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Proposed Plan of Merger
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Proposed Plan of Merger PROPOSED PLAN OF MERGER
Proposed Merger
On February 27, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (''Parent'') and Cyclone Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Subsidiary” and, together with Parent, “Buyer”). The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, that Merger Subsidiary will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
At the Effective Time, each share of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Cancelled Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and Dissenting Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement)), will be converted into the right to receive $61.50 in cash, without interest (the "Merger Consideration").
At the Effective Time, and as a result of the Merger:
Each outstanding stock appreciation right with respect to a share of common stock (each, a "Company SAR") (all of which had previously vested prior to the date of the Merger Agreement) will vest and be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment, less any applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price applicable to such Company SAR multiplied by (y) the number of shares of common stock subject to such Company SAR.
Each outstanding restricted stock unit award that vests solely on the passage of time held by a Company non-employee director (each, a "Company Director RSU") will vest and be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment, less any applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (x) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of shares of common stock subject to such Company Director RSU.
Each outstanding restricted stock unit award that vests solely on the passage of time and is not a Company Director RSU (each, a "Company Employee RSU Award") to the extent vested immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment, less any applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (x) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of vested shares of common stock subject to such Company Employee RSU Award.
Each outstanding Company Employee RSU Award to the extent unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, an "Unvested Company Employee RSU Award") and certain performance-based restricted stock unit awards set forth on a schedule to the Merger Agreement (the "Scheduled PSU Awards") will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (x) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of shares of common stock subject to such Unvested Company Employee RSU Award or Scheduled PSU Award, as applicable (such converted award, an "Assumed RSU Award"). Each Assumed RSU Award will be subject to the vesting schedule applicable to the corresponding Unvested Company Employee RSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (including, with respect to the Scheduled PSU Awards, the performance vesting conditions).
Except with respect to the Scheduled PSU Awards, each outstanding restricted stock unit award that corresponds to shares of common stock granted under any Company Benefit Plan and vests based on the achievement of performance goals (each a "Company PSU Award") will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, equal to the product of (A) the Merger Consideration multiplied by (B) the number of shares of common stock subject to such Company PSU Award (assuming that any performance based vesting conditions applicable to such Company PSU Award for any performance period that has not been completed as of the Effective Time are achieved at (x) with respect to Company PSU Awards granted in 2020 and 2021, the greater of the target performance levels and the levels based on actual achievement of pro-rated performance goals through the Effective Time or (y) with respect to Assumed PSU Awards, the target performance
levels. Each Assumed PSU Award will be subject to the vesting schedule applicable to the corresponding Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any performance based vesting conditions).
The closing of the Merger is subject to various conditions, including (i) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock; (ii) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act") and clearance by the European Commission or expiration of any applicable waiting period, in each case under EU Regulation 139/2004 (the "EU Clearance"); (iii) the absence of any order or law prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, except if such order or law is immaterial to Parent and (iv) the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement, subject to customary materiality qualifications, as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the closing of the Merger, and compliance in all material respects with the covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreement. In addition, the obligation of Parent and Merger Subsidiary to consummate the Merger is subject to the absence, since the date of the Merger Agreement, of a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement). The closing of the Merger is not subject to a financing condition. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, consummation of the Merger will occur on the second business day following the fulfillment or waiver of the conditions to closing of the Merger or at such other time as REG and Parent agree. The HSR Act waiting period expired on April 11, 2022.
The Company's Board of Directors and the board of directors of Merger Subsidiary have each unanimously approved the Merger and the Merger Agreement. Until the closing, the Company will continue to operate as an independent, public company.
The Company expects to incur certain significant costs relating to the Merger, such as legal, accounting, financial advisory, printing and other professional services fees, as well as other customary payments. Through March 31, 2022, these costs amounted to approximately $6,636. In the event that the Merger is terminated, the Company may also be required under the Merger Agreement under certain circumstances to pay a cash termination fee to Parent of $91,000