UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2014
VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34480 | 26-2994223 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ | 07310 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 469-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On May 5, 2014, Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Insurance Services Office, Inc. (the “Buyer”), entered into an Amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 14, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”) among the Company, the Buyer, ISO Merger Sub I, Inc., Eagleview Technology Corporation and Fortis Advisors LLC, as the stockholders’ representative. Pursuant to the Amendment, the date on which either party may terminate the Merger Agreement in the event the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, has not expired or been terminated, has been extended from June 30, 2014 to September 30, 2014.
We refer you to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was annexed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2014, and the full text of the Amendment, which is annexed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Amendment dated May 5, 2014 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 14, 2014 among Verisk Analytics, Inc., Insurance Services Office, Inc., ISO Merger Sub I, Inc., Eagleview Technology Corporation and Fortis Advisors LLC, as the stockholders’ representative | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 5, 2014 | By: | /s/ Kenneth E. Thompson | ||||
| Name: Kenneth E. Thompson Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
Exhibit 10.1
May 5, 2014
EagleView Technology Corporation and the other
Acquired Companies
3700 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 200
Bothell, Washington 98021
Fortis Advisors LLC
4225 Executive Square
Suite 1040
La Jolla, California 92037
Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Verisk Analytics, Inc., Insurance Services Office, Inc., ISO Merger Sub I, Inc., EagleView Technology Corporation and Fortis Advisors, LLC, as the Stockholders’ Representative. Capitalized terms utilized herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.
The parties to the Merger Agreement have agreed to amend the terms, conditions, and provisions of the Merger Agreement for the purposes more fully set forth and described herein below. Therefore, the undersigned hereby agree that Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
Section 9.1(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text of Section 9.1(b) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
“(b) by Buyer or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 30, 2014 (the “End Date”); provided, however, that (i) the End Date shall be extended to July 15, 2014, if the only reason the Closing shall not have occurred by June 30, 2014, is the failure of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(d) (although such extension shall not occur if the failure of such condition has been caused or resulted from one party’s action or failure to act constituting a breach of this Agreement and the other party does not consent to such extension) and/or the failure to obtain the Company Preferred Stockholder Closing Consent, and (ii) the End Date shall be extended to September 30, 2014, if the only reason the Closing shall not have occurred by July 15, 2014, is the failure to of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(d) (although such extension shall not occur if the failure of such condition has been caused or resulted from one party’s action or failure to act constituting a breach of this Agreement and the other party does not consent to such extension); provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to a party whose failure to perform any material obligation required to be performed by such party in breach of this Agreement has been a cause of, or results in, the failure of the Merger to be consummated by the End Date;”
This letter amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when taken together, shall be deemed one and the same instrument.
Kindly indicate your agreement to the foregoing by executing the enclosed counterpart of this letter in the space below provided for that purpose and returning it to the undersigned, whereupon the terms hereof shall be binding upon the parties hereto.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, INC. | ||
| By | /s/ Scott G. Stephenson | |
| Name: Scott G. Stephenson | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| AGREED: | ||
| EAGLEVIEW TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | ||
| By | /s/ Christopher Barrow | |
| Name: Christopher Barrow | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
| EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By | /s/ Christopher Barrow | |
| Name: Christopher Barrow | ||
| Title: President | ||
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| PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. | ||
| By | /s/ Christopher Barrow | |
| Name: Christopher Barrow | ||
| Title: President | ||
| PICTOMETRY CANADA CORP. | ||
| By | /s/ Richard Jacobs | |
| Name: Richard Jacobs | ||
| Title: President | ||
| PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL (EMEA) LIMITED | ||
| By | /s/ Linda Salpini | |
| Name: Linda Salpini | ||
| Title: Secretary | ||
| FORTIS ADVISORS, LLC acting solely in its capacity as Stockholders’ Representative | ||
| By | /s/ Ryan Simkin | |
| Name: Ryan Simkin | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
| cc: | DLA Piper LLP (US) |
| 701 Fifth Avenue |
| Suite 7000 |
| Seattle, Washington 98104 |
| Attention: Michael Hutchings, Esq. |
McCarter & English, LLP
Four Gateway Center
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Attention: Lisa Heeb, Esq.
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