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Transaction Overview

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Introduction

 

 

A special committee of The Board of Directors of GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“GTC”) engaged Caymus Partners LLC (“Caymus Partners”) as its exclusive financial advisor in connection with a potential transaction whereby GTC would be taken private by LFB Biotechnologies, S.A.S.U. (“LFB”)

 

 

GTC Biotherapeutics is a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company that develops, supplies, and commercializes therapeutic proteins produced through transgenic technology.

 

   

Transgenic technology entails producing human therapeutic proteins in the milk of transgenic animals. Transgenic animals carry genetic information that allows them to express human therapeutic proteins in their milk. Once produced, these recombinant proteins can be efficiently purified from the animal’s milk to meet exacting FDA standards.

 

 

LFB Biotechnologies engages in the research and development of monoclonal antibodies and is based in Courtaboeuf, France.

 

 

As outlined in its offer letter submitted on October 15, 2010, LFB offered to purchase an additional 61 million shares of newly issued GTC common stock at $0.28 per share which will give LFB a 90% ownership stake.

 

   

At the request of GTC’s board of directors, LFB increased its offer to $0.30 per share

 

   

Following the private placement, LFB would effect a statutory short-form merger in accordance with Massachusetts law cashing out all remaining minority shareholders for $0.30 per share.

 

 

 

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GTC Biotherapeutics

 

•    GTC Biotherapeutics is a Massachusetts based biotechnology company that develops, supplies, and commercializes therapeutic proteins produced through transgenic technology

 

•   Company’s Mission Statement: To be the world leader in transgenic therapeutic protein development and production; delivering beneficial, safe and cost effective treatments to improve human health

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Products:

 

•    GTC developed a recombinant human antithrombin called Atryn which has been approved for use in the United States and Europe. Atryn is used to treat a range of hereditary and acquired blood deficiencies, including hemophilia and other blood coagulation disorders. Atryn is GTC’s only commercialized drug and is produced by extracting a recombinant form of a specific human protein in goat milk

 

•   GTC also has other drugs currently in research & development and preclinical phases. Factor VIIa is GTC’s primary project currently in Phase I development and is expected to be effective in treating hemophilia. The drug has considerable commercial potential but is still many years from completion and will require a significant amount of continued investment and regulatory approval before becoming commercially available.

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GTC Biotherapeutics and LFB Biotechnologies

 

 

Since 2006, LFB has continually invested common equity, preferred equity and convertible debt in GTC and now owns approximately 83% of GTC on an “as converted” basis. LFB is currently the sole source of funding for GTC’s research and development costs

 

 

Without continued funding from LFB, GTC would have insufficient capital for its various drug development projects and would be unable to continue operations

 

 

During February and March 2010, GTC attempted to obtain external financing with the help of its financial advisor, Lazard. The capital raise ended unsuccessfully despite extensive efforts in reaching out to more than 25 potential financial sponsors

 

 

Because GTC no longer derives any benefits from its public status, LFB has now tendered an offer to take GTC private. The proposed transaction will result in substantial savings for GTC by removing the various legal and administrative costs associated with remaining public

 

 

 

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GTC Biotherapeutics and LFB Biotechnologies (continued)

 

 

 

September 2006    LFB enters Joint Development and Commercialization Agreement with GTC, providing for a strategic collaboration to develop selected recombinant plasma proteins and monoclonal antibodies using GTC’s transgenic production platform. In connection with the agreement, LFB entered into a Stock and Note Purchase Agreement with GTC consisting of 14,615 shares of convertible preferred stock, 363,000 shares of Common Stock, subordinated convertible notes for an aggregate total of $25.0 million.
October 2006    Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, these securities were issued and sold in three tranches. The first tranche consisted 5,000 shares of GTC’s newly designated Series D convertible preferred stock on October 4, 2006 for $6,150,000.
December 2006    Completion of the second and third tranches was subject to GTC’s receipt of shareholder approval. The required shareholder approval was obtained on December 5, 2006. The second tranche consisted of LFB’s purchase of an additional 9,615 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock and the Convertible Note for an aggregate purchase price of $14,385,100 and was completed on December 14, 2006.
January 2007    The third tranche, which consisted of LFB’s purchase of the Third Tranche Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $4,464,900, was completed on January 3, 2007.
March 2008    LFB converted 14,500 shares of the Series D convertible preferred stock into 1,450,000 shares of Common Stock on March 25, 2008.
October 2008    LFB entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with GTC to purchase for $15,000,000 a secured convertible note and a warrant to purchase up to 2,319,354 shares of Common Stock. The transaction was consummated on December 22, 2008.
June 2009    LFB entered into a securities purchase agreement with GTC in which GTC agreed to issue to LFB $12,000,000 of newly-designated Series E-1 convertible preferred stock and $13,500,000 of newly-designated Series E-2 convertible preferred stock in a private placement transaction.
October 2009    LFB elected to convert all 12,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 13,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock that it had purchased on July 31, 2009 into an aggregate of 10,598,144 shares of Common Stock. In addition, LFB exercised the warrant under the 2009 purchase agreement to purchase 6,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 6,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock
November 2009    LFB entered into a stock purchase agreement with GTC in which GTC agreed to issue and sell 3,387,851 shares of Common Stock to LFB
January 2010    LFB elected to convert all 6,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 6,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock that it had purchased on November 3, 2009 into an aggregate of 5,299,071 shares of Common Stock.
June 2010    LFB entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with GTC to purchase a secured convertible note in the principal amount of $7,000,000. The transaction was consummated on June 15, 2010. The 2010 secured convertible note matures on June 15, 2013
September 2010    On September 13, 2010, LFB sent a letter to the independent members of GTC’s board of directors seeking to initiate discussions with respect to a potential going private transaction to cash out the Company’s minority stockholders.
October 2010    On October 15, 2010, LFB sent an official Offer Letter to the independent members of GTC’s board of directors indicating that LFB’s board of directors had approved LFB making an offer to take GTC private. Such a transaction is proposed to be structured as a purchase by LFB of approximately 61,000,000 shares of Common Stock in a private placement transaction such that LFB would own at least 90% of the outstanding Common Stock. Following the private placement, LFB would effect a statutory short-form merger in accordance with Massachusetts law cashing out all minority shareholders for $0.28 per share.

 

 

 

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Scope of Engagement

 

 

In preparing this Fairness Opinion (“the “Opinion”), Caymus Partners took into account its assessment of general economic, market and financial conditions as well as its experience with similar transactions and valuations, among other things:

 

   

Reviewed financial information and other data including GTC’s most recent financial statements;

 

   

Reviewed and analyzed certain financial characteristics of companies that were deemed to have characteristics comparable to GTC

 

   

Reviewed and discussed with management certain financial and operating information furnished by them, including assumptions with respect to the business, operations and future prospects

 

   

The Opinion by Caymus Partners is necessarily based upon market, economic and other conditions, as they exist, and could be evaluated, on November 4, 2010. Accordingly, although subsequent developments may affect its Opinion, Caymus Partners does not assume any obligation to update, review or reaffirm its Opinion

 

   

Caymus Partners has relied upon and assumed the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial and other information provided to it by GTC’s management without assuming any responsibility for an independent verification of any such information and has further relied upon the assurance of management that it is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would make any such information inaccurate or misleading

 

 

 

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The Transaction

 

 

LFB has offered to purchase an additional 61 million shares of newly issued GTC common stock at $0.30 per share which will give LFB a 90% ownership stake.

 

   

Following the private placement, LFB would effect a statutory short-form merger in accordance with Massachusetts law cashing out all remaining minority shareholders for $0.30 per share.

 

 

LBF’s offer letter was filed with the SEC and publically announced on October 19, 2010. LFB’s offer, now increased to $0.30 per share represents a:

 

   

6.3% discount to GTC’s stock price of $0.32 one day prior the original announcement

 

   

11.8% discount to GTC’s stock price of $0.34 one week prior the original announcement

 

   

11.8 % discount to GTC’s stock price of $0.34 one month prior the original announcement

 

 

FB’s offer constitutes a $21 million total purchase price and represents a 7.1% premium to the company’s current share price of $0.28 per share (as of November 4, 2010), and a 3.4% premium to the trailing 30 day average stock price of $0.29 per share

 

 

The chart used below depicts the premium to LFB’s original offer paid to minority shares.

Offer Sensitivity Analysis

($ in thousands)

 

Newly Issued Share Purchase      Minority Share Purchase      Minority Share Premium  
Price Per
Share
     Shares
Purchased
     Newly
Issued

Share Cost
     Premium
to Original
Offer
    Price Per
Share
     Shares
Purchased
     Minority
Share Cost
     Total Cost      Premium
to Original
Offer
     Premium % of
Total Purchase
Price
 
           0.0   $ 0.280         9,130       $ 2,556       $ 20,813       $ 0         0.0
           5.0     0.294         9,130         2,684         20,941         128         0.6
$ 0.30         60,857       $ 18,257         7.1     0.300         9,130         2,739         20,996         183         0.9
           10.0     0.308         9,130         2,812         21,069         256         1.2
           15.0     0.322         9,130         2,940         21,197         383         1.8

 

 

 

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Historical Financials

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GTC Historical Income Statements

 

     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009  

Revenue

     4,152        6,128        13,896        16,656        2,826   

Costs of revenue and operating expenses:

          

Cost of revenue

     4,344        6,651        11,561        8,624        2,256   

Research and development

     21,145        25,401        28,925        21,031        25,417   

Selling, general and administrative

     8,428        9,723        9,834        10,208        11,407   
                                        
     33,917        41,775        50,320        39,863        39,080   
                                        

Operating loss from continuing operations:

     (29,765     (35,647     (36,424     (23,207     (36,254

Other income and (expenses):

          

Interest income

     547        1,237        1,443        184        21   

Interest expense

     (1,140     (1,001     (1,329     (1,183     (3,443

Other income (expense)

     246        66        (11     1,541        12,723   
                                        

Net loss

     (30,112     (35,345     (36,321     (22,665     (26,953

Dividends/accretion on redeemable convertible preferred stock

             (900

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

     (30,112     (35,345     (36,321     (22,665     (27,853

Net loss per common share (basic and diluted)

     (6.19     (5.29     (4.66     (2.31     (2.18

Weighted average # of shares outstanding (basic and diluted)

     4,865,814        6,686,035        7,786,300        9,819,996        12,778,445   

 

 

GTC has incurred net losses for the past five years primarily due to drug development costs far exceeding net revenue received from its only commercially sold drug, Atryn

 

 

 

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GTC Current and Historical Balance Sheets

 

      Sept 30, 2010     Jan 3, 2010  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

     2,738        3,816   

Accounts receivable and unbilled contract revenue

     395        243   

Related party receivable

     2,417        1,500   

Inventory

     379        56   

Restricted cash

     449        599   

Other current assets

     938        1,217   
                

Total current assets

     7,316        7,431   

Net property, plant and equipment

     11,873        12,456   

Intangible assets, net

     4,671        5,348   

Other assets

     600        765   
                

Total assets

     24,460        26,000   

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

     4,689        6,295   

Accrued liabilities

     7,596        6,029   

Related party payable

     1,300        650   

Short-term deferred contract revenue

     1,477        6,875   

Derivative liability

     —          2,660   

Current portion of long-term debt

     26        51   

Current portion of debt to related party

     —          300   
                

Total current liabilities

     15,088        22,860   

Accrued interest related party

     1,457        656   

Long-term deferred contract revenue

     —          8,173   

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     35        54   

Long-term debt to related party, net of debt discount

     31,638        16,704   

Other long-term liabilities

     20        37   
                

Total liabilities

     48,238        48,484   

Redeemable convertible preferred stock:

    

Series E-1 Redeemable Convertible Preferred stock

     —          4,223   

Series E-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred stock

     —          4,370   

Related party subscription receivable

     —          (6,375

Total redeemable convertible preferred stock

     —          2,218   

Shareholders’ deficit:

    

Preferred stock

     —          —     

Common stock

     304        247   

Capital in excess of par value

     309,273        303,869   

Accumulated deficit

     (333,355     (328,818
                

Total shareholders’ deficit

     (23,778     (24,702
                

Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and shareholders’ deficit

     24,460        26,000   

 

 

 

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GTC Historical Balance Sheets

 

Balance Sheet Data:    2005      2006      2007      2008     2009     Sept 2010  

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

     36,169         43,385         15,765         11,643        3,816        2,738   

Long-term liabilities

     9,688         16,443         13,970         28,469        24,968        33,150   

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     36,709         37,956         8,024         (4,123     (22,484     (23,778

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities have continuously decreased over the last 4 years from $43.4 million in December 2006 to $2.7 million in September 2010

 

 

GTC holds a significant amount of long-term debt from LFB. Total long-term liabilities has increased from $9.7 million in December 2005 to $33.2 million in September 2010

 

 

LBF has amended the original terms on it’s various debt agreements with GTC to more favorable terms for GTC, resulting in reduced interest rates and lower accrued interest

 

   

These considerations from LFB have allowed GTC to continue operations, since the company would be insolvent if the original terms of the debt agreements were enforced

 

   

Under the original contracts, LFB has total principal payments of $16.4 million due in 2012

 

 

Year over year losses have caused shareholder’s deficit to reach $23.8 million in September 2010

 

 

 

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GTCB 5-Year and 1-Year Historical Stock Price Charts

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GTC 6-Month and 30-Day Historical Stock Price Charts

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Valuation of GTC

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GTC Projected Income Statement

 

     2010     2011     2012     2013     2014     2015  

Revenue Base

            

ATryn (excl new 500 IU impact if not funded)

     1,056        2,500        3,000        4,000        5,000        5,000   

Atryn (impact of new small vial)

       500        3,000        6,000        10,000        15,000   

Contract Services (non-LFB)

     1,539        1,156        507        517        528        539   

Contract Services (LFB)

     500        500        500        500        500        500   

add: non-cash Lundbeck recognition

     8,900             

US Market FVIIa Revenue (not adj for JV own pct)

               43,800   
                                                

Total Revenue

     11,995        4,656        7,007        11,017        16,028        64,839   

Costs of Sales

            

Materials used in Mfg

     172        641        229        —          104        361   

External Services

     1,625        1,462        1,112        —          288        6,417   

Internal Salaries & Overheads

     661        916        745        —          187        5,660   

Change in Inventory

     (356     (1,895     815        1,330        1,322        (1,693
                                                

Total Cost of Sales

     2,102        1,123        2,900        1,330        1,901        10,744   
                                                

Gross Margin

     9,893        3,533        4,107        9,687        14,127        54,095   

Research & Development

     20,658        20,190        15,278        11,270        11,773        16,515   

Commercial - Selling, Marketing

     2,356        1,616        1,997        3,202        3,614        4,126   

Intellectual Property Costs

     1,125        923        951        980        1,009        1,039   

General & Administrative

     3,289        3,863        4,010        4,130        4,254        4,382   

Interest Expense (excludes LFB debt)

     103        103        103        96        80        66   
                                                

Profit before Income Taxes

     (17,638     (23,162     (18,232     (9,990     (6,603     27,967   

Income Taxes

     —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                

Net Income

     (17,638     (23,162     (18,232     (9,990     (6,603     27,967   
                                                

 

 

 

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GTC Projected Cash Flows

 

Net Income

     (17,638     (23,162     (18,232     (9,990     (6,603     27,967   

Adjustments:

            

Change in Inventory

     356        1,895        659        (1,330     (1,322     1,693   

FVIIa Reimbursement from LFB

     3,157             

Add - Depreciation & Amortization

     1,917        1,846        1,570        1,580        1,590        1,351   

Add Capital, Payables

     (4,035     (3,324     (3,300     (3,000     —          —     

Add Gen III Capital

     —          (1,600     —          —          —          —     

Non-Cash Revenue

     (8,900     —          —          —          —          —     
                                                

Cash Inflow(Outflow)

     (25,143     (24,344     (19,303     (12,740     (6,335     31,011   
                                                

 

 

GTC continues to project negative net income and cash flow in the near future and does not expect positive cash flow until 2015

 

 

A traditional discounted cash flow analysis is used to measure the net present value of a company’s future stream of earnings. This method cannot be accurately applied to GTC due to the fact that GTC’s first year of positive projected cash flow begins in 2015 and is entirely dependent on LFB’s continued funding

 

 

Additionally, there is significant speculation involved in estimating the likelihood of future revenues being realized

 

   

The probability of success and commercial value for GTC’s FVIIa project is uncertain

 

 

LFB and GTC are currently engaged in a collaboration agreement to develop multiple recombinant proteins. Under this contract, profit allocation will be adjusted based on the development costs incurred. Because LFB is currently bearing the majority of research and development costs of these projects, LFB will be entitled to the majority of future potential profits received

 

 

 

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Comparable Public Company Analysis

 

 

Caymus Partners researched the stocks of public companies similar to GTC to produce the following list:

(Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Amounts)

 

     Ticker      Share Price
11/02/10
     52 Week
Price Range
High - Low
     Shares
Outstanding
(MM)
     Percent
of 52  Wk
High
    Market
Value of
Equity
     Total
Enterprise
Value
     LTM
Revenue
     LTM
EBITDA
    Multiple of
Enterprise Value to:
 

Company

                            LTM
Revenue
     LTM
EBITDA
 

Biotechnology R&D -

                                 

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

     PLX       $ 10.00       $ 12.5       $ 5.6         81.0         80.0   $ 810.2       $ 755.2       $ 2.7       $ (36.8     282.9x         N/M   

Ablynx NV

     ABLX       $ 11.57       $ 11.9       $ 8.7         43.6         96.9   $ 504.4       $ 357.4       $ 34.2       $ (28.5     10.5x         N/M   

Sangamo Biosciences Inc.

     SGMO       $ 4.09       $ 6.8       $ 2.8         45.2         60.0   $ 184.9       $ 115.9       $ 26.4       $ (18.4     4.4x         N/M   

Repligen Corporation

     RGEN       $ 3.82       $ 5.1       $ 3.0         30.8         75.0   $ 117.6       $ 62.4       $ 24.8       $ 1.1        2.5x         57.0x   

GenVec, Inc.

     GNVC       $ 0.50       $ 3.4       $ 0.4         129.0         15.0   $ 64.6       $ 25.6       $ 12.4       $ (16.1     2.1x         N/M   

PolyMedix, Inc.

     PYMX       $ 0.88       $ 1.5       $ 0.7         81.0         58.3   $ 70.9       $ 52.6       $ 1.9       $ (13.5     27.2x         N/M   

Sinobiomed Inc.

     SOBM       $ 0.06       $ 0.3       $ 0.0         131.4         19.6   $ 7.2       $ 17.6       $ 1.1       $ (4.9     16.5x         N/M   

Hansa Medical AB

     HMED       $ 0.78       $ 1.8       $ 0.7         7.7         43.4   $ 6.1       $ 4.8       $ 0.1       $ (2.1     75.9x         N/M   

Amarillo Biosciences Inc.

     AMAR       $ 0.03       $ 0.2       $ 0.0         54.6         14.8   $ 1.7       $ 3.7       $ 0.1       $ (1.2     67.9x         N/M   

Pharming Group N.V.

     PHARM       $ 0.35       $ 0.8       $ 0.2         358.8         46.1   $ 124.3       $ 124.2       $ 1.7       $ (29.2     74.0x         N/M   

Dyax Corp.

     DYAX       $ 2.41       $ 4.7       $ 2.1         98.4         51.4   $ 237.1       $ 206.4       $ 48.5       $ (14.2     4.3x         N/M   

ViroPharma Inc.

     VPHM       $ 16.36       $ 16.8       $ 7.3         78.0         97.4   $ 1,275.8       $ 971.2       $ 405.2       $ 220.5        2.4x         4.4x   

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.

     GTCB       $ 0.24       $ 1.8       $ 0.2         30.5         13.2   $ 7.3       $ 36.2       $ 15.7       $ (10.3     2.3x         N/M   

Source: Capital IQ, Inc., a division of Standard & Poor’s

 

 

Due to the unique nature of the biotech industry, company valuation may not be accurately reflected in historical revenue and EBITDA multiples or similar metrics.

 

 

The multiples of Enterprise Value to Revenue and EBITDA are largely not meaningful due to:

 

   

A) Significant variation within the sample for the EV / LTM Revenue multiple

 

   

B) Negative EBITDA for the majority of biotechnology companies listed

 

Source: Capital IQ, Inc., a division of Standard & Poor’s

 

 

 

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Comparable Transactions Analysis

(Dollars in millions)

 

                                Takeover Premium (%)              

Date

 

Transaction Comments

  Implied EV     Implied EV  /
Revenues
    Implied EV /
EBITDA
    Implied
Equity Value
/ Book Value
    1 Day
Prior
    1 Week
Prior
    1 Month
Prior
    Total
Consideration to
Shareholders
    Percent
Sought
(%)
 

01/27/2009

  BT Group plc (LSE: BT.A) made a buyout offer to acquire the remaining 2.19% stake in NET2S Group (ENXTPA: NTS) for €1.83 million. The offer relates to a maximum of approximately 0.35 million shares in Net2S BT Group plc at an offer price of €5.27 in cash for each share.   $ 111        0.90        22.66        4.06        85.56     85.56     58.26   $ 2.42        2.2

05/31/2010

  France Telecom (ENXTPA: FTE) made a bid to acquire the remaining 3.69% stake in Network Related Services (ENXTPA: GRS) for €3.6 million in cash. As per the terms of the transaction, France Telecom has offered €18 per share to the minority shareholders and will acquire 0.2 million shares.   $ 118        0.31        4.86        0.98        42.83     48.61     44.44   $ 4.46        3.7

06/04/2009

  René Deshays and family of Softway Medical offered to acquire remaining 5.26% minority stake in Softway Medical (ENXTPA: SOM). Under the terms of the offer, Gred and other investors will offer €1.28 per share and €1.28 per convertible bond not own by them.   $ 46        1.14        6.78        3.27        3.23     3.23     3.23   $ 1.66        5.3

03/18/2008

  FLIR Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM: FLIR) offered to acquire the remaining 0.67% stake in Cedip Infrared Systems (ENXTPA: ALCED) from Alto Invest, Alto Innovation 4, FCPI and Xange Private Equity for €0.42 million. The offer per share is €19.50.   $ 74        2.54        13.11        2.81        2.63     2.63     2.63   $ 0.66        0.7

08/07/2008

  Sebastian Holdings Inc. offered to acquire remaining 6.12% stake in Confirmit ASA on August 7, 2008. The transaction is valued at approximately NOK 28.8 million, based on NOK 22.5 per share.   $ 82        1.85        12.59        2.87        0.45     0.90     28.57   $ 5.53        6.1

01/28/2010

  Jacobus Wijnants made a squeeze out bid to acquire the remaining 1.02% stake in Oxbridge N.V. for €0.03 million. Jacobus Wijnants will pay €4.6 per Oxbridge share.   $ 5        —          —          —          0.03     0.03     —        $ 0.05        1.0

10/14/2009

  Bryan J. Zwan and Al Zwan signed a contribution agreement to acquire the remaining 8.91% stake in Digital Lightwave Inc. (OTCBB: DIGL) for $1.3 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, the shareholders of Digital Lightwave will receive $0.055 per share.   $ 53        6.08        —          —          0.02     10.02     37.52   $ 1.25        8.9

12/13/2007

  OSI Systems, Inc. (NasdaqNM: OSIS) agreed to acquire the 9.3% stake in Spacelabs Healthcare, Inc. for $11.9 million. Each share of Spacelabs Healthcare common stock held by the minority shareholders immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive $2.01 per share.   $ 169        0.73        28.86        2.19        -1.38     3.81     23.28   $ 11.86        9.3

06/25/2008

  Qioptiq Group made an offer to acquire the remaining 4.68% stake in Linos AG from the minority shareholders for €5.9 million in cash. Qioptiq Group agreed to pay €22.97 per share of Linos AG.   $ 193        1.31        9.97        3.84        -6.24     -3.49     -3.49   $ 9.23        4.7

05/08/2009

  Alcon Inc. (NYSE: ACL) made an offer to acquire remaining 4.96% stake in WaveLight AG from Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XTRA: AFX) in cash. Alcon Inc. has decided to pay €20.02 per non-par value bearer share.   $ 217        1.95        12.72        13.69        -9.00     2.67     5.87   $ 8.86        5.0

03/09/2009

  Peter Schroecksnadel, Chairman of Feratel Media Technologies made an offer to acquire a 9.96% stake in Feratel Media Technologies AG from Schiwind GmbH and other shareholders for €3 million. The offer includes payment of €4.01 per share of Feratel Media Technologies.   $ 36        0.92        5.95        1.75        -9.68     -19.48     -24.34   $ 3.85        10.0
          Mean:        9.9     12.2     17.6      
          Median:        0.0     2.7     14.6      

 

Source: Capital IQ, Inc., a division of Standard & Poor’s

 

 

 

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Comparable Transactions Analysis

 

 

Caymus Partners researched transactions in the market comparable to the proposed transaction between GTC and LFB

 

 

The list of eleven comparable transactions was produced using the following filters:

 

  A. Transactions over the last 3 years

 

  B. Companies with an implied enterprise value less than $500 million

 

  C. Transactions within the healthcare or technology industries

 

  D. Transactions in developed markets (U.S., Canada and Europe)

 

  E. Transactions where a 90% or greater majority shareholder is purchasing all remaining shares

 

 

The average takeover premium one month prior to the transaction announcement was 17.6%, while the median takeover premium one month prior to closing was 14.6%.

 

Purchase Premiums for Going Private Transactions Desriptive Statistics   
     1 Day Prior     1 Week Prior     1 Month Prior  

High

     85.6     85.6     58.3

Low

     -9.7     -19.5     -24.34   

Mean

     9.9     12.2     17.6

Adjusted Mean1

     3.6     7.6     17.8

Median

     0.0     2.7     14.6

 

(1) removes the highest and lowest value

 

 

Important considerations for evaluating this data would include the small size of the sample, variability within the sample, remaining ownership percentage sought, company size, and company earnings performance

 

 

 

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Summary

 

 

The Board of Directors engaged Caymus Partners as its exclusive financial advisor in connection with a potential Transaction

 

 

Caymus Partners undertook a study and analysis of the business, operations, financial condition and prospects of GTC

 

 

Caymus Partners met with the management of GTC to discuss the transaction and due diligence questions as well as to review financial and other pertinent information

 

 

Given GTC’s complete reliance on LFB for the continued ability to operate, Caymus believes the proposed transaction is fair to GTC’s remaining shareholders

 

 

 

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Comparable Transactions List

(A) All industries, (B) 90% or greater majority shareholder purchasing remaining shares, (C) U.S., Canada and Europe, (D) Implied Enterprise Value < $500mm, (E) Last 3 years

 

                                 Takeover Premium (%)              

Date

 

Transaction Comments

  Implied EV     Implied EV /
Revenues
    Implied EV  /
EBITDA
    Implied
Equity Value /
Book Value
    1 Day Prior     1 Week
Prior
    1 Month
Prior
    Total
Consideration  to

Shareholders
    Percent
Sought (%)
 

02/28/2008

  GreenShift Corporation (OTCBB: GERS) acquired the remaining 10% of GS AgriFuels Corporation (OTCBB: GSGF) for $1.45 million in cash on February 28, 2008. GreenShift Corporation offered to pay $0.50 per share for the shares of GS AgriFuels.   $ 54        4.70        —          —          9.9     19.1     25.0   $ 1.45        10.0

11/09/2007

  Optimum Group Inc. agreed to buy remaining 9.85% stake in Optimum General Inc. (TSX: OGI.A) for CAD 2.24 million in cash on November 9, 2007. The offer per share was CAD 5.15.   $ 21        0.22        1.89        0.45        9.8     9.8     9.8   $ 2.39        9.9

09/17/2010

  Morpol S.A. (OB: MORPOL) made an offer to acquire the remaining 9.5% stake in Marine Farms ASA (OB: MAFA) for NOK 64.4 million in cash on September 17, 2010. Under the terms, Morpol will offer NOK 18.5 per Marine Farms share.   $ 212        1.32        11.19        1.56        0.0     27.6     32.1   $ 10.55        9.5

11/18/2009

  Geneve Corp. acquired remaining 9.4% stake in Aristotle Corp. for $16.4 million on November 18, 2009.   $ 152        0.76        10.50        2.00        1.1     -0.6     2.8   $ 9.29        9.4

12/13/2007

  OSI Systems, Inc. (NasdaqNM: OSIS) agreed to acquire the 9.3% stake in Spacelabs Healthcare, Inc. for $11.9 million on December 13, 2007. Each share of Spacelabs Healthcare common stock held by the minority shareholders immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive $2.01 per share.   $ 169        0.73        28.86        2.19        -1.4     3.8     23.3   $ 11.86        9.3

10/14/2009

  Bryan J. Zwan and Al Zwan signed a contribution agreement to acquire the remaining 8.91% stake in Digital Lightwave Inc. (OTCBB: DIGL) for $1.3 million in cash on October 14, 2009. Under the terms of the agreement, the shareholders of Digital Lightwave will receive $0.055 per share.   $ 53        6.08        —          —          0.0     10.0     37.5   $ 1.25        8.9

04/26/2010

  Mitsides Public Company Ltd. (CSE: MIT) made an offer to acquire remaining 8.86% stake in MITSIDES POINT A.D. (BELEX: ZTPB) for RSD 21.4 million on April 26, 2010. Under the terms, Mitsides Public Company Ltd. will acquire 2,227 shares for RSD 9,600 per share.   $ 14        1.01        —          —          0.0     0.0     0.0   $ 0.29        8.9

09/17/2010

  Interstil AS made an offer to acquire the remaining 8.76% stake in Hjellegjerde ASA (OB: HJE) for NOK 5.8 million from Havila AS, Nordnet Bank AB (OM: NN B), Danske Bank A/S (CPSE: DANSKE) and other shareholders on September 17, 2010. Under the terms, Interstil is offering NOK 0.15 per Hjellegjerde share.   $ 11        —          —          —          -25.1     -21.2     -40.1   $ 0.94        8.8

10/14/2008

  Unipetrol AS (SEP: BAAUNIPE) made a tender offer to acquire the remaining 8.23% stake in Paramo AS (SEP: BAAPARAM) from the Shareholders for approximately CZK 107 million on October 14, 2008. Unipetrol made an offer of CZK 977 per share for the remaining shares.   $ 91        0.15        3.59        0.54        -18.5     -18.6     -29.0   $ 5.95        8.2

12/09/2008

  PFHC Establishment AD made an offer to acquire 8% stake in Balkantourist Elit AD-Sofia for BGN 6.04 million on December 9, 2008. Under the terms of the offer, PFFC will acquire 3.13 million shares of Balkantourist at BGN 1.93 per share.   $ 50        —          —          —          140.7     140.7     92.8   $ 3.98        8.0

06/25/2010

  Eimco Water Technologies GmbH made an offer to acquire the remaining 7.4% stake in CHRIST Water Technology AG (WBAG: CWT) for €3.1 million on June 25, 2010. Under the terms, €2.1 per share will be offered to the remaining shareholders in CHRIST Water.   $ 87        0.46        —          —          -25.0     -25.0     -25.0   $ 3.76        7.4

08/07/2008

  Sebastian Holdings Inc. offered to acquire remaining 6.12% stake in Confirmit ASA on August 7, 2008. The transaction is valued at approximately NOK 28.8 million, based on NOK 22.5 per share.   $ 82        1.85        12.59        2.87        0.4     0.9     28.6   $ 5.53        6.1

11/15/2007

  Icahn Enterprises, L.P. acquired the remaining stake of 5.8% in Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings Inc. for $12.3 million in cash on November 15, 2007 in a short from merger. Upon the consummation of the transaction, each shareholder of Atlantic Coast Entertainment will receive $21.29 per share.   $ 203        14.09        18.51        0.93        20.3     17.4     22.1   $ 12.25        5.8

 

Source: Capital IQ, Inc., a division of Standard & Poor’s

 

 

 

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Comparable Transactions List (Continued)

 

 

(A) All industries, (B) 90% or greater majority shareholder purchasing remaining shares, (C) U.S., Canada and Europe, (D) Implied Enterprise Value < $500mm, (E) Last 3 years

 

                                 Takeover Premium (%)              

Date

 

Transaction Comments

  Implied EV     Implied EV /
Revenues
    Implied EV  /
EBITDA
    Implied
Equity Value /
Book Value
    1 Day Prior     1 Week
Prior
    1 Month
Prior
    Total
Consideration  to

Shareholders
    Percent
Sought (%)
 

10/19/2009

  Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (IBSE: ECYAP) made a cash offer to acquire the remaining 4.98% stake in Burgbad AG from minority shareholders for €3.5 million in cash on October 19, 2009. ECYAP made a cash offer of €19.67 per share to minority shareholders of Burgbad.   $ 99        0.84        4.43        2.21        3.6     3.6     -4.0   $ 5.14        5.0

05/08/2009

  Alcon Inc. (NYSE: ACL) made an offer to acquire remaining 4.96% stake in WaveLight AG from Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XTRA: AFX) in cash on May 8, 2009. On July 9, 2009, Alcon Inc. has decided to pay €20.02 per non-par value bearer share.   $ 217        1.95        12.72        13.69        -9.0     2.7     5.9   $ 8.86        5.0

06/25/2008

  Qioptiq Group made an offer to acquire the remaining 4.68% stake in Linos AG from the minority shareholders for €5.9 million in cash on June 25, 2008. Qioptiq Group agreed to pay €22.97 per share of Linos AG.   $ 193        1.31        9.97        3.84        -6.2     -3.5     -3.5   $ 9.23        4.7

11/17/2008

  Sigma Consulting made an offer to acquire remaining 3.73% stake in Cigarette Factory Plovdiv AD (BUL: 4CV) for approximately BGN 1.47 million on November 17, 2008. The consideration includes acquisition of remaining shares of Plovdiv at BGN 36.6 per share.   $ 25        —          —          —          21.0     22.0     4.6   $ 0.94        3.7

11/16/2009

  Körber AG offered to acquire remaining 3.5% stake in Winkler & Duennebier AG for €3.5million in cash on November 16, 2010. Körber AG offered to pay €15.55 per Winkler & Duennebier share.   $ 171        0.99        14.72        2.36        40.7     43.8     43.8   $ 5.22        3.5

11/20/2008

  3L Capital made a bid to acquire the remaining 40.64% stake in Exendis NV (ENXTAM: EXNDS) from the existing shareholders for approximately €0.3million in cash on November 20, 2008. 3L Capital will offer €0.38 per share.   $ (4     —          —          0.16        -48.7     -62.0     -39.7   $ 0.03        2.9

07/15/2008

  Chairman Bruno Choux and Catherine Choux launched a tender offer to acquire remaining 2.8% stake in Piscinelle SA for €0.15 million on July 15, 2008. Bruno Choux and Catherine Choux agreed to pay €5.25 per share.   $ 9        —          —          —          50.0     50.0     50.0   $ 0.24        2.8

05/28/2008

  IVG Immobilien AG (DB: IVG) agreed to acquire the remaining 2.43% stake in IVG Deutschland Immobilien AG for €3.8 million on May 28, 2008 in a squeeze-out transaction. Under the terms, IVG Immobilien agreed to pay €10.8 per no-par share of IVG Deutschland Immobilien AG.   $ 245        7.04        —          —          4.4     -0.7     5.7   $ 5.96        2.4

01/27/2009

  BT Group plc (LSE: BT.A) made a buyout offer to acquire the remaining 2.19% stake in NET2S Group (ENXTPA: NTS) for €1.83 million on January 27, 2009. The offer relates to a maximum of approximately 0.35 million shares in Net2S BT Group plc at an offer price of €5.27 in cash for each share.   $ 111        0.90        22.66        4.06        85.6     85.6     58.3   $ 2.42        2.2

06/11/2009

  Glencoe Capital LLC made an offer to acquire remaining 1.98% shares of Polyair Inter Pack Inc. (OTCPK: PPKZ) for CAD 0.17 million on June 11, 2009. The consideration to be paid to shareholders will be CAD 0.05 per common share.   $ 23        0.23        16.30        —          102.4     167.8     203.4   $ 0.15        2.0

01/28/2010

  Jacobus Wijnants made a squeeze out bid to acquire the remaining 1.02% stake in Oxbridge N.V. for €0.03 million on January 28, 2010. Jacobus Wijnants will pay €4.6 per Oxbridge share.   $ 5        —          —          —          0.0     0.0     —        $ 0.05        1.0

01/07/2009

  Wessanen France Holding SAS made a mandatory offer to acquire the remaining 0.4% stake in Distriborg SA (ENXTPA: BORG) for €1.04 million on January 7, 2009. As reported, Wessanen France offered to acquire 6,613 shares for €157 per share.   $ 349        1.10        11.50        1.92        61.2     61.2     61.2   $ 1.42        0.4
            Average:        16.7%        21.4%        23.6%       
            Median:        1.1%        3.8%        16.0%       

 

Source: Capital IQ, Inc., a division of Standard & Poor’s

 

 

 

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