-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JYWzzAterDAK7jxwJx9SnmPGJw8Uix4PI5zv4qPcxOGaRhZLIlopgy72Gm2LqIzu GS4xMN23TB9KbCHVMYAvZg== 0001145443-10-001639.txt : 20100630 0001145443-10-001639.hdr.sgml : 20100630 20100630161057 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145443-10-001639 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100630 ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100630 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100630 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTH AMERICAN GALVANIZING & COATINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000055805 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COATING, ENGRAVING & ALLIED SERVICES [3470] IRS NUMBER: 710268502 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03920 FILM NUMBER: 10927349 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5314 S YALE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74135 BUSINESS PHONE: (918)494-0964 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5314 S YALE AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74135 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KINARK CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KIN ARK OIL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KIN ARK OIL & GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680906 8-K 1 d26862.htm

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): June 30, 2010

 

North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

1-3920

71-0268502

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5314 S. Yale Avenue
Suite 1000
Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

 

74135

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (918) 494-0964

 

                                             N/A                                              

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On March 31, 2010, North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with AZZ incorporated, a Texas corporation (“Parent”), and Big Kettle Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Purchaser commenced a tender offer (the “Offer”) on May 7, 2010 for all of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $7.50 per share in cash, without interest (less any applicable withholding taxes) (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 7, 2010, and the related Letter of Transmittal.

The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., Central Daylight Saving Time, on June 14, 2010 (the “Expiration Time”). Based on information from the depositary, as of the Expiration Time, a total of approximately 12,962,287 shares of Company Common Stock were validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, resulting in a change in control of the Company. These shares of Company Common Stock (together with (x) the shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Parent, Purchaser or their respective subsidiaries and (y) the shares of Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of options, that were held in trust pursuant to the Company’s Director Stock Unit Program or that constituted restricted shares, in each case which the Purchaser exercised its option to purchase), represent approximately 83% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Company Common Stock determined on a fully diluted basis.

The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that following the consummation of the Offer and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, Purchaser will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), and each share of Company Common Stock not acquired in the Offer will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Offer Price (other than shares of Company Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company or owned by Parent, Purchaser or any of their subsidiaries, and shares of Company Common Stock held by stockholders who properly demand appraisal rights). Following the effective time of the Merger, the Company will continue as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The closing of the Merger is subject to approval by holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company, voting together as a single class. As a result of the number of shares of Company Common Stock tendered in the Offer, Purchaser holds a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock such that the vote of any other stockholder of the Company will not be required to approve the Merger.

In connection with the expected closing of the Merger and conversion of the shares of Company Common Stock into the right to receive the Offer Price, on June 30, 2010 the Company notified the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) that the Company intends to file a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to strike the Company Common Stock from listing and registration thereon. On or about the effective date of the Merger, and after the effective date of the Form 25, the Company intends to file with the SEC a

 


Form 15 to deregister the Company Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to suspend the remaining reporting obligations of the Company under the Exchange Act.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 5, 2010 and is incorporated herein by reference. In particular, the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement (1) were made solely for purposes of the Merger Agreement and solely for the benefit of the contracting parties, (2) may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made to Parent and Purchaser in connection with the Merger Agreement, (3) will not survive consummation of the Merger, (4) are qualified in certain circumstances by a materiality standard which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (5) were made only as of the date of the Merger Agreement or such other date as is specified in the Merger Agreement, and (6) may have been included in the Merger Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts. Investors are not third party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement, and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of the parties. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in subsequent public disclosure.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 30, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing its intention to strike the listing and registration of the Company Common Stock on NASDAQ. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, that is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

 

Description

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 30, 2010.

 

 


Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:

June 30, 2010

 

 

North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/  David H. Dingus

 

Name: David H. Dingus

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

 

Description

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 30, 2010.

 

 


EX-99.1 2 d26862_ex99-1.htm

NEWS RELEASE

 

NORTH AMERICAN GALVANIZING & COATINGS, INC.

5314 South Yale Avenue, Suite 1000

(918) 494–0964  Fax: (918) 494-3999

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Beth B. Pulley  Phone: (918) 524-1512

 

 

North American Galvanizing & Coatings

Announces Termination of NASDAQ Listing and Registration

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 30, 2010 – North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. (“NGA”) (NASDAQ: NGA) today announces its intention to strike the shares of its common stock from listing and registration on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”). NGA intends to take this action in connection with the anticipated merger of Big Kettle Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AZZ incorporated (“AZZ”) (NYSE: AZZ), with and into NGA pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger among NGA, Merger Sub and AZZ dated March 31, 2010. Due to the number of shares of NGA common stock owned by Merger Sub, the requisite approval of the merger by NGA’s stockholders is assured, and NGA intends to consummate the merger as soon as possible pursuant to applicable law. Upon completion of the merger, NGA will no longer meet the numerical listing requirements of NASDAQ. NGA has not arranged for the listing and/or registration of its shares on another national securities exchange or for quotation of its shares in a quotation medium.

 

About North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NGA)

 

North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. is a leading provider of corrosion protection for iron and steel components fabricated by its customers. NGA’s galvanizing and coating operations are composed of eleven facilities located in Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. These facilities operate galvanizing kettles ranging in length from 16 feet to 62 feet and have lifting capacities ranging from 12,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds. For more information about NGA, visit www.nagalv.com.

 

About AZZ incorporated (NYSE: AZZ)

 

AZZ incorporated is a specialty electrical equipment manufacturer serving the global markets of industrial, power generation, transmission and distributions, as well as a leading provider of hot dip galvanizing services to the steel fabrication market.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

Certain statements contained in this press release about our expectations of future events or results constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Such forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and management’s views and assumptions regarding future events.  Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that actual results may differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.  In addition, certain factors could affect the outcome of the matters described in this press release.  These factors include, but are not limited to, (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against us or others following the announcement of the merger agreement, (3) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations, and (4) the costs, fees and expenses related to the transaction.  NGA has provided additional information regarding risks associated with the business in NGA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2009 as well as other filings with the SEC, available for viewing on NGA’s website at www.nagalv.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.  These statements are based on information as of the date of this press release and NGA assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

 

 


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