Cannae Holdings and Senator Investment Group Submit Proposal to Acquire CoreLogic
Proposal to
Cannae and Senator Jointly Own Approximately 15% Interest in
Cannae’s
Call on CoreLogic Board to
If Board is Unwilling to Engage, Senator and Cannae are Prepared to Take All Steps Necessary to Benefit Shareholders – Including Calling a Special Meeting
The full text of the letter follows:
Board of Directors
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Attention:
Dear Members of the Board:
We are writing to you on behalf of
We have followed the Company closely and have spent the last nine months performing extensive “outside-in” due diligence. Despite its strong market position as a provider of data and analytics for the real estate and mortgage industries, we believe the Company will not achieve its full potential under its current strategic plan. We therefore believe the proposed transaction is in the best interests of all the Company’s stakeholders.
Cannae and its affiliates in the proposed transaction are led by William P. Foley II (
We are offering a compelling premium to shareholders in cash at a time of considerable macroeconomic uncertainty. Our all-cash proposal represents a premium that is 37% in excess of the Company’s unaffected stock price and 34% in excess of the Company’s 30-day volume-weighted average price1.
As one of the largest shareholders in the Company, we believe this proposal delivers full value to shareholders and is well in excess of what the Company can achieve under its current plans. This belief is demonstrated by the fact that we are offering shareholders, in a transaction we are prepared to close within a few months, a premium that is greater than the 26% share price appreciation it took the Company the past five years to accomplish.
Structure and Financing of the Proposal
Cannae and its affiliates propose to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of
Diligence and Timing
We expect that we would be able sign a definitive merger agreement and announce the transaction within one month after the Company provides access to relevant diligence materials. We already have committed significant time and resources to this proposal and the transaction. Cannae has engaged
We are prepared to move quickly to reach signing of definitive agreements and believe that, once signed, we will be able to consummate the transaction within two to three months.
Next Steps
We believe there will be substantial shareholder support for this proposal and that it represents a great outcome for the Company and its stakeholders. As such, we expect the Board will promptly retain well-regarded advisors and form a special committee to negotiate with us regarding our proposal.
We were disappointed to see the Company take the highly unusual step of raising quarterly guidance five days before the end of the quarter and suspect this was a defensive move in light of the high trading volume and knowledge of our interest in the Company. Nonetheless, we are optimistic that we can still engage constructively with the Board. Please understand, however, as demonstrated by our sizable investment in the Company, that we are committed to this transaction. Senator has conducted a thorough study of the Company’s governance documents and the remedies available to all shareholders and is prepared to exercise our rights, including by calling a special meeting and soliciting proxies, for the benefit of the Company’s shareholders should that be necessary.
We welcome the opportunity to discuss this proposal with the Board. We hope you share our enthusiasm and look forward to a prompt and favorable reply.
Sincerely,
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Chief Executive Officer |
Partner |
CERTAIN INFORMATION
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell securities.
Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our expectations, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future financial and operating results and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, changes in the financial markets and changes in the conditions resulting from the outbreak of a pandemic such as the novel COVID-19 (“COVID-19”); the overall impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 and measures to curb its spread, including the effect of governmental or voluntary mitigation measures such as business shutdowns, social distancing, and stay-at-home orders; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; risks associated with our split-off from Fidelity National Financial, Inc., including limitations on our strategic and operating flexibility related to the tax-free nature of the split-off and the Investment Company Act of 1940; and risks and uncertainties related to the success of our externalization.
This press release should be read in conjunction with the risks detailed in the “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” “Risk Factors” and other sections of Cannae’s Form 10-Q,10-K and other filings with the
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