Subject: re : fw : hanover
gkh ' s drag - alone rights only extend to stock actually owned by jedi ( or a subsequent purchaser in a " non exempt " transaction ) . to the extent we have disposed of a part of our interest in a public sale ( an exempt transaction ) the rights do not attach to the shares themselves .
if jedi sells to a third party in a non - public transaction ( a " non exempt " transaction ) this stock would be subject to the drag along , tag along conditions and the other provisions of the stockholders agreement . there are other restrictions that restrict partial sales in a non exempt transaction to less that 50 % of the original share ownership .
enron has valued the hanover investment at the screen price for mark to market accounting based upon the free disposition in a public transaction . there is no question that any restriction on private sales theoretically impacts value negatively . on the other hand , the " tag along " rights theoretically have a positive impact on value .
in your example , if gkh sells to xyz subsequent to completion of enron ' s sale to abc , in that case gkh could require abc to sell to xyz at $ 20 . on the other hand if gkh cuts a deal to sell to xyz at $ 60 , abc would have tag along rights of inclusion at $ 60 .
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from : kitchen , louise
sent : thursday , june 21 , 2001 2 : 03 pm
to : lydecker jr . , richard
subject : re : fw : hanover
are we saying or not then that if :
scenario
ene sells to abc inc at $ 40
gkh sells to xyz inc at $ 20
xyz has the right buy abc ' s shares at $ 20 .
if this is right are we selling our shares with this drag along right , therefore heavily discounted .
from : richard lydecker / enron @ enronxgate on 06 / 21 / 2001 01 : 10 pm
to : louise kitchen / hou / ect @ ect
cc :
subject : fw : hanover
sales under a 33 act registration and rule 144 are " exempt transactions " per the jedi / gkh / hanover stockholders agreement . several months ago i confirmed with ray bowen that there are no other agreements that would restrict our dispositions via a public sale .
prior to actually starting a 144 process i would advise both gkh and hanover of our plans .
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from : richard lydecker / corp / enron
sent : thursday , march 08 , 2001 2 : 31 pm
to : dan boyle / corp / enron
subject : hanover
dan , although it seems that the secondary offering lockup requirements rule out
the type of transaction discussed this morning , the issue of other restrictions
on jedi right to sell was introduced .
gkh has drag - along and jedi has tag - along rights .
there is an agreement among the company , gkh and jedi that restricts but does
not preclude disposition :
transfers to affiliates are ok
a registered offering or rule 144 disposition are ok
other sales involve a rofr :
written notice to company 30 days prior to proposed disposition to bona fide
purchaser
company has 20 days to respond to buy all or a portion of proposed
disposition on same terms and conditions
if company does not take all shares , any remaining offered to other
shareholder within 2 days
the other shareholder has 7 days to respond
these are the primary provisions . we would need a more detailed assessment of
the issue once a specific structure proposed / accepted .
let me know if i can help .
dick .