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Security Capital Corporation (AMEX: SCC) ("Security
Capital" or the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a
merger agreement to be acquired by Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.
("Sedgwick CMS"). The merger contemplated by the merger agreement is
subject to a vote of the stockholders of Security Capital at a special
meeting to be held at the end of the third quarter or the beginning of
the fourth quarter of 2006.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Security Capital
stockholders are to receive $16.46 per share in cash, subject to a
downward adjustment to the merger consideration if the Company's
indebtedness at the time the proxy statement is mailed is in excess of
the Company's expected indebtedness and an upward or downward
adjustment to the merger consideration if the actual costs and
expenses of preparing the Company's proxy statement and holding its
special meeting are more or less than the expected costs and expenses.
All adjustments will be finalized prior to the time that the Company's
proxy statement is mailed to its stockholders, and such proxy
statement will include a definitive cash price per share payable to
the Company's stockholders.
Security Capital operates as a holding company that actively
participates in the management of its subsidiaries. The Company
conducts business through its approximately 84%-owned subsidiary WC
Holdings, Inc. ("WC"). WC, through its wholly owned subsidiary,
CompManagement, Inc., is a leading independent provider of
comprehensive claims management, cost containment and consulting
services designed to control the cost to employers of workers'
compensation, medical malpractice, automobile, general liability,
unemployment and short- and long-term disability insurance benefits.
WC's activities are primarily centered in Ohio, California, Virginia,
Maryland, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Washington, Minnesota and New
York.
Sedgwick CMS is the parent company of Sedgwick Claims Management
Services, Inc., a leading provider of innovative claims and
productivity management solutions. The principal equity holders of
Sedgwick CMS are Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), Thomas
H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Evercore Capital Partners.
As previously announced, the Company is pursuing a formal sale
process for the Company in order to seek the highest price reasonably
obtainable for the stockholders of the Company. In the course of
conducting the formal sale process, the Company's Board of Directors
determined that the best way to maximize value for the Company's
stockholders was to sell its educational services segment, which was
conducted through the Company's former subsidiary Primrose Holdings,
Inc. ("Primrose"), and the balance of the Company in separate
transactions. The Company sold its 91.52% (on a fully diluted basis)
interest in Primrose on March 31, 2006. As previously announced, the
Company has declared a special cash dividend of $9.04 per share of
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, which dividend will be paid principally from
the net proceeds of the Company's sale of its interest in Primrose.
The special cash dividend will be payable on June 28, 2006 to
stockholders of record at the close of business on June 14, 2006.
Commenting on the proposed merger, Brian D. Fitzgerald, Chairman,
President and CEO of the Company, stated that: "This transaction with
Sedgwick CMS represents the final step in completing Security
Capital's formal sale process. The Company's Board of Directors has
unanimously approved the merger and believes that the formal sale
process has resulted in the Company's stockholders receiving the
highest price reasonably obtainable for their shares."
Concurrently with the execution of the merger agreement, the
holders of approximately 81% of the Company's outstanding Class A
Common Stock and Common Stock (including Brian D. Fitzgerald and CP
Acquisition, L.P. No. 1) entered into a voting agreement with Sedgwick
CMS pursuant to which these stockholders have agreed, among other
things, to vote all of their shares in favor of the merger. The voting
agreement will terminate if the merger agreement is terminated.
In order to enable Sedgwick CMS to acquire 100% of the principal
subsidiaries of Security Capital, the Company has also entered into a
stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of
WC not currently owned by the Company. It is expected that the Company
will acquire such shares of WC immediately prior to consummating the
merger.
Additionally, concurrently with the execution of the merger
agreement and the WC stock purchase agreement, certain of the
Company's stockholders (including Brian D. Fitzgerald, CP Acquisition,
L.P. No. 1 and each of the Company's directors) and the minority
holders of WC shares and options have entered into an indemnification
agreement pursuant to which such parties have agreed to provide
Sedgwick CMS with indemnification with respect to certain matters. As
security for such indemnification, a portion of the consideration
otherwise payable to such stockholders under the merger agreement and
the WC stock purchase agreement will be placed into escrow at the time
such transactions are consummated. The Company's public stockholders
will not be subject to such indemnification agreement, and none of the
merger consideration payable to the public stockholders will be placed
into escrow.
The consummation of the merger is subject to customary closing
conditions, including the approval of Security Capital stockholders,
the Company's acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of WC not
currently owned by the Company and the receipt of certain regulatory
and third-party consents, including the expiration of all waiting
periods required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976. The merger is expected to close around the end of the third
quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2006. Upon such
closing, shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock will no longer
be listed on the American Stock Exchange and will be deregistered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
UBS Securities LLC is the Company's financial advisor and has
provided a fairness opinion. Hill Street Capital LLC has also provided
a fairness opinion. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Richards, Layton &
Finger, P.A. are the Company's legal counsel.
Important Information
In connection with the proposed merger, Security Capital intends
to file a proxy statement and related materials with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). BECAUSE THOSE
DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, HOLDERS OF SECURITY
CAPITAL CLASS A COMMON STOCK ARE URGED TO READ THEM CAREFULLY, IF AND
WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. When available, Security Capital will mail
the proxy statement and related materials to its stockholders. When
filed with the SEC, the proxy statement and related materials will be
available for free (along with any other documents and reports filed
by Security Capital with the SEC) at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov,
and at Security Capital's website, www.securitycapitalcorporation.com.
Such documents are not currently available.
Participant Information
Security Capital and its directors and executive officers may be
deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the
Company's stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Certain
information regarding the participants and their interests in the
solicitation is set forth in the proxy statement for Security
Capital's 2005 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on
September 26, 2005, and will be set forth in the proxy statement for
the special meeting of stockholders to vote on the merger.
Additionally, certain information regarding the participants and their
interests in the solicitation is set forth in the Forms 4 filed by
Security Capital directors and officers since September 26, 2005,
Security Capital's Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2006,
and amendments to the Schedule 13D filed by certain Security Capital
stockholders (including CP Acquisition, L.P. No. 1 and Brian D.
Fitzgerald) since September 26, 2005. Stockholders may obtain
additional information regarding the interests of such participants by
reading the proxy statement and the related materials relating to the
proposed merger, if and when they become available.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon
management's current expectations and are subject to a number of
factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
Such factors and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: future
legislative changes which could impact the laws governing workers'
compensation and medical malpractice insurance in the various states
in which the Company's employer cost containment and health services
segment operates, the Company's ability to enhance its existing
services and successfully introduce and market new services, new
service developments by the Company's competitors, market acceptance
of new services of both the Company and its competitors, competitive
pressures on prices, the ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel, interest rates, the effects on the Company of an event of
default under the Company's loan agreement, the tax treatment of the
special cash dividend, and the Company's ability to consummate the
merger, including the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to the
merger.