Filing for Tender Offer of Securities of Public Corporation (Translation)
Exhibit 2.1
Filing for Tender Offer of Securities of Public Corporation
(Translation)
To: Securities and Futures Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission, Executive Yuan
Copy to: Chinese Securities Association, Securities and Futures Institute, Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation or Gre-Tai Securities Market, Taiwan Securities Central Depositary Co., Ltd.
Syllabus: InterVideo Digital Technology Corp. (Offeror) intends to purchase the shares of ULEAD SYSTEMS, INC. (hereafter Ulead) through a public tender offer and, hereby stipulate the following information, together with documents and declaration that there is no misrepresentation or omission for filing a tender offer in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Regulations Governing Tender Offers for Purchase of Securities of a Public Company (the Regulations),.
Name of Offeror | InterVideo Digital Technology Corp. | Business Registration No. | 70571397 | |||||||
Target Shares to be purchased | Common shares of Ulead | Number of the Target Shares to be purchased (Intended Purchased Shares) | An aggregate of 50,888,000 common shares representing approximately 65% of issued common shares of Ulead as of this filing date. | |||||||
Purchase Price | NT$30 per share | Tender Offer Period | The Tender Offer Period commences from March 15, 2005 and ends on April 13, 2005. Tender shall be made between 8:30 am to 3:30 pm each business day during the Tender Offer Period. | |||||||
Purpose of Tender Offer | Integration of business and resource | Tender Conditions | Tendering shareholders shall bear the securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee or postage for delivery of payment check by registered mail and other reasonable and necessary costs regarding payment of the purchase price. If there are such other costs, Offeror will make public notice and filing pursuant to the relevant laws. |
Payment of the purchase price will be net of the applicable securities transaction tax, the bank wire transfer fee or postage and other relevant costs, and the Offeror will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws. | ||||||||||
Share tendered will not be accepted, unless and until tendering shareholders have deposited its/his/her shares to its/his/her own the book entry account of Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. (TSCD). | ||||||||||
Please refer to this Filing Form and Tender Offer Circular for more details. | ||||||||||
Tender Agent | MasterLink Securities Corp.(MasterLink) | Date of Filing | March 14, 2005 | |||||||
The number or percentage of Target Shares that Offeror will purchase through this Tender Offer even if the Intended Purchased Shares is not met; or other material terms and conditions for this Tender Offer | 1. | In case the number of total shares tendered is less than the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares) but is equal to or greater than 23,566,000 shares representing approximately 30.1% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror will purchase all the shares tendered.
| Arrangement in case where the number of the tendered shares is less than the Intended Purchased Shares or exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares. | 1. | In case the number of total shares tendered is less than the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares) but is equal to or greater than 23,566,000 shares representing approximately 30.1% of issued common shares of Ulead, the Offeror will purchase all the shares tendered. | |||||
2. | In case the number of total shares tendered is below 23,566,000 but is equal to or greater than 17,615,000 shares representing approximately 22.5% | 2. | In case the number of total shares tendered is below 23,566,000 but is equal to or greater than 17,615,000 shares representing approximately 22.5% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror has an option to choose whether to purchase all of the tendered shares and the Offeror will post a public announcement of its decision.
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3. | If the number of shares tendered exceeds the Intended Purchased |
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| of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror has an option to choose whether to purchase all of the tendered shares and the Offeror will post a public announcement of its decision.
Other material terms and conditions are as follows: | Shares (50,888,000 shares), the Offeror will purchase from all tendering shareholders on pro rata basis (the total tendered shares divided by the Intended Purchased Shares) up to the whole unit of 1,000 shares. For the fractional shares, the Offeror will purchase on random selection.
If there are remaining shares after the above-mentioned selection, Masterlink will, within five (5) business days (inclusive), return the unpurchased shares from the special TSCD account, Account No. 59200342584) to the TSCD account of the relevant tendered shareholders. | ||||||||
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When shareholders made the tender, they are deemed to have consented to the provision by TSCD of their name, address, ID number (or uniform code), etc to MasterLink for the purpose of giving notification or other tender related matters. | |||||||||
2) | Tendering shareholders shall have clean ownership and title to the tendered shares, free of all liens or encumbrances. | |||||||||
3) | If there occurs any material change in financial or business conditions of Ulead (including material untrue disclosure or omission in its financial statements or other public filings), the Offeror may terminate this Tender Offer upon receiving the approval from the securities authority |
4) | Tendering shareholders shall understand that the successful completion of this Tender Offer will depend on fulfillment of the conditions precedents and various factors, including but not limited to whether the number of the tendered shares meet the minimum threshold, whether the securities authority order the Offeror to re-file and occurrence of other events that are not caused by the Offeror. If completion of this Tender Offer requires prior approval from, or filing with, other government agency pursuant to the applicable laws, the completion hereunder shall be conditional upon the receipt of such approval or filing and there exist no prohibition or injunction from other government agency. If the completion does not take place due to non-fulfillment of such conditions precedents or events, the tendered shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided under the laws, bear the risk of the non-completion and market price volatility. |
5) | Tendering shareholders shall bear the securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee or postage for delivery of payment check by registered mail and other reasonable and necessary costs regarding payment of the purchase price. If there are such other costs, Offeror will post public notice and filing according to the applicable laws and also post the notice on Masterlinks website (www.masterlink.com.tw) | |||||||||
6) | If all the conditions are fulfilled, Masterlink will pay the purchase price by way of wire transfer within 5 business days (including 5th business day) and the amount to be wired will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws. If there is an error in |
account information of the tendering shareholder or any other circumstance which results in incomplete wire transfer, Masterlink will pay the purchase price in form of check (with recipient being specified and endorsement for transfer being prohibited) by registered mail and the amount stated in the check will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, postage, and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws. | ||||||||||
7) | Share tendered will not be accepted, unless and until tendering shareholders have deposited its/his/her shares to its/his/her own the TSCD account. | |||||||||
8) | Please refer to this Filing Form and Tender Offer Circular for more details. |
Matters Involving Other Competent Authorities | ¨ Yes n None (Skip the following questions in this section) | ¨ Yes n None (Skip the following questions in this section) | ||||||
Applicable for purchase by overseas Chinese and foreigners of securities of a public company.
| Applicable for business combination. ¨ This Case has been cleared by Fair Trade Commission.
Report in this Case has been submitted, pending for approval. | |||||||
¨ This Case has been approved. | ||||||||
¨ Application/Report in this Case has been submitted, pending for approval. | ||||||||
n The filing documents shall be reviewed by an attorney, and a lawfully prepared attorneys opinion shall be furnished; the report shall also specify Offerors liability for compensation to the Tendering shareholder in case any other competent authority disapproves this Tender Offer, suspends its effectiveness or voids the approval (not applicable in this Case). | ||||||||
Attachments | I. | Tender Offer Circular. | ||||||
II. | Contract between Offeror and tender agent per Article 15 of the Regulations. | |||||||
III. | Power-of-Attorney to a designated representative if Offeror does not maintain any domicile or business place in R.O.C. (not applicable in this Case). | |||||||
IV. | The CPA certified financial report for the most recent two years if the Offeror is a juristic person; or for all the operative years if duration of operation is less than two years. | |||||||
V. | If this Tender Offer requires approval by or effective registration with any other competent authority, the filing documents shall be reviewed by an attorney, and a lawfully prepared attorneys opinion shall be furnished; the report shall also specify the Offerors liability for compensation to the Tendering shareholders in case any other competent authority disapproves the Case, suspends its effectiveness or voids the approval (not applicable in this Case). | |||||||
VI. | If the Offeror is a juristic person, the explanation of the impact to that juristic persons financial and business status within three years after acquiring the securities. |
VII. | If the consideration for this Tender Offer is cash, an explanation of the source of funds and supporting documents; if the funds are acquired through financing, an explanation of the financing, supporting documents and the repayment plan shall be provided. If the consideration for this Tender Offer is securities in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, the name, class, and average price over the most recent three months, of the securities shall be specified, as well as the closing price on the date prior to filing of the report, the time of acquisition, acquisition price, the price used in calculating the consideration, and the factors that determined the consideration price (copy of attachments hereunder are not required to be delivered to related securities bodies). | |||
VIII. | Evidencing documents regarding public announcement made per Article 26 of the Regulations published in a newspaper or posted on the Market Observation Post system. | |||
IX. | Other documents required by the SFB (none). | |||
Offeror: InterVideo Digital Technology Corp. Responsible Person: Steve Ro Address: 6F., 3-2 Yuan Chun Road, NanKong District, Taipei Tel No. 02-2655-7066 Contact Person: Eugenia Chuang / Jackie Lin, Attorney-at-law, Tsar & Tsai Law Firm Address: 8F, 245, Hun Hwa S. Road, Section 1, Taipei Tel No. 02-2781-4111 |
Tender Offer Circular
Offeror: InterVideo Digital Technology Corp. (Offeror)
Target Company: ULEAD SYSTEMS, INC. (hereafter Ulead)
Target Securities: Common shares of Ulead
Number | of Target Shares to be Purchased: |
An aggregate of 50,888,000 shares representing approximately 65% of issued common shares of Ulead as of this filing date.
Purchase Price: NT$30 per share.
Tender | Offer Period: |
The tender offer period commences from March 15, 2005 and end on April 13, 2005. Tender shall be made between 8:30 am to 3:30 pm each business day during the Tender Offer Period.
Date: March 14, 2005
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Declaration
The Undersigned hereby declares that this Tender Offer Circular has been prepared in accordance with the Rules Governing the Required Information in Tender Offer Circular and the contents contained herein are true and accurate, and there is no false information or omission herein. The information stated in this Tender Offer Circular is updated and the information that may likely to affect the judgment of the interested persons or other relevant matters occur before printing of this Tender Offer Circular has all been disclosed herein.
By: InterVideo Digital Technology Corp.
Responsible Person: Steve Ro
Date: March 14, 2005
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I. | Content of Tender Offer |
Conditions | Tender Offer Period | The Tender Offer Period commences from March 15, 2005 and ends on April 13, 2005. Tender shall be made between 8:30 am to 3:30 pm each business day during the Tender Offer Period. | ||||||
Purchase Price | NT$30 per share.
Tendering shareholders shall bear the securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee or postage for delivery of payment check by registered mail and other reasonable and necessary costs regarding payment of the purchase price. | |||||||
Number of the Target Shares to be purchased (Intended Purchased Shares) | An aggregate of 50,888,000 common shares representing approximately 65% of issued common shares of Ulead as of this filing date. | |||||||
Other Terms and Conditions | 1. | The minimum number or percentage of Target Shares that Offeror will purchase through the tender offer even if the Intended Purchase Shares is not met | 1. | In case the number of total shares tendered is less than the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares) but is equal to or greater than 23,566,000 shares representing approximately 30.1% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror will purchase all the shares tendered. | ||||
2. | In case the number of total shares tendered is below 23,566,000 but is equal to or greater than 17,615,000 shares representing approximately 22.5% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror has an option to choose whether to purchase all of the tendered shares and the Offeror will post a public announcement of its decision. | |||||||
2. | Arrangement in case where the number of the tendered shares exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares. | If the number of shares tendered exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares), the Offeror will purchase from all tendering shareholders on pro rata basis (the total tendered shares divided by the Intended Purchased Shares) up to the whole unit of 1,000 shares. For the fractional shares, the Offeror will purchase on random selection. |
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If there are remaining shares after the above-mentioned selection, Masterlink will, within five (5) business days (inclusive), return the unpurchased shares from the special TSCD account for this Tender Offer, Account No. 59200342584) to the TSCD account of the relevant tendered shareholders. | ||||||||
3. | Other material terms and conditions | Other material terms and conditions are as follows: | ||||||
1) | When shareholders made the tender, they are deemed to have consented to the provision by TSCD of their name, address, ID number (or uniform code), etc. to MasterLink for the purpose of giving notification or other tender related matters. | |||||||
2) | Tendering shareholders shall have clean ownership and title to the tendered shares, free of all liens or encumbrances. | |||||||
3) | If there occurs any material change in financial or business conditions of Ulead (including material untrue disclosure or omission in its financial statements or other public filings), the Offeror may terminate this Tender Offer upon receiving the approval from the securities authority. | |||||||
4) | Tendering shareholders shall understand that the successful completion of this Tender Offer will depend on fulfillment of the conditions precedents and various factors, including but not limited to whether the number of the tendered shares meet the minimum threshold, whether the securities authority order the Offeror to re-file and occurrence of other events that are not caused by the Offeror. If completion of this Tender Offer requires prior approval from, or filing with, other government agency pursuant to the |
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applicable laws, the completion hereunder shall be conditional upon the receipt of such approval or filing and there exists no prohibition or injunction from other government agency. If the completion does not take place due to non-fulfillment of such conditions precedents or events, the tendered shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided under the laws, bear the risk of the non-completion and market price volatility. | ||||||||
5) | Tendering shareholders shall bear the securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee or postage for delivery of payment check by registered mail and other reasonable and necessary costs regarding payment of the purchase price. If there are such other costs, Offeror will post public notice and filing according to the applicable laws and also post the notice on Masterlinks website (www.masterlink.com.tw) | |||||||
6) | If all the conditions are fulfilled, Masterlink will pay the purchase price by way of wire transfer within 5 business days (including 5th business day) and the amount to be wired will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws. If there is an error in account information of the tendering shareholder or any other circumstance which results in incomplete wire transfer, Masterlink will pay the purchase price in form of check (with recipient being specified and endorsement for transfer being prohibited) by registered mail and the amount stated in the check will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, postage, and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay |
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such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws. | ||||||
7) | Share tendered will not be accepted, unless and until tendering shareholders have deposited its/his/her shares to its/his/her own the book-entry account of Taiwan Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSCD). | |||||
8) | Please refer to this Filing Form and Tender Offer Circular for more details. |
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II. | Payment of Tender Offer Consideration |
Payment of Purchase Price | Time | Within 5 business days (including 5th business day) after the end of Tender Offer Period. | ||
Method | If all the conditions are fulfilled, Masterlink will pay the purchase price by way of wire transfer within 5 business days (including 5th business day) and the amount to be wired will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, bank wire transfer fee and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws.
If there is an error in account information of the tendering shareholder or any other circumstance which results in incomplete wire transfer, Masterlink will pay the purchase price in form of check (with recipient being specified and endorsement for transfer being prohibited) by registered mail and the amount stated in the check will the purchase price, net of the applicable securities transaction tax, postage, and other relevant costs. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws.
The amount stated in the check shall be (the number of purchased shares × purchase price) minus securities transaction tax and postage for registered mail and other reasonable and necessary costs associated with such payment. Masterlink will pay such applicable tax on behalf of tendering shareholders pursuant to the relevant laws.
Please also refer to Other Conditions (III) hereafter. |
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Place | Masterlink will make the wire transfer of the funds to the tendering shareholders in the bank account registered with the TSCD.
If there is an error in account information of the tendering shareholder or any other circumstance which results in incomplete wire transfer, Masterlink will mail the checks to the address which tendering shareholders registered with their TSCD accounts. |
III. | Closing of the Share Purchase under this Tender Offer |
Delivery of Shares | Time | Within 5 business days (including 5th business day) after the end of Tender Offer Period.
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Method | Through TSCD book entry system by transfer from MasterLinks special TSCD account for this Tender Offer (Account No. 59200342584) to the TSCD account of the Offeror.
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Place | MasterLink office: 1-3 F, No. 209, Section 1st Fu-Huin Road, Taipei |
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IV. | Arrangement in case where the number of the tendered shares is less than the Intended Purchased Shares or exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares |
In the case that the number of the tendered shares is less than the Intended Purchased Shares or exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares | Arrangement | |||||||
If the Offeror has set a lower threshold to purchase a certain number or percentage of the Target Shares even though the Intended Purchased Shares is not met, and that lower threshold is still not reached | 1. | In case the number of total shares tendered is less than the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares) but is equal to or greater than 23,566,000 shares representing approximately 30.1% of issued common shares of Ulead, the Offeror will purchase all the shares tendered.
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2. | In case the number of total shares tendered is below 23,566,000 but is equal to or greater than 17,615,000 shares representing approximately 22.5% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror has an option to choose whether to purchase all of the tendered shares and the Offeror will post a public announcement of its decision. |
Return the unpurchased shares to the tendering shareholders | Time | Within 5 business days (including 5th business day) after the end of Tender Offer Period. | ||||||
Place | MasterLinks special TSCD account for this Tender Offer (Account No. 59200342584) | |||||||
Method | Through TSCD book entry system by transfer from MasterLinks special TSCD account for this Tender Offer (Account No. 59200342584) to the TSCD account of the relevant tendered shareholders. |
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Arrangement in the case where the number of the tendered shares exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares. | If the number of shares tendered exceeds the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares), the Offeror will purchase from all tendering shareholders on pro rata basis (the total tendered shares divided by the Intended Purchased Shares) up to the whole unit of 1,000 shares. For the fractional shares, the Offeror will purchase on random selection.
If there are remaining shares after the above-mentioned selection, Masterlink will, within five (5) business days (inclusive), return the unpurchased shares from the special TSCD account for this Tender Offer, Account No. 59200342584) to the TSCD account of the relevant tendered shareholders. |
V. | Tender Agent |
Name of Tender Agent | Masterlink Securities Corp. | |
Address | MasterLink office: 1-3 F, No. 209, Section 1st Fu-Huin Road, Taipei | |
Tel No. | 02-2325-5818 | |
Agency Matters | Assisting the Offeror in posting public notice on Masterlinks designated web site; accepting the tender of the Target Shares and deliver Tender Offer Circular (including amendments and supplements); Assisting the payment of the purchase price, transfer or return of the purchased shares and delivery of any notice; Responding to queries in respect of closing procedure.
For any other queries raised by the shareholders of the Target Company and any other third parties, the Agents responsibility is limited to providing contact details of the Offeror. |
VI. | Consideration of the Purchase Price: Cash |
The total Purchase Price would be up to NTD1,526,640,000, all of which is provided by InterVideo, Inc., the parent company of the Offeror through a shareholders loan. As of February 28, 2005, InterVideo, Inc. has about USD53,000,000 in its bank accounts and this amount shall be sufficient for funding the Purchase Price for this Tender Offer.
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VII. | Offerors Business Scope and Affiliates |
Business Items | Affiliates | |
Offerors business scope:
F118010 whole sale of information software F218010 retail sale of information software F113050 whole sale of office appliance equipments F213030 retail sale of office appliance equipments F113070 whole sale of telecom equipments F213060 retail sale of telecom equipments F119010 whole sale of electronic equipments F219010 retail sale of electronic equipments I301010 information software service F401010 international trade I301020 data processing service I301030 electronic data supply service | Affiliates that meet the definitions under Chapter 6-1 of the Company Law
1. InterVideo, Inc.1 2. Win Sky Holdings Limited2 3. InterVideo Japan Inc.3 4. InterVideo BVI Holdings Ltd.4 5. Talent Ease Investment Limited5 6. InterVideo Digital Technology Corp.6 |
1 | InterVideo owns 99.9% of the Offeror and is a leading company in the DVD software market. The company provides digital video and audio software that enables users to record, create, edit, and distribute multimedia content on PCs and consumer electronics devices. |
2 | Wholly owned subsidiary of InterVideo, Inc. |
3 | 99% owned subsidiary of InterVideo, Inc. |
4 | Wholly owned subsidiary of InterVideo, Inc. |
5 | Wholly owned subsidiary of InterVideo BVI Holdings Ltd |
6 | Wholly owned subsidiary of InterVideo BVI Holdings Ltd |
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VIII. | Shareholding of Directors, Supervisors, and Major Shareholders of Offeror |
Name | Number of Shares Held | Percentage | |||||
Chairman | InterVideo, Inc. Representative: Steve Ro | 6,194,000 | 99.9 | % | |||
Director | Lee, Fu-Chong | 1,000 | 0.015 | % | |||
Director | Lee, Ming | 1,000 | 0.015 | % | |||
Supervisor | Lo, Hai-Jou | 1,000 | 0.015 | % | |||
Major Shareholder | InterVideo, Inc. | 6,194,000 | 99.90 | % |
IX. | Shareholding in Ulead by Offeror, its Affiliates, Directors or Supervisors at the time of Filing the Tender Offer |
1. | Offeror and Affiliates |
Class of Securities | Affiliates | Number of Shares | Cost (NTD) | |||
Common Shares of Ulead | Win Sky Holdings Limited | 6,933,000 | 122,207,600 | |||
Talent Ease Investment Limited | 7,600,000 | 168,124,608 | ||||
Trading Record for the Past Six Months Prior to the Filing for Tender Offer
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Trading Date | Number of Shares | Cost (NTD) | Method | |||
Win Sky Holdings Limited | ||||||
2004.11.2 2004.11.3 2004.11.4 2004.11.5 2004.11.8 2004.11.9 2004.11.10 2004.11.11 2004.11.12 2004.11.15 2004.11.16 2004.11.17 2004.11.18 2004.11.19 2004.11.22 | 245,000 460,000 417,000 155,000 203,000 207,000 167,000 324,000 233,000 267,000 249,000 823,000 243,000 181,000 125,000 | 3,569,145 6,934,181 6,529,588 2,438,386 3,236,605 3,310,186 2,664,426 5,147,962 3,736,522 4,336,036 4,124,318 14,395,236 4,301,694 3,260,030 2,218,767 | purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market |
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2004.11.23 2004.11.24 2004.11.25 2004.11.26 2004.11.29 2004.11.30 2004.12.7 2004,12.8 2004.12.9 2004.12.10 2004.12.13 2004.12.14 2004.12.15 2004.12.16 2004.12.17 | 23,000 100,000 55,000 32,000 170,000 96,000 65,000 159,000 272,000 310,000 233,000 218,000 690,000 148,000 63,000 | 408,016 1,778,816 987,009 582,895 3,043,608 1,688,524 1,212,755 2,899,405 5,120,590 5,981,232 4,527,532 4,337,211 14,806,640 3,241,019 1,389,266 | purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market purchase on open market | |||
Total | 6,933,000 | 122,207,600 | ||||
Trading Date | Number of Shares | Cost (NTD) | Method | |||
Talent Ease Investment Limited | ||||||
2004.12.17 2004.12.20 2004.12.21 2004.12.22 2004.12.23 2004.12.24 2004.12.27 2004.12.28 2004.12.29 2004.12.30 2004.12.31 2005.1.3 2005.1.5 2005.1.6 2005.1.7 2005.1.10 2005.1.11 2005.1.12 2005.1.13 2005.1.17 2005.1.18 2005.1.27 2005.2.15 2005.2.16 2005.2.17 2005.2.18 2005.2.21 | 100,000 220,000 418,000 79,000 345,000 120,000 208,000 348,000 493,000 165,000 180,000 80,000 173,000 568,000 608,000 272,000 451,000 235,000 368,000 10,000 100,000 72,000 45,000 237,000 339,000 53,000 165,000 | 2,206,377 4,890,349 9,332,021 1,777,007 7,675,579 2,664,661 4,683,527 7,981,378 11,425,035 3,866,711 4,253,561 1,838,143 3,881,021 12,902,549 13,936,492 6,277,416 10,713,000 5,627,008 8,676,871 225,900 2,249,400 1,554,470 996,122 5,497,724 8,255,846 1,287,803 4,027,911 | Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market |
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2005.2.22 2005.2.23 2005.2.24 2005.3.1 2005.3.3 2005.3.4 2005.3.10 | 188,000 290,000 1,000 93,000 400,000 193,000 (17,000 | ) | 4,597,470 7,283,535 25,520 2,550,693 11,420,730 5,509,941 (465,806 | ) | Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Purchase on open market Sale on open market | |||
total | 7,600,000 | 168,124,608 | ||||||
2. | Offeror Directors and Supervisors: None |
X. | Names and Shareholding of Offeror shareholders Currently Serving as Directors or Supervisors of Ulead or Holding 10% or more of Ulead Shares |
None
XI. | The following information shall be prepared if the Offeror is a company: |
1. | Financial statements of the most recent two years of the Offeror: (see page 23 hereof) |
2. | Most recent CPA-audited/reviewed financial statements of the Offeror |
3. | Declaration issued by Offeror that there is no significant change in the financial or business status at the date the tender offer filing (see page 16 hereof). |
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Declaration
During the period between the date of the most recent balance sheet and the financial statements of the Offeror as attached hereto and the filing date of this Tender Offer:
x | the Undersigned declare that the Offeror does not have any material change in financial or business. |
¨ | The Offeror had the following material change in financial and/or business: |
By: | InterVideo Digital Technology Corp. Responsible Person: Steve Ro |
Date: March 14, 2005
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XII. | Other Purchase Plan and the Terms Thereof |
Additional Purchase Plan and Relevant Terms | Proposed Filing Date | After the completion of the tender offer, the Offer intends to purchase all of the shares in Strong Ace Limited, a corporate shareholder of Ulead and if such transaction is completed, the Offeror would indirectly own another 1,000,000 shares of Ulead.
After the completion of the tender offer, Offeror, with a view for efficient integration of shareholding, operation, business, financial, organization and human resources, would evaluate the result of this tender offer and such integration to decide whether to further purchase Uleads common shares and if so, the timing for such future purchase. The future purchase plan may include but not limited to tender offer and/or any other appropriate manner as permitted under the applicable law. | ||
Proposed Purchase Share Volume | Depend on the result of this Tender Offer | |||
Proposed Purchase Price | May be higher or lower than, or equal to the purchase price of this Tender Offer and would depend on the then market conditions. | |||
Minimum Purchase Shares or Percentage | The future purchase plan may include but not limited to tender offer and/or any other appropriate manner as permitted under the applicable law.
If a tender offer arrangement is used, the Offeror may consider purchase the shares tendered even if the shares tendered reach certain threshold. | |||
Other Purchase Terms | The purchase price and other terms and conditions in any future purchase price (if any) may be better or worse than or equal to those set out in this Tender Offer and would depend on the market conditions. |
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XIII. | Any Other Plan That May Trigger Any of the Following Situation |
Dissolution | ¨ No þ Yes; Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to merge with it or any of its affiliates or to engage in group restructuring, merger, acquisition or other transaction which may result in Uleads liquidation and delisting in the future. | |
Change of Organization | ¨ No þ Yes; Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to engage in integration with the Offeror or any of its affiliates in terms of operation, business, financial, internal organization and human resource, etc.
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to engage in restructuring, merger, acquisition or other transaction which may result in change of organization | |
Change of Capital | ¨ No þ Yes; Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to engage in restructuring, merger, acquisition or other transaction or adjustment in operation, business, financial, internal organization or human resource, which may result in change of capital | |
Change of Business Plan | ¨ þ Yes; Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to re-evaluate its business plan, sales and marketing strategy, promotion plan and research and development, etc. and make adjustment and integration with the Offeror or any of its affiliates. | |
Change of Financial Conditions | ¨ No þ Yes; Terms of the Plan
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to re-evaluate its financial conditions and make |
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necessary adjustments, which may cause change in financial conditions, and the Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may considering capital increase or decrease, refinancing or other fund raising activities to improve Uleads financial conditions. | ||
Suspension of Production | ¨ No þ Yes; Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to re-evaluate and adjust its business plan, sales and marketing strategy, business promotion and research and development, etc., which may cause suspension of production in certain product lines. |
XIV. | Other Plan That May Change One-Third or More of the Directors, Supervisors and General manager of Ulead |
One-third or more of directors | Change of Position:
¨ No þ Yes Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror understands from the Public Information Website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange that Ulead schedules to hold its annual shareholders meeting on March 29, 2005 for re-election of new directors and supervisors. The Offeror may seek board seats in such re-election.
If any new director elected in such meeting tenders more than 1/2 of its/his/her shareholding, it/he/she will be discharged automatically and therefore, the Offeror will not rule out possibility that one third (1/3) or more of Uleads new directors would be replaced. | |
One-third or more of Supervisors | Change of Position:
¨ No þ Yes Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror understands from the Public Information Website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange that Ulead schedules to hold its annual shareholders meeting on March 29, 2005 for re-election of new directors and supervisors. The Offeror may seek supervisor seats in such re-election. |
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If any new supervisor elected in such meeting tenders more than 1/2 of its/his/her shareholding, it/he/she will be discharged automatically and therefore, the Offeror will not rule out possibility that one third (1/3) or more of Uleads new directors would be replaced.
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General Manager | ¨ Retirement, severance with pay þ Change of Position ¨ Others
To improve operation efficiency and achieve successful integration, the Offeror will not rule out the possibility to find an appropriate candidate to replace the current general manager upon completion of this Tender Offer; however, it would depend on the then operation conditions and the progress of the integration. |
XV. | Offeror Would Hold 50% or More of the Total Issued Shares in Ulead Upon Completion of this Tender Offer: Yes |
Shareholding before This Tender Offer | Shares to be Purchased though this Tender Offer | |||||||
Class of | Number of | Date of | Class of | Number of Shares | ||||
Common Shares of Ulead | 14,533,000 | Purchased between Nov. 2, 2004 and March 4, 2005 | Common Shares of Ulead | An aggregate of 50,888,000 common shares representing approximately 65% of issued common shares of Ulead as of this filing date.
In case the number of total shares tendered is less than the Intended Purchased Shares (50,888,000 shares) but is equal to or greater than 23,566,000 shares representing approximately 30.1% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror will purchase all the shares tendered.
In case the number of total shares tendered is below 23,566,000 but is equal to or greater than 17,615,000 shares |
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representing approximately 22.5% of issued common shares of Ulead, Offeror has an option to choose whether to purchase all of the tendered shares and the Offeror will post a public announcement of its decision. | ||||||||||
Total | Number of shares to be held upon completion of this Tender Offer: 65,421,000 (assuming purchase of all Target Purchased Shares) Shareholding percentage: approximately 83% of the total issued shares of Ulead as of this filing date |
XVI. | Any Plan to Transfer of Ulead Shares to Others after completion of this Purchase |
¨ No
þ Yes
Terms of the Plan:
The Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider consolidation of the shareholding currently held by its affiliates and the shareholding acquired by it through this Tender Offer for holding by InterVideo Inc. or other affiliates.
The Offeror currently has no plan to transfer the Ulead shares acquired through this Tender Offer to any other person; however, the Offeror will not rule out any possibility of disposal of securities in view of the future market situation.
XII. | Is Offeror Aware of Any Significant Financial and/or Business Change of Ulead after the Date of Balance Sheet of the Most Recent Financial Report: |
þ No.
¨ Yes, contents of change.
XIII | Other Significant Information |
1. | The Offerors preliminary plans in respect of the Target Company subsequent to the completion of this Tender Offer are set out in Item 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18. However, the detailed action plans may be subject to change or adjustment, and further evaluation. |
2. | To implement the above-mentioned plans, the Offeror may consider taking the following actions after the completion of this Tender Offer, but such actions are not necessarily in the same order as set out below and the consummation of any such action will be subject to the market condition, industry and other factors and thus the plans may be further changed or adjusted: |
(1) | The Offeror understands from the Public Information Website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange that Ulead has scheduled to hold its annual shareholders meeting on March 29, 2005 for re-election of new directors and supervisors. The Offeror may seek board seats and supervisor in such re-election; |
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(2) | After the completion of the tender offer, the Offer intends to purchase all of the shares in Strong Ace Limited, a corporate shareholder of Ulead and if such transaction is completed, the Offeror would indirectly own another 1,000,000 shares of Ulead; |
(3) | The Offeror may consider consolidation of the shareholding of Ulead shares within its group, which would allow InterVideo Inc. or its affiliates to own Ulead shares; and the Offeror may also consider using capital increase or decrease, re-financing or other fund raising activity to improve the financial condition of Ulead; |
(4) | The Offeror may consider causing Ulead to convene board meetings or shareholders meeting to propose merger and the consideration thereof may be in cash, and if cash is used, the Offeror may pay cash to the then shareholders of Ulead as of the merger record date and other payment terms are to be further determined and if necessary, the Offeror may deposit the cash with the court or adopt other appropriate payment method. The Offeror may consider causing Ulead to convene board meetings or shareholders meeting to propose delisting and causing the then directors and supervisors of Ulead to make offer to purchase the Ulead shares from other shareholders of Ulead. If merger or delisting is completed, there would be no trading of Ulead shares on the open market and Ulead will become a non-public company; |
(5) | To improve operation efficiency and achieve successful integration after the completion of this Tender Offer, the Offeror will not rule out the possibility that it may consider causing Ulead to re-evaluate the financial conditions, business plan, sales and marketing strategy, promotion plan and research and development, etc. and make adjustment and integration with the Offeror or any of its affiliates. However, in light of global political and economic environment, industry circle and various uncertain factors, the feasibility of achieving the original goal, the schedule and the outcome thereof are all subject to variation and expose to risks. When considering this Tender Offer, the Offerees shall evaluate the various possibilities referred to in this Tender Offer Circular and take the liquidity, purchase consideration and all other risks factors into consideration and make their own decision. |
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