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TNS, Inc. (TNS)
MBO
Summary
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CEO
and other executives made buyout offer
- John McDonnell is CEO and founder
Company
provides credit card data services
Special
committee rejected offer
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Offer Made 3.13.06
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Offer
made at $22 per share
McDonnell
Schedule 13D filings
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Hedge Fund Response
SEC_CODE_REF_0090001192884
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Endowment
Capital
- Reports a 14.68% position
- Becomes a 13D filer (had been a 13G filer)
- "continuing to analyze the recently proposed
management buyout transaction concerning the Issuer and are evaluating a
number of alternatives, including potential discussions of adequacy
of the price as well as possibly joining the group of buyers"
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Special Committee Rejects Offer
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Special
committee established in response to offer
- Financial advisors: Deutsche Bank
- Legal advisors: Gibson Dunn - Morris Nichols
Special
committee turns down buyout offers
- Had rejected CEO-led buyout at $22 per share
- Later rejected a third party offer of $20 per
share
- Announces end of strategic process
- Appoints a director to be non-executive Chairman
- Begins search for new CEO
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