MINDBODY, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company or MINDBODY), filed its
definitive proxy statement (the Proxy Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 23, 2019, relating to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 23, 2018 (the Merger
Agreement), by and among the Company, Torreys Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Parent), and Torreys Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), pursuant
to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings set forth in
the Proxy Statement.
Stockholder Litigation
As
previously disclosed in the Companys Form
8-K
and Schedule 14A filed on January 29, 2019, after the Proxy Statement was filed, the following putative class actions were commenced by purported
stockholders of the Company:
(i) in the United States District Court of Delaware, captioned
Sabatini v. MINDBODY, Inc., et
al.
, Case
No. 1:19-cv-00138-UNA (the
Sabatini Complaint);
(ii) in California Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, captioned
Schmit v. MINDBODY, Inc., et al.
, Case No. 19CV-0043 (the
Schmit Complaint), which was subsequently dismissed voluntarily without prejudice on February 1, 2019;
(iii) in the
United States District Court of Central District of California, captioned
Tran v. MINDBODY, Inc., et al
., Case
No. 2:19-cv-00638 (the
Tran
Complaint); and
(iv) in the Court of Chancery of Delaware, captioned
Ryan v. MINDBODY, Inc., et al.
, Case
No. 2019-0061 (the Ryan Complaint).
The Ryan Complaint alleges, among other things, that the irrevocable proxies granted by Richard
Stollmeyer, the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company Board, certain parties related to Richard Stollmeyer, and Institutional Venture Partners XIII, L.P. (the Signing Stockholders) caused a transfer of voting
control of the Signing Stockholders Class B common stock, which in turn caused the Signing Stockholders shares of Class B common stock to be automatically converted into shares of Class A common stock entitled to one vote
for each such share of Class A common stock, as opposed to ten votes for each share of Class B common stock. If, as alleged in the Ryan Complaint, the Class B common stock held by the Signing Stockholders were converted into shares of
Class A common stock, then, as of the Record Date: (i) there would have been 47,763,583 shares of Class A common stock and 252,950 shares of Class B common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, (ii)
25,146,542 votes would constitute a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of MINDBODY common stock required to adopt the Merger Agreement and the holders of such majority of the voting power would constitute a quorum at the Special
Meeting, (iii) the Signing Stockholders would have held, in the aggregate, approximately 6.33% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of MINDBODYs common stock (and approximately 8.43% when taking into account MINDBODY options and
RSUs held, in the aggregate, by the Signing Stockholders), and (iv) our directors and executive officers would have held, in the aggregate, approximately 1.33% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of MINDBODYs common stock (and
approximately 9.33% when taking into account MINDBODY options and RSUs held, in the aggregate, by our directors and executive officers). The Company vigorously disputes the allegations in the Ryan Complaint and the claim that the Signing
Stockholders shares of Class B common stock were converted into Class A common stock, and believes that the numbers and percentages as of the Record Date are as set forth in the Proxy Statement. However, even if the Class B
common stock were converted into Class A common stock as alleged in the Ryan Complaint, the Board of Directors nonetheless encourages stockholders to vote FOR the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the other proposals set forth in
the Proxy Statement.
As previously disclosed in the Companys Schedule 14A, also filed on January 29, 2019, counsel for Luxor Capital Partners,
LP, Luxor Wavefront, LP, Lugard Road Capital Master Fund, LP, Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP, Luxor Capital Partners Offshore, Ltd., Luxor Capital Group, LP, LCG Holdings, LLC, Lugard Road Capital GP, LLC and Luxor Management, LLC
(together, Luxor) sent a demand letter (the Luxor Demand Letter) to MINDBODY pursuant to Section 220(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL).
After the Companys January 29
th
filings, on January 30, 2019, Luxor filed a complaint in the
Court of Chancery of Delaware, captioned
Luxor Capital Partners, LP, et. al. v. MINDBODY, Inc.
, Case No. 2019-0070 (the Luxor Complaint), included below, on January 31, 2019, Hyan Tang, a purported stockholder of the
Company, filed a putative class action suit in the United States District Court of Delaware, captioned
Tang v. MINDBODY, Inc., et al.
, Case No.
1:19-cv-00210-UNA
(the Tang Complaint), included below; and on February 4, 2019, Sunil Kumar, a purported
stockholder of the Company, filed a putative class action suit in the United States District Court of the Central District of California, captioned
Kumar v. MINDBODY, Inc. et al.
, Case No. (the Kumar Complaint, included below, and
together with the Sabatini Complaint, the Schmit Complaint, the Tran Complaint, the Ryan Complaint, the Luxor Complaint and the Tang Complaint, the Complaints).