Zareba Systems Announces Filing Schedule 13E-3, Plan to Voluntarily Deregister Its Common Stock
12 Agosto 2009 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Zareba Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZRBA) today announced it has filed
a Schedule 13E-3 and related Information Statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a proposed
transaction that is intended to result in the voluntary termination
of the registration of the Company’s common stock under the federal
securities laws. If the transaction is completed, Zareba’s
obligation to file periodic reports with the SEC will be suspended.
The deregistration of Zareba’s common stock would also have the
effect of terminating the eligibility of its common stock for
quotation on any national exchange, including NASDAQ, or the OTC
Bulletin Board. However, the Company intends to take such actions
within its control to enable its securities to be quoted in the
Pink Sheets by broker-dealers.
“After careful consideration, our Board of Directors and a
Special Committee of the Board concluded that the costs associated
with our being a public reporting company are not justified by the
benefits,” stated President and Chief Executive Officer Dale
Nordquist. “The burden placed on the Company, given its size, for
maintaining its reporting status is considerable, both from a
financial and strategic standpoint. Considering the illiquidity and
thinly traded nature of our stock, the lack of analyst coverage and
the substantial costs of public reporting, the Board believes that
the Company and its shareholders are not receiving a meaningful
benefit from the necessary investment in time and money by
maintaining public reporting compliance. We believe that our
shareholders are better served by deregistration, which will allow
management to reduce certain expenses, focus on operating the
business and work to further increase shareholder value.”
Zareba’s Board of Directors, upon recommendation by the Special
Committee, has approved a 1-for-250 reverse split of our common
stock, such that shareholders owning less than one whole share
following the reverse split will receive cash in lieu of fractional
interests in the amount equal to $5.20 per share for each pre-split
share that becomes a fractional interest. As a result, shareholders
owning fewer than 250 shares of our common stock on a pre-split
basis at the close of business on the record date will no longer be
shareholders of the Company. The $5.20 per share price to be paid
for pre-split shares was determined to be fair by the Special
Committee, which was established by the Board to evaluate and
review the transaction. The Special Committee based this
determination upon, among other things, the fairness opinion of
Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC, its financial advisor.
Shareholders owning 250 or more shares of our common stock on a
pre-split basis on the record date will not be entitled to receive
cash in lieu of whole or fractional shares of our common stock
resulting from the reverse split. Following the reverse split, we
intend to effect a 250-for-1 forward split. The net effect will be
that all shareholders owning at least 250 shares before the reverse
split will own the same number of shares after the forward split.
We intend to cease filing periodic reports with the SEC as soon as
possible under the securities laws following the completion of this
transaction.
Zareba has not yet determined the record date or the completion
date for the proposed transaction. The consummation of the proposed
transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including the
completion of various filings with the SEC and the filing of
amendments to its Articles of Incorporation with the Minnesota
Secretary of State. Additionally, Zareba has made certain
calculations regarding the reverse split relating to its effect
upon its shareholder base to determine the feasibility and
structure of the transaction, and to ensure the transaction is
compliant with Minnesota law. The Board has retained the right to
amend the terms of or cancel the transaction at any time prior to
the consummation of the transaction if it determines, in its
discretion, that the transaction is not in the best interests of
Zareba or its shareholders.
Zareba today announced in a separate press release its
expectations for net sales and income before taxes for fiscal year
ended June 30, 2009.
About Zareba Systems, Inc.
Zareba Systems, Inc., a Minnesota corporation since 1960, is the
world's leading manufacturer of electronic perimeter fence and
security systems for animal and access control. The Company's
corporate headquarters is located in Minneapolis, with
manufacturing facilities in Ellendale, Minn. Its Zareba Systems
Europe subsidiary owns Rutland Electric Fencing Co., the largest
manufacturer of electric fencing products in the United Kingdom.
The corporate web site is located at www.ZarebaSystemsInc.com.
This release includes certain "forward-looking statements" as
defined under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements, including those relating to the timing and potential
benefits of the stock split and deregistration transaction, the
eligibility of our shares to trade in the Pink Sheets market or on
any market, our future financial position and future financial
results, and plans and objectives of management, are subject to
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those stated in such statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the timing of
SEC review of the proposed transaction, the efforts of
brokerdealers to make a market in the Company’s securities, our
ability to satisfy the conditions for completing the transaction,
and our ability to successfully invest and explore growth
opportunities and reduce expenses, as well as the development,
introduction or acceptance of competing products, changes in
technology, pricing or other actions by competitors, and general
economic conditions.
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