SMGI SMG Industries Inc (PK)

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

SMG INDIUM RESOURCES LTD.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

 

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

78454K102

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Mary E. Paetzold

Chief Financial Officer

100 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 984-0635

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

 

Copy to:

Andrew P. Gilbert, Esq.

DLA Piper LLP (US)

51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120

Short Hills, NJ 07078

(973) 520-2550

 

 

Calculation of Filing Fee

 

Transaction Valuation*				Amount of Filing Fee**
$	16,094,842.78			$	1,870.23

 

*

The transaction value is estimated only for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based on the offer to purchase for not more than $16,094,842.78 in aggregate of up to 6,678,358 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at the tender offer price of $2.41 per share.

**

The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Advisory No. 1 for fiscal year 2015, equals $116.20 per $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction.

 

¨

Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: Not applicable.	Filing Party: Not applicable.
Form or Registration No.: Not applicable.	Date Filed: Not applicable.

 

¨

Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

	¨	third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
	x	issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
	¨	going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
	¨	amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.  ¨ 

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

	¨	Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
	¨	Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

 

This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this “Schedule TO”) relates to the offer by SMG Indium Resources, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“SMG” or the “Company”), to purchase shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78, at a price equal to $2.41 per Share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The Company’s offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated October 30, 2014 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal,” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”), copies of which are attached to this Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively. This Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The information in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is incorporated by reference in answer to Items 1 through 11 in this Schedule TO, and as more particularly set forth below.

 

Item 1.

Summary Term Sheet.

 

The information set forth in the section captioned “Summary Term Sheet” in the Offer to Purchase, a copy of which is filed with this Schedule TO as Exhibit (a)(1)(i), is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.

Subject Company Information.

 

(a) Name and Address: The name of the issuer is SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation. The address of its principal executive office is 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and its telephone number is (212) 984-0635. However, as of December 1, 2014, our new principal executive office will be located at 176 LaGuardia Ave., Staten Island, New York 10314.

 

(b) Securities: The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase captioned “Introduction” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(c) Trading Market and Price: The information set forth in Section 8 (“Price Range of Shares; Dividends”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.

Identity and Background of Filing Person.

 

(a) Name and Address: SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation, is the filing person and subject company. The address of its principal executive office is 100 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 and its telephone number is (212) 984-0635. However, as of December 1, 2014, our new principal executive office will be located at 176 LaGuardia Ave., Staten Island, New York 10314. The information set forth in Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.

Terms of the Transaction.

 

(a) Material Terms: The information set forth in the sections of the Offer to Purchase captioned “Introduction” and “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Section 1 (“Number of Shares; Proration”), Section 2 (“Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer”), Section 3 (“Procedures for Tendering Shares”), Section 4 (“Withdrawal Rights”), Section 5 (“Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price”), Section 6 (“Conditional Tender of Shares”), Section 7 (“Conditions of the Offer”), Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”), Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”), Section 13 (“Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences”) and Section 14 (“Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendment”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Purchases: The information set forth in the sections of the Offer to Purchase captioned “Introduction” and “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.

Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

 

(e) Agreements Involving the Subject Company’s Securities: The information set forth in Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 6.

Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.

 

(a) Purposes: The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase captioned “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in Section 2 (“Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Use of the Securities Acquired: The information set forth in Section 2 (“Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  

(c) Plans: The information set forth in Section 2 (“Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

(a) Source of Funds: The information set forth in Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Conditions: The information set forth in Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d) Borrowed Funds: Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

 

(a) Securities Ownership: The information set forth in Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Securities Transactions: The information set forth in Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.

Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

 

(a) Solicitations or Recommendations: The information set forth in Section 15 (“Fees and Expenses”) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 10.

Financial Statements.

 

Not applicable, in reliance on Instruction 2 to this Item 10.

 

Item 11.

Additional Information.

 

(a) Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings: The information set forth in Section 2 (“Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer”), Section 10 (“Certain Information Concerning the Company”), Section 11 (“Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) and Section 12 (“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals”) in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(c) Other Material Information: The information in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  

Item 12.

Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)(i)		Offer to Purchase, dated October 30, 2014.
(a)(1)(ii)		Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(iii)		Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(iv)		Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees.
(a)(1)(v)		Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees.
(a)(5)(i)		Press Release, dated October 30, 2014.
(b)		None.
(d)		2008 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-165930) filed April 7, 2010).
(g)		None.
(h)		None.

 

  

SIGNATURE

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule TO is true, complete and correct.

 

	SMG INDIUM RESOURCES LTD.
	/s/ Mary E. Paetzold
	Name:	Mary E. Paetzold
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: October 30, 2014

 

  

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
(a)(1)(i)		Offer to Purchase, dated October 30, 2014.
(a)(1)(ii)		Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(iii)		Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(iv)		Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees.
(a)(1)(v)		Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees.
(a)(5)(i)		Press Release, dated October 30, 2014.
(b)		None.
(d)		2008 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-165930) filed April 7, 2010).
(g)		None.
(h)		None.

 

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(i)

 

Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
SMG Indium Resources Ltd.
of
Up to $16,094,842.78 of Shares of Its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price Equal to $2.41 per Share

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).

 

SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “SMG,” “we,” or “us”), invites its stockholders to tender shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), for purchase by SMG at a price equal to $2.41 per Share (the “Purchase Price”), net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this offer to purchase (this “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”) (together, this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”).

 

We are offering to purchase Shares in the Offer up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78. At the Purchase Price of $2.41 per share, we could purchase a total of 6,678,358 Shares if the Offer is fully subscribed, which would represent approximately 78% of the issued and outstanding Shares as of October 29, 2014.

 

In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by no more than 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer. Shares not purchased in the Offer because of proration or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholders at our expense promptly after the Expiration Time. See Section 1.

 

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7.

 

The Shares are listed and traded on the marketplace operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. (“OTCQB”) under the symbol “SMGI.” On October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to the announcement and commencement of the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, the net asset value per Share (“NAV”) was equal to $2.46. Based upon the amount of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will be approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV at December 31, 2014 as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock. Estimated NAV of $2.41 at December 31, 2014 represents a premium of 16.4% over the last reported sale price on October 29, 2014. Our cash balance at September 30, 2014 was approximately $17.4 million.

 

As we have previously disclosed, we prepare a biweekly report on the net market value (“NMV”). It is an internally created formula used by the Company to monitor performance. NMV is not a United States generally accepted accounting principles measurement. NMV is determined by multiplying the number of kilograms of indium held by the Company by the last spot price for indium published by Metal Bulletin PLC and posted on Bloomberg L.P. (Bloomberg L.P. is not regulated or government approved) for the month (the mid-point quotation for indium on the Metal Bulletin PLC) plus cash and other Company assets, less any liabilities. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s management calculated the NMV of the Company to be approximately $21.4 million, or $2.50 per Share, and $22.2 million, or $2.59 per Share, respectively. The reduction in NMV from December 31, 2013 was due primarily to our operating expenses in 2014.

 

Our estimated NAV values indium at the estimated price the Company expects to receive from the sale of its final six tons of indium in 2014, and after deducting any costs and expenses expected to be incurred by the Company through December 31, 2014, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses associated with this Offer. NAV also is not a United States generally accepted accounting principles measurement, however we believe such value reflects the expected value of our net assets after the completion of the liquidation of the indium stockpile. NAV is lower than NMV because it values the indium at the expected selling price which is at a discount from the mid-point spot price of indium as reported by Metal Bulletin PLC. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Shares before deciding whether and at what purchase price or purchase prices to tender their Shares. See Section 8.

 

 

 

Our board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, Morrow & Co. LLC, the information agent for the Offer (the “Information Agent”), or Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the depositary for the Offer (the “Depositary”), make any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your Shares or as to the purchase price or purchase prices at which you may choose to tender your Shares. Neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary has authorized any person to make any recommendation with respect to the Offer. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender and the purchase price or purchase prices at which you will tender them. In doing so, you should consult your financial and tax advisors, and read carefully and evaluate the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer. See Section 2.

 

Our directors, executive officers and certain of our affiliates have advised us that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. See Section 11.

 

Neither the SEC, any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of this transaction or passed upon the merits or fairness of such transaction or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this Offer to Purchase. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

Questions and requests for assistance, may be directed to the Information Agent at their respective addresses and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. If you require additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery described in Section 3 or other Offer documents described herein, you should contact the Information Agent, who will promptly furnish to stockholders additional copies of these materials at our expense. Stockholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.

 

October 30, 2014

 

  

 

IMPORTANT

 

If you want to tender all or a portion of your Shares, you must do one of the following before the Offer expires at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014 (unless the Offer is extended):

 

·

If your Shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and request that the nominee tender your Shares for you.

 

·

If you hold certificates registered in your own name or hold Shares in book-entry form as a registered holder, complete and sign a Letter of Transmittal according to its instructions, and deliver it, together with any required signature guarantees, the certificates, if applicable, for your Shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Depositary for the Offer.

 

·

If you are an institution participating in The Depository Trust Company, which we call the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility” in this Offer to Purchase, tender your Shares according to the procedure for book-entry transfer described in Section 3.

 

·

If you are a holder of vested options to purchase Shares, you may exercise your vested options and tender any of the Shares issued upon such exercise. You must exercise your options sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the options may be tendered. An exercise of an option cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason.

 

If you want to tender your Shares but (a) your certificates for the Shares are not immediately available, or cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time, (b) you cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer by the Expiration Time, or (c) your other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time, you may still tender your Shares if you comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure described in Section 3.

 

We are not making the Offer to, and will not accept any tendered Shares from, stockholders in any jurisdiction where it would be illegal to do so. However, we may, at our discretion, take any actions necessary for us to make the Offer to stockholders in any such jurisdiction.

 

You may contact the Information Agent, or your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. The contact information for the Information Agent is set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase.

 

We have not authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this Offer to Purchase or in the Letter of Transmittal. You should not rely on any recommendation, or any such representation or information, as having been authorized by us, any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

		Page
SUMMARY TERM SHEET		2
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		8
RISKS TO NON-TENDERING STOCKHOLDERS		9
INTRODUCTION		10
THE OFFER		11
1.	Number of Shares; Proration	11
2.	Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer	12
3.	Procedures for Tendering Shares	14
4.	Withdrawal Rights	18
5.	Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price	19
6.	Conditional Tender of Shares	19
7.	Conditions of the Offer	20
8.	Price Range of Shares; Dividends	22
9.	Source and Amount of Funds	22
10.	Certain Information Concerning the Company	23
11.	Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares	24
12.	Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals	26
13.	Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences	26
14.	Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendment	31
15.	Fees and Expenses	32
16.	Miscellaneous	32

 

 

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

We are providing this summary term sheet for your convenience. It highlights certain material information in this Offer to Purchase, but it does not describe all of the details of the Offer to the same extent described elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase. We urge you to read carefully this entire Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and the other documents that constitute part of the Offer because they contain the full details of the Offer. We have included references to the sections of this Offer to Purchase where you will find a more complete discussion.

 

Who is offering to purchase my Shares?

 

The issuer of the Shares, SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation, is offering to purchase the Shares. See Section 1.

 

What is SMG offering to purchase?

 

We are offering to purchase Shares up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78. See Section 1.

 

What is the purpose of the Offer?

 

We believe that the Offer is a prudent use of our financial resources given our business profile and assets, the current market price of the Shares and our current and anticipated cash requirements. The Board of Directors believes that the Offer is an effective way to return capital to our stockholders. In December 2013, our Board of Directors authorized management to sell our entire stockpile of indium during 2014. Subsequently, we entered into a monthly supply agreement where we were obligated to sell during 2014 the majority of our indium stockpile. By December 31, 2014, we anticipate that we will have fully liquidated our indium stockpile. We have begun evaluating strategic options including the merger or acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company, although there can be no assurance that we will be successful or that we will reach an agreement on terms that are favorable to the Company. Assuming we successfully repurchase 6,678,358 Shares in the proposed Tender Offer transaction, we expect to have approximately $4.0 million to $4.5 million in cash as of December 31, 2014 to pursue strategic options. We expect to expend approximately $0.4 million per annum to remain a fully reporting publicly traded Company in 2015 and 2016. In addition, because the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number of outstanding Shares, the Offer will be accretive to any future earnings per share that we may record, although there can be no assurance of such earnings. Following completion or termination of the Offer, we will continue to explore strategic alternatives and we may make additional repurchases of Shares, either in the open market, through public or privately-negotiated transactions, in additional tender offers, or otherwise, which additional purchases may be on the same terms or terms that are more favorable or less favorable to stockholders than the terms of the Offer.

 

Our Board of Directors considered various factors and information before approving the Offer, including, without limitation, other possible methods of repurchasing Shares, including in the open market, recent trends in the market regarding trends in the equity market generally, stockholder input, and historical trading performance of our Shares and of the stock of comparable public companies and of related market indices.

 

We believe that the fixed-price tender offer set forth in this Offer to Purchase represents an efficient mechanism for the Company to provide our stockholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their Shares and thereby receive a return of some or all of their investment if they so elect. We believe that the Offer provides stockholders (particularly those who, because of the size of their shareholdings, might not be able to sell their Shares without potential disruption to the Share price) with an opportunity to obtain liquidity with respect to all or a portion of their Shares without potential disruption to the Share price. In addition, if we complete the Offer, stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will automatically increase their relative percentage ownership interest in the Company and our future operations at no additional cost to them. See Section 2.

 

The Offer also provides our stockholders with an efficient way to sell their Shares without incurring broker’s fees or commissions associated with open market sales. However, stockholders who hold Shares through nominees are urged to consult their nominees to determine whether transaction costs may apply if stockholders tender Shares through the nominees and not directly to the Depositary. Furthermore, “odd lot holders” who hold Shares registered in their names and tender their Shares directly to the Depositary and whose Shares are purchased in the Offer will avoid any applicable odd lot discounts that might otherwise be payable on sales of their Shares. See Section 1 and Section 2.

 

How many Shares will SMG purchase in the Offer?

 

We will purchase Shares in the Offer up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 at a fixed price per share equal to $2.41.

 

If, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of more than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will purchase all Shares tendered on a pro rata basis, except for “odd lots” (of less than 100 Shares), which we will purchase on a priority basis. We expressly reserve the right to purchase additional Shares in the Offer, subject to applicable law. See Section 1. The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered but is subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7.

 

 

 

In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by no more than 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer. See Section 1.

 

What will the purchase price for the Shares be and what will be the form of payment?

 

We are conducting the Offer through a procedure commonly called a fixed price tender offer. We will purchase Shares in the Offer up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 at a fixed price per share equal to $2.41.

 

The last reported sale price of the Shares on the OTCQB on October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, NAV was equal to $2.46. Based upon the amount of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock.  The Purchase Price of $2.41 per share represents a premium of 16.4% over the last reported sale price.

 

If we purchase your Shares in the Offer, we will pay you the Purchase Price in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, promptly after the Expiration Time. Under no circumstances will we pay interest on the Purchase Price, even if there is a delay in making payment. See the Introduction, Section 1, Section 3 and Section 5.

 

How will SMG pay for the Shares?

 

The maximum aggregate purchase price of Shares purchased in the Offer will be $16,094,842.78. We expect the maximum aggregate cost of this purchase, including all fees and expenses applicable to the Offer, to be approximately $150,000. We will use cash on hand or other cash resources that are readily available to us to purchase Shares in the Offer and to pay all related fees and expenses. The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. See Section 9.

 

How long do I have to tender my Shares?

 

You may tender your Shares until the Offer expires. The Offer will expire on Monday, December 1, 2014, at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, unless we extend the Offer. See Section 1. We may choose to extend the Offer at any time and for any reason. We cannot assure you, however, that we will extend the Offer or, if we extend it, for how long. See Section 1 and Section 14. If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your Shares, it may have an earlier deadline for accepting the Offer and we urge you to contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to find out its deadline. See Section 3.

 

Can the Offer be extended, amended or terminated, and if so, under what circumstances?

 

Yes. We can extend or amend the Offer in our sole discretion in accordance with applicable law. If we extend the Offer, we may delay the acceptance of any Shares that have been tendered. See Section 14. We can terminate the Offer under certain circumstances. See Section 7.

 

How will I be notified if SMG extends the Offer or amends the terms of the Offer?

 

If we extend the Offer, we will issue a press release not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Time. We will announce any amendment to the Offer by making a public announcement of the amendment. See Section 14.

 

Are there any conditions to the Offer?

 

Yes. Our obligation to accept for payment and pay for your tendered Shares depends upon a number of conditions that must be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Expiration Time, including:

 

·

no legal action shall have been threatened, pending or taken that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Offer;

 

·

no legislation amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), shall have passed either the United States House of Representatives or the Senate or otherwise be pending before the United States House of Representatives or the Senate or any committee thereof, the effect of which would be to change the United States federal income tax consequences of the consummation of the Offer in any manner that would adversely affect us or any of our affiliates;

 

 

 

·

no general suspension of trading in, or general limitation on prices for, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets in the United States or the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States shall have occurred;

 

·

no decrease of more than 10% in the market price of the Shares or in the general level of market prices for equity securities in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Global Market Composite Index or Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Industrial Companies measured from the close of trading on October 29, 2014, the last trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, shall have occurred;

 

·

no commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other similar national or international calamity, including, without limitation, an act of terrorism, directly or indirectly involving the United States shall have occurred on or after October 29, 2014, nor shall any material escalation of any war or armed hostilities which had commenced prior to October 29, 2014 have occurred;

 

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no changes in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions, domestically or internationally, that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our business or the trading in the Shares shall have occurred;

 

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no person shall have proposed, announced or made a tender or exchange offer for the Shares (other than the Offer), or a merger, business combination or other similar transaction involving us;

 

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no person (including a group) shall have acquired, or proposed to acquire, beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares (other than as publicly disclosed in a filing with the SEC on or before October 29, 2014) nor shall any new group have been formed that beneficially owns more than 5% of the outstanding Shares;

 

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no person (including a group) that has publicly disclosed in a filing with the SEC on or before October 29, 2014 that it has beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares shall have acquired, or publicly announced its proposal to acquire, beneficial ownership of an additional 2% of the outstanding Shares;

 

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no person shall have filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, or made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries or any of our assets or securities;

 

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no material adverse change in our business, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, income, operations or prospects shall have occurred during the Offer; and

 

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we shall not have determined that as a result of the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of Shares, there will be a reasonable likelihood that the Shares will be delisted from the OTCQB.

 

For a more detailed discussion of these and other conditions of the Offer, please see Section 7.

 

Following the Offer, will the Company continue as a public company?

 

Yes. The completion of the Offer in accordance with its terms and conditions will not cause the Company to be delisted from the OTCQB or to stop being subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. It is a condition of our obligation to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer that there will not be a reasonable likelihood that such purchase will cause the Shares to be delisted from the OTCQB. See Section 6.

 

How do I tender my Shares?

 

If you want to tender all or a portion of your Shares, you must do one of the following before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014, or any later time and date to which the Offer may be extended:

 

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If your Shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and request that the nominee tender your Shares for you.

 

 

 

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If you hold certificates registered in your own name or hold Shares in book-entry form as a registered holder, complete and sign a Letter of Transmittal according to its instructions, and deliver it, together with any required signature guarantees, the certificates, if applicable, for your

 

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Shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary at one of its addresses appearing on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.

 

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If you are an institution participating in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, tender your Shares according to the procedure for book-entry transfer described in Section 3.

 

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If you are a holder of vested options to purchase Shares, you may exercise your vested options and tender any Shares issued upon such exercise. You must exercise your options sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the options may be tendered. An exercise of an option cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason.

 

If you want to tender your Shares but (a) your certificates for the Shares are not immediately available, or cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time, (b) you cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer by the Expiration Time, or (c) your other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time, you may still tender your Shares if you comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure described in Section 3.

 

We are not making the Offer to, and will not accept any tendered Shares from, stockholders in any jurisdiction within the United States where it would be illegal to do so. However, we may, at our discretion, take any actions necessary for us to make the Offer to stockholders in any such jurisdiction.

 

You may contact the Information Agent, or your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. The contact information for the Information Agent is set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. See Section 3 and the instructions to the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Once I have tendered Shares in the Offer, may I withdraw my tendered Shares?

 

Yes. You may withdraw any Shares you have tendered at any time before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014, unless we extend the Offer, in which case you may withdraw your Shares until the Expiration Time, as extended. If we have not accepted for payment the Shares you have tendered to us, you may also withdraw your Shares at any time after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Thursday, December 31, 2014. See Section 4.

 

How do I withdraw Shares I previously tendered?

 

To properly withdraw Shares previously tendered, you must deliver on a timely basis a written notice of your withdrawal to the Depositary at one of its addresses appearing on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Your notice of withdrawal must specify your name, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of the Shares. Some additional requirements apply if the certificates for Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary or if your Shares have been tendered under the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3. See Section 4.

 

In what order will you purchase the tendered Shares?

 

We will purchase Shares on the following basis:

 

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first, we will purchase all Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price by any odd lot holder (holders of “odd lots” of less than 100 Shares); and

 

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second, after the purchase of all of the Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn by odd lot holders, we will purchase all other Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price on a pro rata basis (excluding Shares subject to conditional tenders for which the condition was not initially satisfied) with appropriate adjustment to avoid purchases of fractional Shares.

 

Therefore, it is possible that we will not purchase all of the Shares that you tender. See Section 1.

 

 

 

 

What does the Board of Directors think of the Offer?

 

Our Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Depositary or the Information Agent make any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your Shares or as to the purchase price or purchase prices at which you may choose to tender your Shares. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender and the purchase price or purchase prices at which you will tender them. In doing so, you should read carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer. See Section 2. You should discuss whether to tender your Shares with your broker or other financial or tax advisors.

 

Will SMG’s directors, executive officers and affiliates tender Shares in the Offer?

 

Our directors and executive officers have advised us that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. Accordingly, if we complete the Offer, the proportional holdings of our directors and executive officers will remain the same or decrease. After completion of the Offer, our directors and executive officers may, in compliance with applicable law, sell their Shares in open market or other transactions at prices that may or may not be more favorable than the Purchase Price.

 

If I decide not to tender, how will the Offer affect my Shares?

 

Stockholders who decide not to tender their Shares will own a greater percentage interest in the outstanding Shares following the consummation of the Offer. See Section 2.

 

Following the Offer, will SMG continue as a public company?

 

Yes. We believe that the Shares will continue to be authorized for trading on the OTCQB and that we will continue to be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. See Section 2.

 

When and how will SMG pay me for the Shares I tender?

 

We will pay the Purchase Price net to the seller, in cash, less applicable withholding taxes and without interest, for the Shares we purchase promptly after the Expiration Time. We will announce the preliminary results of the Offer, including preliminary information about any expected proration, on the business day following the Expiration Time. We do not expect, however, to announce the final results of any proration and begin paying for tendered Shares until at least four business days after the Expiration Time. We will pay for the Shares accepted for purchase by depositing the aggregate purchase price with the Depositary, promptly thereafter. The Depositary will act as your agent and will transmit to you the payment for all of your Shares accepted for payment. See Section 1 and Section 5.

 

If I am a holder of vested stock options or warrants, how do I participate in the Offer?

 

If you are a holder of vested options or warrants to purchase Shares, you may exercise your vested options or warrants and tender any of the Shares issued upon such exercise. You must exercise your options or warrants sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the options or warrants may be tendered. An exercise of an option or warrant cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason. See the Introduction and Section 3.

 

What is the recent market price of my Shares?

 

On October 29, 2014, the last full trading day before the announcement and commencement of the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares on the OTCQB was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, NAV was equal to $2.46. Based upon the amount of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will be approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock.  The Purchase Price of $2.41 per share represents a premium of 16.4% over the last reported sale price.

 

As we’ve previously disclosed, we prepare a biweekly report on the NMV. It is an internally created formula used by the Company to monitor performance.  NMV is not a United States generally accepted accounting principles measurement. NMV is determined by multiplying the number of kilograms of indium held by the Company by the last spot price for indium published by Metal Bulletin PLC and posted on Bloomberg L.P. (Bloomberg L.P. is not regulated or government approved) for the month (the mid-point quotation for indium reported by Metal Bulletin PLC) plus cash and other Company assets, less any liabilities.  At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s management calculated the NMV of the Company to be approximately $21.4 million or $2.50 per share and $22.2 million or $2.59 per share, respectively. The reduction in NMV from December 31, 2013 was due primarily to operating expenses.  

 

Estimated NAV, which is equivalent to the Offer to Purchase Price of $2.41 per share, reflects the estimated price (which is at a discount from the mid-point spot price of indium reported by Metals Bulletin PLC) the Company expects to receive from the sale of its final six tons of indium in the fourth quarter of 2014, and after deducting any costs and expenses expected to be incurred by the Company through December 31, 2014, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses associated with this Offer. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Shares before deciding whether to tender your Shares. See Section 8.

 

 

 

Will I have to pay brokerage commissions if I tender my Shares?

 

If you are a registered stockholder and you tender your Shares directly to the Depositary, you will not incur any brokerage commissions. If you hold Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, we urge you to consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any transaction costs will apply. See Section 3 and Section 15.

 

Will I have to pay stock transfer tax if I tender my Shares?

 

If you instruct the Depositary in the Letter of Transmittal to make the payment for the Shares to the registered holder, you will not incur any stock transfer tax. See Section 5.

 

What are the United States federal income tax consequences if I tender my Shares?

 

Generally, if you are a U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 13), your receipt of cash from us in exchange for the Shares you tender will be a taxable transaction for United States federal income tax purposes. The cash you receive for your tendered Shares will generally be treated for United States federal income tax purposes either as consideration received in respect of a sale or exchange of the Shares purchased by us or as a distribution from us in respect of Shares. Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in Section 13) may be subject to income or withholding taxes upon the disposition of Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Depositary intends to withhold at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, on all payments to Non-U.S. Holders. Non-U.S. Holders may be eligible for a refund of amounts withheld to the extent consideration received is in respect of a sale or exchange of Shares or is otherwise not subject to withholding tax. Please see Section 13 for a more detailed summary of the tax treatment of the Offer to U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders. As described in Section 13, the number of Shares that we will purchase from a stockholder pursuant to the Offer may affect the United States federal income tax consequences to the stockholder of the purchase, and therefore, will be relevant to a stockholder’s decision whether to tender Shares. Accordingly, all stockholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of participating in the Offer.

 

Whom should I contact with questions about the Offer?

 

The Information Agent can help answer your questions. The Information Agent is Morrow & Co. LLC. Their contact information is set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase.

 

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Offer to Purchase contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical fact. Words such as “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “believes” and words and terms of similar substance, as they relate to us are used to identify forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our management’s current expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, they are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 do not apply to statements made in connection with a tender offer.

 

Various factors could adversely affect our operations, business or financial results in the future and cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and in our subsequent periodic and current reports. We have substantially completed or contracted for the sale of our indium stockpile. We will no longer be in the business of purchasing, selling, leasing or loaning the metal indium. We have begun evaluating strategic options including the acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company. However, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any such transaction, and if so, on terms favorable to us. Our actual results could differ materially from management’s expectations because of changes in such factors, as well as, among other things:

 

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our ability to complete the Offer;

 

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the number of Shares properly tendered in the Offer;

 

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the price and time at which we may make any additional Share repurchases following completion of the Offer, the number of Shares acquired in such repurchases and the terms, timing, costs and interest rate on any indebtedness incurred to fund such repurchases;

 

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fluctuations in the market price of our Shares;

 

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changes in our plans, strategies and intentions;

 

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changes in market valuations associated with our cash flows and operating results;

 

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the impact of significant acquisitions, dispositions and other similar transactions;

 

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our ability to attract and retain key employees;

 

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changes in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;

 

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asset impairments; and

 

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decreased liquidity in the capital markets;

 

 

 

RISKS TO NON-TENDERING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The Offer presents potential risks and disadvantages to the Company and our continuing stockholders. In addition to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we incorporate into this Offer to Purchase by reference, you should consider the following risks before deciding whether to tender your Shares in this Offer.

 

Our directors and officers intend to tender all of the Shares owned by them in the Offer, and as a result, their ownership percentage will likely remain the same or decrease if the Offer is completed.

 

Our directors and executive officers have advised us that they intend to tender all of the Shares owned by them in the Offer. Thus, the Offer, if completed, will likely have no impact on, or decrease, the relative voting power of our directors and executive officers.

 

After the completion of the Offer, our common stock will have a smaller public float, which could result in reduced liquidity for our common stock and greater volatility in the market price of our common stock.

 

As of October 2, 2014, approximately 4,309,557 Shares were held by non-affiliated stockholders. Assuming the Offer is fully subscribed, we will have approximately 1,883,639 Shares outstanding after the purchase of Shares tendered in the Offer. Historically, the common stock of a company with a smaller public float has been less liquid than the common stock of a company with broader public ownership, and the trading prices for the common stock of a company with a smaller public float may be more volatile than generally may be the case for more widely held common stock. Among other things, a decrease in the trading volume of the Shares may have a greater impact on the trading price of the Shares than would be the case if our public float were larger. We cannot predict the prices at which the Shares will trade in the future. We may in the future make additional repurchases of Shares, either in the open market, through public or privately-negotiated transactions, in additional tender offers, or otherwise, which additional repurchases would further reduce the public float.

 

Future sales of Shares not purchased by us in this Offer may be made on terms more or less favorable than the Offer.

 

Stockholders who do not tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and stockholders who otherwise retain an equity interest in the Company as a result of a partial tender of Shares or proration will continue to be owners of our common stock. As a result, if we complete the Offer, those stockholders will likely realize a proportionate increase in their relative equity interest in the Company. Stockholders may be able to sell non-tendered Shares in the future in the open market, or otherwise, at a net price significantly higher or lower than the Purchase Price. We can give no assurance as to the price at which a stockholder may be able to sell Shares in the future.

 

We may in the future make additional repurchases of Shares, either in the open market, through public or privately-negotiated transactions, in additional tender offers, or otherwise. Any such additional repurchases may be on the same terms or on terms that are more favorable or less favorable to stockholders than the terms of the Offer. However, Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(f)(6) generally prohibits us and our affiliates from purchasing any Shares, other than pursuant to the Offer, until the expiration of at least ten business days after the expiration or earlier termination of the Offer.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

To the holders of our common stock:

 

We invite our stockholders to tender shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, for purchase by us at a price equal to $2.41 per Share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, which together, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the Offer.

 

We are offering to purchase Shares in the Offer up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78. We will acquire all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn from the Offer at the Purchase Price, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including proration provisions.

 

We will only purchase Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn. However, because of the odd lot priority, proration (if Shares having an aggregate purchase price greater than the aggregate purchase price we seek are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn) and conditional tender provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, we may not purchase all of the Shares tendered at the Purchase Price. If, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of less than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will buy all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Shares not purchased in the Offer because of proration or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholders at our expense promptly after the Expiration Time. See Section 1.

 

We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change the per Share Purchase Price and to increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares sought in the Offer. We may increase the aggregate purchase price of Shares sought in the Offer to an amount greater than $16,094,842.78, subject to applicable law. See Section 1.

 

If you are a holder of vested options or warrants to purchase Shares, you may exercise your vested options or warrants and tender any of the Shares issued upon such exercise. You must exercise your options sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the options may be tendered. An exercise of an option cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason. See Section 3.

 

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7.

 

The Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or the Depositary make any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your Shares or as to the purchase price or purchase prices at which you may choose to tender your Shares. Neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary has authorized any person to make any recommendation with respect to the Offer. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender and the purchase price or purchase prices at which you will tender them. In doing so, you should consult your financial and tax advisors, and read carefully and evaluate the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer.

 

Our directors, executive officers and affiliates have advised us that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. See Section 11.

 

We will pay all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Offer by the Information Agent and the Depositary. See Section 15.

 

As of October 2, 2014, we had 8,561,997 issued and outstanding Shares. As of that date, there were, in the aggregate, 300,001 Shares available for grant or award under our equity compensation plans. We also had 699,999 Shares subject to outstanding options under the plans at an average exercise price of $4.64 per share, all of which options were vested and exercisable at that date. As of September 30, the Company has outstanding warrants exercisable for 6,993,701 shares of the Company’s common stock including 240,000 warrants underlying a Unit Purchase Option (“UPO”), which has not yet been exercised, all at an exercise price of $5.75 per share. Such warrants expire on May 4, 2016, except for 240,000 warrants underlying the UPO, which expire on May 4, 2015.

 

The Shares are listed and traded on the OTCQB under the symbol “SMGI.” On October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to the announcement and commencement of the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, NAV was equal to $2.46. Based upon the expected value of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014 and after allowing for estimated expenses through December 31, 2014 including the cost of the Offer, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will be approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV at December 31, 2014 as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Shares before deciding whether to tender their Shares. See Section 8 and Section 11.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 100 Park Ave., 16th Floor, NY, NY 10017, and our telephone number is (212) 984-0635. Beginning December 1, 2014, our principal executive offices will be located at 176 LaGuardia Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314, and our telephone number will be (347) 286-0712.

 

 

THE OFFER

 

1.

Number of Shares; Proration.

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will purchase Shares up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78, or a lower aggregate purchase price depending on the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in accordance with Section 4 before the Expiration Time, at a price equal to $2.41 per Share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. We refer to such purchase price as the Purchase Price. If, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of less than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will buy all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn.

 

The term “Expiration Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014, unless and until we, in our sole discretion, shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer will remain open, in which event the term “Expiration Time” shall refer to the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by us, shall expire. See Section 14 for a description of our right to extend, delay, terminate or amend the Offer.

 

In accordance with Instruction 5 of the Letter of Transmittal, stockholders desiring to tender Shares must specify that they are willing to sell their Shares to us at the Purchase Price.

 

Promptly following the Expiration Time, all Shares tendered in the Offer and accepted for purchase by us will be purchased at the Purchase Price. If you agree to accept the Purchase Price in the Offer, your Shares will be deemed to be tendered at $2.41 per Share. The last reported sale price of the Shares on the OTCQB on October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, NAV was equal to $2.46. Based upon the expected selling price of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will be approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock.

 

We will announce the preliminary results of the Offer, including preliminary information about any expected proration, on the business day following the Expiration Time. We do not expect, however, to announce the final results of any proration and begin paying for tendered Shares until at least four business days after the Expiration Time. We will only purchase Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn. However, because of the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions of the Offer, we may not purchase all of the Shares tendered at the Purchase Price if, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of more than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. We will return all Shares tendered and not purchased pursuant to the Offer because of proration or conditional tenders, to the tendering stockholders at our expense, promptly following the Expiration Time.

 

We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change the per Share purchase price and to increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares sought in the Offer. We may increase the aggregate purchase price of Shares sought in the Offer to an amount greater than $16,094,842.78, subject to applicable law. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by no more than 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer. However, if we purchase an additional number of Shares in excess of 2% of the outstanding Shares, we will amend and extend the Offer in compliance with applicable law. See Section 14.

 

In the event that the Offer is oversubscribed, as described below, Shares tendered at the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Time will be subject to proration, except for odd lots. The withdrawal rights also expire at the Expiration Time.

 

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7.

 

Priority of Purchases. On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law) have been properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn before the Expiration Time, we will purchase properly tendered Shares on the basis set forth below:

 

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first, we will purchase all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by any odd lot holder, as described below, who:

 

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tenders all Shares owned beneficially or of record by such odd lot holder at a price at the Purchase Price (tenders of less than all of the Shares owned by such odd lot holder will not qualify for this preference); and

 

 

 

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completes the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

 

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second, after the purchase of all of the Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn by odd lot holders, we will purchase all other Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn on a pro rata basis (excluding Shares subject to conditional tenders for which the condition was not initially satisfied) with appropriate adjustment to avoid purchases of fractional Shares; and

 

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third, only if necessary to permit us to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law), we will purchase Shares conditionally tendered (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn, by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for their Shares to be purchased by random lot, stockholders whose Shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their Shares.

 

As a result of the foregoing priorities applicable to the purchase of Shares tendered, it is possible that fewer than all Shares tendered by a stockholder will be purchased or that, if a tender is conditioned upon the purchase of a specified number of Shares, none of those Shares will be purchased.

 

As noted above, we may elect to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of more than $16,094,842.78 in the Offer, subject to applicable law. If we do so, the preceding provisions will apply to the greater amount.

 

Odd Lots. For purposes of the Offer, the term “odd lots” means all Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price held by a stockholder who owns beneficially or of record an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares, which we refer to as an “odd lot holder,” and so certifies in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. To qualify for this preference, an odd lot holder must tender all Shares owned beneficially or of record by the odd lot holder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3. As set forth above, odd lots will be accepted for payment before proration, if any, of the purchase of other tendered Shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of an aggregate of 100 or more Shares, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 Shares. By accepting the Offer, an odd lot holder who holds Shares in his or her name and tenders his or her Shares directly to the Depositary would not only avoid the payment of brokerage commissions, but also would avoid any applicable odd lot discounts in a sale of the holder’s Shares. Any odd lot holder wishing to tender all of such odd lot holder’s Shares pursuant to the Offer should complete the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

Proration. If proration of tendered Shares is required, we will determine the proration factor promptly following the Expiration Time. Proration for each stockholder tendering Shares, other than odd lot holders, will be based on the ratio of the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by such stockholder to the total number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by all stockholders, other than odd lot holders, at the Purchase Price (excluding Shares subject to conditional tenders for which the condition was not initially satisfied). Because of the difficulty in determining the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, and because of the odd lot priority described above, the conditional tender procedure described in Section 6 and the guaranteed delivery procedure described in Section 3, we expect that we will not be able to announce the final proration factor, if any, or commence payment for any Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer until at least four business days after the Expiration Time. The preliminary results of any proration will be announced by press release on the business day following the Expiration Time. After the Expiration Time, stockholders may obtain any preliminary proration information from the Information Agent and also may be able to obtain the information from their brokers.

 

As described in Section 13, the number of Shares that we will purchase from a stockholder pursuant to the Offer may affect the United States federal income tax consequences to the stockholder of the purchase and, therefore, will be relevant to a stockholder’s decision whether to tender Shares. The Letter of Transmittal affords each stockholder who tenders Shares registered in such stockholder’s name directly to the Depositary the opportunity to designate the order of priority in which Shares tendered are to be purchased in the event of proration as well as the ability to condition such tender on a minimum number of Shares being purchased.

 

This Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record holders of the Shares and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on our stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.

 

2.

Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer.

 

Purpose of the Offer. The Board of Directors believes that the Offer is a prudent use of our financial resources. The Board of Directors believes that the Offer is an effective way to return capital to our stockholders and provide liquidity to such stockholders in light of the historical low trading volume of our stock. In addition, because the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number of outstanding Shares, the Offer will be accretive to any future earnings per share that we may record, although there can be no assurance of such earnings.

 

 

 

In addition, the Board of Directors believes that the fixed price tender offer set forth in this Offer to Purchase represents an efficient mechanism to provide our stockholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their Shares and, thereby, receive a return of some or all of their investment if they so elect. We believe that the Offer provides stockholders (particularly those who, because of the size of their shareholdings, might not be able to sell their Shares without potential disruption to the Share price) with an opportunity to obtain liquidity with respect to all or a portion of their Shares without potential disruption to the Share price. In addition, if we complete the Offer, stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will automatically increase their relative percentage ownership interest in the Company and our future operations at no additional cost to them.

 

The Offer also provides our stockholders with an efficient way to sell their Shares without incurring broker’s fees or commissions associated with open market sales. However, stockholders who hold Shares through nominees are urged to consult their nominees to determine whether transaction costs may apply if stockholders tender Shares through the nominees and not directly to the Depositary. Furthermore, odd lot holders who hold Shares registered in their names and tender their Shares directly to the Depositary and whose Shares are purchased in the Offer will avoid any applicable odd lot discounts that might otherwise be payable on sales of their Shares. See Section 1.

 

In considering the Offer, the Board of Directors took into account the expected financial impact of the Offer, and concluded that the Offer is a prudent use of our financial resources given our business profile and assets, the current market price of the Shares and our current and anticipated cash requirements. The Board of Directors considered various additional factors and information before approving the Offer, including, without limitation, other possible methods of repurchasing Shares, including in the open market or through a fixed price tender offer for the Shares, recent trends in the market regarding fixed price tender offers, trends in the equity market generally, stockholder input, and historical trading performance of our Shares, of the stock of comparable public companies and of related market indices.

 

Following the completion or termination of the Offer, we may in the future make additional repurchases of Shares, either in the open market, through public or privately-negotiated transactions, in additional tender offers, or otherwise, which additional repurchases may be on the same terms or on terms that are more favorable or less favorable to stockholders than the terms of the Offer. Exchange Act Rule 13e-4 generally prohibits us and our affiliates from purchasing any Shares, other than in the Offer, until at least ten business days after the Expiration Time, except pursuant to certain limited exceptions provided in Exchange Act Rule 14e-5.

 

Our directors, executive officers and our affiliates intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. See Section 11.

 

Certain Effects of the Offer. Stockholders who decide not to tender their Shares will own a greater percentage interest in the outstanding Shares following the consummation of the Offer. These stockholders will also continue to bear the risks associated with owning the Shares, including risks resulting from our purchase of Shares in the Offer. Stockholders may be able to sell non-tendered Shares in the future on the OTCQB or otherwise, at a net price significantly higher or lower than the Purchase Price. We can give no assurance, however, as to the price at which a stockholder may be able to sell his or her Shares in the future.

 

We anticipate that there will be a sufficient number of Shares outstanding and publicly traded following completion of the Offer to ensure a continued trading market for the Shares. Based upon published guidelines of the OTCQB, we do not believe that our purchase of Shares in the Offer will cause our remaining outstanding Shares to be delisted from the OTCQB.

 

The Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary make any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your Shares. Neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary has authorized any person to make any recommendation with respect to the Offer. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender. In doing so, you should consult your financial and tax advisors, and read carefully and evaluate the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer.

 

Shares we acquire pursuant to the Offer will be cancelled and therefore will not be outstanding and will have the status of authorized but unissued shares following the completion of the Offer.

 

Except as disclosed in this Offer to Purchase or in documents incorporated by reference herein, we currently have no plans, proposals or negotiations underway that relate to or would result in:

 

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any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving us or any of our subsidiaries;

 

 

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any purchase, sale or transfer of an amount of our assets or any of our subsidiaries’ assets that is material to us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

·

any material change in our present dividend policy, our indebtedness or capitalization;

 

·

any change in our present Board of Directors or management, including, without limitation, any plans or proposals to change the number or the term of our directors (although we may fill current or future vacancies on the Board of Directors) or to change any material term of employment of any executive officer;

 

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any other material change in our corporate structure or business;

 

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any class of our equity securities becoming delisted from the OTCQB or ceasing to be authorized to be quoted on the OTCQB;

 

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any class of our equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration under Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act;

 

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the termination or suspension of our obligation to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

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the acquisition or disposition by any person of our securities, other than purchases and dispositions related to the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Shares granted to certain employees (including officers) and directors of the Company; or

 

·

any changes in our charter or bylaws, in each case as currently in effect, or other governing instruments or other actions that could impede the acquisition of control of the Company.

 

Although we may not currently have any plans, other than as disclosed or incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase, that relate to or would result in any of the events discussed above, we may undertake or plan actions that relate to or could result in one or more of these events. Stockholders tendering Shares in the Offer may run the risk of foregoing the benefit of any appreciation in the value or market price of the Shares resulting from such potential future events. However, there can be no assurance that we will decide to undertake any such event in the future.

 

3.

Procedures for Tendering Shares.

 

Proper Tender of Shares. For Shares to be tendered pursuant to the Offer, the certificates for such Shares (or confirmation of receipt of such Shares pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth below), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal), including any required signature guarantees, or an “Agent’s Message” (as defined below), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014 by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase.

 

In the alternative, the tendering stockholder must, before the Expiration Time, comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure described below.

 

Stockholders desiring to tender Shares under the Offer may tender such Shares by submitting a signed Letter of Transmittal, together with a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the Shares and any other required documents, by following the procedures set forth below.

 

Odd lot holders who tender all of their Shares must complete the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal to qualify for the preferential treatment available to odd lot holders as set forth in Section 1.

 

Stockholders holding their Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee must contact the nominee in order to tender their Shares. Stockholders who hold Shares through nominees are urged to consult their nominees to determine whether transaction costs may apply if stockholders tender Shares through the nominees and not directly to the Depositary.

 

Stockholders may tender Shares subject to the condition that all, or a specified minimum number of Shares, be purchased. Any stockholder desiring to make such a conditional tender should so indicate in the section captioned “Conditional Tender” in the Letter of Transmittal. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to determine the minimum number of Shares to be purchased. Stockholders should consult their financial and tax advisors with respect to the effect of proration of the Offer and the advisability of making a conditional tender. See Section 6 and Section 13.

 

Signature Guarantees and Method of Delivery. No signature guarantee is required if:

 

 

 

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the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Shares (which term, for purposes of this Section 3, will include any participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares) tendered and such holder has not completed the section captioned “Special Issuance Instructions” in the Letter of Transmittal; or

 

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Shares are tendered for the account of a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of a Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Agents Association, Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program, or is otherwise an “eligible guarantor institution,” as the term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act, each of the foregoing constituting an “Eligible Institution.” See Instruction 1 of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

If a certificate for Shares is registered in the name of a person other than the person executing the Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made, or Shares not purchased or tendered are to be issued, to a person other than the registered holder, then the certificate must be endorsed or accompanied by an appropriate stock power, signed in either case exactly as the name of the registered holder appears on the certificate, with the signature guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

Payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of:

 

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either of:

 

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certificates for the Shares, or

 

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a timely confirmation of the book-entry transfer of the Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility as described below; and

 

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either of:

 

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a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or a manually signed facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal, including any required signature guarantees, or

 

·

an Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer; and

 

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any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.

 

The method of delivery of all documents, including certificates for Shares, the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents, is at the sole election and risk of the tendering stockholder. If delivery is by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. Shares will be deemed delivered only when actually received by the Depositary (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by book-entry confirmation). In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

 

All deliveries in connection with the Offer, including a Letter of Transmittal and certificates for Shares, must be made to the Depositary and not to us, the Information Agent or the Book-Entry Transfer Facility. Any documents delivered to us, the Information Agent or the Book-Entry Transfer Facility will not be forwarded to the Depositary and the Shares to which such documents relate will not be deemed to be properly tendered.

 

Book-Entry Delivery. The Depositary will establish an account with respect to the Shares for purposes of the Offer at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase, and any financial institution that is a participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s system may make book-entry delivery of the Shares by means of a book-entry transfer by causing the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to transfer Shares into the Depositary’s account in accordance with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedures for transfer. Although delivery of Shares may be effected through a book-entry transfer into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, either (1) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message, and any other required documents must, in any case, be transmitted to, and received by, the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase before the Expiration Time, or (2) the guaranteed delivery procedure described below must be followed if book-entry transfer of the Shares cannot be effected prior to the Expiration Time. Delivery of the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility does not constitute delivery to the Depositary.

 

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message transmitted by the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to, and received by, the Depositary, which states that the Book-Entry Transfer Facility has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility tendering the Shares that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that we may enforce such agreement against the participant.

 

 

 

Guaranteed Delivery. If you wish to tender Shares in the Offer and your certificates for Shares are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis), or if time will not permit delivery of all required documents to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, the Shares may still be tendered if all of the following conditions are met:

 

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the tender is made by or through an Eligible Institution;

 

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a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in the form we have provided with this Offer to Purchase, including (where required) a signature guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, is received by the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time; and

 

·

the certificates for all tendered Shares, in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of book-entry transfer of the Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, or an Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any required signature guarantees and other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within three the OTCQB trading days after the date of receipt by the Depositary of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered to the Depositary by hand, overnight courier, facsimile transmission or mail before the Expiration Time and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

Procedures for Stock Options. We are not offering, as part of the Offer, to purchase any outstanding stock options, and tenders of stock options will not be accepted. Holders of vested stock options may exercise options and tender the Shares received upon exercise into the Offer. Options must be exercised sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the options may be timely tendered by their holders in the Offer. An exercise of an option cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason.

 

Procedures for Warrants. We are not offering, as part of the Offer, to purchase any outstanding warrants, and tenders of warrants will not be accepted. Holders of warrants may exercise warrants and tender the Shares received upon exercise into the Offer. Warrants must be exercised sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time in order to have time for such exercise to settle before the Shares received upon exercise of the warrants may be timely tendered by their holders in the Offer. An exercise of a warrant cannot be revoked even if Shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason.

 

Return of Unpurchased Shares. If any tendered Shares are not purchased in the Offer or are properly withdrawn before the Expiration Time, or if less than all Shares evidenced by a stockholder’s certificate(s) are tendered, we will return certificates for unpurchased Shares promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or proper withdrawal of the Shares, as applicable, or, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, the Shares will be credited to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering stockholder at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, in each case without expense to the stockholder.

 

Determination of Validity; Rejection of Shares; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of Defects. All questions as to the number of Shares to be accepted, the Purchase Price to be paid for Shares to be accepted and the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt of any Shares tendered, including pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, subject to any order or decision by a court or an arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, and our determination will be final and binding on all parties. We reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of any Shares that we determine are not in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for which may, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Offer on or prior to the Expiration Time, or any defect or irregularity in any tender with respect to any particular Shares or any particular stockholder (whether or not we waive similar defects or irregularities in the case of other stockholders), and our interpretation of the terms of the Offer will be final and binding on all parties. In the event a condition is waived with respect to any particular stockholder, the same condition will be waived with respect to all stockholders. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been properly made until all defects or irregularities have been cured by the tendering stockholder or waived by us. We will not be liable for failure to waive any condition of the Offer, or any defect or irregularity in any tender of Shares. Neither we nor the Depositary, the Information Agent or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders, nor will any of the foregoing incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

 

Tendering Stockholder’s Representation and Warranty; Our Acceptance Constitutes an Agreement. It is a violation of Exchange Act Rule 14e-4 for a person acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender Shares for that person’s own account unless at the time of tender and at the end of the proration period or period during which Shares are accepted by lot (including any extensions of that period) that person so tendering has a “net long position,” within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 14e-4, in:

 

(1)

the Shares that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and will deliver or cause to be delivered those Shares for the purpose of tendering to SMG within the period specified in the Offer, or

 

(2)

other securities issued by SMG that are immediately convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable into Shares (“Equivalent Securities”) that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and, upon the acceptance of the tender, will acquire the Shares by conversion, exchange or exercise of those Equivalent Securities to the extent required by the terms of the Offer and will deliver or cause to be delivered the Shares so acquired for the purpose of tendering to SMG within the period specified in the Offer.

 

A tender of Shares in accordance with any of the procedures described above will constitute the tendering stockholder’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer, as well as the tendering stockholder’s representation and warranty to us that:

 

(1)

the stockholder has a “net long position,” within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 14e-4, in the Shares or Equivalent Securities at least equal to the Shares being tendered; and

 

(2)

the tender of Shares complies with Exchange Act Rule 14e-4.

 

A tender of Shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will also constitute a representation and warranty to us that the tendering stockholder has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Shares tendered, and that, when the same are accepted for purchase by us, we will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens, restrictions, claims, encumbrances and other obligations relating to the sale or transfer of the Shares, and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim or right. Any such tendering stockholder will, on request by the Depositary or us, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or us to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Shares tendered, all in accordance with the terms of the Offer.

 

Our acceptance for payment of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering stockholder and us on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

 

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by delivery of the Letter of Transmittal shall be binding on the successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of the tendering stockholder and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of such tendering stockholder.

 

Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. Stockholders whose certificates for all or any portion of their Shares have been lost, destroyed or stolen may contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Depositary and transfer agent for the Shares, at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase or at the number (917) 262-2378 for instructions to obtain a replacement certificate. To tender such Shares in the Offer, the replacement certificate will then be required to be submitted together with the Letter of Transmittal in order to receive payment for Shares that are tendered and accepted for payment. A bond may be required to be posted by the stockholder to secure against the risk that the certificates may be subsequently recirculated. The Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificates have been followed. Stockholders are requested to contact the Depositary immediately in order to permit timely processing of this documentation. Certificates for Shares, together with a properly completed Letter of Transmittal and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be delivered to the Depositary and not to us or the Information Agent. Any certificates delivered to us or the Information Agent will not be forwarded to the Depositary and any Shares to which they relate will not be deemed to be properly tendered.

 

Backup Withholding. Under the United States federal income tax laws, payments to a tendering stockholder may be subject to “backup withholding” at the applicable statutory rate (currently 28%), unless a tendering stockholder:

 

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provides a correct taxpayer identification number (which, for an individual stockholder, is generally the stockholder’s social security number) and any other required information; or

 

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is an exempt recipient and, when required, demonstrates this fact and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

 

  

A stockholder that does not provide a correct taxpayer identification number may be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). To prevent backup withholding on cash payable under the Offer, each stockholder should provide the Depositary with the stockholder’s correct taxpayer identification number and certify that the stockholder is not subject to backup withholding by completing the IRS Form W-9 included in the Letter of Transmittal. Non-U.S. Holders should complete and sign the appropriate IRS Form W-8, a copy of which may be obtained from the Depositary or at www.irs.gov, in order to avoid backup withholding. See Section 13 and Instruction 10 to the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Taxpayers may use amounts withheld as a credit against their United States federal income tax liability or may claim a refund of such amounts if they timely provide certain required information to the IRS.

 

United States Federal Withholding Tax on Payments to Non-U.S. Holders. Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in Section 13) may be subject to a 30% United States federal withholding tax on payments received pursuant to the Offer. As described in Section 13, a sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer may qualify for sale or exchange treatment or may constitute a taxable dividend, depending on a particular stockholder’s facts and circumstances. The Depositary generally will treat payments made to Non-U.S. Holders pursuant to the Offer as taxable dividends. Accordingly, in compliance with United States federal income tax laws, the Depositary will withhold 30% of the gross proceeds payable to a Non-U.S. Holder unless the holder provides the Depositary with (i) a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or other applicable Form W-8) certifying that it is entitled to a reduced rate of withholding under an applicable tax treaty or (ii) a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN-E certifying that it is exempt from withholding because the payment is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States). A Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if its sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer satisfies the requirements for sale or exchange treatment described in Section 13 or the Non-U.S. Holder is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.

 

Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of United States federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the refund procedure.

 

4.

Withdrawal Rights.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable. Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Time and, unless we have accepted tendered Shares for payment in the Offer, may also be withdrawn at any time after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014.

 

For a withdrawal to be effective, a notice of withdrawal must be in written form and must be received in a timely manner by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the tendering stockholder, the number of Shares to be withdrawn, and the name of the registered holder of the Shares. If certificates for Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary, then, before the release of the certificates, the tendering stockholder must also submit the serial numbers shown on the particular certificates for Shares to be withdrawn and the signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (except in the case of Shares tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution). If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described in Section 3, the notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited with the withdrawn Shares and must otherwise comply with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedures. If a stockholder has used more than one Letter of Transmittal or has otherwise tendered Shares in more than one group of Shares, the stockholder may withdraw Shares using either separate notices of withdrawal or a combined notice of withdrawal, so long as the information specified above is included.

 

We will determine all questions as to the form and validity, including the time of receipt, of any notice of withdrawal, in our sole discretion, and, subject to any order or decision by a court or an arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, our determination will be final and binding on all parties. Neither we nor the Depositary, the Information Agent or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, nor will any of the foregoing incur liability for failure to give any such notification. Withdrawals may not be rescinded, and any Shares properly withdrawn will be deemed not properly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be re-tendered before the Expiration Time by again following one of the procedures described in Section 3.

 

If we extend the Offer, are delayed in our purchase of Shares or are unable to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to our rights under the Offer, the Depositary may, subject to applicable law, retain tendered Shares on our behalf, and the Shares may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering stockholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in this Section 4. Our reservation of the right to delay payment for Shares that we have accepted for payment is limited by Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(f)(5), which requires that we must pay the consideration offered or return the Shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer.

 

  

5.

Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, promptly following the Expiration Time, we will accept for payment and pay for (and thereby purchase) Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law) properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn. We may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by no more than 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer.

 

For purposes of the Offer, we will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and therefore purchased), subject to the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions of the Offer, Shares that are properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn only when, as and if we give oral or written notice to the Depositary of our acceptance of the Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer.

 

On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, promptly after the Expiration Time, we will accept for purchase and pay a single per Share purchase price for all of the Shares accepted for payment in accordance with the Offer. In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment in accordance with the Offer will be made promptly, subject to possible delay due to proration, but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of:

 

·

certificates for Shares or a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility;

 

·

a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal) or an Agent’s Message in the case of book-entry transfer; and

 

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any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, including documents required pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures.

 

We will pay for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer by depositing the aggregate purchase price for the Shares with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering stockholders for the purpose of receiving payment from us and transmitting payment to the tendering stockholders. In the event of proration, the Depositary will determine the proration factor and pay for those tendered Shares accepted for payment promptly after the Expiration Time. Certificates for all Shares tendered and not purchased due to proration or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholder, or, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer, will be credited to the account maintained with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility by the participant who delivered the Shares, promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer at our expense.

 

Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Purchase Price for the Shares, regardless of any delay in making payment. In addition, if certain events occur, we may not be obligated to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer. See Section 7.

 

We will pay all stock transfer taxes, if any, payable on the transfer to us of Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the Purchase Price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted by the Offer) if unpurchased Shares are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of all stock transfer taxes, if any (whether imposed on the registered holder or the other person), payable on account of the transfer to the person will be deducted from the Purchase Price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of the stock transfer taxes, or exemption from payment of the stock transfer taxes, is submitted.

 

6.

Conditional Tender of Shares.

 

Subject to the exception for odd lot holders, in the event that the Offer is oversubscribed, Shares tendered at the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Time will be subject to proration. See Section 1. As discussed in Section 13, the number of Shares to be purchased from a particular stockholder may affect the tax treatment of the purchase to the stockholder and the stockholder’s decision whether to tender. Accordingly, a stockholder may tender Shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the stockholder’s Shares tendered pursuant to a Letter of Transmittal must be purchased if any Shares tendered are purchased. Any stockholder desiring to make a conditional tender must so indicate in the section captioned “Conditional Tender” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. We urge each stockholder to consult with his or her financial or tax advisor with respect to the advisability of making a conditional tender.

 

Any tendering stockholder wishing to make a conditional tender must calculate and appropriately indicate the minimum number of Shares that must be purchased from that stockholder if any are to be purchased. After the Offer expires, if, based on the Purchase Price in the Offer, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of more than $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, so that we must prorate our acceptance of and payment for tendered Shares, we will calculate a preliminary proration percentage based upon all Shares properly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally. If the effect of this preliminary proration would be to reduce the number of Shares to be purchased from any stockholder below the minimum number specified, the conditional tender will automatically be regarded as withdrawn (except as provided in the next paragraph). All Shares tendered by a stockholder subject to a conditional tender pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal and regarded as withdrawn as a result of proration will be returned to the tendering stockholder at our expense promptly after the Expiration Time. After giving effect to these withdrawals, we will accept the remaining Shares properly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally, on a pro rata basis, if necessary.

 

  

If conditional tenders would otherwise be regarded as withdrawn and would cause the total number of Shares to be purchased to fall below an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law) then, to the extent feasible, we will select enough of the conditional tenders that would otherwise have been deemed withdrawn to permit us to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as we may elect, subject to applicable law). In selecting among the conditional tenders, we will select by random lot, treating all tenders by a particular taxpayer as a single lot, and will limit our purchase in each case to the designated minimum number of Shares to be purchased. To be eligible to have their Shares purchased by random lot, stockholders whose Shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their Shares in the Offer, and so indicated by checking the appropriate box in the Letter of Transmittal.

 

7.

Conditions of the Offer.

 

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, we will not be required to accept for payment, purchase or pay for any Shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of or the payment for Shares tendered, subject to Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(f)(5), which requires that we must pay the consideration offered or return the Shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer, if any time on or after the commencement of the Offer and prior to the Expiration Time any of the following events have occurred that, in our reasonable judgment and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the event or events (excluding any action or inaction by us), makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer or with acceptance for payment or payment for the Shares in the Offer:

 

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there has been threatened, instituted or pending any action, suit or proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or by any other person, domestic, foreign or supranational, before any court, authority, agency or other tribunal that directly or indirectly:

 

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challenges or seeks to make illegal, or to delay or otherwise directly or indirectly to restrain, prohibit or otherwise affect the consummation of the Offer, the acquisition of some or all of the Shares pursuant to the Offer, seeks to obtain any material damages or otherwise relates in any manner to the Offer; or

 

·

in our reasonable judgment, could materially and adversely affect our and our subsidiaries’ business, condition (financial or otherwise), income, operations or prospects, taken as a whole, or otherwise materially impair our ability to purchase some or all of the Shares pursuant to the Offer;

 

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there has been any action threatened, pending or taken, including any settlement, or any approval withheld, or any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or injunction threatened, invoked, proposed, sought, promulgated, enacted, entered, amended, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or us or any of our subsidiaries, including any settlement, by any court, government or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or tribunal, domestic, foreign or supranational, that, in our reasonable judgment, could directly or indirectly:

 

·

make the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, some or all of the Shares illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit consummation of the Offer;

 

·

delay or restrict our ability, or render us unable, to accept for payment or pay for some or all of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to the Offer; or

 

·

materially and adversely affect our and our subsidiaries’ business, condition (financial or otherwise), income, operations or prospects, taken as a whole;

 

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there has been any legislation amending the Code, that has passed either the United States House of Representatives or the Senate or otherwise is pending before the United States House of Representatives or the Senate or any committee thereof, the effect of which would be to change the United States federal income tax consequences of the consummation of the Offer in any manner that would adversely affect us or any of our affiliates;

 

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there has occurred any of the following:

 

·

any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any United States national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market;

 

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the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, whether or not mandatory;

 

  

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a material change in United States or any other currency exchange rates or a suspension of or limitation on the markets therefor;

 

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a decrease of more than 10% in the market price of the Shares or in the general level of market prices for equity securities in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Global Market Composite Index or Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Industrial Companies, in each case measured from the close of trading on October 29, 2014, the last trading day prior to commencement of the Offer;

 

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the commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other similar national or international calamity, including, without limitation, an act of terrorism, directly or indirectly involving the United States, on or after October 29, 2014;

 

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any material escalation of any war or armed hostilities that had commenced prior to October 29, 2014;

 

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any limitation, whether or not mandatory, by any governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority on, or any event that, in our reasonable judgment, could materially affect, the extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions in the United States;

 

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any change in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions, domestically or internationally, that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our business or the trading in the Shares; or

 

·

in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof;

 

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a tender or exchange offer for any or all of the Shares (other than the Offer), or any merger, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction with or involving us or any subsidiary, has been proposed, announced or made by any person or has been publicly disclosed; or

 

·

we learn that:

 

·

any entity, “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or person has acquired or proposes to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares, whether through the acquisition of stock, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right, or otherwise (other than as and to the extent disclosed in a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on or before October 29, 2014);

 

·

any entity, group or person who has filed a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with the SEC on or before October 29, 2014, has acquired or proposes to acquire, whether through the acquisition of stock, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right, or otherwise (other than by virtue of the Offer made hereby), beneficial ownership of an additional 2% or more of the outstanding Shares;

 

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any person, entity or group has filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of the Shares, or has made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries or any of our or their respective assets or securities;

 

·

any change or changes have occurred in our or our subsidiaries’ business, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets, income, operations or prospects that, in our reasonable judgment, has or could have a material adverse effect on us or any of our subsidiaries or the benefits of the Offer to us, including our ability to efficiently return capital to our stockholders;

 

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any approval, permit, authorization, favorable review or consent of any governmental entity required to be obtained in connection with the Offer shall not have been obtained on terms satisfactory to us in our reasonable discretion; or

 

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we determine that, as a result of the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of the Shares, there will be a reasonable likelihood that the Shares will be delisted from the OTCQB.

 

The conditions referred to above are for our sole benefit and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition (excluding any action or inaction by us), and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time in our discretion. Our failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right, and each such right will be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any time and from time to time. However, once the Offer has expired, all of the conditions of the Offer, other than those requiring receipt of necessary governmental approvals, must have been satisfied or waived. In certain circumstances, if we waive any of the conditions described above, we may be required to extend the Expiration Time. Subject to any order or decision by a court or an arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, any determination by us concerning the events described above will be final and binding on all parties. See Section 14.

 

  

8.

Price Range of Shares; Dividends.

 

The Shares are listed and traded on the OTCQB under the trading symbol “SMGI.” The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low closing sales prices of the Shares on the OTCQB.

 

		High				Low
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012
First Quarter		$	3.78			$	3.20
Second Quarter			3.15				2.60
Third Quarter			2.84				2.50
Fourth Quarter			2.70				2.00
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013
First Quarter		$	1.35			$	1.35
Second Quarter			1.87				1.35
Third Quarter			1.68				1.46
Fourth Quarter			2.14				1.57
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2014
First Quarter		$	2.30			$	1.67
Second Quarter			2.25				2.00
Third Quarter			2.33				1.85
Fourth Quarter (through October 29, 2014)			2.15				2.00

 

In 2013, we declared and paid cash dividends, the majority of which was considered a return of capital, in an aggregate amount per Share equal to $1.50. We currently intend to follow a policy of retaining earnings to pursue strategic alternatives, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, the capital requirements of our business, any covenants associated with debt obligations, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant.

 

On October 29, 2014, the last full trading day before the announcement and commencement of the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares on the OTCQB was $2.07 per Share. As of September 30, 2014, the NAV was equal to $2.46. Based upon the expected selling price of indium we intend to sell on or prior to December 31, 2014, we estimate that the net asset value per Share as of December 31, 2014 will be approximately $2.41. We are offering to purchase the Shares at a price equal to estimated NAV at December 31, 2014 as opposed to the price per share as listed on the OTCQB as we believe it more accurately reflects the value of a share of our common stock. The Purchase Price of $2.41 per share represents a premium of 16.4% over the last reported sale price.

 

As we’ve previously disclosed, we prepare a biweekly report on the NMV. It is an internally created formula used by the Company to monitor performance. NMV is not a United States generally accepted accounting principles measurement. NMV is determined by multiplying the number of kilograms of indium held by the Company by the last spot price for indium published by Metal Bulletin PLC and posted on Bloomberg L.P. (Bloomberg L.P. is not regulated or government approved) for the month (the mid-point quotation for indium reported by Metal Bulletin PLC) plus cash and other Company assets, less any liabilities. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s management calculated the NMV of the Company to be approximately $21.4 million or $2.50 per share and $22.2 million or $2.59 per share, respectively. The reduction in NMV from December 31, 2013 was due primarily to our operating expenses.

 

Estimated NAV, which is equivalent to the Purchase Price of $2.41 per share, reflects the estimated price the Company will receive from the sale of its final six tons of indium in the fourth quarter of 2014, and after deducting any costs and expenses expected to be incurred by the Company through December 31, 2014, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses associated with this Offer. NAV also is not a United States generally accepted accounting principles measurement. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Shares.

 

9.

Source and Amount of Funds.

 

Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, the aggregate purchase price of Shares purchased in the Offer will be $16,094,842.78. We expect that the maximum aggregate cost of these purchases, including all fees and expenses applicable to the Offer, will be approximately $150,000. We plan to fund any purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, including the related fees and expenses, using our cash on hand or other cash resources that are readily available to us. The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of financing.

 

  

10.

Certain Information Concerning the Company.

 

Our Business. We were formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on January 7, 2008. Since inception, our primary business purpose has been to stockpile indium, a specialty metal that is being increasingly used as a raw material in a wide variety of consumer electronics manufacturing applications. We have also lent, leased and sold indium when management believed it was advantageous. In December 2013, our board of directors authorized management to sell our entire stockpile in 2014 based on prevailing market conditions. As a result, we currently do not anticipate purchasing any additional indium. Further, we have entered into an agreement with a customer to sell 100% of our stockpile that existed at September 30, 2014 by December 31, 2014. After the end of 2014, we will no longer be in the business of purchasing and selling indium. We have begun evaluating strategic options including the acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company. However, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any such transaction, and if so, on terms favorable to us.

 

Until recently, all of the indium we purchased was insured and physically stored in third-party warehouses or storage facilities located in the United States (principally at a secure insured bonded warehouse located in New York and owned by Brink’s). Our stockpile is currently stored at customer locations at September 30, 2014.

 

At September 30, 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $17.4 million, along with cash to be received from the sale of the remaining stockpile of indium, we believe will be sufficient to fund the tender offer, operations and any other corporative initiatives for at least the next twelve months including satisfying the cash requirement for the Offer. Our expenses will be required to be satisfied by cash on hand. Our annual cash operating expenses, including manager fees and income taxes, are estimated to be approximately $1.2 million in 2014 and declining to $0.4 million in 2015. Further, our board of directors approved in 2013 a stock repurchase plan for up to $3.0 million of our securities, of which $2.3 million remains available for repurchase under the program through December 31, 2014.

 

We are not legally prohibited from pursuing other business strategies pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, as amended, or any other corporate document. We have begun evaluating strategic options including the acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company. However, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any such transaction, and if so, on terms favorable to us.

 

Availability of Reports and Other Information. We are subject to the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act, which obligates us to file reports, statements and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial condition and other matters. Information, as of particular dates, concerning our directors and officers, their remuneration, options and other equity awards granted to them, the principal holders of our securities and any material interest of these persons in transactions with us is required to be disclosed in proxy statements distributed to our stockholders and filed with the SEC. As required by Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(c)(2), we have also filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Schedule TO”), which includes additional information relating to the Offer.

 

These reports, statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of this material may also be obtained by mail, upon payment of the SEC’s customary charges, from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The SEC also maintains a website on the Internet at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC, including the Schedule TO and documents incorporated therein by reference. You may obtain information about the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC for more information at 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Incorporation by Reference. The rules of the SEC allow us to “incorporate by reference” information into this Offer to Purchase, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. We incorporate by reference each of the following documents (excluding any information that was furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC under applicable SEC rules):

 

SEC Filings		Date Filed
Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2013		March 28, 2014
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014		May 14, 2014
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2014		August 14, 2014
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A		April 30, 2014
Current Report on Form 8-K		June 25, 2014

 

  

Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference into this Offer to Purchase shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that an inconsistent statement is made in this Offer to Purchase or in a subsequently filed document so incorporated by reference. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Offer to Purchase.

 

You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase from us or from the SEC’s website at the address described above. Documents incorporated by reference, including any exhibits to those documents, are available from us without charge at our principal executive office located at 100 Park Ave, New York, New York, 10017. Beginning December 1, 2014, our principal executive offices will be located at 176 LaGuardia Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314, and our telephone number will be (347) 286-0712. Please be sure to include your complete name and address in your request. If you request any incorporated documents, we will promptly mail them to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means. You may also find additional information by visiting our website at www.smg-indium.com. Our website and the information posted on it or connected to it do not form part of the Offer and are not incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase.

 

11.

Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares.

 

Beneficial Ownership. As of September 30, 2014, we had 8,561,997 issued and outstanding Shares. We are offering to purchase Shares up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78. At the Purchase Price of $2.41 per Share, we could purchase 6,678,358 Shares if the Offer is fully subscribed, which would represent approximately 78% of the issued and outstanding Shares as of September 30, 2014.

 

As of October 2, 2014, our directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons) beneficially owned an aggregate of 4,252,440 Shares or approximately 50.0% of the total outstanding Shares. Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as all other stockholders. Our directors, executive officers and our affiliates have advised us that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer.

 

The following table sets forth, as of October 2, 2014, certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of Shares (including vested options and warrants) by (i) each stockholder known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares, (ii) each director and executive officer of the Company, and (iii) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner(1)(2)		Number of Shares				Percentage of Shares
5% Stockholders:
Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC (3)(4)(14)			530,000				5.88	%
Raging Capital Management, LLC(11)			5,934,684				56.36	%
Raging Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (11)			5,934,684				56.36	%
Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. (13)			1,200,000				13.10	%
Talara Capital Management, LLC (14)			1,154,828				12.81	%
Blackwell Partner, LLC (14)			803,602				5.07	%
AC Investment Management LLC (15)			600,000				7.01	%
Executive Officers and Directors:
Alan C. Benjamin(4)(7)			266,401				3.04	%
Ailon Z. Grushkin (4)(8)			409,392				4.64	%
Richard A. Biele (4)(9)			227,834				2.61	%
Mary E. Paetzold (5)			60,000				*
William Martin (10)(12)			5,953,740				56.48	%
Fred Arena (6)			23,333				*
Frederick C. Wasch			-
Allan J. Young			-
All officers and directors as a group (8 persons)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(12)			6,940,700				61.69	%

 

 

*

Less than 1.0%

 

  

(1)

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person is SMG Indium Resources, Ltd.100 Park Ave., Suite 16, New York, New York 10017. Beginning December 1, 2014, our principal executive offices will be located at 176 LaGuardia Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314, and our telephone number will be (347) 286-0712.

(2)

Unless otherwise indicated, all ownership is direct beneficial ownership.

(3)

Includes 455,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock.

(4)

Messrs. Benjamin, Grushkin, and BRACK Advisors LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, whose managing member is Richard A. Biele, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned by Specialty Metals Group Advisors by virtue of their respective ownership and control of Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC. However, RCM Indium, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose members include Raging Capital Fund (QP), LP and Raging Capital Management, LLC, whose sole member is William C. Martin, does not have any ownership rights to any Common Stock or stock options owned by or granted to Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC.

(5)

Includes 60,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock.

(6)

Includes 23,333 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock.

(7)

Includes 151,666 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock held by Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC and 38,112 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants.

(8)

Includes 111,363 shares and 111,363 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants held by the AZG Tangible Assets Fund LLC and A.Z.G. Capital Corp. Profit Sharing Plan. Ailon Z. Grushkin is the Managing Member of the Managing Member of AZG Tangible Assets Fund LLC and retains 100% equity ownership in the Managing Member. Ailon Z. Grushkin is the sole beneficiary of A.Z.G. Capital Corp. Profit Sharing Plan. Also includes 151,666 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock held by Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC.

(9)

Includes 14,056 shares and 14,056 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants held by Richard A. Biele IRA and 9,000 shares held by BRACK Advisors LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company whose managing member is Richard A. Biele and 151,666 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock held by Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC.

(10)

Includes 5,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock. Includes 7,028 shares and 7,028 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants held by William C. Martin SEP IRA, over which Mr. Martin, as a director of the Company and a member of the Manager through his control of RCM Indium LLC, has voting and investment control. Includes 3,967,542 shares and 1,967,342 shares that may be acquired by the exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants held by Raging Capital Master Fund, Ltd. William C. Martin is the Managing Member of Raging Capital Management, LLC the Investment Manager of Raging Capital Master Fund , Ltd. William C. Martin retains 100% equity ownership in Raging Capital Management, LLC.

(11)

Includes 3,967,342 shares and 1,967,342 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of common stock purchase warrants held by Raging Capital Master Fund Ltd. Raging Capital Management, LLC is the Investment Manager of Raging Capital Master Fund Ltd. William C. Martin is the Chairman, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Member of Raging Capital Management, LLC.

(12)

RCM Indium, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose members include Raging Capital Fund (QP), LP and Raging Capital Management, LLC, whose sole member is William C. Martin, a member of our Board, owns 25% of Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC. However, RCM Indium, LLC does not have any ownership rights to any Common Stock or stock options owned by or granted to Specialty Metals Group Advisors LLC.

(13)

Based on Schedule 13G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2013 by Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. ("Capital Group"), 610 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012. Also Includes 600,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of Common Stock purchase warrants held by Capital Group. Such shares and warrants are held for the account of Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“Anchorage Offshore”). Capital Group is the investment advisor to Anchorage Offshore. Anchorage Advisors Management, L.L.C. ("Management") is the sole managing member of Capital Group. Mr. Davis is the President of Capital Group and a managing member of Management and Mr. Ulrich is the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Group and the other managing member of Management.

(14)

Based on Schedule 13G/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2013 by Talara Capital Management, LLC, 805 Third Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Blackwell Partners, LLC, c/o DUMAC. Inc. 280 S Magnum St., Suite 210, Durham, NC 27701 and David Zusman, c/o Talara Capital Management, LLC 805 Third Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Blackwell Partners, LLC and Davis Zusman claim shared voting rights with respect to 803,602 and 1,154,828 shares, respectively of TalaraCapital Management, LLC shares. Also based on Form 4's filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 and May 3, 2012 by Talara Capital Management, LLC.

(15)

Based on Schedule 13G/A filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2013 by AC Investment Management LLC, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2300, New York, NY 10019.

 

  

Recent Securities Transactions. Based on our records and on information provided to us by our directors, executive officers, affiliates and subsidiaries, neither we nor any of our directors, our executive officers, or our affiliates or our subsidiaries nor, to the best of our knowledge, any person controlling the Company or any executive officer or director of any such controlling entity or of our subsidiaries, has effected any transactions involving the Shares during the 60 days prior to October 30, 2014.

 

Equity Incentive Plans. In January 2008, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, the Company may grant incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and other stock-based awards. Pursuant to the Plan, 1,000,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under the Plan. Options are granted with exercise prices equal to or greater than the fair value of the common stock. The terms of the options are approved by the Company’s board of directors or a committee of the board. Options granted to date have vested immediately and expire in five years from the grant date. At October 2, 2014, there were 300,001 options available under the plan for future grants.

 

Stock Options. In each of 2014 and 2013, the Company awarded its CFO five-year fully vested options to acquire 20,000 shares of common stock, respectively, exercisable at the market value at the date of grant. The Company estimated the fair value of the CFO options using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The Company recorded non-cash compensation expense aggregating approximately $6 thousand for the above stock options during each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

The foregoing descriptions of agreements and arrangements involving the Shares are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the respective agreements and arrangements, copies of which have been filed with the SEC.

 

Except as otherwise described herein, neither we nor, to the best of our knowledge, any of our affiliates, directors or executive officers, is a party to any contract, agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person with respect to any of our securities.

 

12.

Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals.

 

We are not aware of any license or regulatory permit that is reasonably likely to be material to our business that might be adversely affected by our acquisition of Shares as contemplated in the Offer or of any approval or other action by any government or governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic, foreign or supranational, that would be required for our acquisition or ownership of Shares as contemplated by the Offer. Should any approval or other action be required, we presently contemplate that we will seek that approval or other action, but we have no current intention to delay the purchase of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter, subject to our right to decline to purchase Shares if any of the conditions in Section 7 have occurred or have not been waived. We cannot predict whether we would be required to delay the acceptance for payment of or payment for Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter. We cannot assure you that any approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained without substantial cost or conditions or that the failure to obtain the approval or other action might not result in adverse consequences to our business and financial condition. If certain types of adverse actions are taken with respect to the matters discussed above, or certain approvals, consents, licenses or permits identified above are not obtained, we can decline to accept for payment or pay for any Shares tendered. See Section 7.

 

13.

Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.

 

The following summary describes certain material United States federal income tax consequences of the Offer to stockholders whose Shares are properly tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer. Those stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will not incur any United States federal income tax liability as a result of the Offer. This summary addresses only Shares held as “capital assets” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This summary does not address special situations including, without limitation, those of financial institutions, brokers, dealers or traders in securities or commodities, insurance companies, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, “S” corporations, partnerships or other pass-through entities (including entities treated as such for United States federal income tax purposes), United States expatriates, tax-exempt organizations, tax-qualified retirement plans, persons who are subject to alternative minimum tax, persons who hold Shares as a position in a “straddle” or as part of a “hedging,” “conversion” or “integrated” transaction, United States persons that have a functional currency other than the United States dollar, controlled foreign corporations, passive foreign investment companies or persons who acquired Shares through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation for services.

 

This summary does not address all aspects of United States federal income taxation and does not deal with all tax consequences that may be relevant to stockholders in light of their personal circumstances. Furthermore, this summary is based upon the provisions of the Code, the existing and proposed United States Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof, and such authorities may be repealed, revoked, modified or subject to differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect, so as to result in United States federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. This summary does not address any state, local or foreign tax consequences, or any United States federal tax consequences other than United States federal income tax consequences.

 

  

If a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) is a stockholder, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A stockholder that is a partnership, and partners in such partnership, should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of participating in the Offer.

 

THIS SUMMARY IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ALL TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO THE OFFER. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM (INCLUDING THE APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN INCOME AND OTHER TAX LAWS) OF THE OFFER.

 

Consequences of the Offer to U.S. Holders.

 

The following is a summary of the United States federal income tax consequences that will apply to a U.S. Holder of Shares exchanged pursuant to the Offer. For purposes of this summary, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Shares that for United States federal income tax purposes is:

 

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an individual citizen or resident of the United States;

 

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a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

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an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

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a trust if it is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or it has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

 

Characterization of the Purchase—Distribution vs. Exchange Treatment. Our purchase of Shares from a U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer will generally be a taxable transaction for United States federal income tax purposes. As a consequence of any such purchase, a U.S. Holder will, depending on the U.S. Holder’s particular circumstances, be treated either as having exchanged its Shares in a taxable transaction or as having received a distribution in respect of such Shares. Our purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a taxable exchange if a U.S. Holder meets at least one of the three tests discussed below (the “Section 302 tests”). The purchase will be treated as a distribution if the U.S. Holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 tests.

 

A U.S. Holder that satisfies any of the Section 302 tests described below will be treated as having exchanged the Shares purchased by us pursuant to the Offer in a taxable transaction and will generally recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash received under the Offer and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such Shares. This capital gain or loss will be long-term if the U.S. Holder held the Shares for more than one year as of the date of our purchase pursuant to the Offer. Long-term capital gain for individual U.S. Holders is currently taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 20%. Certain limitations apply to the deductibility of capital losses (including the “wash sale” rules under the Code). A U.S. Holder must calculate gain or loss separately for each block of Shares (generally, Shares acquired at the same cost in a single transaction). A U.S. Holder may be able to designate which blocks of Shares the U.S. Holder wishes to tender and the order in which different blocks will be purchased in the event that less than all of the U.S. Holder’s Shares are tendered.

 

If a U.S. Holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 tests described below, the full amount received by the U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a distribution to the U.S. Holder with respect to the U.S. Holder’s Shares, and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Shares purchased generally will be added to any Shares retained by such U.S. Holder. Distributions failing to satisfy any of the Section 302 tests will generally be treated as a dividend to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, if any, as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Such a dividend would be includible in the U.S. Holder’s gross income without reduction for the tax basis of the Shares exchanged, and no current loss would be recognized. Currently, dividends are taxable at a maximum federal income tax rate for individuals of 20% if certain holding period and other requirements are met. Thus, although the current federal income tax rates for capital gains and ordinary dividend income for individual U.S. Holders are both 20%, if an ordinary dividend is treated as received, the U.S. Holder will not be able to use his or her tax basis to offset the proceeds received. To the extent that the amount received by a U.S. Holder exceeds the U.S. Holder’s share of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess first will be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent, generally, of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in its Shares and any remainder will be treated as capital gain from the sale of Shares. A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax is imposed on the “net investment income,” which generally includes long-term and short-term capital gains and dividend income, of individuals, estates and trusts whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts.

 

  

To the extent that a corporate U.S. Holder is treated as receiving a dividend, as described above, it may be eligible for a dividends received deduction (subject to applicable limitations and provided that certain holding period and other requirements are satisfied). In addition, any amount received by a corporate U.S. Holder that is treated as a dividend may constitute an “extraordinary dividend” under Section 1059 of the Code (generally, if the dividend amount equals or exceeds the greater of 10% of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in its Shares or, if elected, 10% of the fair market value of the Shares). Such treatment could result in a reduction of tax basis or possible gain recognition in an amount equal to the non-taxed portion of the dividend. Corporate U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors as to availability of the dividends received deduction, the application of Section 1059 of the Code to the Offer and to dividend treatment in general in light of their particular circumstances.

 

We cannot predict whether any particular U.S. Holder will be subject to exchange or distribution treatment. Each U.S. Holder should be aware that because proration may occur in the Offer, even if all the Shares actually and constructively owned by a U.S. Holder are tendered pursuant to the Offer, fewer than all of such Shares may be purchased by us. Consequently, we cannot assure you that a sufficient number of any particular U.S. Holder’s Shares will be purchased to ensure that this purchase will satisfy one of the Section 302 tests and be treated as an exchange, rather than as a distribution, for United States federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a tendering U.S. Holder may choose to submit a “conditional tender” under the procedures described in Section 6, which allows the U.S. Holder to tender Shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the U.S. Holder’s Shares must be purchased by us if any such Shares so tendered are purchased.

 

Section 302 Tests—Determination of Exchange or Distribution Treatment. Our purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as an exchange of the Shares by a U.S. Holder if any of the following Section 302 tests is satisfied:

 

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as a result of the purchase, there is a “complete redemption” of the U.S. Holder’s equity interest in us;

 

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as a result of the purchase, there is a “substantially disproportionate” reduction in the U.S. Holder’s equity interest in us; or

 

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the receipt of cash by the U.S. Holder is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend.”

 

As indicated above, if none of these tests is met with respect to a particular U.S. Holder, our purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a distribution. In applying the Section 302 tests, the constructive ownership rules of Section 318 of the Code generally apply. As a result, a U.S. Holder is treated as owning not only Shares actually owned by such U.S. Holder but also Shares actually (and in some cases constructively) owned by certain related entities and individuals. Under the constructive ownership rules, a U.S. Holder will be considered to own Shares owned, directly or indirectly, by certain members of the U.S. Holder’s family and certain entities (such as corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates) in which the U.S. Holder has an equity interest. Moreover, a U.S. Holder may constructively own Shares that such U.S. Holder, or a related individual or entity, has the right to acquire by exercise of an option or warrant. The rules of constructive ownership are complex and must be applied to a particular U.S. Holder’s situation by such U.S. Holder’s tax advisor.

 

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Complete Termination. The purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will result in a “complete termination” of a U.S. Holder’s equity interest in the Company, if, immediately after such purchase, such U.S. Holder owns, actually and constructively, no Shares. In applying the “complete termination” test, a U.S. Holder may be able to waive the application of constructive ownership through the family attribution rules, provided that such U.S. Holder complies with the provisions of Section 302(c)(2) of the Code and applicable United States Treasury Regulations. A U.S. Holder wishing to satisfy the “complete termination” test through satisfaction of the special conditions set forth in Section 302(c)(2) of the Code should consult his or her tax advisor concerning the mechanics and desirability of those conditions. A U.S. Holder who holds options to acquire Shares will be treated as the constructive owner of such Shares and therefore will not be eligible for “complete termination” treatment, even if all of such U.S. Holder’s actual Shares are sold in the transaction.

 

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Substantially Disproportionate. In general, the purchase of a U.S. Holder’s Shares pursuant to the Offer will be “substantially disproportionate” as to a U.S. Holder if, immediately after the purchase, the percentage of the outstanding Shares that the U.S. Holder actually and constructively owns is less than 80% of the percentage of the outstanding Shares actually and constructively owned by such U.S. Holder immediately before the purchase and, immediately following the exchange, such U.S. Holder actually and constructively owns less than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company.

 

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Not Essentially Equivalent to a Dividend. Our purchase of a U.S. Holder’s Shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” if it results in a “meaningful reduction” in the U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us, given the U.S. Holder’s particular facts and circumstances. The IRS has indicated in a published ruling, that in the case of a minority stockholder in a publicly held corporation whose relative stock investment in the corporation was minimal and who exercised no control over corporate affairs, a small reduction in the percentage ownership interest of such stockholder in such corporation (from 0.0001118% to 0.0001081%) was sufficient to constitute a “meaningful reduction.” U.S. Holders who intend to qualify for exchange treatment by demonstrating that the proceeds received from us are “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” should consult their tax advisors to determine the possibility of satisfying this test.

 

  

U.S. Holders also should be aware that it is possible that, depending on the facts and circumstances, an acquisition or disposition of Shares substantially contemporaneous with the Offer may be taken into account in determining whether any of the Section 302 tests is satisfied.

 

Consequences of the Offer to Non-U.S. Holders.

 

The following is a summary of the United States federal income tax consequences that will apply to a Non-U.S. Holder of Shares exchanged pursuant to the Offer. A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership or other pass-through entity (including entities treated as such for United States federal income tax purposes).

 

The United States federal income tax treatment of our purchase of Shares from a Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer will depend on whether such Non-U.S. Holder is treated, based on the Non-U.S. Holder’s particular circumstances, as having sold the tendered Shares or as having received a distribution in respect of such Non-U.S. Holder’s Shares. The appropriate treatment of the purchase of Shares will be determined in the manner described above with respect to the United States federal income tax treatment of a purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer in the case of U.S. Holders (see “Consequences of the Offer to U.S. Holders—Section 302 Tests—Determination of Exchange or Distribution Treatment.”).

 

A Non-U.S. Holder that satisfies any of the Section 302 tests described above will be treated as having exchanged the Shares purchased by us pursuant to the Offer in a taxable exchange. A Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to United States federal income tax (and would be eligible to obtain a refund of any amounts withheld as described below) on gain recognized on a taxable exchange of Shares unless any one or more of the following is true:

 

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the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business of the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States and, if certain tax treaties apply, is attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States maintained by such Non-U.S. Holder;

 

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in the case of an individual Non-U.S. Holder who holds the stock as a capital asset, the individual is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other conditions are met; or

 

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in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder who owns or has owned, directly or indirectly, during the relevant statutory period more than 5% of our stock, we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” and certain other requirements are met.

 

We do not believe that we have been or currently are a “United States real property holding corporation.”

 

A Non-U.S. Holder described in the first bullet above will be subject to tax on the net gain derived from the exchange under regular graduated United States federal income tax rates in the same manner as if such Non-U.S. Holder were a U.S. Holder. In addition, a foreign corporation Non-U.S. Holder may be subject to the branch profits tax at a rate of 30% or at such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.

 

A Non-U.S. Holder described in the second bullet above will be subject to a flat 30% tax on the gain derived from the exchange of such Shares, net of applicable United States source gains and losses from the sale or exchange of other capital assets incurred during the year. A Non-U.S. Holder that is an individual and eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty between the United States and such Non-U.S. Holder’s country of residence will be subject to United States federal income tax on the exchange of Shares in the manner specified by the treaty and generally will only be subject to such tax if the gain on such exchange is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States.

 

If a Non-U.S. Holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 tests explained above, the full amount received by the Non-U.S. Holder will be treated as a distribution of property with respect to the Non-U.S. Holder’s Shares. The treatment, for United States federal income tax purposes, of such distribution as a dividend, a tax-free return of capital, or as a capital gain from the sale of Shares will be determined in the manner described above with respect to U.S. Holders (see “Consequences of the Offer to U.S. Holders—Characterization of the Purchase—Distribution vs. Exchange Treatment.”).

 

  

Withholding For Non-U.S. Holders. Because, as described above, we cannot predict whether any particular stockholder will be subject to exchange or distribution treatment, the Depositary generally will treat the cash received by a Non-U.S. Holder participating in the Offer as a dividend distribution from us and, accordingly, will withhold United States federal income taxes equal to 30% of the gross proceeds payable to the Non-U.S. Holder or his or her agent. Subject to the discussion below under the heading “FATCA”, the withholding described in the preceding sentence will not be required for cash received by a Non-U.S. Holder if (i) an exemption from, or a reduced rate of, withholding tax is available under a tax treaty or such gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business of the Non-U.S. Holder within the United States and (ii) the stockholder so certifies on the appropriate IRS Form W-8 as described below. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or suitable successor or substitute form). In order to obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid under the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI (or suitable successor or substitute form). If tax is withheld, a Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of such tax withheld if such Non-U.S. Holder satisfies one of the Section 302 tests described above or is otherwise able to establish that no withholding or a reduced amount of withholding is due. Backup withholding generally will not apply to amounts subject to the 30% or treaty-reduced rate of United States federal income tax withholding.

 

Non-U.S. Holders may be subject to income tax on the sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer, even if such Non-U.S. Holders would not be subject to tax if those same Shares were sold on the open market. In addition, Non-U.S. Holders may be subject to a 30% withholding tax on the sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer, even if the transaction is not subject to income tax. Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of participation in the Offer, including the application of United States federal income tax withholding rules, eligibility for a reduction of or an exemption from withholding tax, and the refund procedure.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding.

 

Payments made to stockholders in the Offer may be reported to the IRS. In addition, under the United States federal income tax laws, the Depositary will be required to backup withhold at the applicable statutory rate (currently 28%) on the purchase price paid to certain stockholders who are not “exempt recipients” pursuant to the Offer. To avoid such backup withholding, each such U.S. Holder must provide the Depositary with such stockholder’s taxpayer identification number and certify that such stockholder is not subject to backup withholding by completing the IRS Form W-9 in the Letter of Transmittal or otherwise establish to the satisfaction of the Depositary that such stockholder is not subject to backup withholding. Certain exempt recipients (including, among others, all corporations and certain Non-U.S. Holders) are not subject to these backup withholding requirements. For a Non-U.S. Holder to qualify for such exemption, such Non-U.S. Holder must submit an IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable IRS W-8 Form), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to such Non-U.S. Holder’s exempt status.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be refunded or credited against the stockholder’s United States federal income tax liability if certain required information is furnished to the IRS. Stockholders should consult their tax advisors regarding application of backup withholding in their particular circumstances and the availability of, and procedure for obtaining, an exemption from backup withholding under current U.S. Treasury Regulations.

 

FATCA.

 

Withholding taxes may be imposed under Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code (such Sections commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or “FATCA”) and the final Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder on certain types of payments made to “foreign financial institutions” (defined broadly to include, among other entities, banks, certain insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds, securitization vehicles or other investment vehicles) and certain other non-U.S. entities (including payments to U.S. Holders who hold Shares through such a foreign financial institution or non-U.S. entity). Specifically, a 30% withholding tax may be imposed on dividends on Shares paid to a foreign financial institution or to a non-financial foreign entity, unless (i) the foreign financial institution undertakes certain diligence and reporting obligations, (ii) the non-financial foreign entity either certifies it does not have any “substantial United States owners” (as defined in the Code) or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial United States owner, or (iii) the foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity otherwise qualifies for an exemption from these rules. If the payee is a foreign financial institution and is subject to the diligence and reporting requirements in (i) above, it must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury requiring, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts held by certain “specified United States persons” or “United States-owned foreign entities” (each as defined in the Code), annually report certain information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on certain payments to non-compliant foreign financial institutions and certain other account holders. Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States governing FATCA may be subject to different rules.

 

  

Under the applicable Treasury Regulations and IRS guidance, withholding under FATCA generally will apply to payments of dividends made on or after July 1, 2014. Because we may not know the extent to which a payment made pursuant to the Offer is a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the time it is made, for purposes of FATCA withholding, the Depositary generally will treat the entire amount received by a Non-U.S. Holder participating in the Offer as a dividend distribution from us. Accordingly, the Depositary generally will withhold United States federal income taxes equal to 30% of the gross proceeds payable to the Non-U.S. Holder or its agent, unless such Non-U.S. Holder or its agent provides to the Depositary documentation demonstrating the FATCA withholding is not warranted. If the Depositary withholds tax under FATCA, it will not also withhold the 30% U.S. federal income tax described under “Withholding for Non-U.S. Holders” above. Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of the FATCA provisions on them based on their particular circumstances and the requisite steps that can be taken and information that can be provided in order to demonstrate FATCA withholding is not warranted.

 

14.

Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendment.

 

We expressly reserve the right to extend the period of time the Offer is open and delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any Shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such extension. During any such extension, all Shares previously tendered and not properly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and to the rights of a tendering stockholder to withdraw such stockholder’s Shares.

 

We also expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, not to accept for payment and not to pay for any Shares not previously accepted for payment or paid for, subject to applicable law, to postpone payment for Shares or to terminate the Offer upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in Section 7 by giving oral or written notice of the termination or postponement to the Depositary and making a public announcement of the termination or postponement. Our reservation of the right to delay payment for Shares that we have accepted for payment is limited by Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(f)(5), which requires that we must pay the consideration offered or return the Shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer.

 

Subject to compliance with applicable law, we further reserve the right, in our reasonable discretion and regardless of whether any of the events set forth in Section 7 have occurred, to amend the Offer in any respect, including, without limitation, by changing the per Share purchase price or by increasing or decreasing the aggregate purchase price of Shares sought in the Offer. Amendments to the Offer may be made at any time and from time to time by public announcement of the amendment. In the case of an extension, the announcement of the amendment shall be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the last previously scheduled or announced Expiration Time. Any public announcement made pursuant to the Offer will be disseminated promptly to stockholders in a manner reasonably designed to inform stockholders of the change. Without limiting the manner in which we may choose to make a public announcement, except as required by applicable law, we will have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any public announcement other than by issuing a press release to the Dow Jones News Service or comparable service.

 

If we materially change the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, or if we waive a material condition of the Offer, we will extend the Offer to the extent required by Exchange Act Rules 13e-4(e)(3) and 13e-4(f)(1). These rules and related releases and interpretations of the SEC provide that the minimum period during which an Offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the Offer or information concerning the Offer (other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought) will depend on the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of the terms or information. If:

 

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we increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares sought in the Offer (and thereby increase or decrease the number of Shares purchasable in the Offer), and, in the event of an increase in the aggregate purchase price of Shares purchased in the Offer, the number of shares accepted for payment in the Offer increases by more than 2% of the outstanding Shares; and

 

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the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending on the tenth business day from, and including, the date that notice of such an increase or decrease is first published, sent or given to stockholders in the manner specified in this Section 14;

 

then in each case the Offer will be extended until the expiration of the period of at least ten business days after such announcement.

 

If we increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer such that the additional amount of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer does not exceed 2% of the outstanding Shares, this will not be deemed a material change to the terms of the Offer and we will not be required to amend or extend the Offer. See Section 1.

 

For purposes of the Offer, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday.

 

  

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Fees and Expenses.

 

We have retained Morrow & Co. LLC to act as Information Agent and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to act as Depositary in connection with the Offer. The Information Agent may contact holders of Shares by mail, telephone, facsimile and personal interviews and may request brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominee stockholders to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial owners. The Information Agent and the Depositary will each receive reasonable and customary compensation for their respective services, will be reimbursed by us for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer.

 

Certain officers and employees of the Company may render services in connection with the Offer but will not receive any additional compensation for such services.

 

We will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees (other than fees to the Information Agent, as described above) for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. Stockholders holding Shares through brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees are urged to consult their brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees to determine whether transaction costs may apply if stockholders tender Shares through the brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees and not directly to the Depositary. We will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and related materials to the beneficial owners of Shares held by them as a nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. No broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee has been authorized to act as our agent or the agent of the Information Agent or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer. We will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes, if any, on our purchase of Shares except as otherwise provided in Instruction 7 of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

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Miscellaneous.

 

We are not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law. If we become aware of any jurisdiction within the United States where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of Shares pursuant to the Offer is not in compliance with any applicable law, we will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after a good faith effort, we cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not be made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, the holders of Shares residing in that jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities, “blue sky” or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on our behalf by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of the jurisdiction.

 

Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13e-4, we have filed with the SEC the Schedule TO, which contains additional information relating to the Offer. The Schedule TO, including the exhibits and any amendments thereto, may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the same places and in the same manner set forth in Section 10 with respect to information concerning the Company.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal or to which we have referred you in this Offer to Purchase. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information or to make any representation on our behalf in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. If given or made, you should not rely on that information or representation as having been authorized by us, any member of the Board of Directors, the Depositary or the Information Agent.

 

We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation on our behalf as to whether you should tender or not tender your Shares in the Offer. We have not authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this Offer to Purchase or in the Letter of Transmittal. Any recommendation or any such information or representation made by anyone else must not be relied upon as having been authorized by SMG, the Depositary or the Information Agent.

 

SMG INDIUM RESOURCES LTD.

 

October 30, 2014

 

 

The Letter of Transmittal and certificates for Shares, and any other required documents, should be sent or delivered by each stockholder or the stockholder’s broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or nominee to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth below. To confirm delivery of Shares, stockholders are directed to contact the Depositary. Stockholders submitting certificates representing Shares to be tendered must deliver such certificates together with the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents to the Depositary by mail or overnight courier. Facsimile copies of Share certificates will not be accepted.

 

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

 

By First Class, Registered or Certified Mail:		By Express or Overnight Delivery:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004		Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004

 

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at their respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth below. Requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or related documents may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone numbers or address set forth below. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.

 

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

MORROW & CO., LLC

470 West Avenue

Stamford, CT 06902

 

Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (203) 658-9400
Shareholders Call Toll Free: (800) 662-5200
Email: smg.info@morrowco.com

 

 

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(ii)

 

Letter of Transmittal

 

For Tender of Shares of Common Stock of

 

SMG Indium Resources Ltd.

 

At a Purchase Price Equal to $2.41 per Share
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase Dated October 30, 2014

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

 

THIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED, SIGNED AND SENT TOGETHER WITH ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING YOUR CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF SMG INDIUM RESOURCES LTD.  (“SMG”), TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITARY”) AT ONE OF THE ADDRESSES SET FORTH BELOW. DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OTHER DOCUMENTS TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH BELOW DOES NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY. DELIVERIES TO SMG, MORROW & CO. LLC (THE “INFORMATION AGENT”) OR THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY”) WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO THE DEPOSITARY AND THEREFORE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY.

 

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

By First Class, Registered or Certified Mail:		By Express or Overnight Delivery:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004		Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004

 

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED (See Instructions 3 and 4)
Name(s) and Address(es) of Holder(s) (if blank, please fill in exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s)		Shares Tendered (Attach additional list, if necessary — See Instruction 3)
	Certificate Number(s)	Total Number of Shares Represented by Certificate	Book-Entry Shares Held by the Depositary	Number of Shares Tendered *
	Total Shares Tendered:
* Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares represented by each certificate and all book-entry Shares held by the Depositary are being tendered. See Instruction 4.

  

  

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

Indicate below the order (by certificate number) in which Shares are to be purchased in the event of proration (attach additional signed list if necessary). If you do not designate an order and fewer than all Shares tendered are purchased due to proration, Shares will be selected for purchase by the Depositary. See Instruction 16.

 

1st: ______ 2nd: ______ 3rd: ______ 4th: ______ 5th: ______

 

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Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. My certificate(s) for Shares have been lost, destroyed or stolen and I require assistance in replacing the certificates. See Instruction 13.

 

  

YOU MUST SIGN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL WHERE INDICATED BELOW AND COMPLETE THE IRS FORM W-9 PROVIDED BELOW OR APPROPRIATE IRS FORM W-8.

 

This Letter of Transmittal is to be used either if certificates for shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of SMG (the “Shares”), being tendered are to be forwarded with this Letter of Transmittal or, unless an Agent’s Message (defined below) is utilized, if delivery of Shares is to be made by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by the Depositary at The Depository Trust Company, which is referred to as the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase dated October 30, 2014 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”).

 

Tendering stockholders must deliver either the certificates for, or timely confirmation of book-entry transfer in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase with respect to, their Shares and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014 (as this time and date may be extended at any time or from time to time by SMG in its sole discretion in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the “Expiration Time”). Tendering stockholders whose certificates for Shares are not immediately available or who cannot deliver either the certificates for, or timely confirmation of book-entry in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase with respect to, their Shares and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary by the time provided immediately above must tender their Shares in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase.

 

Your attention is directed in particular to the following:

 

1.

If you want to retain the Shares you own, you do not need to take any action.

 

2.

If you want to participate in the Offer, you should check the box in the section captioned “Shares Tendered At Price Determined Under The Offer” below under the section captioned “Price (in Dollars) Per Share At Which Shares Are Being Tendered” and complete the other portions of this Letter of Transmittal as appropriate. The last reported sale price of the Shares on Pink OTC Markets Inc. on October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, was $2.07 per Share.

 

 

 

METHOD OF DELIVERY   ¨          CHECK HERE IF CERTIFICATES FOR TENDERED SHARES ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH.   ¨            CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO AN ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE DEPOSITARY WITH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (ONLY PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY MAY DELIVER SHARES BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER):   Name of Tendering Institution: ___________________________________________________________________   Account Number: ______________________________________________________________________________   Transaction Code Number:_______________________________________________________________________   ¨           CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:   Name of Registered Owner(s): ____________________________________________________________________   Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery: __________________________________________________   Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery: ________________________________________________________   Account Number: ______________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED (See Instruction 5)   THE UNDERSIGNED IS TENDERING SHARES AS FOLLOWS (CHECK ONLY ONE BOX UNDER (1) OR (2) BELOW):   1.            SHARES TENDERED AT PRICE DETERMINED UNDER THE OFFER   By checking the box below, the undersigned hereby tenders Shares at the purchase price as shall be determined by SMG in accordance with the terms of the Offer.   ¨           By checking this box, the undersigned hereby tenders Shares at, and is willing to accept, the purchase price determined by SMG in accordance with the terms of the Offer. The undersigned understands that this action will result in the undersigned’s Shares being deemed to be tendered at the price of $2.41 per Share. The last reported sale price of the Shares on Pink OTC Markets Inc. on October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, was $2.07 per share.

 

CONDITIONAL TENDER (See Instruction 14)   A stockholder may tender Shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the stockholder’s Shares tendered pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal must be purchased if any Shares tendered are purchased, as described in the Offer to Purchase, particularly in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless at least the minimum number of Shares indicated below is purchased by SMG pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the Shares tendered will be purchased. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of Shares that must be purchased if any are purchased, and SMG urges stockholders to consult their tax advisors before completing this section. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum number of Shares specified, the tender will be deemed unconditional.   ¨           The minimum number of Shares that must be purchased, if any are purchased, is:                   _____________ Shares.   If, because of proration, the minimum number of Shares designated will not be purchased, SMG may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering stockholder must have tendered all of his or her Shares and checked this box:   ¨            The tendered Shares represent all Shares held by the undersigned.

 

  

ODD LOTS (See Instruction 15)   To be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, as of the close of business on the date set forth on the signature page hereto, and who continues to own, beneficially or of record, as of the Expiration Time, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares. The odd lot preference is not available for partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of an aggregate of 100 or more Shares, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 Shares.   The undersigned is either (check one box):   ¨           the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares, all of which are being tendered; or   ¨           a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s), Shares with respect to which it is the record holder, and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares and is tendering all of the Shares beneficially owned by each such person.

 

LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE(S)

 

IF ANY STOCK CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SHARES THAT YOU OWN HAS BEEN LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPOSITARY AT (917) 262-2378 PROMPTLY TO OBTAIN INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE STEPS THAT YOU MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE CERTIFICATE. THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED DOCUMENTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THE PROCEDURES FOR REPLACING LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPOSITARY IMMEDIATELY TO PERMIT TIMELY PROCESSING OF THE REPLACEMENT DOCUMENTATION. SEE INSTRUCTION 13.

 

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED WHERE INDICATED BELOW.

 

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

 

To Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

 

The undersigned hereby tenders to SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“SMG”), the above-described shares of SMG’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), at the price per Share indicated in this Letter of Transmittal, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in SMG’s Offer to Purchase dated October 30, 2014 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and this Letter of Transmittal (which together, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.

 

  

Subject to and effective on acceptance for payment of, and payment for, the Shares tendered with this Letter of Transmittal in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, SMG, all right, title and interest in and to all the Shares that are being tendered and irrevocably constitutes and appoints Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Depositary”), the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest), to the full extent of the undersigned’s rights with respect to such tendered Shares, to (a) deliver certificates for such tendered Shares or transfer ownership of such tendered Shares on the account books maintained by The Depository Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility”), together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, SMG upon receipt by the Depositary, as the undersigned’s agent, of the aggregate purchase price with respect to such tendered Shares, (b) present such tendered Shares for cancellation and transfer on SMG’s books and (c) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such tendered Shares, all in accordance with the terms of the Offer.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the tendered Shares and, when the same are accepted for payment, SMG will acquire good title thereto, free and clear of all liens, security interests, restrictions, claims, encumbrances, conditional sales agreements and other obligations relating to the sale or transfer of the tendered Shares, and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim or right. The undersigned will, on request by the Depositary or SMG, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or SMG to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the tendered Shares (and any and all such other Shares or other securities or rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Offer.

 

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal shall be binding on the successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.

 

The undersigned agrees that:

 

1.

the proper tender of Shares pursuant to any of the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and in the instructions to this Letter of Transmittal constitutes the undersigned’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer; SMG’s acceptance of the tendered Shares will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and SMG on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer;

 

2.

it is a violation of Rule 14e-4 (“Rule 14e-4”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for a person acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender Shares for such person’s own account unless at the time of tender and at the end of the proration period or period during which Shares are accepted by lot (including any extensions of such period) such person has a “net long position” in:

 

  

•

the Shares that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and will deliver or cause to be delivered such Shares for the purpose of tendering to SMG within the period specified in the Offer, or

 

•

other securities issued by SMG that are immediately convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable into Shares (“Equivalent Securities”) that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and, upon the acceptance of such tender, will acquire such Shares by conversion, exchange or exercise of such Equivalent Securities to the extent required by the terms of the Offer and will deliver or cause to be delivered such Shares so acquired for the purpose of tendering to SMG within the period specified in the Offer.

 

Rule 14e-4 also provides a similar restriction applicable to the tender or the guarantee of a tender on behalf of another person. A tender of Shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth in this Letter of Transmittal will constitute the tendering stockholder’s representation and warranty to SMG that:

 

•

such stockholder has a “net long position” in Shares or Equivalent Securities being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4, and

 

•

such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4.

 

3.

SMG will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, has determined a single per Share price (the “Final Purchase Price”) equal to $2.41 per Share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, that it will pay for Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn from the Offer, taking into account the number of Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering stockholders;

 

4.

the Final Purchase Price will allow SMG to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78, or a lower aggregate purchase price depending on the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn;

 

5.

SMG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to increase or decrease the per Share purchase price and to increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price of Shares sought in the Offer, in each case subject to applicable law. SMG may increase the aggregate purchase price of Shares sought in the Offer to an amount greater than $16,094,842.78, in each case subject to applicable law. SMG may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by up to 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer;

 

6.

all Shares properly tendered prior to the Expiration Time at or below the Final Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn will be purchased in the Offer at the Final Purchase Price, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot” priority, proration (if more than the number of Shares sought are properly tendered) and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase;

 

  

7.

SMG will return at its expense all Shares it does not purchase, including Shares tendered at prices greater than the Final Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn and Shares not purchased because of proration or conditional tenders, promptly following the Expiration Time;

 

8.

under the circumstances set forth in the Offer to Purchase, and subject to applicable law, SMG expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer at any time and from time to time, upon the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase, and to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open at any time and from time to time, and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any Shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof. During any such extension, all Shares previously properly tendered and not properly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and to the rights of a tendering stockholder to withdraw such stockholder’s Shares;

 

9.

stockholders who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary or complete the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time must tender their Shares by properly completing and duly executing the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase;

 

10.

SMG has advised the undersigned to consult with the undersigned’s own advisors as to the consequences of tendering or not tendering Shares pursuant to the Offer; and

 

11.

THE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO (NOR WILL A TENDER OF SHARES BE ACCEPTED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF) HOLDERS RESIDING IN ANY JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION.

 

The undersigned agrees to all of the terms and conditions of the Offer.

 

Unless otherwise indicated below in the section captioned “Special Issuance Instructions,” please issue the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please mail the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the address(es) of the registered holder(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” In the event that both the “Special Delivery Instructions” and the “Special Payment Instructions” are completed, please issue the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) in the name(s) of, and deliver such check and/or return such certificates (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) to, the person or persons so indicated. Unless otherwise indicated below in the section captioned “Special Issuance Instructions,” please credit any Shares tendered herewith by book-entry transfer that are not accepted for payment by crediting the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility designated above. Appropriate medallion signature guarantees by an Eligible Institution (as defined in Instruction 1) have been included with respect to Shares for which “Special Issuance Instructions” have been given. The undersigned recognizes that SMG has no obligation pursuant to the “Special Payment Instructions” to transfer any Shares from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if SMG does not accept for payment any of the Shares.

 

  

SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS (See Instructions 1, 6, 7 and 8)

 

SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS   To be completed ONLY if certificates for Shares not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for payment of the purchase price of Shares accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned, or if Shares tendered hereby and delivered by book-entry transfer which are not purchased are to be returned by crediting them to an account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility other than the account designated above.   Issue:     ¨ Check ¨ Certificate(s) to:   Name(s):_____________________________________ (Please Print)   Address:_____________________________________   _____________________________________ (Include Zip Code)   _____________________________________________ (Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number)

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS   To be completed ONLY if certificates for Shares not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for payment of the purchase price of Shares accepted for payment are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that above.          Mail:      ¨ Check ¨ Certificate(s) to:   Name(s):_________________________________ (Please Print)   Address:_________________________________   _________________________________ (Include Zip Code)   _________________________________________ (Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number)

 

  

IMPORTANT: STOCKHOLDERS SIGN HERE   X: __________________________________________________________________________________________   X: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature(s) of Stockholder(s)   Dated: _________, 2014   (Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on stock certificate(s) or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) of stock certificate(s) as evidenced by endorsement or stock powers transmitted herewith. If signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the full title of the person should be set forth. See Instruction 6).   Name(s):_____________________________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print)   Capacity (full title): ____________________________________________________________________________   Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (Include Zip Code)   Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:_________________________________________________________   Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:____________________________________________________   (Complete Accompanying IRS Form W-9 or Appropriate IRS Form W-8)   Signature(s) Guarantee   (See Instructions 1 and 6)   Complete ONLY if required by Instruction l. Your signature must be medallion guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (see Instruction 1). NOTE: A notarization by a notary public is not acceptable.   FOR USE BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ONLY.   PLACE MEDALLION GUARANTEE IN SPACE BELOW.

 

  

INSTRUCTIONS

 

Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Offer

 

1.

Guarantee of Signatures. No signature guarantee is required on this Letter of Transmittal if:

 

•

this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) (which term, for purposes of this Instruction 1, includes any participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares) of Shares tendered herewith, unless such registered holder(s) has (have) completed the section captioned “Special Issuance Instructions” in this Letter of Transmittal); or

 

•

such Shares are tendered for the account of a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of a Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Agents Association, Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program, or is otherwise an “eligible guarantor institution,” as the term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act, each of the foregoing constituting an “Eligible Institution.”

 

In all other cases, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 6. If you have any questions regarding the need for a signature guarantee, please call the Information Agent at (800) 662-5200.

 

2.

Requirements of Tender. This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by stockholders either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or, unless an Agent’s Message is utilized, if delivery of Shares is to be made pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. For a stockholder to properly tender Shares pursuant to the Offer:

 

•

a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, and the certificate(s) representing the tendered Shares, together with any required signature guarantees, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration Time; or

 

•

a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal), properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees or an Agent’s Message (in the case of a book-entry transfer) and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration Time and Shares must be delivered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in this Letter of Transmittal (and a book-entry confirmation must be received by the Depositary) prior to the Expiration Time; or

 

•

the stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below and in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

  

Tenders of Shares made pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time. If SMG extends the Offer beyond that time, tendered Shares may be withdrawn at any time until the extended Expiration Time. Shares that have not previously been accepted by SMG for payment may be withdrawn at any time after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Thursday, December 18, 2014. To withdraw tendered Shares, stockholders must deliver a written notice of withdrawal to the Depositary within the prescribed time period at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Letter of Transmittal. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the tendering stockholder, the number of Shares to be withdrawn, and the name of the registered holder of the Shares. In addition, if the certificates for Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, before the release of the certificates, the tendering stockholder must also submit the serial numbers shown on the particular certificates for Shares to be withdrawn and the signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (except in the case of Shares tendered by an Eligible Institution). If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer, the notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited with the withdrawn Shares and otherwise comply with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedures.

 

Withdrawals may not be rescinded and any Shares withdrawn will not be properly tendered for purposes of the Offer unless the withdrawn Shares are properly re-tendered prior to the Expiration Time by following the procedures described above.

 

Stockholders whose certificates for Shares are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary or complete the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time must tender their Shares by properly completing and duly executing the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Pursuant to those procedures, (a) tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution, (b) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form provided by SMG, must be received by the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time and (c) the certificates for all tendered Shares in proper form for transfer (or a book-entry confirmation with respect to all such Shares), together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary, in each case within three Pink OTC Markets Inc. trading days after the date of execution of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as provided in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. A “trading day” is any day on which Pink OTC Markets Inc. is open for business. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message transmitted by the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to, and received by, the Depositary, which states that the Book-Entry Transfer Facility has received an express acknowledgement from the participant in Book-Entry Transfer Facility tendering the Shares and such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that SMG may enforce such agreement against the participant.

 

  

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF SHARES, THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY, IS AT THE SOLE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING STOCKHOLDER. SHARES, THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS WILL BE DEEMED DELIVERED ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY (INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, BY BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION). IF YOU ELECT TO DELIVER BY MAIL, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, AND THAT YOU PROPERLY INSURE THE DOCUMENTS. IN ALL CASES, YOU SHOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

 

Except as specifically provided by the Offer to Purchase, no alternative, conditional or contingent tenders of Shares will be accepted. No fractional Shares will be purchased. All tendering stockholders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance for payment of their Shares.

 

3.

Inadequate Space. If the space provided in this Letter of Transmittal is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the number of Shares should be listed on a separate signed schedule attached hereto.

 

4.

Partial Tenders (Not Applicable to Stockholders Who Tender by Book-Entry Transfer). If fewer than all of the Shares represented by any certificate submitted to the Depositary are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares that are to be tendered in the section captioned “Number of Shares Tendered.” In any such case, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the Shares that were evidenced by the old certificate(s) will be sent to the registered holder(s), unless otherwise provided in the appropriate section on this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the acceptance for payment of, and payment for, the Shares tendered herewith. All Shares represented by certificates delivered to the Depositary and all book-entry Shares held by the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

 

5.

Confirmation of Price at Which Shares are Being Tendered. For Shares to be properly tendered, the stockholder MUST check the box in the section captioned “Shares Tendered At Price Determined Under The Offer” in order for SMG to accept for payment all of the Shares tendered (subject to the possibility of proration). The same Shares cannot be tendered more than once, unless previously properly withdrawn as provided in Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

6.

Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Stock Powers and Endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate(s) without any change or alteration whatsoever.

 

If any of the Shares tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

 

If any Shares tendered hereby are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates.

 

  

If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificate or stock power is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, he or she should so indicate when signing and submit proper evidence satisfactory to SMG of his or her authority to so act.

 

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment of the purchase price is to be made, or certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued, to a person other than the registered owner(s). Signatures on any such certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the certificate(s) representing such Shares must be properly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered owner(s) appear(s) on the certificates(s). The signature(s) on any such certificate(s) or stock power(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

7.

Stock Transfer Taxes. SMG will pay any stock transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of Shares to it pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or if Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, any person(s) other than the registered owner(s), or if Shares tendered hereby are registered in the name(s) of any person(s) other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any stock transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered owner(s) or such other person(s)) payable on account of the transfer to such person(s) will be deducted from the purchase price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes or exemption from the payment of such taxes is submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.

 

Except as provided in this Instruction 7, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the certificates listed in this Letter of Transmittal.

 

8.

Special Issuance Instructions. If a check for the purchase price of any Shares accepted for payment is to be issued in the name of, and/or certificates for any Shares not accepted for payment or not tendered are to be issued in the name of and/or returned to, a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or if a check is to be sent, and/or such certificates are to be returned, to a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown above, you should complete the appropriate section under “Special Issuance Instructions”.

 

  

9.

Waiver of Conditions; Irregularities. All questions as to the number of Shares to be accepted, the Final Purchase Price to be paid for Shares to be accepted, the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares and the validity (including time of receipt) and form of any notice of withdrawal of tendered Shares will be determined by SMG, in its sole discretion, and such determination will be final and binding on all parties. SMG may delegate power in whole or in part to the Depositary. SMG reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of any Shares that SMG determines are not in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for which may, in the opinion of SMG’s counsel, be unlawful. SMG reserves the absolute right to reject any notices of withdrawal that it determines are not in proper form. SMG also reserves the absolute right, subject to the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to waive any of the conditions of the Offer prior to the Expiration Time, or any defect or irregularity in any tender or withdrawal with respect to any particular Shares or any particular stockholder (whether or not SMG waives similar defects or irregularities in the case of other stockholders), and SMG’s interpretation of the terms of the Offer (including these instructions) will be final and binding on all parties. In the event a condition is waived with respect to any particular stockholder, the same condition will be waived with respect to all stockholders. No tender or withdrawal of Shares will be deemed to have been properly made until all defects or irregularities have been cured by the tendering or withdrawing stockholder or waived by SMG. SMG will not be liable for failure to waive any condition of the Offer, or any defect or irregularity in any tender or withdrawal of Shares. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders or withdrawals must be cured within the period of time SMG determines. None of SMG, the Information Agent, the Depositary or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in any tender or withdrawal, nor will any of the foregoing incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

10.

Backup Withholding. In order to avoid backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax on payments of cash pursuant to the Offer, a stockholder that is a U.S. person (as defined in the instructions to IRS Form W-9) and that receives cash for tendered Shares in the Offer must (a) qualify for an exemption, as described below, and if required, establish such exemption to the satisfaction of the payor, or (b) provide the Depositary with such stockholder’s correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) (i.e., social security number or employer identification number) on IRS Form W-9 included with this Letter of Transmittal. On such IRS Form W-9, the stockholder must certify under penalties of perjury that (i) the TIN provided is correct, (ii) (x) the stockholder is exempt from backup withholding, (y) the stockholder has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that such stockholder is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (z) the IRS has notified the stockholder that such stockholder is no longer subject to backup withholding, (iii) the stockholder is a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien) and (iv) the code (if any) provided indicating exemption from FATCA (as described in IRS Form W-9) reporting is correct.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional income tax. Rather, the amount of the backup withholding can be credited against the U.S. federal income tax liability of the person subject to the backup withholding, provided that the required information is timely given to the IRS. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of tax, the stockholder may be eligible to obtain a refund upon timely filing an income tax return.

 

A tendering stockholder is required to give the Depositary the TIN of the record owner of the Shares being tendered. If the Shares are held in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the instructions to the enclosed IRS Form W-9 for guidance on which number to report.

 

  

If a stockholder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for one or intends to apply for one in the near future, such stockholder should write “Applied For” in the space provided for the TIN in Part I of the IRS Form W-9, and sign and date the IRS Form W-9. Writing “Applied For” means that a stockholder has already applied for a TIN or that such stockholder intends to apply for one soon. Notwithstanding that the stockholder has written “Applied For” in Part I, the Depositary will withhold at the applicable statutory rate (currently 28%) on all payments made prior to the time a properly certified TIN is provided to the Depositary, unless the stockholder otherwise establishes an exemption from backup withholding.

 

Some stockholders are exempt from backup withholding. To prevent possible erroneous backup withholding, exempt stockholders should consult the instructions to the enclosed IRS Form W-9 for additional guidance. A Non-U.S. Holder (as defined below) should complete and sign the main signature form and IRS Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals) or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities), copies of which may be obtained from the Depositary, or other applicable IRS Form W-8, in order to avoid backup withholding. See the instructions to the enclosed IRS Form W-9 and Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase for more information.

 

11.

Withholding on Non-U.S. Holders. Even if a Non-U.S. Holder has provided the required certification to avoid backup withholding, the Depositary will withhold U.S. federal income taxes equal to 30% of the gross payments payable to a Non-U.S. Holder or such holder’s agent unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate of withholding is available pursuant to a tax treaty or that an exemption from withholding is applicable because such gross proceeds are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States. See Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding pursuant to a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable Form W-8). In order to obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI. A Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if such Non-U.S. Holder meets those tests described in Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase that would characterize the exchange as a sale (as opposed to a distribution) or is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.

 

For the purposes of this Instruction 11, a “Non-U.S. Holder” is any stockholder that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust if it is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or it has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

  

A foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity that tenders Shares which are accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer will generally be subject to withholding tax imposed under Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code (such Sections commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or “FATCA’) and the final Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder at a rate of 30% of the gross proceeds payable to such foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity unless such foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity provides to the Depositary an applicable IRS Form W-8 demonstrating the FATCA withholding is not warranted. If the Depositary withholds tax under FATCA, it will not also withhold the 30% U.S. federal income tax described in the second previous paragraph above.

 

NON-U.S. HOLDERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES WITHHOLDING TAX AT A 30% RATE ON THE SALE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER, EVEN IF NO SUCH WITHHOLDING WOULD APPLY IF THOSE SAME SHARES WERE SOLD ON THE OPEN MARKET. IN ADDITION, NON-U. S. HOLDERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO THIS 30% WITHHOLDING TAX ON THE SALE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER OR TO 30% WITHHOLDING UNDER FATCA EVEN IF THE TRANSACTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX. NON-U.S. HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING RULES, INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY FOR A WITHHOLDING TAX REDUCTION OR EXEMPTION, AND THE REFUND PROCEDURE.

 

Any payments made pursuant to the Offer, whether to U.S. or Non-U.S. Holders, that are treated as wages will be subject to applicable wage withholding (regardless of whether an IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 is provided).

 

12.

Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. If you have questions or need assistance, you should contact the Information Agent at the address and telephone number set forth on the back cover of this Letter of Transmittal. If you require additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the IRS Form W-9 or other related materials, you should contact the Information Agent. Copies will be furnished promptly at SMG’s expense.

 

13.

Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. If any certificate representing Shares has been lost, destroyed or stolen, you should promptly notify the Depositary at the number (917) 262-2378. You will then be instructed by the Depositary as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the certificate. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificates have been followed.

 

14.

Conditional Tenders. As described in Section 3 and Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, stockholders may condition their tenders on all or a minimum number of their tendered Shares being purchased.

 

If you wish to make a conditional tender you must indicate this in the section captioned “Conditional Tender” in this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. In this section of this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, you must calculate and appropriately indicate the minimum number of Shares that must be purchased, if any are to be purchased.

 

  

As discussed in Section 3 and Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, proration may affect whether SMG accepts conditional tenders and may result in Shares tendered pursuant to a conditional tender being deemed withdrawn if the minimum number of Shares would not be purchased. If, because of proration (because more than the number of Shares sought are properly tendered), the minimum number of Shares that you designate will not be purchased, SMG may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, you must have tendered all of your Shares and checked the box so indicating in the section captioned “Conditional Tender” in this Letter of Transmittal. Upon selection by lot, if any, SMG will limit its purchase in each case to the designated minimum number of Shares.

 

All tendered Shares will be deemed unconditionally tendered unless the “Conditional Tender” section is completed.

 

The conditional tender alternative is made available so that a stockholder may seek to structure the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer in such a manner that the purchase will be treated as a sale of such Shares by the stockholder, rather than the payment of a dividend to the stockholder, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase. If you are an odd lot holder and you tender all of your Shares, you cannot conditionally tender, because your Shares will not be subject to proration. It is your responsibility to calculate the minimum number of Shares that must be purchased from you in order for you to qualify for sale rather than dividend treatment. You are urged to consult your own tax advisor. See Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

15.

Odd Lots. As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, if SMG is to purchase fewer than all Shares tendered before the Expiration Time and not properly withdrawn, the Shares purchased first will consist of all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by any stockholder who owns, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares, and who tenders all of the holder’s Shares at or below the purchase price. This preference is not available for partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of an aggregate of 100 or more Shares, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 Shares. This preference will not be available unless the section captioned “Odd Lots” is completed.

 

16.

Order of Purchase in Event of Proration. As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, stockholders may designate the order in which their Shares are to be purchased in the event of proration. The order of purchase may have an effect on the U.S. federal income tax classification of any gain or loss on the Shares purchased. See Section 1 and Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR, FOR ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS, A MANUALLY SIGNED FACSIMILE OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL), TOGETHER WITH ANY REQUIRED SIGNATURE GUARANTEES, OR, IN THE CASE OF A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, AN AGENT’S MESSAGE, AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION TIME AND EITHER CERTIFICATES FOR TENDERED SHARES MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY OR SHARES MUST BE

 

  

DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES FOR BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND A BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY, IN EACH CASE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION TIME, OR THE TENDERING STOCKHOLDER MUST COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES FOR GUARANTEED DELIVERY.

 

FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED IRS FORM W-9 MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING AT A RATE OF 28% FROM ANY PAYMENT MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND THE ENCLOSED IRS FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

 

What Number to Give the Depositary

 

The stockholder (or other payee) is required to give the Depositary the social security number or employer identification number of the record holder (or any other payee) of the Shares tendered hereby. If the Shares are registered in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the instructions to the enclosed IRS Form W-9 for guidance on which TIN to report. If the tendering stockholder (or other payee) has not been issued a TIN and has applied for one or intends to apply for one in the near future, the stockholder (or other payee) should write “Applied For” in the space provided for the TIN in Part I and sign and date the IRS Form W-9. If “Applied For” is written in Part I and the Depositary is not provided with a TIN by the time of payment, the Depositary will withhold 28% of all payments to such stockholder (or other payee) until a properly certified TIN is provided to the Depositary.

 

  

Form W-9 (Rev. August 2013) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification

Give Form to the requester. Do not send to the IRS.

Print or type See Specific Instructions on page 2

Name (as shown on your income tax return)

Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above

Check appropriate box for federal tax classification: ¨ Individual/sole proprietor ¨ C Corporation ¨ S Corporation ¨ Partnership ¨ Trust/estate   ¨ Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P=partnership) ▶______   ¨ Other (see instructions) ▶

Exemptions (see instructions):   Exempt payee code (if any) ______   Exemption from FATCA reporting code (if any) __________________

Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Requester’s name and address (optional)

City, state, and ZIP code

List account number(s) here (optional)

Part I

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on the “Name” line to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 3.

Social security number

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Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose number to enter.

Employer identification number

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Part II

Certification

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: 1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and 2. I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and 3. I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below), and 4. The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct. Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions on page 3.

Sign Here

Signature of U.S. person▶

Date▶

General Instructions Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. Future developments. The IRS has created a page on IRS.gov for information about Form W-9, at www.irs.gov/w9. Information about any future developments affecting Form W-9 (such as legislation enacted after we release it) will be posted on that page. Purpose of Form A person who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for example, income paid to you, payments made to you in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, real estate transactions, mortgage interest you paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) and, when applicable, to: 1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued), 2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the

withholding tax on foreign partners’ share of effectively connected income, and 4. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. Note. If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester’s form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9. Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are: · An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, · A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, · An estate (other than a foreign estate), or · A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7). Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section 1446 on any foreign partners’ share of effectively connected taxable income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid section 1446 withholding on your share of partnership income.

 

  

Form W-9 (Rev. 8-2013)

Page 2

In the cases below, the following person must give Form W-9 to the partnership for purposes of establishing its U.S. status and avoiding withholding on its allocable share of net income from the partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States: · In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the entity, · In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the trust, and · In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust) and not the beneficiaries of the trust. Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities). Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a “saving clause.” Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes. If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items: 1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien. 2. The treaty article addressing the income. 3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions. 4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax. 5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article. Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on his or her scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption. If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233. What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS a percentage of such payments. This is called “backup withholding.” Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding. You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return. Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if: 1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester, 2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the Part II instructions on page 3 for details), 3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN, 4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or 5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only). Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code on page 3 and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information. Also see Special rules for partnerships on page 1. What is FATCA reporting? The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all United States account holders that are specified United States persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code on page 3 and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Updating Your Information You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you no longer are tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account, for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies. Penalties Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty. Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment. Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Specific Instructions Name If you are an individual, you must generally enter the name shown on your income tax return. However, if you have changed your last name, for instance, due to marriage without informing the Social Security Administration of the name change, enter your first name, the last name shown on your social security card, and your new last name. If the account is in joint names, list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of the form. Sole proprietor. Enter your individual name as shown on your income tax return on the “Name” line. You may enter your business, trade, or “doing business as (DBA)” name on the “Business name/disregarded entity name” line. Partnership, C Corporation, or S Corporation. Enter the entity's name on the “Name” line and any business, trade, or “doing business as (DBA) name” on the “Business name/disregarded entity name” line. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a “disregarded entity.” See Regulation section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iii). Enter the owner's name on the “Name” line. The name of the entity entered on the “Name” line should never be a disregarded entity. The name on the “Name” line must be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owner's name is required to be provided on the “Name” line. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entity's name on the “Business name/disregarded entity name” line. If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN. Note. Check the appropriate box for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on the “Name” line (Individual/sole proprietor, Partnership, C Corporation, S Corporation, Trust/estate). Limited Liability Company (LLC). If the person identified on the “Name” line is an LLC, check the “Limited liability company” box only and enter the appropriate code for the U.S. federal tax classification in the space provided. If you are an LLC that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes, enter “P” for partnership. If you are an LLC that has filed a Form 8832 or a Form 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, enter “C” for C corporation or “S” for S corporation, as appropriate. If you are an LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under Regulation section 301.7701-3 (except for employment and excise tax), do not check the LLC box unless the owner of the LLC (required to be identified on the “Name” line) is another LLC that is not disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes. If the LLC is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, enter the appropriate tax classification of the owner identified on the “Name” line. Other entities. Enter your business name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on the “Name” line. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on the “Business name/disregarded entity name” line. Exemptions If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the Exemptions box, any code(s) that may apply to you. See Exempt payee code and Exemption from FATCA reporting code on page 3.

 

   

Form W-9 (Rev. 8-2013)	Page 3

Exempt payee code. Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding. Corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, such as interest and dividends. Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions. Note. If you are exempt from backup withholding, you should still complete this form to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding: 1—An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2) 2—The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities 3—A state, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities 4—A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities 5—A corporation 6—A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States 7—A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 8—A real estate investment trust 9—An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940 10—A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a) 11—A financial institution 12—A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian 13—A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947 The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.

G—A real estate investment trust H—A regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940 I—A common trust fund as defined in section 584(a) J—A bank as defined in section 581 K—A broker L—A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1) M—A tax exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below. If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN. However, the IRS prefers that you use your SSN. If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner (see Limited Liability Company (LLC) on page 2), enter the owner’s SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). Do not enter the disregarded entity’s EIN. If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entity’s EIN. Note. See the chart on page 4 for further clarification of name and TIN combinations. How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local Social Security Administration office or get this form online at www.ssa.gov. You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/businesses and clicking on Employer Identification Number (EIN) under Starting a Business. You can get Forms W-7 and SS-4 from the IRS by visiting IRS.gov or by calling 1-800- TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).

IF the payment is for . . .	THEN the payment is exempt for . . .	If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester. Note. Entering “Applied For” means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon. Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8. Part II. Certification To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if items 1, 4, or 5 below indicate otherwise.
Interest and dividend payments	All exempt payees except for 7
Broker transactions	Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012.
Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends	Exempt payees 1 through 4
Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,0001	Generally, exempt payees 1 through 52
Payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions	Exempt payees 1 through 4

 

 

1 See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and its instructions. 2 However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys' fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney, and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency. Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A—An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37) B—The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities C—A state, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities D—A corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Reg. section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i) E—A corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Reg. section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i) F—A dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state

For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on the “Name” line must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code earlier. Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below. 1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification. 2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form. 3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification. 4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. “Other payments” include payments made in the course of the requester’s trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations). 5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

 

  

Form W-9 (Rev. 8-2013)

 

What Name and Number To Give the Requester

. If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.

1. Individual 2. Two or more individuals (joint account) 3. Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act) 4. a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee) b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law 5. Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual 6. Grantor trust filing under Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 1 (see Regulation section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(A))	individual The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account 1 The minor 2 The grantor-trustee1   The actual owner 1   The owner 3 The grantor*	Secure Your Tax Records from Identity Theft Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, social security number (SSN), or other identifying information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund. To reduce your risk: · Protect your SSN, · Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and · Be careful when choosing a tax preparer. If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter. If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039. For more information, see Publication 4535, Identity Theft Prevention and Victim Assistance. Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a system problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059. Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts. If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at: spam@uce.gov or contact them at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 1-877- IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338).
For this type of account:	Give name and EIN of:
7. Disregarded entity not owned by an individual 8. A valid trust, estate, or pension trust 9. Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553 10. Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization 11. Partnership or multi-member LLC 12. A broker or registered nominee 13. Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments 14. Grantor trust filing under the Form 1041 Filing Method or the Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 2 (see Regulation section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B))	The owner Legal entity 4 The corporation The organization The partnership The broker or nominee The public entity     The trust

1 List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that person’s number must be furnished. 2Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN. 3 You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or “DBA” name on the “Business name/disregarded entity” name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN. 4 List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Also see Special rules for partnerships on page 1. *Note. Grantor also must provide a Form W-9 to trustee of trust.

Visit IRS.gov to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.

 

  

Privacy Act Notice   Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their laws. The information also may be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payers must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.

 

  

The Letter of Transmittal and certificates for Shares, and any other required documents, should be sent or delivered by each stockholder or the stockholder’s broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or nominee to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth below. To confirm delivery of Shares, stockholders are directed to contact the Depositary. Stockholders submitting certificates representing Shares to be tendered must deliver such certificates together with the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents to the Depositary by mail, express or overnight courier. Facsimile copies of Share certificates will not be accepted.

 

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

By First Class, Registered or Certified Mail:		By Express or Overnight Delivery:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004		Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004

 

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the telephone number and address set forth below. Requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or related documents may be directed to the information Agent at its telephone numbers or address set forth below. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.

 

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

Morrow & Co., LLC

470 West Avenue

Stamford, CT 06902

 

Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (203) 658-9400
Shareholders Call Toll Free: (800) 662-5200

 

 

 

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(iii)

 

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

 

For Tender of Shares of Common Stock of

 

SMG INDIUM RESOURCES LTD.

 

THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR WITHDRAWN (SUCH DATE, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or a form substantially equivalent hereto, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if you want to tender your Shares but:

 

·

your certificates for the Shares are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time,

 

·

you cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer by the Expiration Time, or

 

·

your other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary by the Expiration Time,

 

in which case, you may still tender your Shares if you comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, properly completed and duly executed, may be delivered to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Depositary”) by mail, overnight courier or by facsimile transmission (for eligible institutions only) prior to the Expiration Time. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase dated October 30, 2014 (the “Offer to Purchase”).

 

Deliver to:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

 

By First Class, Registered or Certified Mail:	By Express or Overnight Delivery:
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004	Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company Corporate Actions Department 17 Battery Place – 8th Floor New York, New York 10004

 

For this notice to be validly delivered, it must be received by the Depositary at one of the addresses listed above before the Expiration Time. Delivery of this instrument to an address other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. Deliveries to SMG Indium Resources Ltd. or Morrow & Co., LLC (the “Information Agent”) will not be forwarded to the Depositary and therefore will not constitute valid delivery. Deliveries to The Depository Trust Company will not constitute valid delivery to the Depositary.

 

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on the Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution under the instructions to the Letter of Transmittal, the signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTION COY: SMG

 

  

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned hereby tenders to SMG Indium Resources Ltd. (“SMG”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Offer to Purchase, dated October 30, 2014, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock of SMG, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), listed below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

Number of Shares to be tendered: __________________________________________ Shares

  

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED WHERE INDICATED BELOW

 

PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED (See Instruction 5 to the Letter of Transmittal)   THE UNDERSIGNED IS TENDERING SHARES AS FOLLOWS:   1.     SHARES TENDERED AT PRICE DETERMINED UNDER THE OFFER   By checking the box below, the undersigned hereby tenders Shares at the purchase price as determined by SMG in accordance with the terms of the Offer.   ¨    By checking this box instead of one of the price boxes below, the undersigned hereby tenders Shares at, and is willing to accept, the purchase price determined by SMG in accordance with the terms of the Offer. The undersigned understands that this action will result in the undersigned’s Shares being deemed to be tendered at the price of $2.41 per Share. The last reported sale price of the Shares on Pink OTC Markets Inc. on October 29, 2014, the last full trading day prior to commencement of the Offer, was $2.07 per Share.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTION COY: SMG

 

 

 

CONDITIONAL TENDER (See Instruction 14 to the Letter of Transmittal)   A stockholder may tender Shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the stockholder’s Shares tendered pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal must be purchased if any Shares tendered are purchased, all as described in the Offer to Purchase, particularly in Section 6 thereof. Unless at least the minimum number of Shares indicated below is purchased by SMG pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the Shares tendered will be purchased. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate that minimum number of Shares that must be purchased if any are purchased, and SMG urges stockholders to read carefully Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase and consult their own tax advisors before completing this section. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum specified, the tender will be deemed unconditional.   ¨   The minimum number of Shares that must be purchased, if any are purchased, is: _________________________________ Shares.   If, because of proration, the minimum number of Shares designated will not be purchased, SMG may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering stockholder must have tendered all of his or her Shares and checked this box:   ¨    The tendered Shares represent all Shares held by the undersigned.

 

ODD LOTS (See Instruction 15 to the Letter of Transmittal)   To be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, as of the close of business on the date set forth on the signature page hereto, and who continues to own, beneficially or of record, as of the Expiration Time, an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares. The odd lot preference is not available for partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of an aggregate of 100 or more Shares, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 Shares.   The undersigned is either (check one box):   ¨    the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares, all of which are being tendered; or   ¨    a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s), Shares with respect to which it is the record holder, and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares and is tendering all of the Shares beneficially owned by each such person.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTION COY: SMG

  

PLEASE SIGN ON THIS PAGE (Also Please Complete IRS Form W-9 or Appropriate IRS Form W-8) Name of Record Holder(s):     (Please Print)

Signatures X __________________________________________________________________________________________   X __________________________________________________________________________________________   Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________________   Zip Code(s): _________________________________________________________________________________   (Area code) and telephone number:

□ If delivery will be by book-entry transfer, check this box.   Name of tendering institution:__________________________________________________________________________________   Account Number:____________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________________________________________________________________________   __________________________________________________________________________________________

 

GUARANTEE
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

 

The undersigned, a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Signature Guarantee Program, or an “eligible guarantor institution,” (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), hereby guarantees (i) that the above-named person(s) has a net long position in the Shares being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) that such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 and (iii) to deliver to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth above certificate(s) for the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a confirmation of the book-entry transfer of the Shares into the Depositary’s account at The Depository Trust Company, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile thereof) and any other required documents, within three business days after the date of receipt by the Depositary.

Name of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Delivery                                                                                                      Address                                                                                                      Zip Code                                                                                                      (Area Code) Telephone No.

X                                                                                               Authorized Signature                                                                                                      Name (Print Name)                                                                                                      Title   Dated: ____________, 2014

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTION COY: SMG

  

This form is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution under the Instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

 

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VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTION COY: SMG

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(iv)

 

Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
SMG Indium Resources Ltd.

 

of
Up to $16,094,842.78 of Shares of Its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price Equal to $2.41 per Share

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).

 

October 30, 2014

 

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

 

SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“SMG”), in connection with its offer to purchase shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), for cash up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78, will purchase Shares at a price equal to $2.41 per share (the “Purchase Price”), net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated October 30, 2014 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”, which together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. The description of the Offer in this letter is only a summary and is qualified by all of the terms and conditions of the Offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

If, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of less than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, SMG will buy all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer. All Shares properly tendered prior to the Expiration Time at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn will be purchased in the Offer at the Purchase Price, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. However, because of the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase, SMG may not purchase all of the Shares tendered at the Purchase Price if based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price for the Shares, regardless of any delay in making such payment. All Shares acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the Purchase Price. SMG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the per Share purchase price and to increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares sought in the Offer, in each case subject to applicable law. SMG may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by up to 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer.

 

SMG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer upon the occurrence of certain conditions more specifically described in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase, or to amend the Offer in any respect, in each case subject to applicable law.

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $16,094,842.78(or such greater aggregate purchase price as SMG may elect to pay, subject to applicable law) have been properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn before the Expiration Time, SMG will purchase such Shares in the following order of priority: (i) SMG will purchase all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by any holder of an “odd lot” of less than 100 Shares who tenders all Shares owned beneficially or of record by such odd lot holder at a price at the Purchase Price (tenders of less than all of the Shares owned by such odd lot holder will not qualify for this preference) and who completes the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal; (ii) after the purchase of all of the Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn by odd lot holders, SMG will purchase all other Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price on a pro rata basis (excluding Shares subject to conditional tenders for which the condition was not initially satisfied) with appropriate adjustment to avoid purchases of fractional Shares; and (iii) only if necessary to permit SMG to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78(or such greater aggregate purchase price as SMG may elect, subject to applicable law), SMG will purchase Shares conditionally tendered (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) at the Purchase Price, by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for their Shares to be purchased by random lot, stockholders whose Shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their Shares. As a result of the foregoing priorities applicable to the purchase of Shares tendered, it is possible that fewer than all Shares tendered by a stockholder will be purchased or that, if a tender is conditioned upon the purchase of a specified number of Shares, none of those Shares will be purchased even though such Shares were tendered at the Purchase Price. Shares not purchased because of proration or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholders at SMG’s expense promptly after the Expiration Time. See Section 1, Section 3 and Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

  

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

SMG’s directors, executive officers and affiliates have advised SMG that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. See Section 11 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

For your information and for forwarding to those of your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:

 

1.

The Offer to Purchase;

 

2.

The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your clients, including an IRS Form W-9;

 

3.

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if the Share certificates and all other required documents cannot be delivered to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Depositary”) before the Expiration Time or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Time;

 

4.

A letter to clients that you may send to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Offer; and

 

5.

A return envelope addressed to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Depositary for the Offer.

 

YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

 

For Shares to be tendered properly pursuant to the Offer, one of the following must occur: (1) the certificates for such Shares, or a confirmation of receipt of such Shares pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, together with (a) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal including any required signature guarantees and any documents required by the Letter of Transmittal or (b) an Agent’s Message (as described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry transfer, must be received before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014 by the Depositary at an applicable address set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase; or (2) stockholders whose certificates for Shares are not immediately available or who cannot deliver the certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary or complete the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time must properly complete and duly execute the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

SMG will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other persons (other than fees to the Information Agent and the Depositary, as described in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase) for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. SMG will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other persons for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer and related materials to the beneficial owners of Shares held by them as a nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. No broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other person has been authorized to act as the agent of SMG, the Information Agent or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer. SMG will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes, if any, on its purchase of the Shares except as otherwise provided in the Offer to Purchase or Instruction 7 in the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and address set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase. You may request additional copies of enclosed materials to the Information Agent, Morrow & Co. LLC, at: (203) 658-9400.

 

Very truly yours,

 

SMG Indium Resources Ltd.

 

Enclosures

 

NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS WILL MAKE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AN AGENT OF SMG, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THOSE DOCUMENTS.

 

 

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(v)

 

Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
SMG Indium Resources Ltd.

 

of
Up to $16,094,842.78of Shares of Its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price Equal to $2.41 per Share

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).

 

October 30, 2014

 

To Our Clients:

 

Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated October 30, 2014 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”, which together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”) in connection with the offer by SMG Indium Resources Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“SMG”), to purchase shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78. SMG will purchase Shares at a price equal to $2.41 per Share (the “Purchase Price”), net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. The description of the Offer in this letter is only a summary and is qualified by all of the terms and conditions of the Offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

If, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price of less than $16,094,842.78are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, SMG will buy all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer. All Shares properly tendered prior to the Expiration Time at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn will be purchased in the Offer at the Purchase Price, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. However, because of the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase, SMG may not purchase all of the Shares tendered at the Purchase Price if based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $16,094,842.78are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price for the Shares, regardless of any delay in making such payment. All Shares acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the Purchase Price. SMG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the per Share purchase price and to increase or decrease the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares sought in the Offer, in each case subject to applicable law. SMG may increase the aggregate purchase price payable for Shares purchased in the Offer and thereby increase the number of Shares accepted for payment in the Offer by up to 2% of the outstanding Shares without amending or extending the Offer.

 

SMG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer upon the occurrence of certain conditions more specifically described in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase, or to amend the Offer in any respect, in each case subject to applicable law.

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if, based on the Purchase Price, Shares having an aggregate purchase price in excess of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as SMG may elect to pay, subject to applicable law) have been properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn before the Expiration Time, SMG will purchase such Shares in the following order of priority: (i) SMG will purchase all Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by any holder of an “odd lot” of less than 100 Shares who tenders all Shares owned beneficially or of record by such odd lot holder at the Purchase Price (tenders of less than all of the Shares owned by such odd lot holder will not qualify for this preference) and who completes the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal; (ii) after the purchase of all of the Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn by odd lot holders, SMG will purchase all other Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price on a pro rata basis (excluding Shares subject to conditional tenders for which the condition was not initially satisfied) with appropriate adjustment to avoid purchases of fractional Shares; and (iii) only if necessary to permit SMG to purchase Shares having an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 (or such greater aggregate purchase price as SMG may elect, subject to applicable law), SMG will purchase Shares conditionally tendered (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) at the Purchase Price, by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for their Shares to be purchased by random lot, stockholders whose Shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their Shares. As a result of the foregoing priorities applicable to the purchase of Shares tendered, it is possible that fewer than all Shares tendered by a stockholder will be purchased or that, if a tender is conditioned upon the purchase of a specified number of Shares, none of those Shares will be purchased even though such Shares were tendered at the Purchase Price. Shares not purchased because of proration or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholders at SMG’s expense promptly after the Expiration Time. See Section 1, Section 3 and Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

  

The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to certain other conditions. See Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

SMG’s directors, executive officers and affiliates have advised SMG that they intend to tender all of their Shares in the Offer. See Section 11 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

We are the owner of record of Shares held for your account. As such, we are the only ones who can tender your Shares, and then only pursuant to your instructions.

 

Please instruct us as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of the Shares that we hold for your account on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

 

Please note the following:

 

1.

You may tender your Shares at $2.41 per Share, as indicated in the Letter of Transmittal, net to you in cash, less applicable withholding taxes and without interest.

 

2.

You should consult with your own broker or other financial or tax advisors on the possibility of designating the priority in which your Shares will be purchased in the event of proration.

 

3.

The Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Monday, December 1, 2014 unless SMG extends or withdraws the Offer.

 

4.

The Offer is for up to $16,094,842.78 in aggregate purchase price of Shares. At the Purchase Price of $2.41 per Share, SMG could purchase 6,678,358 Shares if the Offer is fully subscribed (which would represent approximately 78% of the Shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2014).

 

5.

Tendering stockholders who are tendering Shares held in their name or who tender their Shares directly to the Depositary will not be obligated to pay any brokerage commissions or fees to SMG, solicitation fees, or, except as set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on SMG’s purchase of Shares under the Offer.

 

6.

If you are an odd lot holder and you instruct us to tender on your behalf all such Shares at the purchase price before the Expiration Time and complete the section captioned “Odd Lots” on the Letter of Transmittal, SMG will accept all such Shares for purchase before proration, if any, of the purchase of other Shares properly tendered at the Purchase Price and not properly withdrawn.

 

7.

If you wish to condition your tender upon the purchase of all Shares tendered or upon SMG’s purchase of a specified minimum number of the Shares which you tender, you may elect to do so and thereby avoid possible proration of your tender. SMG’s purchase of Shares from all tenders that are so conditioned will be determined by random lot. To elect such a condition, complete the section entitled “Conditional Tender” in the Letter of Transmittal.

 

YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO US IN AMPLE TIME TO PERMIT US TO SUBMIT A TENDER ON YOUR BEHALF BEFORE THE EXPIRATION TIME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFER, THE PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR WITHDRAWN.

 

If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the Letter of Transmittal. If you authorize us to tender your Shares, we will tender all such Shares unless you specify otherwise on the Letter of Transmittal.

 

The Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal and is being made to all record holders of Shares. The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Shares residing in any jurisdiction within the United Sates in which the making of the Offer or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.

 

 

 

Exhibit (a)(5)(i)

 

SMG Announces Tender Offer for its Shares

 

NEW YORK, October 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE), — SMG Indium Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “SMG”) (OTCBB: SMGI), today announced that it is offering to purchase up to $16,094,842.78 of shares of its common stock in a self-tender offer for $2.41 per share.

 

“We believe that the offer is a prudent use of our financial resources given our business profile and assets, the current market price of the shares and our current and anticipated cash requirements, and is an effective way to return capital to our stockholders,” said Alan C. Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer of SMG.

 

SMG plans to use cash on hand to pay for shares purchased under the tender offer. As of October 29, 2014, there were 8,561,997 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding.

 

Tendered shares will be acquired for cash, with no interest payable. The Company will purchase shares of common stock in the tender offer up to an aggregate purchase price of $16,094,842.78 at a fixed price per share equal to $2.41. If, based on the purchase price, shares of common stock having an aggregate purchase price of more than $16,094,842.78 are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will purchase all shares of common stock tendered on a pro rata basis, except for “odd lots” (of less than 100 shares), which we will purchase on a priority basis.

 

The offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of shares being tendered. The Company has been informed by its directors, officers and largest stockholders that they intend to tender all of their shares in the offer. The scheduled expiration date for the offer is December 1, 2014, but it can be extended at the Company’s discretion.

 

The immediate goal of the tender offer is to return capital to our stockholders. We have begun evaluating potential strategic options including the merger with, or acquisition of, a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company, although there can be no assurance that we will be successful or that we will reach an agreement on terms that are favorable to the Company. There are no transactions currently being considered by the Company. Assuming we successfully repurchase the maximum of 6,678,358 shares in the proposed tender offer transaction, we expect to have approximately $4.0 million to $4.5 million in cash as of December 31, 2014 to pursue strategic options. We expect to expend approximately $0.4 million per annum to remain a fully reporting publicly traded Company in 2015 and 2016. In addition, because the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number of outstanding shares, the offer will be accretive to any future earnings per share that we may record, although there can be no assurance of such earnings. Following completion or termination of the offer, we will continue to explore strategic alternatives and we may make additional repurchases of shares, either in the open market, through public or privately-negotiated transactions, in additional tender offers, or otherwise, which additional purchases may be on the same terms or terms that are more favorable or less favorable to stockholders than the terms of the offer.

 

 

Important Additional Information for Stockholders

 

The tender offer, which has not yet commenced, will be made for up to $16,094,842.78 of shares of SMG’s common stock in a self-tender offer for $2.41 per share. This communication is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase SMG’s common stock, and this communication shall not constitute an offer to buy or exchange securities for any purpose from holders of SMG common stock. Any such offer, or solicitation of an offer, to purchase SMG common stock shall be separately communicated in a tender offer statement filed with the SEC and distributed to stockholders in accordance with applicable regulations of the SEC governing offers, and solicitations of offers, to buy or exchange securities.

 

The tender offer statement will contain important information about the SMG tender offer. Security holders should read carefully the tender offer statement to be filed by SMG with the SEC before they make any decision with respect to the tender offer because that document will contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the tender offer. The tender offer statement and all other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the tender offer will be available, as and when filed, free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and all other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the tender offer will be made available to investors free of charge by contacting Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at (917) 262-2378.

 

The tender offer is not being made nor will any tender of SMG common stock be accepted from or on behalf of holders in any jurisdiction in which the making of the offer or the acceptance of any tender would not be made in compliance with laws of such jurisdiction.

 

About SMG Indium Resources Ltd.

 

SMG Indium Resources Ltd. was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on January 7, 2008. Since inception, our primary business purpose has been to stockpile indium, a specialty metal that is being increasingly used as a raw material in a wide variety of consumer electronics manufacturing applications. We also lent, leased and sold indium when management believed it was advantageous. In December 2013, our board of directors authorized management to sell our entire stockpile in 2014 based on prevailing market conditions. As a result, we currently do not anticipate purchasing any additional indium. Currently we have sold or have contracted to sell all of the indium held in our stockpile by December 31, 2014. As a result we will no longer be in the business of purchasing and selling indium. We have begun evaluating strategic options including the acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company. However, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any such transaction, and if so, on terms favorable to us. For more information please contact: info@smg-indium.com###

 

 

This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are made pursuant to the “forward-looking statements” and “safe harbor” provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements.

 

CONTACT: Richard A. Biele, +1-212-984-0635