Form DEFA14A - Additional definitive proxy soliciting materials and Rule 14(a)(12) material
November 25 2024 - 4:49PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Filed by the Registrant ☒
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ¨
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Preliminary Proxy Statement |
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Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
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Definitive Proxy Statement |
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Definitive Additional Materials |
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Soliciting Material Pursuant to § 240.14a-12 |
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Summit Materials, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if
other than the Registrant)
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No fee required. |
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Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |
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Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |
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Summit Materials, Inc. on November 25, 2024:
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This communication
includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which involve risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and you can identify
forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,”
“should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “trends,” “plans,” “estimates,”
“projects” or “anticipates” or similar expressions that concern our strategy, plans, expectations or intentions.
All statements made relating to our estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial
results are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements about the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Summit Materials, Inc. (the “Company”), Quikrete Holdings, Inc.
(“Purchaser”) and Soar Subsidiary, Inc. (the “Merger”), including statements that are not historical
facts. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed
assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the effect of known factors, and, of
course, it is impossible to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent
in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us
or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be realized. Important
factors could affect our results and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to the factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2024,
each as filed with the SEC, and any factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in any of our subsequently filed
SEC filings; and the following: (i) the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstance that could give rise to the right of one
or both of the parties to terminate the definitive transaction agreement between the Company and Purchaser, including in circumstances
requiring the Company to pay a termination fee; (ii) potential litigation relating to the Merger that could be instituted against the
parties to the definitive transaction agreement or their respective directors or officers, including the effects of any outcomes related
thereto; (iii) the possibility that the Merger does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder, or other
approvals and other conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all; (iv) reputational risk and potential
adverse reactions of customers, employees or other business partners and the businesses generally, including those resulting from the
announcement of the Merger; (v) the risk that any announcements relating to the Merger could have adverse effects on the market price
of the Company’s common stock; (vi) significant transaction costs associated with the Merger; and (vii) the diversion of management’s
attention and time from ongoing business operations and opportunities on Merger-related matters. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
Any forward-looking statement that we make herein speaks only as of the date of this Schedule 14A.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication
does not constitute an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities. This communication relates
to the Merger. In connection with the Merger, the Company plans to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
a proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”). This Schedule 14A is not a substitute for the Proxy Statement
or any other document that the Company may file with the SEC and send to its shareholders in connection with the Merger. The Merger will
be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for their consideration. Before making any voting decision, the Company’s shareholders
are urged to read all relevant documents filed or to be filed with the SEC, including the Proxy Statement, as well as any amendments or
supplements to those documents, when they become available, because they will contain important information about the Company and the
Merger.
The
Company’s shareholders will be able to obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement, as well as other filings containing
information about the Company, free of charge, at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Copies of the Proxy Statement and other
documents filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained, without charge, by contacting the Company through its website at
https://investors.summit-materials.com/corporate-profile/default.aspx.
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company, its directors, executive
officers and other persons related to the Company may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s
shareholders in connection with the Merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of the Company and their ownership
of common stock of the Company is set forth in the section entitled “Our Stockholders—Holdings of Major Stockholders”
in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 8, 2024 (and
which is available at https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001621563/000114036124018480/ny20019511x1_def14a.htm).Additional
information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security
holdings or otherwise, will be included in the Proxy Statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with
the Merger when they become available. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph.
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