Altaba Announces Pre-Dissolution Liquidating Distribution of $51.50 Per Share
06 September 2019 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
Altaba Inc. (“Altaba” or the “Fund”) (NASDAQ: AABA) today
announced that, on September 5, 2019, the Board of Directors (the
“Board”) of the Fund declared a pre-dissolution liquidating
distribution of $51.50 in cash per share of its common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), which will be paid on
September 23, 2019 to stockholders of record as of September 16,
2019 (the “Pre-Dissolution Liquidating Distribution”). The Fund
expects that the ex-dividend date for such distribution will be
September 24, 2019, the day after the payment date for the
Pre-Dissolution Liquidating Distribution.
As previously announced, stockholders of the Fund approved the
liquidation and dissolution of the Fund pursuant to a Plan of
Complete Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan”) at a special
meeting of stockholders held on June 27, 2019. Promptly following
payment of the Pre-Dissolution Liquidating Distribution, the Fund
intends to file a certificate of dissolution (the “Certificate of
Dissolution”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
to dissolve the Fund. The Fund will issue a press release not less
than five business days before filing the Certificate of
Dissolution to announce (i) that the Board has determined to
proceed with the liquidation and dissolution of the Fund and (ii)
the anticipated filing date of the Certificate of Dissolution.
Thomas J. McInerney, Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, said,
“This distribution represents a major milestone in our plan to
liquidate and dissolve. A significant amount of work and judgment
went into the determination of the distribution amount and, while
not necessarily by design, it is in the middle of the range
outlined in the proxy statement we filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 17, 2019, as
supplemented on June 7, 2019. Our work to resolve actual and
potential liabilities has made significant progress overall, but
much remains to be done. Our principal assumptions, plans and
expected outcomes, while still subject to risk and uncertainty,
remain generally unchanged. We continue to be convinced that this
plan is the right course for stockholders.”
Further information regarding the liquidation and dissolution of
the Fund and the amount and timing of any post-dissolution
liquidating distributions to stockholders, will be provided in
subsequent press releases or filings with the SEC as such
information becomes available.
About Altaba
Altaba is an independent, publicly traded, non-diversified,
closed-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund’s assets primarily consist
of a mix of cash and marketable securities.
Prior to June 16, 2017, Altaba was known as “Yahoo! Inc.” Altaba
was created from Yahoo! Inc. after the sale of its operating
businesses, at which time Yahoo! Inc. reorganized as an investment
company, was renamed Altaba Inc., and began trading under the
Nasdaq ticker symbol AABA.
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information.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
This document contains forward-looking statements concerning the
Fund’s proposed liquidation and dissolution pursuant to the Plan.
Without limiting the foregoing, words or phrases such as “will
likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “intend” or similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are not statements of historical facts and do not
reflect historical information. Forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results may
differ materially from those statements. Such risks and
uncertainties relate to, among other things: the availability,
timing and amount of liquidating distributions; the amounts that
will need to be set aside by the Fund; the adequacy of such
reserves to satisfy the Fund’s obligations; the ability of the Fund
to favorably resolve certain potential tax claims, litigation
matters and other unresolved contingent liabilities of the Fund;
the application of, and any changes in, applicable tax laws,
regulations, administrative practices, principles and
interpretations; the incurrence by the Fund of expenses relating to
the liquidation and dissolution; and the ability of the Board to
abandon, modify or delay implementation of the Plan prior to filing
the Certificate of Dissolution. Further information regarding the
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results to differ from the results in these forward-looking
statements are discussed under the section “Risk Factors” in the
Proxy Statement, as supplemented. Please carefully consider these
factors, as well as other information contained in the Proxy
Statement, and in the Fund’s periodic reports and documents filed
with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this
document are made only as of the date hereof.
The Fund does not undertake any obligation to update or
supplement such forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof, except as required by law.
Because the Fund is an investment company, the forward-looking
statements and projections in this press release are excluded from
the safe harbor protection provided by Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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