Exhibit (a)(2)
FORM OF LETTER AGREEMENT AND CONSENT
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Dear Mr./Ms. ________________:
I have entered into a merger agreement with our board of directors that
will result in my 100% ownership of NPC International, Inc. As a result of this
merger, NPC's common stock will no longer be publicly traded.
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Under the merger agreement, the holders of NPC's common stock will
receive $11.55 per share of NPC common stock in cash and contingent unsecured
promissory notes. In addition, I am offering to employees that hold stock
options, the right to cash out their options based upon the $11.55 price to be
paid to NPC's minority stockholders. Among other things, this offer is
conditioned upon the merger being consummated, which we expect to complete in
August. If you accept my offer, the merger is consummated, and the other
conditions are satisfied,
. You will receive the cash set forth on the attached Schedule A,
less applicable taxes, at the times indicated (assuming you remain
employed by NPC at the times indicated), and
. You will no longer have options to purchase NPC's common stock.
If you do not accept our offer and the merger is consummated, your
options will continue but you will not be entitled to receive NPC common stock
upon exercise of the options. Instead, you will receive cash based upon the fair
value of NPC's common stock at the time of exercise, which could be less than or
more than $11.55 per share. This value would be determined by the NPC Board of
directors based upon their sole and absolute discretion. Depending upon such
value and the exercise price of your options, it is possible that you could
receive less than the amount indicated in this letter.
Neither NPC nor its Board of Directors makes any recommendation as to
whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your options for
cancellation. You must make your own decision whether to tender your options.
The materials accompanying this letter describe in detail this offer to
cancel your stock options and the approval we are seeking from you to amend the
stock option plan. We encourage you to carefully read the materials.
To accept my offer to cancel your stock options in exchange for the
cash payments described above, and to consent to the amendments to the stock
option plan necessary to consummate this offer, you must sign this letter below
in the space provided and return it in the enclosed self addressed stamped
envelope to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Employee Benefits Manager, NPC International, Inc.,
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000 by August 1, 2001, unless extended
by the board of directors.
Thank you for your assistance in completing this important transaction.
Sincerely,
X.Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Chairman & CEO
I accept the "Offer," as described in the Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation Statement (the "Statement") accompanying this letter, with respect
to all options granted to the undersigned pursuant to NPC's 1994 Non-Qualified
Stock Option Plan (the "1994 Option Plan") and consent to and approve the
amendments to my Award Notice under the 1994 Option Plan ant the amendments to
the 1994 Option Plan described therein and set forth as Schedule C to the
Statement.
Dated: __________________, 2001.
Signed:
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Print Name:
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SCHEDULE A
Name of Option Holder: _______________________ SSN: ____________
Total Number of Options Held by Option Holder: _________________
If you elect to cancel your Options pursuant to this Offer, give your
consent to the amendments to your Award Notice and to the 1994 Option Plan and
you are still employed by NPC on the applicable date(s) set forth below, you
will receive the following amounts promptly after such dates, less the
withholding of income, FICA and Medicare taxes and other applicable
withholdings:
Vested Gain: $__________ upon the Expiration Date of the Offer;
Unvested Gain(s)
evidenced by Notes: $__________ on _______________, 200__;
$__________ on _______________, 200__; and
$__________ on _______________, 200__.
$__________ Total Unvested Gain evidenced by Notes
OPTION ANALYSIS
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Grant Date Number of Option Vested Unvested Vested Unvested Total
of Options Options Price Options* Options* Gain Gain Gain
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* As of August 31, 2001
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SCHEDULE B
Frequently Asked Questions
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We are offering to cancel all outstanding options to purchase shares of
our common stock issued under our 1994 Option Plan and soliciting your consent
to the amendments to your Award Notice under the 1994 Option Plan and amendments
to the 1994 Option Plan necessary to consummate this Offer. The following are
some of the questions that you, as an optionholder, may have and answers to
those questions. The information in this summary is not complete and we urge you
to carefully read the remainder of this document and the Letter Agreement and
Consent accompanying this document.
What Will I Receive If I Decide To Tender My Options For Cancellation and Give
My Consent to the Amendments?
We will pay you cash in the amount and at the times set forth on
Schedule A. Cash payable for options which are not vested on the Expiration Date
of the Offer will be paid pursuant to contingent unsecured promissory notes
(the "Notes").
How Was the Purchase Price Determined?
The amount to be paid to you with respect to your options is determined
by subtracting the exercise price per share of your options from $11.55, and
multiplying the difference times the number of shares of NPC common stock that
you may purchase upon exercise of your options. The $11.55 amount is equal to
the amount per share that the holders of common stock, other than the
stockholders of Mergeco, will receive for their shares in connection with the
merger. The NPC board of directors formed a special committee consisting of Xx.
Xxxxxxx and Xx. Xxxxxx, who are each disinterested directors, to evaluate and
negotiate the terms of the merger agreement with Mergeco as well as evaluate and
negotiate any other proposals to acquire shares not owned by Mr. X. Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx or persons under his control. The special committee selected and
retained legal and financial advisors to assist it in such evaluation and
negotiation, and received an opinion from Xxxxxxxxx Agio Xxxxx Securities, Inc.,
its financial advisor, on which the special committee and the entire board of
directors relied in part, that as of its date the $11.55 per share the NPC
stockholders will receive in the proposed merger is fair to them from a
financial point of view. Neither the board of directors, the special committee
nor the special committee's advisors have made any determination of whether the
Offer is fair to you from a financial point of view.
When Will I Receive Payment For My Canceled Options?
If your options to purchase shares of common stock are fully vested and
exercisable as of the Expiration Date of the Offer, or if you are not a current
employee of NPC (whether or not your options are fully vested and exercisable as
of the Expiration Date of the Offer) you will receive a cash payment for the
full amount of your vested options as set forth on Schedule A promptly after the
Expiration Date of the Offer ("payment date") and you will receive no Notes.
If you are a current employee of NPC and your options to purchase
shares of common stock are not fully vested and exercisable as of the Expiration
Date of the Offer, you will receive 100% of the cash amount applicable to your
vested options, with the balance of the cash amount
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payable to you promptly after the date or dates your options would have become
vested and exercisable had they not been canceled, provided that you are still
an employee of NPC on the applicable vesting dates. See Schedule A. NPC's
contingent obligation to make these future payments to you with respect to your
unvested options will be evidenced by the Notes, which will not bear interest
and are payable if you are an employee of NPC on the applicable vesting date. If
you are not still an employee of NPC on the applicable vesting date, you will
not receive the balance otherwise payable on that date or any future date and
the remaining unpaid Notes held by you automatically terminate.
Your options have an expiration date set forth in the applicable Award
Notice, and if your options expire prior to the Expiration Date of this Offer,
you will not be entitled to receive payment for your options under the Offer.
Similarly, if your employment with NPC has terminated more than three months
prior to the Expiration Date (other than as a result of death or permanent and
total disability), your options will terminate and you will not be entitled to
receive payment for your options under the Offer.
What Are the Terms of the Notes?
The Notes are contingent, unsecured obligations of NPC to pay an amount of money
to each holder of an unvested NPC stock option in exchange for the cancellation
of such unvested stock options. The Notes are provided with no interest payable
from and after the date in which it is executed. The Notes are not transferable.
The holders of the unvested NPC stock options are employees of NPC. In the event
of termination of a holder's employment with NPC, such holder's Notes shall
terminate, no payments of principal shall be required and that holder shall
forfeit all rights to such payments under the Note. If a tendering
optionholder's options are fully vested and exercisable on the Expiration Date
of the Offer, that optionholder will receive cash for 100% of the options
tendered and will receive no Notes. If a tendering optionholder's options are
not fully vested and exercisable as of the Expiration Date of the Offer, that
optionholder will receive 100% of the cash amount applicable to the tendered
options that are fully vested and exercisable on the Expiration Date, and Notes
for the tendered options that are unvested. A separate Note will be delivered on
the payment date for each installment of unvested options, which Notes will have
maturity dates coinciding with the dates each applicable installment would
otherwise vest. For example, if an optionholder holds a stock option to purchase
100 shares of NPC common stock for $10.55 per share, and such option is 50%
vested with an additional 25% vesting on June 1, 2002, and the remaining 25%
vesting on June 1, 2003, such optionholder would receive $50.00 on the payment
date (the difference of $11.55 minus $10.55, times 50 shares), and two Notes,
each in the principal amount of $25.00, the first payable on June 1, 2002, and
the second payable on June 1, 2003, if such optionholder is employed by NPC on
each of such dates.
Do I Have to Tender All of My Options?
Yes. We will not accept partial tenders. You must tender all of your
options or none of your options. See Section 3.
What Happens to Options if I Do Not Tender?
If the merger between NPC and Mergeco is consummated, the articles of
incorporation of the surviving corporation will be immediately amended to effect
a reverse stock split of 50,000 shares for 1 share. As a result, all options to
purchase less than 50,000 shares would represent the right to purchase a
fraction of a share of common stock of NPC. Fractional shares will not be issued
upon exercise of options. Instead you will receive a cash payment in an amount
determined by multiplying that fraction by the difference between the fair value
of a full share at the time of exercise over the exercise price per share of
that option, which could be more or less than $11.55 per share. See Section 2.
Does NPC Have the Financial Resources to Make Payment?
A condition to the consummation of this Offer is that the financing
necessary to consummate the merger of NPC and Mergeco and to pay the tendering
optionholders the amounts necessary at that time shall have been obtained. We
also expect to have sufficient cash on hand to make future payments with respect
to the options that are not vested at the time of the consummation of the
merger. See Section 8.
Amounts payable subsequent to the payment date pursuant to the Notes
will be general, unsecured obligations of NPC. As a result of the merger, NPC
will have substantially more debt than it has now. This debt will be secured by
NPC's assets and will therefore have priority over NPC's future payment
obligations required pursuant to this Offer. See Section 8.
Will I Have to Pay Taxes if My Options Are Cancelled in the Offer?
Yes. The cash amounts paid to optionholders who tender options for
cancellation is taxed as ordinary compensation income of the optionholders in
the year received. Such income is subject to withholding of income, FICA and
Medicare taxes and other applicable withholdings.
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We recommend that you consult with your own tax advisor to determine the tax
consequences of tendering options pursuant to the Offer. See Section 12.
Do I Have to Consent to the Amendments in Order to Tender My Options?
Yes. Tenders of options for cancellation will not be accepted unless
you also consent to the amendments to your Award Notice under the 1994 Option
Plan and amendments to the 1994 Option Plan.
When Does the Offer Expire? Can the Offer be Extended, and if so, How Will I be
Notified if it is Extended?
The Offer expires on August 31, 2001, at 12:00 midnight, New York City
time, unless it is extended by us.
We may, in our discretion, extend the Offer at any time, but we cannot
assure you that the Offer will be extended or, if extended, for how long. It is
expected that the Offer will be extended to coincide with the closing of the
merger between NPC and Mergeco.
If the Offer is extended, we will make a public announcement of the
extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day
following the previously scheduled expiration of the Offer. See Section 3.
How Do I Tender My Options and Give My Consent?
If you decide to tender your options and give your consent, you must
deliver, before 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on August 31, 2001, a
properly completed and duly executed copy of the Letter Agreement and Consent
accompanying this document to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Employee Benefits Manager, NPC
International, Inc., 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, (telephone:
(000) 000-0000). See Section 3.
If the Offer is extended by us beyond that time, you must deliver these
documents before the extended expiration of the Offer.
We reserve the right to reject any or all tenders of options and
consents that we determine are not in appropriate form or that we determine are
unlawful to accept. Otherwise, we will accept properly and timely tendered
options and consents which are not validly withdrawn. Subject to our rights to
extend, terminate and amend the Offer, we currently expect that we will accept
all such properly tendered options promptly after the expiration of the Offer.
During What Period of Time May I Withdraw Previously Tendered Options and Revoke
My Consent?
You may withdraw your tendered options and revoke your consent to the
amendments to the Award Notices under the 1994 Option Plan and amendments to the
1994 Option Plan necessary to consummate the Offer at any time before 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on August 31, 2001. If the Offer is extended by us
beyond that time, you may withdraw your tendered options at any time until the
extended expiration of the Offer. To withdraw tendered options, you must deliver
to us a written notice of withdrawal, or a facsimile thereof, with the required
information while you still have the right to withdraw the tendered
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options. Once you have withdrawn options, you may re-tender options only by
again following the delivery procedures described above prior to the
expiration of the Offer. See Section 4.
What are the Conditions to the Offer?
The Offer is conditioned upon a tender of options representing the
right to purchase more than 50% of the shares issuable upon exercise of all
options granted under the 1994 Option Plan and receipt of consents from that
percentage of options to the amendments to the Award Notices under the 1994
Option Plan and amendments to the 1994 Option Plan necessary to consummate the
Offer. In addition, the Offer is conditioned upon the consummation of the
merger of NPC and Mergeco whereby the stockholders of NPC, other than
Mergeco's stockholders, would have each of their shares converted into $11.55
per share in cash. A number of conditions must be satisfied before NPC or
Mergeco is obligated to complete the merger, including, among others, the
following:
. the holders of a majority of the shares of NPC common stock voting at the
special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of considering the
merger, excluding shares owned by the Mergeco stockholders, must approve and
adopt the merger agreement;
. there must be no legal or judicial restraints or prohibitions preventing
completion of the merger;
. the holders of no more than five percent of the outstanding shares of NPC
common stock have properly demanded appraisal rights for their shares;
. the funding of the financing for the merger and the Offer must be obtained;
and
. satisfaction of the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in the
merger agreement or waiver by the party for whose benefit they are made. See
Section 6.
In addition, the financing necessary to consummate the merger is also
subject to certain additional conditions. See Section 8.
What Does NPC and its Board of Directors Think of the Offer?
Although our board of directors has approved this Offer, neither we nor
our board of directors makes any recommendation as to whether you should
tender your options or give your consent to the amendments to your Award
Notice under the 1994 Option Plan or the amendments to the 1994 Option Plan
necessary to consummate the Offer. You must make your own decision whether to
tender options and give your consent. For questions regarding tax implications
or other investment-related questions, you should talk to your own legal
counsel, accountant and/or financial advisors. Our executive officers have
informed us that they intend to tender all of their options pursuant to the
Offer, and give their consent, except that the options held by Mr. X. Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, who has indicated that he will not tender his options in the Offer,
will be cancelled without the payment of any cash or Notes.
What is the Market Value of NPC Shares as of a Recent Date?
As of July 19, 2001, the last sale price per share of NPC common stock
reported on the NASDAQ National Market was $11.04.
Who Can I Talk to if I Have Questions About the Offer?
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For additional information or assistance, you should contact:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Employee Benefits Manager
NPC International, Inc.,
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
telephone: (000) 000-0000
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