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ENTRUST, INC.
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DOUGLAS SCHLOSS
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The following letter
was provided to the members of the Board of Entrust, Inc. (Entrust) and
certain other interested parties on July 21, 2009 by Douglas Schloss (Mr.
Schloss).
MARCUS SCHLOSS & CO., INC
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220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Board of Directors
Entrust, Inc.
5400
LBJ Freeway
Suite
1340
Dallas, Texas 75240
Attention:
Michael
McGrath
Chairman
Gentlemen:
I
am writing to advise you that I have determined to vote against the amended
merger agreement between Entrust and an affiliate of Thoma Bravo. As I mentioned
at the board meeting, I abstained because I did not believe that I was given a
sufficient amount of time to appropriately exercise my duty of care in becoming
informed about the revised terms of the merger agreement.
Having
had an opportunity to further consider the revised terms, I have come to the
following conclusions:
·
I
continue to believe that selling Entrust at this time does not maximize value
for the shareholders.
·
If
Entrust is to be sold, I believe that the $2.00 per share purchase price is
inadequate. In increasing the purchase price by 15 cents per share, all the
prospective purchaser has done is offer to give the shareholders $9 million of
the cash that their Company has earned this year.
·
The
15 cents per share purchase price increase amounts to an 8.1% increase from the
original agreement on April 12, 2009. Since that date, the NASDAQ, on which
Entrusts shares are listed, has increased from 1641 to 1909, a 16.3% gain.
·
In
order to agree to offer the 15 cents per share increase, the prospective
purchaser demanded that the Board of Directors agree that the Company pay it an
additional $1,000,000 if the merger agreement does not receive the required vote
and is rejected by the Entrust shareholders. I believe this
provision
to be extraordinarily coercive, and therefore believe that its validity would
not be sustained in a court of law.
Though
I do not believe that now is the time to sell the Company, I understand that a
number of shareholders are interested in a liquidation event in connection with
their Entrust investment. Accordingly, in an attempt to be constructive, I
hereby propose a transaction that I am prepared to support:
·
The
structure of the proposed merger needs to be modified to become a merger in
which 10% of the equity of the surviving corporation (New Entrust) is reserved
for issuance to existing Entrust shareholders in exchange for their Entrust
shares valued at the cash per share merger price.
·
Appropriate
charter provisions and undertakings would have to be entered in to by the
purchaser to protect the interests of the minority who elect to receive shares
of New Entrust in the merger.
·
New
Entrust will not have to list on NASDAQ, and if there are less than 300
shareholders after the exchange New Entrust will not have to register with the
SEC.
·
The
price paid for the remaining Entrust shares purchased for cash in the merger
needs to be increased to at least $2.25 per share.
I
would support a revised merger agreement that incorporates these principles and
which my representatives have an opportunity to review prior to its execution.
The members of my family and I would be prepared to exchange in the merger all
of our 594,500 Entrust shares we own for such an ongoing interest in New
Entrust, as long as all other Entrust shareholders are provided with the same
opportunity.
As
you know, I was quite upset about the language in the press release announcing
the
amendment to the merger agreement. Though we had discussed my
concerns at length on the board call, the Companys release was still issued
with language contrary to what had been discussed on such board call. (The
reason I was ultimately given was that the prospective purchaser demanded the
misleading language that was used.) I believe that most of you will understand
why I no longer believe that I can rely on the Company to fairly present my
views to the Entrust shareholders. Accordingly, I will be releasing this letter
publicly.
Sincerely,
/s/
Douglas
Schloss
Douglas
Schloss
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
Mr. Schloss does not currently
intend to solicit proxies from Entrust shareholder, or file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a proxy statement in connection with his
opposition to the approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
April 12, 2009, as amended July 9, 2009, by and among Entrust and two affiliates
Thoma Bravo, LLC (HAC Holdings, Inc. and HAC Acquisition Corporation) (the
Merger Agreement) by Entrust shareholders at a special meeting of shareholders
to be held on July 28, 2009 (the Special Meeting). MR. SCHLOSS URGES ALL
ENTRUST SHAREHOLDERS TO READ ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DEFINITIVE PROXY
STATEMENT FILED BY ENTRUST, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC
IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED MERGER, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER. Entrusts definitive proxy statement,
along with any other relevant documents, are available for free on the SECs
website at http://www.sec.gov. Detailed information about Mr. Schloss is set
forth in the proxy statement filed by Entrust with the SEC on March 20,
2009.