transaction, the Purchaser Filing Parties did not actively consider alternative transaction structures because the Purchaser Filing Parties believed no other alternatives would enable them to achieve the same objectives.”
2. | The following paragraph under Item 7(a) is hereby added: |
“The Purchaser Filing Parties believe the Arrangement is preferable to other transaction structures because the Arrangement (i) is the most direct and effective way to enable the Purchaser to acquire ownership and control of all of the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares at the same time, (ii) represents an opportunity for the Shareholders (other than the Rollover Shareholders) to immediately realize the value of their investment in the Company, with price certainty at a significant and attractive premium on the Subordinate Voting Shares of approximately 56% to the closing price of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the Nasdaq on March 15, 2024, the last trading day prior to media reports regarding a potential transaction involving the Company and a premium of approximately 48% to the 90-day volume weighted average trading price per Subordinate Voting Share as of such date, and (iii) also allows Philip Fayer (directly and indirectly through WPF) to maintain a significant portion and allows Novacap and CDPQ to maintain a portion, of their respective equity investment in the Company to preserve and expand upon the long-term strategy, vision and core values of Nuvei. In the course of considering the going-private transaction, the Purchaser Filing Parties did not consider alternative transaction structures because the Purchaser Filing Parties believed no other alternatives would enable them to achieve the same objectives.”
3. | Item 7(a) is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: |
| • | | The historical trading prices of the Subordinate Voting Shares, including the 52-week high trading prices of the Subordinate Voting Shares, are above the Consideration. |
4. | Item 7(a) is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: |
None of the Purchaser Filing Parties has made any purchases of Subordinate Voting Shares in the past two years and, as a result, the Purchaser Filing Parties did not consider purchase prices for the Subordinate Voting Shares in prior purchases. The Purchaser Filing Parties were not aware of any firm offer by any unaffiliated person in the past two years for a merger, consolidation or purchase of a substantial part of the Company’s assets or securities other than the proposals provided by Advent, Advent/Co-Investor and, in the case of the Rollover Shareholders, Bidder B.
5. | The following paragraph under Item 7(a) is hereby deleted: |
“Likewise, the Purchaser Filing Parties did not consider liquidation value in determining the reasonableness and fairness of the Arrangement to the unaffiliated security holders because the Purchaser Filing Parties expect to continue to operate Nuvei’s business as a going concern.”
6. | The following paragraph under Item 7(a) is hereby added: |
“Likewise, the Purchaser Filing Parties did not consider liquidation value in determining the reasonableness and fairness of the Arrangement to the unaffiliated security holders because the Purchaser Filing Parties expect to continue to operate Nuvei’s business as a viable, going concern and, as a result, did not consider liquidation value to be relevant.”
ITEM 10. SOURCE AND AMOUNTS OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
(a)-(b)
1. | The following paragraph under Item 10(a)-(b) is hereby deleted: |
“Concurrently with the execution of the Arrangement Agreement, the Purchaser delivered to the Company a debt commitment letter (together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and term sheets attached thereto, and as amended, modified, amended and restated or otherwise replaced from time to time after the date of the Arrangement Agreement in compliance with the Arrangement Agreement, the “Debt Commitment Letter,”), pursuant to which a syndicate of lenders (collectively, the “Debt Financing Sources”) have committed to provide to the Purchaser, subject to the terms and conditions therein, senior secured syndicated credit facilities in an initial aggregate principal amount of $3,150 million (the “Debt Financing”), consisting of (i) a senior secured term loan in a principal amount of up to $2,550 million (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a senior secured loan revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount of $600 million (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Term Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). The Term Facility is expected to mature on the seven-year anniversary of the Effective Date. The Revolving Facility is expected to mature on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date. The Term Facility is expected to amortize quarterly, starting with the second full fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, in installments equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Term Facility, with the balance of the Term Facility being due and payable at maturity. The proceeds of the Term Facility shall be used exclusively to finance the Arrangement, including any related fees, premiums, expenses and other transaction costs incurred in connection with the Arrangement and the transactions relating thereto, to refinance the Existing BMO Facility and to provide cash to the Company’s balance sheet. All advances under the Revolving Facility may be used by the Purchaser (a) on the Effective Date, (i) to finance the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, (ii) for general corporate purposes, (iii) to fund the fees under the Fee Letter, or (iv) to refinance any revolving facility under the existing credit agreement and to cash collateralize any existing letter of credit or similar instruments, and (b) after the Effective Date, to finance working capital needs and other general corporate purposes and for any other purposes not prohibited by the definitive documentation evidencing the Credit Facilities.
The obligation of the Debt Financing Sources to provide the Credit Facilities is subject to customary limited conditions, specific to each of the Credit Facilities, which are set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter, including the following: the consummation of the Arrangement substantially concurrently with the Debt Financing, the completion of the minimum equity contribution, the accuracy of certain of the borrower’s representations and warranties under the Credit Facilities and certain of the Company’s representations and warranties in the Arrangement Agreement in all material respects, and the absence of a Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.
2. | The following paragraph under Item 10(a)-(b) is hereby added: |
“Concurrently with the execution of the Arrangement Agreement, the Purchaser delivered to the Company a debt commitment letter (together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and term sheets attached thereto, and as amended, modified, amended and restated or otherwise replaced from time to time after the date of the Arrangement Agreement in compliance with the Arrangement Agreement, the “Debt Commitment Letter,”), pursuant to which BMO Capital Markets Corp., Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets, Capital One, National Association, Citizens Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, National Association, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, KeyBank National Association, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., The Bank of Nova Scotia, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Canadian Branch, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., National Bank of Canada, National Bank of Canada Financial Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc., Jefferies Finance LLC, BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., MUFG Bank, Ltd., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch and/or any affiliate, subsidiary or branch of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Debt Financing Sources”) have committed to provide to the Purchaser, subject to the terms and conditions therein, senior secured syndicated credit facilities in an initial aggregate principal amount of $3,150 million (the “Debt Financing”), consisting of (i) a senior secured term loan in a principal amount of up to $2,550 million (the “Term Facility”) and (ii) a senior secured loan revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount of $600 million (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Term Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). The Term Facility is expected to mature on the seven-year anniversary of the Effective Date. The Revolving Facility is expected to mature on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date. The Term Facility is expected to amortize quarterly, starting with the second full fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, in installments equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Term Facility, with the balance of the Term Facility being due and payable at