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SCPIE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SKP), a major provider of healthcare
liability insurance, today announced that PROXY Governance, Inc., a
proxy voting advisory firm, has recommended that SCPIE stockholders vote
FOR the merger agreement with The Doctors Company where stockholders
will receive $28 per share in cash. The special Stockholders Meeting to
vote on the merger is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
In its report recommending for the merger with The Doctors Company,
PROXY Governance said, “We note that the final
offer represents a sizeable price premium over pre-announcement trading,
with little risk of closing and strong assurance of value, and that
there is no evidence that reopening the auction process would yield a
stronger offer with similarly low risk in the foreseeable future…
On balance we support the proposed transaction because we believe it was
based on an extensive auction process and places a fair value on the
company given the uncertainties associated with competing stock-based
bids.”
“We are pleased that PROXY Governance is the
second proxy advisor this week to endorse our proposed merger with The
Doctors Company,” said Mitchell S. Karlan MD,
Chairman of the Board of SCPIE. “Their
recommendation confirms our conviction that the merger offers the best
value to SCPIE stockholders, and that all stockholders should vote FOR
the merger on our WHITE proxy.”
The merger agreement, which calls for the payment of $28 per share in
cash, represents an aggregate purchase price of approximately $281
million and reflects a premium of approximately 31% over the Company’s
closing price one week before the transaction was announced.
The Company encourages all stockholders to vote their shares promptly by
phone, Internet or by mailing their WHITE proxy card, and to contact
MacKenzie Partners at 800/322-2885 or collect at 212/929-5500 if they
have any questions or need any assistance in voting their shares.
Additional Information and Where to
Find It
On January 30, 2008, SCPIE filed a definitive proxy statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its proposed
acquisition by The Doctors Company. The proxy statement has been mailed
to SCPIE’s stockholders, who are urged to
read the proxy statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC
because they contain important information about the acquisition.
Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents
and other documents filed with the SEC at the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov. In addition,
investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents
filed with the SEC by SCPIE at the Investors/Media section on its
corporate website at www.scpie.com or
by contacting MacKenzie Partners at 800/322-2885 or by email at scpieproxy@mackenziepartners.com.
SCPIE’s executive officers and directors may
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from SCPIE stockholders
with respect to the acquisition. Information about SCPIE’s
executive officers and directors, and their ownership of SCPIE Holdings
common stock, is set forth in the definitive proxy statement SCPIE filed
with the SEC on January 30, 2008, and in the reports filed by the
executive officers and directors under Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since such date. Additional
information regarding the direct and indirect interests of SCPIE’s
executive officers and directors in the acquisition is in the definitive
proxy statement.