Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) & Glass Lewis & Co. Recommend Knology Stockholders Vote “FOR” Approval of t...
June 13 2012 - 4:11PM
Business Wire
Knology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOL) is pleased to report that
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis &
Co., two leading independent proxy advisory firms, both support the
merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Knology by
WideOpenWest Finance, LLC (WOW) and recommend that Knology
stockholders vote “FOR” the adoption of the merger agreement.
As previously announced, on April 18, 2012, Knology entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “merger agreement”) with WOW
and Kingston Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WOW,
pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged
with and into Knology, with Knology surviving as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of WOW (the “merger”). Under the terms of the merger
agreement, WOW will acquire all of the outstanding shares of
Knology for $19.75 per share in cash.
Knology has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders on June
26, 2012 to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal
to adopt the merger agreement and approve the merger. Knology’s
board of directors unanimously recommends that Knology’s
stockholders vote for the proposal to adopt the merger agreement at
the special meeting of stockholders.
About Knology, Inc.
Knology, Inc., headquartered in West Point, Georgia, is a
leading provider of interactive communications and entertainment
services in the Southeast, upper Midwest and Kansas regions.
Knology serves both residential and business customers with one of
the most technologically advanced broadband networks in the
country. Innovative offerings include over 200 channels of digital
cable TV, local and long distance digital telephone service with
the latest enhanced voice messaging features, and high-speed
Internet access, which enables consumers to quickly download video,
audio and graphic files using a cable modem. Knology’s fiber-based
business products include iPlex, which delivers Ethernet
connections to an IP-PBX using Session Initiated Protocol (SIP)
technology, Passive Optical Network (PON), which supplies IP
architecture with segmented voice and data bandwidth, and Managed
Integrated Network Solutions (MATRIX), an integrated IP-based
technology which converges data and voice. For more information,
please visit www.knology.com.
Additional Information
Knology has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) and has mailed or otherwise provided to its
stockholders a definitive proxy statement regarding the proposed
acquisition by WOW. Knology also will be filing other documents
with the SEC. Investors and security holders are urged to read the
proxy statement and other documents relating to such acquisition,
because they contain important information. Investors and security
holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement
and other documents that Knology files with the SEC (when
available) from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and Knology’s
website at www.knology.com. In addition, the definitive proxy
statement and other documents filed by Knology with the SEC (when
available) may be obtained from Knology free of charge by directing
a request to Knology, Inc., 1241 O. G. Skinner Drive, West Point,
Georgia 31833, Attn: Investor Relations, telephone: (706)
645-8553.
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