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TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC.
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NEWCASTLE PARTNERS, L.P.
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C.
MARK E. SCHWARZ
STEVEN J. PULLY
EVAN STONE
SHONEY KATZ
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NEWCASTLE WITHDRAWS PROXY SOLICITATION INVOLVING TRICO
MARINE SERVICES IN LIGHT OF BOARD ACTIONS
CITES TRICO'S TACTICS TO LIMIT NEWCASTLE'S OWNERSHIP STAKE
Dallas - Business Wire - June 1, 2007 - Newcastle Partners, L.P. ("Newcastle")
announced today that, in light of efforts taken by Trico Marine Services, Inc.
(Nasdaq: TRMA; "Trico" or the "Company") to limit any meaningful increases in
Newcastle's share ownership in Trico, it will no longer pursue a proxy
solicitation to elect an alternative minority slate of independent director
candidates at Trico's 2007 annual meeting of stockholders.
Shortly after Newcastle informed Trico of its intent to nominate a minority
slate of directors for the upcoming annual meeting, Trico adopted a new rights
plan commonly known as a "poison pill". Then, on May 7, 2007, Trico sent
Newcastle a letter suggesting that Newcastle may be acting as a "group" with a
large shareholder and implying that any such group activities would trigger the
poison pill if Newcastle were to own more than a de minimis number of shares.
Trico also threatened in this letter and other letters to invalidate the
nomination of Newcastle's nominees. Newcastle responded to these letters
asserting that the Company's suggestions were mistaken and that Newcastle's
nominations were valid.
A representative of Newcastle commented, "The Company has sought to have it both
ways by publicly criticizing the amount of Newcastle's share ownership for
benefit in the proxy contest while behind the scenes attempting to prevent
Newcastle from acquiring additional shares and therefore a meaningful enough
economic interest to continue with the proxy contest. We regret that Trico has
used its newly implemented poison pill to attempt to deny stockholders a choice
in the election of directors and silence any healthy debate regarding the future
direction of Trico."
Newcastle had previously nominated three directors for election to the board of
Trico at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders. Effective immediately,
Newcastle is withdrawing such nominations as well as its planned solicitation of
proxies in connection with the annual meeting.
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR PROXY CARD TO
NEWCASTLE PARTNERS, L.P.
Newcastle Partners L P
Filed: 1 Jun 07, 12:00am