out to NCR, requesting that NCR provide a detailed timeline showing NCR’s plan to get to a signing of the Merger Agreement to acquire JetPay by October 19, 2018. NCR and its legal counsel, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (“Benesch”), prepared a detailed timeline for NCR and its advisors to conduct due diligence and negotiate a Merger Agreement for the parties to sign by October 19, 2018. On September 30, 2018, NCR provided to FT Partners a copy of this timeline, along with a revised proposal to acquire JetPay, which included an increased bid price of $5.05 per share.
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