Security Capital Corporation Announces Agreement to Be Acquired in a Cash Merger
June 13 2006 - 8:41AM
Business Wire
Security Capital Corporation (AMEX: SCC) ("Security Capital" or the
"Company") announced today that it has entered into a merger
agreement to be acquired by Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc. ("Sedgwick
CMS"). The merger contemplated by the merger agreement is subject
to a vote of the stockholders of Security Capital at a special
meeting to be held at the end of the third quarter or the beginning
of the fourth quarter of 2006. Under the terms of the merger
agreement, Security Capital stockholders are to receive $16.46 per
share in cash, subject to a downward adjustment to the merger
consideration if the Company's indebtedness at the time the proxy
statement is mailed is in excess of the Company's expected
indebtedness and an upward or downward adjustment to the merger
consideration if the actual costs and expenses of preparing the
Company's proxy statement and holding its special meeting are more
or less than the expected costs and expenses. All adjustments will
be finalized prior to the time that the Company's proxy statement
is mailed to its stockholders, and such proxy statement will
include a definitive cash price per share payable to the Company's
stockholders. Security Capital operates as a holding company that
actively participates in the management of its subsidiaries. The
Company conducts business through its approximately 84%-owned
subsidiary WC Holdings, Inc. ("WC"). WC, through its wholly owned
subsidiary, CompManagement, Inc., is a leading independent provider
of comprehensive claims management, cost containment and consulting
services designed to control the cost to employers of workers'
compensation, medical malpractice, automobile, general liability,
unemployment and short- and long-term disability insurance
benefits. WC's activities are primarily centered in Ohio,
California, Virginia, Maryland, Texas, Michigan, Florida,
Washington, Minnesota and New York. Sedgwick CMS is the parent
company of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., a leading
provider of innovative claims and productivity management
solutions. The principal equity holders of Sedgwick CMS are
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), Thomas H. Lee
Partners, L.P. and Evercore Capital Partners. As previously
announced, the Company is pursuing a formal sale process for the
Company in order to seek the highest price reasonably obtainable
for the stockholders of the Company. In the course of conducting
the formal sale process, the Company's Board of Directors
determined that the best way to maximize value for the Company's
stockholders was to sell its educational services segment, which
was conducted through the Company's former subsidiary Primrose
Holdings, Inc. ("Primrose"), and the balance of the Company in
separate transactions. The Company sold its 91.52% (on a fully
diluted basis) interest in Primrose on March 31, 2006. As
previously announced, the Company has declared a special cash
dividend of $9.04 per share of Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, and Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, which
dividend will be paid principally from the net proceeds of the
Company's sale of its interest in Primrose. The special cash
dividend will be payable on June 28, 2006 to stockholders of record
at the close of business on June 14, 2006. Commenting on the
proposed merger, Brian D. Fitzgerald, Chairman, President and CEO
of the Company, stated that: "This transaction with Sedgwick CMS
represents the final step in completing Security Capital's formal
sale process. The Company's Board of Directors has unanimously
approved the merger and believes that the formal sale process has
resulted in the Company's stockholders receiving the highest price
reasonably obtainable for their shares." Concurrently with the
execution of the merger agreement, the holders of approximately 81%
of the Company's outstanding Class A Common Stock and Common Stock
(including Brian D. Fitzgerald and CP Acquisition, L.P. No. 1)
entered into a voting agreement with Sedgwick CMS pursuant to which
these stockholders have agreed, among other things, to vote all of
their shares in favor of the merger. The voting agreement will
terminate if the merger agreement is terminated. In order to enable
Sedgwick CMS to acquire 100% of the principal subsidiaries of
Security Capital, the Company has also entered into a stock
purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of WC
not currently owned by the Company. It is expected that the Company
will acquire such shares of WC immediately prior to consummating
the merger. Additionally, concurrently with the execution of the
merger agreement and the WC stock purchase agreement, certain of
the Company's stockholders (including Brian D. Fitzgerald, CP
Acquisition, L.P. No. 1 and each of the Company's directors) and
the minority holders of WC shares and options have entered into an
indemnification agreement pursuant to which such parties have
agreed to provide Sedgwick CMS with indemnification with respect to
certain matters. As security for such indemnification, a portion of
the consideration otherwise payable to such stockholders under the
merger agreement and the WC stock purchase agreement will be placed
into escrow at the time such transactions are consummated. The
Company's public stockholders will not be subject to such
indemnification agreement, and none of the merger consideration
payable to the public stockholders will be placed into escrow. The
consummation of the merger is subject to customary closing
conditions, including the approval of Security Capital
stockholders, the Company's acquisition of all of the outstanding
shares of WC not currently owned by the Company and the receipt of
certain regulatory and third-party consents, including the
expiration of all waiting periods required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The merger is expected to close
around the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth
quarter of 2006. Upon such closing, shares of the Company's Class A
Common Stock will no longer be listed on the American Stock
Exchange and will be deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. UBS Securities LLC is the Company's financial
advisor and has provided a fairness opinion. Hill Street Capital
LLC has also provided a fairness opinion. Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. are the
Company's legal counsel. Important Information In connection with
the proposed merger, Security Capital intends to file a proxy
statement and related materials with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). BECAUSE THOSE DOCUMENTS WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, HOLDERS OF SECURITY CAPITAL CLASS A
COMMON STOCK ARE URGED TO READ THEM CAREFULLY, IF AND WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE. When available, Security Capital will mail the
proxy statement and related materials to its stockholders. When
filed with the SEC, the proxy statement and related materials will
be available for free (along with any other documents and reports
filed by Security Capital with the SEC) at the SEC's website,
www.sec.gov, and at Security Capital's website,
www.securitycapitalcorporation.com. Such documents are not
currently available. Participant Information Security Capital and
its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company's
stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Certain
information regarding the participants and their interests in the
solicitation is set forth in the proxy statement for Security
Capital's 2005 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC
on September 26, 2005, and will be set forth in the proxy statement
for the special meeting of stockholders to vote on the merger.
Additionally, certain information regarding the participants and
their interests in the solicitation is set forth in the Forms 4
filed by Security Capital directors and officers since September
26, 2005, Security Capital's Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on
April 28, 2006, and amendments to the Schedule 13D filed by certain
Security Capital stockholders (including CP Acquisition, L.P. No. 1
and Brian D. Fitzgerald) since September 26, 2005. Stockholders may
obtain additional information regarding the interests of such
participants by reading the proxy statement and the related
materials relating to the proposed merger, if and when they become
available. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains
"forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements are based upon management's current
expectations and are subject to a number of factors and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such
factors and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: future
legislative changes which could impact the laws governing workers'
compensation and medical malpractice insurance in the various
states in which the Company's employer cost containment and health
services segment operates, the Company's ability to enhance its
existing services and successfully introduce and market new
services, new service developments by the Company's competitors,
market acceptance of new services of both the Company and its
competitors, competitive pressures on prices, the ability to
attract and retain qualified personnel, interest rates, the effects
on the Company of an event of default under the Company's loan
agreement, the tax treatment of the special cash dividend, and the
Company's ability to consummate the merger, including the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent to the merger.
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