MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, today announced the final results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase up to $55 million in value of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
Hackett has accepted for purchase 11,000,000 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price of $5.00 per share, for an aggregate cost of approximately $55 million, excluding fees and expenses relating to the Offer. The 11,000,000 shares accepted for purchase in the Offer represent 26.63 percent of Hackett’s currently issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Based on the final count by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary for the Offer, a total of 11,578,173 shares of Hackett’s Common Stock were tendered properly and not withdrawn properly at or below the final purchase price of $5.00 per share.
Due to the oversubscription of the Offer, the depositary has informed Hackett that stockholders who tendered properly and did not withdraw properly shares of Common Stock in the Offer at or below $5.00 per share will have approximately 95.01 percent of their tendered shares purchased by Hackett.
The depositary will promptly issue payment for the shares accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offer. Shares tendered and not accepted for purchase will be returned promptly to stockholders by the depositary.
As a result of the settlement of the Offer, Hackett has approximately 30,310,635 million shares outstanding.
Stockholders who have questions may call BofA Merrill Lynch, the dealer-manager for the Offer, at (888) 803-9655, or Georgeson Inc., the information agent for the Offer, at (877) 278-9672 (toll free).
Tender Offer Statement
This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to buy nor the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Hackett’s Common Stock.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause The Hackett Group’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that impact such forward-looking statements include, among others, the ability of our products, services, or practices mentioned in this release to deliver the desired effect, our ability to effectively integrate acquisitions into our operations, our ability to retain existing business, our ability to attract additional business, our ability to effectively market and sell our product offerings and other services, the timing of projects and the potential for contract cancellations by our customers, changes in expectations regarding the business consulting and information technology industries, our ability to attract and retain skilled employees, possible changes in collections of accounts receivable due to the bankruptcy or financial difficulties of our customers, risks of competition, price and margin trends, foreign currency fluctuations, changes in general economic conditions and interest rates as well as other risks detailed in our reports filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
About The Hackett Group, Inc.
The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services including strategy and operations, working capital management, and globalization advice. Utilizing best practices and implementation insights from more than 7,500 benchmarking studies, executives use The Hackett Group’s empirically-based approach to quickly define and implement initiatives that enable world-class performance. Through its REL group, Hackett offers working capital solutions focused on delivering significant cash flow improvements. Through its Archstone Consulting group, Hackett offers Strategy & Operations consulting services in the Consumer and Industrial Products, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing and Financial Services industry sectors. Through its Hackett Technology Solutions group, The Hackett Group offers business application consulting services that help maximize returns on IT investments. The Hackett Group has completed benchmark studies with over 3,000 major corporations and government agencies, including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 86% of the Fortune 100, 90% of the DAX 30 and 48% of the FTSE 100.