piedmontscheduleto410amd2.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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Amendment
No. 2 to
SCHEDULE
TO
Tender
Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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PIEDMONT
OFFICE REALTY TRUST, INC.
(Name of
Subject Company)
MPF REIT
FUND 1, LLC; MPF DEWAAY PREMIER FUND 4, LLC; MPF FLAGSHIP FUND 12, LLC; MPF
DEWAAY FUND 5, LLC; MPF DEWAAY FUND 7, LLC; MP VALUE FUND 7, LLC; MPF BADGER
ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MPF BLUE RIDGE 1, LLC; MPF DEWAAY FUND 8, LLC; MPF DEWAAY
PREMIER FUND 2, LLC; MPF EPLANNING OPPORTUNITY FUND, LP; MPF SENIOR NOTE PROGRAM
II, LP; MORAGA GOLD, LLC; RED INVESTMENTS, LP; STEVEN GOLD; LAPIS OPPORTUNITIES
FUNDS I AND II, LP; SCM SPECIAL FUND 2, LP; SUTTER OPPORTUNITY FUND 4, LLC; AND
MACKENZIE PATTERSON FULLER, LP
(Bidders)
SHARES OF
CLASS A AND CLASS B-1, B-2, and B-3 COMMON STOCK
(Title of
Class of Securities)
720190206 Class
A
720190305 Class
B-1
720190404 Class
B-2
720190503 Class
B-3
(CUSIP
Number of Class of Securities)
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Copy
to:
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Christine
Simpson
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Chip
Patterson, Esq.
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MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP
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MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP
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1640
School Street
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1640
School Street
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Moraga,
California 94556
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Moraga,
California 94556
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(925)
631-9100 ext. 1024
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(925)
631-9100 ext. 1006
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(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number of
Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications
on Behalf of Bidder)
Calculation
of Filing Fee
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Transaction
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Amount
of
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Valuation*
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Filing Fee
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$11,200,000.00
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$798.56
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For
purposes of calculating the filing fee only. Assumes the
purchase of 200,000 Shares of each Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 at a
purchase price equal to $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share in cash,
respectively
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[X]
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and
identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously
paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its
filing.
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Amount
Previously
Paid: $798.56
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Form
or Registration Number: SC TO-T
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Filing
Party: MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP
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Date
Filed: April 15, 2010
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Check
the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
before the commencement of a tender offer.
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Check
the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
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[X]
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third
party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
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[]
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issuer
tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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going
private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3
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amendment
to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2
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Check
the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]
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TENDER
OFFER
This
Amendment No. 2 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO relates to the
offer (the “Offer”) by: MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC;
MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP
Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF
DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity
Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program II, LP; Moraga Gold, LLC; RED Investments, LP;
Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I and II, LP; SCM Special Fund 2, LP;
Sutter Opportunity Fund 4, LLC; and MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (collectively
the “Purchasers”) to purchase up to 200,000 shares of each Class A, B-1, B-2,
and B-3 common stock (the “Shares”) in Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the
“Corporation”), the subject company, at a purchase price equal to $17, $14, $13,
and $12 per Share, respectively, less the amount of any dividends declared or
made with respect to the Shares between April 15, 2010 (the “Offer Date”) and
June 15, 2010, or such other date to which this Offer may be extended (the
“Expiration Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Offer to Purchase dated April 15, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the
related Assignment Form, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1)
and (a)(2), respectively. As noted above, the Offer price would be
subject to reduction for dividends made or declared prior to the Expiration
Date. This Offer is for up to 200,000 of each Class of Shares. Any
dividends made or declared after the Expiration Date, by the terms of the Offer
and as set forth in the Assignment Form, would be assigned by tendering
Shareholders to the Purchasers. This Amendment amends and
restates the original Offer and the amended restated Offer in its entirety, and
as noted above, the Expiration Date has been amended to June 15, 2010, to
accommodate the mailing of documents to all Shareholders. Further,
the Offer Price is no longer reduced by dividends paid during the offer
period. No Shares have yet been tendered.
In the event of a price reduction
resulting from a Corporation dividend declared or made after the Offer Date and
before the Expiration Date, as described above, the Purchasers will file an
amendment to this Schedule TO reflecting such reduction and will, to the extent
necessary, extend the Expiration Date to assure there is a minimum ten business
day period following the amendment before the Offer expires. Tender
of Shares will include the tender of any and all securities into which the
Shares may be converted and any securities distributed with respect to the
Shares from and after the Offer Date.
The Corporation had approximately
74,000 holders of record owning an aggregate of 51,679,332 Class A Shares, and
39,679,332 of each of Class B-1, B-2, and B-3, as of March 15, 2010, according
to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009. The Purchasers and their affiliates currently beneficially own
59,723.84, 86,122.84, 85,385.84, and 86,873.84 Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3
Shares, respectively, or 0.12% of the outstanding Class A Shares and 0.22% of
each of the Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 outstanding Shares. The 200,000
Shares of each Class subject to the Offer constitute 0.39% of the outstanding
Class A Shares and 0.5% of the Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 outstanding
Shares. Consummation of the Offer, if all Shares sought are tendered,
would require payment by the Purchasers of up to $11,200,000.00 in aggregate
purchase price, which the Purchasers intend to fund out of their current working
capital, unrestricted lines of credit, and binding capital
commitments.
The address of the Corporation’s
principal executive offices is 11695 Johns Creek Parkway, Ste. 350, Johns Creek,
Georgia 30097, and its phone number is (770) 418-8800.
The information in the Offer to
Purchase, including all schedules and annexes thereto, is hereby expressly
incorporated herein by reference in response to all the items of this
Statement.
Item
12. Exhibits.
(a)(1)
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Offer
to Purchase dated April 15, 2010
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(a)(2)
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Assignment
Form
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(a)(3)
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Cover
letter dated April 15, 2010
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(a)(4)
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Form
of advertisement in Investor’s Business Daily
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(a)(5)
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Form
of Press Release
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(b)-
(h)
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Not
applicable.
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Item
13. Information Required by
Schedule 13E-3.
Not
applicable.
SIGNATURES
After due inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Dated: April
23, 2010
MPF
DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF
Senior Note Program I and II, LP
By:
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, Manager/General Partner
By:
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/s/ Chip Patterson
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Chip
Patterson, Senior Vice President
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SCM
Special Fund 2, LP
By:
SCM-GP, LLC, General Partner
By:
Sutter Capital Management, LLC, Manager
By:
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/s/
Chip Patterson
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Chip
Patterson, Senior Vice President
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Sutter
Opportunity Fund 4, LLC
By:
Sutter Capital Management, LLC, Manager
By:
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/s/
Chip Patterson
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Chip
Patterson, Senior Vice President
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Lapis
Opportunities Funds I and II, LP
By:
Lapis-GP, LLC
By:
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/s/ Chip Patterson
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Chip
Patterson, Senior Vice President of Member
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piedmontoffer410amd2.htm
OFFER TO
PURCHASE FOR CASH 200,000
SHARES OF
EACH CLASS A AND CLASS B-1, B-2, AND B-3 COMMON STOCK
OF
PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST, INC.
AT
$17 PER CLASS A
SHARE
$14 PER CLASS B-1
SHARE
$13 PER CLASS B-2
SHARE
$12 PER CLASS B-3
SHARE
by:
MPF REIT
FUND 1, LLC; MPF DEWAAY PREMIER FUND 4, LLC; MPF FLAGSHIP FUND 12, LLC; MPF
DEWAAY FUND 5, LLC; MPF DEWAAY FUND 7, LLC; MP VALUE FUND 7, LLC; MPF BADGER
ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MPF BLUE RIDGE 1, LLC; MPF DEWAAY FUND 8, LLC; MPF DEWAAY
PREMIER FUND 2, LLC; MPF EPLANNING OPPORTUNITY FUND, LP; MPF SENIOR NOTE PROGRAM
II, LP; MORAGA GOLD, LLC; RED INVESTMENTS, LP; STEVEN GOLD; LAPIS OPPORTUNITIES
FUNDS I AND II, LP; SCM SPECIAL FUND 2, LP; SUTTER OPPORTUNITY FUND 4, LLC; AND
MACKENZIE PATTERSON FULLER, LP
(collectively
the “Purchasers”)
THE
OFFER, WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS, AND PRORATION PERIOD WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M.,
PACIFIC TIME, ON JUNE 15, 2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
The
Purchasers hereby seek to acquire up to 200,000 shares of each Class A, B-1,
B-2, and B-3 common stock (the “Shares”) in PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST, INC.
(the “Corporation”). The Purchasers are not affiliated with the
Corporation or its management. The Purchasers hereby offer to purchase 200,000
Shares at a purchase
price equal to $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3
Share, respectively (the “Expiration Date”), in cash, without interest, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this offer to purchase (the
“Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Assignment Form, as each may be
supplemented or amended from time to time (which together constitute the
“Offer”). Recently, the outstanding common stock was reverse split
and converted into four separate classes of shares – Class A, Class B-1, Class
B-2, and Class B-3. Each share was converted into 1/12 share of each
class. We are offering to purchase any or all of your Shares of
whichever Class, subject to the terms hereof. Any dividends made or
declared after the Expiration Date would, by the terms of the Offer and as set
forth in the Assignment Form, be assigned by tendering Shareholders to the
Purchasers.
Tender of
Shares will include the tender of any and all securities into which the Shares
may be converted and any securities distributed with respect to the Shares from
and after the Offer Date. The Corporation had approximately 74,000
holders of record owning an aggregate of 51,679,332 Class A Shares, and
39,679,332 of each of Class B-1, B-2, and B-3, as of March 15, 2010, according
to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009. The Purchasers and their affiliates currently beneficially own
59,723.84, 86,122.84, 85,385.84, and 86,873.84 Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3
Shares, respectively, or 0.12% of the outstanding Class A Shares and 0.22% of
each of the Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 outstanding Shares. The 200,000
Shares of each Class subject to the Offer constitute 0.39% of the outstanding
Class A Shares and 0.5% of the Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 outstanding
Shares. Consummation of the Offer, if all Shares sought are tendered,
would require payment by the Purchasers of up to $11,200,000 in aggregate
purchase price, which the Purchasers intend to fund out of their current working
capital, unrestricted lines of credit, and binding capital
commitments.
Holders
of Shares (“Shareholders”) are urged to consider the following
factors:
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The
Offer will provide Shareholders with an opportunity to liquidate
their investment without the usual transaction costs associated
with market sales and without having to wait for their Class B Shares to
convert to Class A shares. Shareholders may have a more
immediate need to use the cash now tied up in an investment in the Shares
and may wish to sell them to the
Purchasers.
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The
Corporation’s Class A Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”), but not the Class B Shares. Thus, Shareholders can
sell their Class A Shares on the NYSE after they transfer their Class A
shares into their brokerage account. However, in order to sell
all of their holdings, shareholders will have to go through the transfer
process four times (after each Class converts to Class A) and wait until
next year before all Shares can be sold. Shareholders
may wish to sell all their Shares in order to obtain liquidity
now. Shareholders who tender their Shares will give up
the opportunity to participate in any future benefits from the ownership
of Shares, including potential future dividends by the Corporation from
property operations or dispositions or the potential to sell the Shares on
the NYSE once all the Shares are converted, and the purchase price per
Share payable to a tendering Shareholder by the Purchaser may be less than
the total amount which might otherwise be received by the Shareholder with
respect to the Share from the Corporation or from the sale of such Shares
on a national securities exchange.
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Shareholders
may wish to eliminate
the uncertainty regarding the trading price of the
shares. There is no guarantee that once the Class B Shares
convert to Class A Shares that they will trade at or near the current
prices for Class A shares, which as of the date hereof are higher than the
Offer Price; they may trade higher or lower. Given the fact
that shareholders have not had the ability to get liquidity for their
Shares before the listing of the Class A Shares, there may be large
selling pressure, which could drive down the trading
price. Public REIT share prices may continue to be pressured if
the broader market conditions worsen and/or conditions within the real
estate environment deteriorate
further.
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The
Purchasers are making the Offer for investment purposes and with the
intention of making a profit from the ownership of the
Shares. In establishing the purchase price for the Shares, the
Purchasers are motivated to establish the lowest price which might be
acceptable to Shareholders consistent with the Purchasers’
objectives. There is currently only a market for the Class A
Shares, which have traded between $14.37 and $21.01 per Share since they
were listed; the closing price of the Class A Shares as April 22, 2010 was
$19.55 per Share. The Class B Shares do not have an established
market and will not trade in one until they convert to Class A Shares in
August, November, and January. Neither the Shareholders nor the
Purchasers has any accurate means for determining the actual present value
of the Shares. Although there can be no certainty as to the actual present
value of the Shares, the Corporation has estimated that the Corporation
could have an estimated net asset value of approximately $22.20 per
Share. (See Form S-11/A filed January 28,
2010.) There can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of
any future Corporation dividends, and there cannot be any assurance that
the Corporation’s estimate accurately reflects an approximate value of the
Shares or that the actual amounts that may be realized by holders for the
Shares may not vary substantially from this
estimate.
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The
Depositary, MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, is an affiliate of certain of
the Purchasers. No independent party will hold securities
tendered until the offer closes and payment is made. Because
there is no independent intermediary to hold the Purchasers’ funds and
tendered securities, the Purchasers may have access to the securities
before all conditions to the Offer have been satisfied and selling
Shareholders have been paid; however, neither the Depositary nor the
Purchasers has any rights with respect to the Shares prior to the
Expiration Date and acceptance by the Purchasers for payment. Further, by
tendering your Shares, you are agreeing to arbitrate any disputes that may
arise between you and the Purchasers or the Depositary, to subject
yourself to personal jurisdiction in California, and that the prevailing
party in any such action will be entitled to recover attorney fees and
costs.
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The
Offer allows Shareholders the option to sell 'All or None' of their
Shares, thereby allowing Shareholders the option to avoid proration if
more than 200,000 Shares of a Class are tendered. See Section 2—Acceptance
for Payment and Payment for Shares; Proration and Section 4—Withdrawal
Rights; Automatic Withdrawal Option. The Purchasers may accept only a
portion of the Shares tendered by a Shareholder if a total of more than
200,000 Shares of a Class are tendered and the Shareholder does not select
the 'All or None' option.
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THE OFFER
TO PURCHASE IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING
TENDERED. IF MORE THAN 200,000 SHARES OF A CLASS ARE VALIDLY TENDERED
AND NOT WITHDRAWN, THE PURCHASERS WILL ACCEPT FOR PURCHASE 200,000 SHARES OF
SUCH CLASS FROM TENDERING SHAREHOLDERS (WHO DO NOT ELECT THE 'ALL OR NONE'
OPTION) ON A PRO RATA BASIS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
HEREIN. A SHAREHOLDER MAY TENDER ANY OR ALL SHARES OWNED BY SUCH
SHAREHOLDER.
The
Purchasers expressly reserve the right, in their sole discretion, at any time
and from time to time, (i) to extend the period of time during which the Offer
is open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and the payment for, any
Shares, subject to the restriction below, (ii) upon the occurrence of any of the
conditions specified in Section 13 of this Offer to Purchase and prior to the
Expiration Date, to terminate the Offer and not accept for payment any Shares,
and (iii) to amend the Offer in any respect prior to the expiration
date. Notice of any such extension, termination, or amendment will
promptly be disseminated to Shareholders in a manner reasonably designed to
inform Shareholders of such change in compliance with Rule 14d-4(c) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). In the case of
an extension of the Offer, such extension will be followed by a press release or
public announcement which will be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time,
on the next business day after the scheduled Expiration Date, in accordance with
Rule 14e-1(d) under the Exchange Act.
April 15,
2010
IMPORTANT
Any
Shareholder desiring to tender any or all of such Shareholder’s Shares should
complete and sign the Assignment Form (a copy of which is enclosed with this
Offer to Purchase) in accordance with the instructions in the Assignment Form
and mail, deliver or telecopy the Assignment Form and any other required
documents to MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (the “Depositary”), an affiliate of
certain of the Purchasers, at the address or facsimile number set forth
below.
MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP, 1640 School Street, Moraga, California 94556
Telephone:
800-854-8357; Facsimile: 925-631-9119; E-Mail Address: offers@mpfi.com
Questions
or requests for assistance or additional copies of this Offer to Purchase or the
Assignment Form may be directed to the Purchasers at 1-800-854-8357.
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NO PERSON
HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION OR ANY REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF
OF THE PURCHASERS OR TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED HEREIN
OR IN THE ASSIGNMENT FORM. NO SUCH RECOMMENDATION, INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION
MAY BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED.
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The
Corporation is subject to the information and reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act and in accordance therewith is required to file reports and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) relating
to its business, financial condition and other matters. Such reports
and other information are available on the Commission’s electronic data
gathering and retrieval (EDGAR) system, at its internet web site at
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html may be inspected at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, NE,
Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material can also
be obtained from the Public Reference Room of the Commission in Washington, D.C.
at prescribed rates.
The
Purchasers have filed with the Commission a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule
TO (including exhibits) pursuant to Rule 14d-3 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act, furnishing certain additional information
with respect to the Offer. Such statement and any amendments thereto,
including exhibits, may be inspected and copies may be obtained from the offices
of the Commission in the manner specified above.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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SUMMARY
TERM SHEET
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10
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INTRODUCTION
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15
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TENDER
OFFER
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Section
1. Terms of the Offer
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Section
2. Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares;
Proration.
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Section
3. Procedures for Tendering Shares.
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Section
4. Withdrawal Rights.
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Section
5. Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendment.
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Section
6. Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.
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Section
7. Effects of the Offer.
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Section
8. Future Plans.
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Section
9. The Business of the Corporation.
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Section
10. Conflicts of Interest.
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Section
11. Certain Information Concerning the Purchasers.
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Section
12. Source of Funds.
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Section
13. Conditions of the Offer.
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Section
14. Certain Legal Matters.
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Section
15. Fees and Expenses.
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Section
16. Miscellaneous.
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SCHEDULE
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SUMMARY
TERM SHEET
The
Purchasers are offering to purchase up to 200,000 Shares each of Class A, B-1,
B-2, and B-3 for $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share, respectively, in cash. The
following are some of the questions that you, as a Shareholder of the
Corporation, may have and answers to those questions. The information in this
summary is not complete, and we urge you to carefully read the remainder of this
Offer to Purchase and the accompanying Assignment Form.
WHO IS
OFFERING TO BUY MY SECURITIES?
The offer
to purchase your Shares is being made jointly by: MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF
DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 5, LLC;
MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC;
MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 2, LLC;
MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program II, LP; Moraga Gold,
LLC; RED Investments, LP; Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I and II, LP;
SCM Special Fund 2, LP; Sutter Opportunity Fund 4, LLC; and MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP. Each of the entity Purchasers is a real estate investment
fund. MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP is the manager or general partner of the
following entities: MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF
Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value
Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay
Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP;
MPF Senior Note Program II, LP; Moraga Gold, LLC; RED Investments,
LP. Sutter Capital Management, LLC is the manager or general partner
of SCM Special Fund 2, LP. Lapis-GP, LLC, an affiliate of MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP, is the general partner of Lapis Opportunities Funds I and
II, LP. Steven Gold purchases real estate securities for his own
account and is advised by MPF Advisers, LP, an affiliate of MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP. None of the Purchasers is affiliated with the Corporation
or its management.
WHAT ARE
THE CLASSES AND AMOUNTS OF SECURITIES SOUGHT IN THE OFFER?
We are
seeking to purchase up to 200,000 Shares of each Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3
common stock, which are the “Shares” issued to investors in the
Corporation. Current Shareholders have 1/12th of a
Share of each Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 for each Share they held prior to the
recapitalization, unless they have sold some Shares since the recapitalization
in February.
HOW MUCH
ARE YOU OFFERING TO PAY AND WHAT IS THE FORM OF PAYMENT?
We are
offering to pay $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share for Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3
Shares, respectively, net to you in cash. Any dividends made or
declared after the Expiration Date would, by the terms of the Offer and as set
forth in the Assignment Form, be assigned by tendering Shareholders to the
Purchasers. If you hold your Shares directly as the registered owner
and you tender your Shares in the Offer, you will not have to pay brokerage fees
or similar expenses. If you own your Shares through a broker, dealer,
commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and the holder of your Shares
tenders them on your behalf, your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company
or other nominee may charge you a fee for doing so. You should consult the
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that holds your
Shares to determine whether any charges will apply.
DO YOU
HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE PAYMENT?
If the
total amount of Shares sought is purchased, the Purchasers’ capital commitment
will be approximately $11,200,000. The Purchasers have an aggregate
of approximately $45 million in total assets at their disposal to fund payment
to selling Shareholders. The Purchasers currently have sufficient
funded capital, unrestricted lines of credit, and/or binding capital commitments
to fund all of their commitments under this Offer and all other tender offers
they may be presently making.
IS THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE BIDDERS RELEVANT TO MY DECISION ON WHETHER TO TENDER
IN THE OFFER?
Because
this is a cash offer that is not conditioned on financing being available, and
the Purchasers have more than adequate resources and no intention to take
control of the Corporation, other information concerning the Purchasers’
financial condition would seem to have little relevance to your
decision.
HOW LONG
DO I HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO TENDER IN THE OFFER?
You will
have at least until 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on June 15, 2010, to decide
whether to tender your Shares in the Offer.
WILL ALL
OF THE SHARES I TENDER BE ACCEPTED BY THE PURCHASERS?
The
Purchasers desire to purchase up to 200,000 Shares of each Class of
Shares. If the number of Shares validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration Date for a given Class is less than or
equal to 200,000, we will purchase all Shares so tendered and not withdrawn,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. However, if more than
200,000 Shares of a given Class are so tendered and not withdrawn, we will
accept for payment and pay for 200,000 Shares of such Class so tendered, pro
rata according to the number of Shares of such Class so tendered, adjusted by
rounding down to the nearest whole number of Shares of such Class tendered by
each Shareholder to avoid purchases of fractional Shares, as appropriate.
However, you have the option to sell ‘All or None’ of your Shares by checking
the appropriate box on the Letter of Transmittal. If you check that
box, we will only purchase your Shares if we can purchase all of your Shares;
otherwise, you will be deemed to automatically withdraw your tender. See Section
2. Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares; Proration and Section
4. Withdrawal Rights.
CAN THE
OFFER BE EXTENDED AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?
The Offer
can be extended in our discretion.
HOW WILL
I BE NOTIFIED IF THE OFFER IS EXTENDED?
If we
extend the offer, we will make a public announcement of the extension, not later
than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the day after the day on which the Offer was
scheduled to expire. You can check our website at www.mpfi.com (click
on MPF Tenders) to see if it has been extended, or check the SEC’s EDGAR
database.
WHAT ARE
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER?
There are
no conditions to the offer based on a minimum number of Shares tendered, the
availability of financing, or the success of the offer. However, we
may not be obligated to purchase any Shares if certain conditions occur, such as
legal or government actions which would prohibit the
purchase. Furthermore, we are not obligated to purchase any Shares
which are validly tendered if, among other things, there is a material adverse
change in the Corporation or its business. Please see the discussion
in Section 13, Conditions of the Offer, for a description of all
conditions. Further, by tendering your Shares, you are agreeing to
arbitrate any disputes that may arise between you and the Purchasers or the
Depositary, to subject yourself to personal jurisdiction in California, and that
the prevailing party in any such action will be entitled to recover attorney
fees and costs.
WHEN WILL
YOU PAY ME FOR THE SHARES I TENDER?
Upon the
Expiration of the Offer and our acceptance of the Shares you tender, we will pay
you upon confirmation from the Corporation that the Shares have been
transferred. This can take several weeks depending upon the Company’s transfer
agent, which the Purchasers do not control.
HOW DO I
TENDER MY SHARES?
To tender
your Shares, you must deliver a completed Assignment Form, to the Depositary at:
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, 1640 School Street, Moraga, California 94556
(Telephone: 800-854-8357; Facsimile Transmission: 925-631-9119), no later than
the time the Offer expires.
UNTIL
WHAT TIME CAN I WITHDRAW PREVIOUSLY TENDERED SHARES?
You can
withdraw previously tendered Shares at any time until the Offer has expired and,
if we have not agreed to accept your Shares for payment by June 15, 2010, you
can withdraw them at any time after such time until we do accept your
Shares.
HOW DO I
WITHDRAW PREVIOUSLY TENDERED SHARES?
To
withdraw Shares, you must deliver a written notice of withdrawal, or a facsimile
of one, with the required information to the Depositary while you still have the
right to withdraw the Shares.
WHAT DOES
THE CORPORATION THINK OF THE OFFER?
The
Purchasers have not sought the approval or disapproval of the
Corporation. The Corporation may be expected to respond with the
Corporation’s position on the offer in the next two weeks.
WILL THE
CORPORATION CONTINUE AS A PUBLIC COMPANY?
Yes. The
Corporation reported approximately 74,000 holders of its outstanding Shares as
of the date of its most recent annual report. This offer cannot cause
the Corporation to fall below 300 Shareholders.
IF I
DECIDE NOT TO TENDER, HOW WILL THE OFFER AFFECT MY SHARES?
The
Purchasers do not anticipate that Shares held by non-tendering Shareholders will
be affected by the completion of the offer.
WHAT ARE
THE PURCHASERS’ FUTURE INTENTIONS CONCERNING THE CORPORATION?
The
Purchasers have no present intention to seek control of the Corporation or to
change the management or operations of the Corporation. The
Purchasers do not have any present intention to take action in connection with
the liquidation of the Corporation or with any extraordinary transaction
concerning the Corporation or its assets. Although the Purchasers do
not have any present intention to take any action with respect to management or
control of the Corporation, the Purchasers reserve the right, at an appropriate
time, to exercise their rights as shareholders to vote on matters subject to a
shareholder vote.
WHAT IS
THE MARKET VALUE OF MY SHARES?
The Class
A Shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Since they were listed
on February 10, 2010, the Class A Shares have traded between $14.37 and $21.01
per Share, and the Shares have traded above $18 per Share since March 17, 2010.
The Class A Shares closed at $19.55 per share on April 22, 2010. The
Class B Shares will not trade on any market but will convert into Class A Shares
on August 9, 2010, in the case of Class B-1, on November 7, 2010, in the case of
Class B-2, and on January 30, 2011, in the case of Class B-3 (Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009). The Purchasers’
review of independent secondary market reporting publications such as The Stanger Report
and The Direct
Investments Spectrum (formerly The Partnership
Spectrum), reported sales of Shares on secondary markets at $4.98 per
Share during the Winter 2010 and sales of Shares on secondary markets at $5.19
per Share in Jan/Feb 2010, respectively, but these prices were before the
reverse split and were for the Shares before the reclassification, so such
prices would probably be approximately three times higher if occurring today,
but there can be no assurance of that because the Class A Shares now trade on
the NYSE, but the Class B Shares do not, which might cause them to trade at
lower prices due to illiquidity. The information published by these
independent sources is believed to be the product of their private market
research and does not constitute the comprehensive transaction reporting of a
securities exchange. Accordingly, the Purchaser does not know whether
the foregoing information is accurate or complete. Although there can be no
certainty as to the actual present value of the Shares, the Corporation has
estimated that the Corporation could have an estimated net asset value of
approximately $22.20 per Share. It should be noted that the Purchaser
has not made an independent appraisal of the Shares or the Corporation’s
properties, and is not qualified to appraise real
estate. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Corporation’s
estimate accurately reflects an approximate value of the Shares or that the
actual amounts that may be realized by Shareholders for the may not vary
substantially from this estimate.
TO WHOM
CAN I TALK IF I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TENDER OFFER?
You can
call MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, toll-free, at
800-854-8357.
To
the Shareholders of PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST, INC.:
INTRODUCTION
The Purchasers hereby offer to purchase
200,000 Shares each of Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 for $17, $14, $13, and $12 per
Share, respectively (“Offer Price”), in cash, without interest, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer. Shareholders who tender
their Shares will not be obligated to pay any Corporation transfer fees, or any
other fees, expenses or commissions in connection with the tender of Shares,
unless such a fee or commission is charged by the tendering Shareholder’s
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee. The
Purchasers will pay all such costs and all charges and expenses of the
Depositary, an affiliate of certain of the Purchasers, as depositary in
connection with the Offer. For further information concerning the
Purchasers, see Section 11 below and Schedule I. None of the
Purchasers or the Depositary is affiliated with the Corporation or the
Corporation’s management. The address of the Corporation’s principal
executive offices is 11695 Johns Creek Parkway, Ste. 350, Johns Creek, Georgia
30097, and its phone number is (770) 418-8800
Establishment of the Offer
Price
The Purchasers have set the Offer Price
$17, $14, $13, and $12 per Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 Share,
respectively. In determining the Offer Price, the Purchasers analyzed
a number of quantitative and qualitative factors, including: (i) the lack of a
secondary market for resales of the Class B Shares, and the resulting lack of
liquidity; (ii) the estimated value of the Corporation’s real estate assets; and
(iii) the costs to the Purchasers associated with acquiring the
Shares.
The Corporation has listed the Class A
Shares on the NYSE. The lack of any public market for the sale of
Class B Shares means that Shareholders have limited alternatives if they seek to
sell their Shares. As a result of such limited alternatives for
Shareholders, the Purchasers may not need to offer as high a price for the
Shares as they would otherwise. On the other hand, the Purchasers
take a greater risk in establishing a purchase price as there is no prevailing
market price to be used for reference and the Purchasers themselves will have
limited liquidity for the Shares upon consummation of the purchase for the Class
B Shares. For the Class A Shares, the Purchasers run the risk that
the market price may decline below the Offer Price. The Purchasers’ review of
independent secondary market reporting publications such as The Stanger Report
and The Direct
Investments Spectrum (formerly The Partnership
Spectrum), reported sales of Shares on secondary markets at $4.98 during
the Winter 2010 and sales of Shares on secondary markets at $5.19 per Share in
Jan/Feb 2010, respectively, but these prices were before the reverse split and
were for the Shares before the reclassification, so such prices would probably
be approximately three times higher if occurring today. The
information published by these independent sources is believed to be the product
of their private market research and does not constitute the comprehensive
transaction reporting of a securities exchange. Accordingly, the
Purchaser does not know whether the foregoing information is accurate or
complete. Although there can be no certainty as to the actual present
value of the Shares, the Corporation has estimated that the Corporation could
have an estimated net asset value of approximately $22.20 per
Share. It should be noted that the Purchaser has not made an
independent appraisal of the Shares or the Corporation’s properties, and is not
qualified to appraise real estate. Furthermore, there can be no
assurance that the Corporation’s estimate accurately reflects an approximate
value of the Shares or that the actual amounts that may be realized by
Shareholders for the may not vary substantially from this estimate.
The Purchasers are offering to purchase
Shares and are not offering to purchase the Corporation’s underlying assets. The
underlying asset value of the Corporation is only one factor used by the
Purchaser in arriving at the Offer Price. However, in the absence of
significant trading price information for the Class B Shares, the Corporation’s
estimate of the net asset value of the Corporation may be relevant to
Shareholders’ review of the Offer Price. The Corporation
estimated that the Shares are worth approximately $22.20 (the “Estimated Net
Asset Value”) (See the Form S-11/A filing from January 28, 2010). The
Corporation has within the past few years disclosed several material events,
including: (i) Shareholder approval of the acquisition of the Corporation’s
advisor companies; (ii) that the Corporation’s Class B Shares will not be listed
at the same time as the Class A Shares; and (iii) that the Corporation has
redeemed all the Shares it can in 2009 under its share redemption
program. The Purchaser believes that these events will likely lead to
a decrease in liquidity for the Shares. The Offer Price represents
the price at which the Purchaser is willing to purchase Shares. The
Purchaser arrived at the Offer Price by applying an approximate a liquidity
discount to the Estimated Net Asset Value of the Corporation’s
assets. The Purchaser used such discounts because such a discount
would meet the return targets based on the estimated time frame to potentially
reach the Estimated Net Asset Value but nevertheless result in a significant
number of shareholders choosing to sell. The Purchaser applies such a
discount with the intention of making a profit by holding on to the Shares until
the Corporation is liquidated or sold, or until they can be sold on the NYSE, at
a per-share price that is hopefully at close to the full Estimated Net Asset
Value. No independent person has been retained to evaluate or render
any opinion with respect to the fairness of the Offer Price and no
representation is made by the Purchasers or any affiliate of the Purchasers as
to such fairness. Other measures of the value of the Shares may be
relevant to Shareholders. Shareholders are urged to consider
carefully all of the information contained herein and consult with their own
advisers, tax, financial or otherwise, in evaluating the terms of the Offer
before deciding whether to tender Shares.
The Offer is not made with any current
view toward or plan or purpose of acquiring Shares in a series of successive and
periodic offers. Nevertheless, the Purchasers reserve the right to
gauge the response to this solicitation, and, if not successful in purchasing
200,000 Shares of each Class pursuant to this Offer, may consider future
offers. Factors affecting the Purchasers’ future interest in
acquiring additional Shares include, but are not limited to, the relative
success of the current Offer, any increase or decrease in the availability of
capital for investment by the Purchasers and their investment fund affiliates,
the current diversification and performance of each affiliated fund’s portfolio
of real estate interests, actions by unrelated parties to tender for or purchase
Shares, the status of and changes and trends in the Corporation’s operations,
announcement of pending property sales and the proposed terms of sales, and
local and national real estate and financial market developments and
trends.
General Background
Information
Certain information contained in this
Offer to Purchase which relates to, or represents, statements made by the
Corporation or its management, has been derived from information provided in
reports filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tendering Shareholders will not be obligated to pay transfer fees, brokerage
fees, or commissions on the sale of the Shares to the Purchasers pursuant to the
Offer. The Purchasers will pay all charges and expenses incurred in
connection with the Offer. Tendering Shareholders should contact
their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominees to
determine if a fee or commission will be charged by such nominee for tendering
on behalf of the Shareholder. The Purchasers desire to purchase up to
200,000 Shares of each Class. If the number of Shares of a given
Class validly tendered and not properly withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration
Date is less than or equal to 200,000, we will purchase all Shares so tendered
and not withdrawn, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
However, if more than 200,000 Shares of a Class are so tendered and not
withdrawn, we will accept for payment and pay for 200,000 Shares so tendered,
pro rata according to the number of Shares so tendered, adjusted by rounding
down to the nearest whole number of Shares tendered by each Shareholder to avoid
purchases of fractional Shares, as appropriate. However, you have the
option to sell ‘All or None’ of your Shares by checking the appropriate box on
the Assignment Form. If you check that box, we will only purchase
your Shares if we can purchase all of your Shares; otherwise, you will be deemed
to automatically withdraw your tender. See Section 2. Acceptance for Payment and
Payment for Shares; Proration and Section 4. Withdrawal
Rights. If, prior to
the Expiration Date, the Purchasers increase the consideration offered to
Shareholders pursuant to the Offer, such increased consideration will be paid
with respect to all Shares that are purchased pursuant to the Offer, whether or
not such Shares were tendered prior to such increase in
consideration. Shareholders are urged to read this Offer to Purchase
and the accompanying Assignment Form carefully before deciding whether to tender
their Shares.
TENDER
OFFER
Section 1. Terms of the
Offer. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Offer, the Purchasers will accept for payment and pay for Shares validly
tendered on or prior to the Expiration Date and not withdrawn in accordance with
Section 4 of this Offer to Purchase. The term “Expiration Date” shall
mean 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on June 15, 2010, unless and until the Purchasers
shall have extended the period of time for which the Offer is open, in which
event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date on which
the Offer, as so extended by the Purchasers, shall expire. The Offer
is conditioned on satisfaction of certain conditions. See Section 13,
which sets forth in full the conditions of the Offer. The Purchasers
reserve the right (but shall not be obligated), in their sole discretion and for
any reason, to waive any or all of such conditions. If, by the
Expiration Date, any or all of such conditions have not been satisfied or
waived, the Purchasers reserve the right (but shall not be obligated) to (i)
decline to purchase any of the Shares tendered, terminate the Offer and return
all tendered Shares to tendering Shareholders, (ii) waive all the unsatisfied
conditions and, subject to complying with applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission, purchase all Shares validly tendered, (iii) extend the Offer
and, subject to the right of Shareholders to withdraw Shares until the
Expiration Date, retain the Shares that have been tendered during the period or
periods for which the Offer is extended or (iv) to amend the
Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the expiration of the
Offer, if all conditions are either satisfied or waived, the Purchasers will
promptly pay for all validly tendered Shares upon the confirmation from the
Corporation that the Shares have been transferred to us, and the Purchasers do
not intend to imply that the foregoing rights of the Purchasers would permit the
Purchasers to delay payment for validly tendered Shares following
expiration. The
Purchasers do not anticipate and have no reason to believe that any condition or
event will occur that would prevent the Purchasers from purchasing tendered
Shares as offered herein. Further, by tendering your Shares,
you are agreeing to arbitrate any disputes that may arise between you and the
Purchasers or the Depositary, to subject yourself to personal jurisdiction in
California, and that the prevailing party in any such action will be entitled to
recover attorney fees and costs. However, by so doing, you are not
waiving any of your rights under the federal securities laws or any rule or
regulation thereunder.
Section 2. Acceptance for Payment and
Payment for Shares; Proration. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the
terms and conditions of any extension or amendment), the Purchasers will accept
for payment, and will pay for, Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn in
accordance with Section 4, promptly following the Expiration Date and upon
confirmation from the Corporation that the Shares have been transferred to
us. In all cases, payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer
will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of a properly completed
and duly executed Assignment Form (or facsimile thereof) and any other documents
required by the Assignment Form. Based upon the Purchasers’
experience, confirmation will generally 14 days after the transfer agent’s
receipt of the documentation described in the instructions provided with the
Assignment Form. The Purchasers desire to purchase up to 200,000 Shares of each
Class. If the number of Shares of a Class validly tendered and not
properly withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration Date is less than or equal to
200,000, we will purchase all Shares so tendered and not withdrawn, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. However, if more than 200,000
Shares of a Class are so tendered and not withdrawn, we will accept for payment
and pay for 200,000 Shares so tendered, pro rata according to the number of
Shares of the Class so tendered, adjusted by rounding down to the nearest whole
number of Shares of the Class tendered by each Shareholder to avoid purchases of
fractional Shares, as appropriate. Pro-ration will occur based upon
the aggregate number of Shares tendered in each Class, and such pro-ration may
occur in some Classes and not others.
In the event that proration is
required, because of the difficulty of immediately determining the precise
number of Shares to be accepted, the Purchasers will announce the final results
of proration as soon as practicable, but in no event later than five business
days following the Expiration Date. The Purchasers will not pay for
any Shares tendered until after the final proration factor has been
determined. For purposes of the Offer, the Purchasers shall be deemed
to have accepted for payment (and thereby purchased) tendered Shares when, as
and if the Purchasers give oral or written notice to the Depositary of the
Purchasers’ acceptance for payment of such Shares pursuant to the
Offer. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,
payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will in all cases be made by
deposit of the Offer Price with the Depositary, which will act as agent for the
tendering Shareholders for the purpose of receiving payment from the Purchasers
and transmitting payment to tendering Shareholders.
Under no circumstances will interest
be paid on the Offer Price by reason of any delay in making such
payment. If any tendered Shares are not purchased for any
reason (other than due to proration as described above), the Assignment Form
with respect to such Shares not purchased will be of no force or
effect. If, for any reason whatsoever, acceptance for payment of, or
payment for, any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer is delayed or the
Purchasers are unable to accept for payment, purchase or pay for Shares tendered
pursuant to the Offer, then, without prejudice to the Purchasers’ rights under
Section 13, the Depositary may, nevertheless, on behalf of the Purchasers,
retain tendered Shares and such Shares may not be withdrawn (but subject to
compliance with Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, which requires that the
Purchasers pay the consideration offered or return the Shares deposited by or on
behalf of the Shareholder promptly after the termination or withdrawal of a
tender offer), except to the extent that the tendering Shareholders are entitled
to withdrawal rights as described in Section 4. If, prior to the
Expiration Date, the Purchasers shall increase the consideration offered to
Shareholders pursuant to the Offer, such increased consideration shall be paid
for all Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer, whether or not such
Shares were tendered prior to such increase.
Section
3. Procedures for Tendering Shares.
Valid Tender. For
Shares to be validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, a properly completed and
duly executed Assignment Form (a copy of which is enclosed with this Offer to
Purchase) with any other documents required by the Assignment Form must be
received by the Depositary at its address set forth on the back cover of this
Offer to Purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date. A Shareholder
may tender any or all Shares owned by such Shareholder. In order for a tendering Shareholder
to participate in the Offer, Shares must be validly tendered and not withdrawn
prior to the Expiration Date, which is 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on June 15,
2010, or such date to which the Offer may be extended. The method of
delivery of the Assignment Form and all other required documents is at the
option and risk of the tendering Shareholder and delivery will be deemed made
only when actually received by the Depositary.
Backup Federal Income Tax
Withholding. To prevent the possible application of 31% backup
federal income tax withholding with respect to payment of the Offer Price for
Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer, a tendering Shareholder must provide the
Depositary with such Shareholder’s correct taxpayer identification number and
make certain certifications that such Shareholder is not subject to backup
federal income tax withholding. Each tendering Shareholder must
insert in the Assignment Form the Shareholder’s taxpayer identification number
or social security number in the space provided on the front of the Assignment
Form. The Assignment Form also includes a substitute Form W-9, which
contains the certifications referred to above. (See the Instructions
to the Assignment Form.)
Other
Requirements. By executing an Assignment Form as set forth
above, a tendering Shareholder irrevocably appoints the designees of the
Purchasers as such Shareholder’s proxies, in the manner set forth in the
Assignment Form, each with full power of substitution, to the full extent of
such Shareholder’s rights with respect to the Shares tendered by such
Shareholder and accepted for payment by the Purchasers. Such
appointment will be effective when, and only to the extent that, the Purchasers
accept such Shares for payment. Upon such acceptance for payment, all
prior proxies given by such Shareholder with respect to such Shares will,
without further action, be revoked, and no subsequent proxies may be given (and
if given will not be effective). The designees of the Purchasers
will, with respect to such Shares, be empowered to exercise all voting and other
rights of such Shareholder as they in their sole discretion may deem proper at
any meeting of Shareholders, by written consent or otherwise. In
addition, by executing an Assignment Form, a Shareholder also assigns to the
Purchasers all of the Shareholder’s rights to receive dividends from the
Corporation with respect to Shares which are accepted for payment and purchased
pursuant to the Offer, other than those dividends declared or paid during the
period commencing on the Offer Date and terminating on the Expiration
Date.
Determination of Validity; Rejection
of Shares; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of
Defects. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility
(including time of receipt), and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares
pursuant to the procedures described above will be determined by the Purchasers,
in their sole discretion, which determination shall be final and
binding. The Purchasers reserve the absolute right to reject any or
all tenders if not in proper form or if the acceptance of, or payment for, the
absolute right to reject any or all tenders if not in proper form or if the
acceptance of, or payment for, the Shares tendered may, in the opinion of the
Purchasers’ counsel, be unlawful. The Purchasers also reserve the right to waive
any defect or irregularity in any tender with respect to any particular Shares
of any particular Shareholder, and the Purchasers’ interpretation of the terms
and conditions of the Offer (including the Assignment Form and the Instructions
thereto) will be final and binding. Neither the Purchasers, the
Depositary, nor any other person will be under any duty to give notification of
any defects or irregularities in the tender of any Shares or will incur any
liability for failure to give any such notification.
A tender of Shares pursuant to any of
the procedures described above will constitute a binding agreement between the
tendering Shareholder and the Purchasers upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer, including the tendering Shareholder’s representation
and warranty that (i) such Shareholder owns the Shares being tendered within the
meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act and (ii) the tender of such Share
complies with Rule 14e-4. Rule 14e-4 requires, in general, that a
tendering security holder actually be able to deliver the security subject to
the tender offer, and is of concern particularly to any Shareholders who have
granted options to sell or purchase the Shares, hold option rights to acquire
such securities, maintain “short” positions in the Shares (i.e., have borrowed
the Shares) or have loaned the Shares to a short seller. A Shareholder will be
deemed to tender Shares in compliance with Rule 14e-4 and the Offer if the
holder is the record owner of the Shares and the holder (i) delivers the Shares
pursuant to the terms of the Offer, (ii) causes such delivery to be made, (iii)
guarantees such delivery, (iv) causes a guaranty of such delivery, or (v) uses
any other method permitted in the Offer (such as facsimile delivery of the
Transmittal Letter).
Section 4. Withdrawal
Rights. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, all
tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable, provided that Shares
tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the
Expiration Date and, unless theretofore accepted for payment as provided in this
Offer to Purchase, may also be withdrawn at any time on or after June 15,
2010. For withdrawal to be effective a written or facsimile
transmission notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary at
the address or the facsimile number set forth in the attached Assignment
Form. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the
person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn and must be signed by the
person(s) who signed the Assignment Form in the same manner as the Assignment
Form was signed. If purchase of, or payment for, Shares is delayed
for any reason or if the Purchasers are unable to purchase or pay for Shares for
any reason, then, without prejudice to the Purchasers’ rights under the Offer,
tendered Shares may be retained by the Depositary on behalf of the Purchasers
and may not be withdrawn except to the extent that tendering Shareholders are
entitled to withdrawal rights as set forth in this Section 4, subject to Rule
14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, which provides that no person who makes a
tender offer shall fail to pay the consideration offered or return the
securities deposited by or on behalf of security holders promptly after the
termination or withdrawal of the tender offer.
All questions as to the form and
validity (including time of receipt) of notices of withdrawal will be determined
by the Purchasers, in their sole discretion, which determination shall be final
and binding. Neither the Purchasers, nor the Depositary, nor any
other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or
irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or will incur any liability for
failure to give any such notification. Any Shares properly withdrawn
will be deemed not to be validly tendered for purposes of the
Offer. Withdrawn Shares may be re-tendered, however, by following the
procedures described in Section 3 at any time prior to the Expiration
Date.
Automatic Withdrawal Option.
Shareholders may indicate, by checking a box on the Assignment Form (the ‘All or
None Box’), that they only wish to sell their Shares if they will be able to
sell all of their Shares, without any proration. If at any time during the day
of the Expiration Date more than 200,000 Shares of a Class have been properly
tendered, unless the Purchaser amends the Offer to increase the number of Shares
to be purchased, the Purchaser will deem all Shares of such Class from
Shareholders that checked the All or None Box to be withdrawn and not validly
tendered for purposes of the Offer. Neither the Purchaser nor any other person
will be under any duty to give any notice that such automatic withdrawal will
occur. Shareholders may change their election whether or not to check
the All or None Box at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date by submitting
a new Assignment Form with their preferred election, in the manner described in
Section 3 herein.
Section 5. Extension of Tender
Period; Termination; Amendment. The Purchasers expressly
reserve the right, in their sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
(i) to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and thereby
delay acceptance for payment of, and the payment for, any Shares by giving oral
or written notice of such extension to the Depositary, (ii) upon the occurrence
or failure to occur of any of the conditions specified in Section 13, to
terminate the Offer and not accept for payment any Shares by giving oral or
written notice of such termination to the Depositary, and (iii) to amend the
Offer in any respect (including, without limitation, by increasing or decreasing
the consideration offered or the number of Shares being sought in the Offer or
both or changing the type of consideration) by giving oral or written notice of
such amendment to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Date. Any
extension, termination, or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable
by public announcement, the announcement in the case of an extension to be
issued no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day after the
previously scheduled Expiration Date, in accordance with the public announcement
requirement of Rule 14d-4(c) under the Exchange Act. Without limiting
the manner in which the Purchasers may choose to make any public announcement,
except as provided by applicable law (including Rule 14d-4(c) under the Exchange
Act), the Purchasers will have no obligation to publish, advertise, or otherwise
communicate any such public announcement, other than by issuing a press
release. The Purchasers may also be required by applicable law to
disseminate to Shareholders certain information concerning the extensions of the
Offer and any material changes in the terms of the Offer. The
Purchasers will not provide a subsequent offering period following the
Expiration Date.
If the Purchasers extend the Offer, or
if the Purchasers (whether before or after its acceptance for payment of Shares)
are delayed in their payment for Shares or are unable to pay for Shares pursuant
to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to the Purchasers’ rights
under the Offer, the Depositary may retain tendered Shares on behalf of the
Purchasers, and such Shares may be withdrawn to the extent tendering
Shareholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in Section 4
(generally, if notice of withdrawal is given to the Depositary prior to the
Expiration Date). However, the ability of the Purchasers to delay
payment for Shares that the Purchasers have accepted for payment is limited by
Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, which requires that the Purchasers pay the
consideration offered or return the securities deposited by or on behalf of
holders of securities promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the Offer,
except that the Purchasers may delay payment until they receive confirmation
from the Corporation that the Shares have been transferred to us.
If the Purchasers make a material
change in the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer or
waive a material condition of the Offer, the Purchasers will extend the Offer to
the extent required by Rules 14d-4(c), 14d-6(d) and 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act. The minimum period during which an offer must remain open
following a material change in the terms of the offer or information concerning
the offer, other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities
sought, will depend upon the facts and circumstances, including the relative
materiality of the change in the terms or information. With respect
to a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought (other than
an increase of not more than 2% of the securities sought), however, a minimum
ten business day period is generally required to allow for adequate
dissemination to security holders and for investor response. As used
in this Offer to Purchase, “business day” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or a federal holiday, and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m.
through midnight, Pacific Time. Any material change in the terms of
the Offer will be published, sent, or given to you in a manner reasonably
designed to inform you of such change; in most cases we will mail you
supplemental materials.
Section 6. Material Federal Income
Tax Consequences. THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH BELOW
DOES NOT PURPORT TO ADDRESS ALL ASPECTS OF TAXATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO A
PARTICULAR SHAREHOLDER. For example, this discussion does not
address the effect of any applicable foreign, state, local or other tax laws
other than federal income tax laws. Certain Shareholders (including
trusts, foreign persons, tax-exempt organizations or corporations subject to
special rules, such as life insurance companies or S corporations) may be
subject to special rules not discussed below. This discussion is
based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), existing
regulations, court decisions and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings and
other pronouncements. EACH SHAREHOLDER TENDERING SHARES
SHOULD CONSULT SUCH SHAREHOLDER’S OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH SHAREHOLDER OF ACCEPTING THE OFFER, INCLUDING THE
APPLICATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX AND FEDERAL, FOREIGN, STATE, LOCAL
AND OTHER TAX LAWS.
Gain or Loss. A
taxable Shareholder will recognize a gain or loss on the sale of such
Shareholder’s Shares in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount
realized by such Shareholder on the sale and (ii) such Shareholder’s tax basis
in the Shares sold. If the Shareholder reports a loss on the sale,
such loss generally could not be currently deducted by such Shareholder except
against such Shareholder’s capital gains from other investments. The
tax basis in the Shares of a Shareholder will depend upon individual
circumstances. Each Shareholder who plans to tender hereunder should
consult with the Shareholder’s own tax advisor as to the Shareholder’s tax basis
in the Shareholder’s Shares and the resulting tax consequences of a
sale. A tax-exempt Shareholder (other than an organization described
in Code Section 501(c)(7) (social club), 501(c)(9) (voluntary employee benefit
association), 501(c)(17) (supplementary unemployment benefit trust), or
501(c)(20) (qualified group legal services plan)) should not be required to
recognize unrelated trade or business income upon the sale of its Shares
pursuant to the Offer, assuming that such Shareholder does not hold its Shares
as a “dealer” and has not acquired such Shares with debt financed
proceeds.
Section
7. Effects of the Offer.
Limitations on
Resales. The Purchasers do not believe the provisions of the
Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation should restrict transfers of Shares
pursuant to the Offer.
Effect on Trading
Market. If a substantial number of Shares are purchased
pursuant to the Offer the result would be a reduction in the number of
Shareholders. Reducing the number of security holders in certain
kinds of equity securities might be expected to result in a reduction in the
liquidity and volume of activity in the trading market for the security.
However, because the Offer is for a limited number of Shares compared to the
total outstanding Shares, there is unlikely to be any significant effect on the
trading market. Therefore, the Purchasers do not believe a reduction
in the number of Shareholders will materially further restrict the Shareholders’
ability to find purchasers for their Shares through market transactions now or
in the future.
Voting Power of
Purchasers. The Purchaser is seeking a maximum of
approximately 0.39% of the Class A Shares and 0.5% of each of the Class B Shares
of the Corporation hereunder, so the Purchaser will not obtain a controlling
voting interest in matters subject to a shareholder vote (even considering its
current ownership). The Corporation holds annual meetings to elect directors and
conduct other business. Votes of Shareholders might also be solicited
for matters affecting the fundamental structure of the Corporation. A
Shareholder who tenders Shares to the Purchaser grants a proxy to the Purchaser
as of the date of acceptance of the tender, granting the Purchaser the right to
vote such Shares in its sole discretion as to any matters for which the
Corporation has established a record date prior to the time
such. Shares are transferred by the Corporation to the
Purchaser. The Purchaser reserves the right to exercise any and all
rights it might hold in the event that any vote is called by the Corporation, or
if, in the future, changes in circumstances would dictate that it or other
shareholders exercise their right to vote.
Section 8. Future
Plans. Following the completion of the Offer, the Purchasers,
or their affiliates, may acquire additional Shares. Any such
acquisitions may be made through private purchases, one or more future tender
offers or by any other means deemed advisable or appropriate. Any
such acquisitions may be at a consideration higher or lower than the
consideration to be paid for the Shares purchased pursuant to the
Offer. The Purchasers are seeking to purchase a total of 200,000
Shares of each Class. If the Purchasers acquire fewer than 200,000
Shares of a Class pursuant to the Offer, the Purchasers may seek to make further
purchases on the open market at prevailing prices, or solicit Shares pursuant to
one or more future tender offers at the same price, a higher price or, if the
Corporation’s circumstances change, at a lower price. Alternatively,
the Purchasers may discontinue any further purchases of Shares after termination
of the Offer, regardless of the number of Shares purchased. The Offer
is not made with any current view toward or plan or purpose of acquiring Shares
in a series of successive and periodic offers. Nevertheless, as noted
above, the Purchasers reserve the right to gauge the response to this
solicitation, and, if not successful in purchasing 200,000 Shares of each Class
in this Offer, may consider future offers. Factors affecting the
Purchasers’ future interest in acquiring additional Shares include, but are not
limited to, the relative success of the current Offer, any increase or decrease
in the availability of capital for investment by the Purchasers and their
investment fund affiliates, the current diversification and performance of each
affiliated fund’s portfolio of real estate interests, or actions by unrelated
parties to tender for or purchase Shares, the status of and changes and trends
in the Corporation’s operations, announcement of pending property sales and the
proposed terms of sales, and local and national real estate and financial market
developments and trends.
The
Purchasers are acquiring the Shares pursuant to the Offer solely for investment
purposes. The Purchasers have no present intention to seek control of the
Corporation or to change the management or operations of the
Corporation. The Purchasers do not have any present intention to take
any action in connection with the liquidation of the Corporation. The
Purchasers nevertheless reserve the right, at an appropriate time, to exercise
their rights as shareholders to vote on matters subject to a shareholder
vote. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Purchasers have no
present intention to seek control of the Corporation, to cause the Corporation
to engage in any extraordinary transaction, to cause any purchase, sale or
transfer of a material amount of the assets of any Corporation, to make any
change in the dividend policies, indebtedness or capitalization of any
Corporation or to change the structure, management or operations of the
Corporation, the listing status of the Shares or the reporting requirements of
the Corporation.
Section 9. The Business of the
Corporation. For information about the Corporation, please
refer to the annual report prepared by the Corporation which was sent to you
earlier, particularly Item 2 of Form 10-K, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
and any other materials sent to you by the Corporation. These
documents contain updated information concerning the Corporation, including
detailed information regarding the properties owned, including mortgages, rental
rates, operations, management, and taxes. In addition, the Corporation is
subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and
information about the Corporation can be obtained on the Commission’s EDGAR
system, at its internet web site at www.sec.gov, and are available for
inspection at the Commission’s principal office in Washington, D.C.
Section 10. Conflicts of
Interest. The Depositary is affiliated with certain
Purchasers. Therefore, by virtue of this affiliation, the Depositary may have
inherent conflicts of interest in acting as Depositary for the
Offer. The Depositary’s role is administrative only, however, and any
conflict of interest should not be deemed material to Shareholders.
Section 11. Certain Information
Concerning the Purchasers. The Purchasers are MPF REIT Fund 1,
LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund
5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition
Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund
2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program II, LP;
Moraga Gold, LLC; RED Investments, LP; Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I
and II, LP; SCM Special Fund 2, LP; Sutter Opportunity Fund 4,
LLC. For information concerning the Purchasers and their respective
principals, please refer to Schedule I attached hereto. The principal business
of each of the Purchasers is investment in securities, particularly real
estate-based securities. The principal business address of each of
the Purchasers is 1640 School Street, Moraga, California 94556. The
Purchasers have made binding commitments to contribute and have available
sufficient amounts of capital necessary to fund the acquisition of all Shares
subject to the Offer, the expenses to be incurred in connection with the Offer,
and all other anticipated costs of the Purchasers. The Purchasers are
not public companies and have not prepared audited financial statements or
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP and its affiliates have
been in the business of purchasing illiquid real estate securities, both in open
market transactions and by means of tender offers, since 1982 and have acquired
more than $170 million in such securities for affiliated portfolios during the
last ten years. The Purchasers have aggregate assets that are more
than sufficient to fund their collective obligation to purchase Shares in this
Offer and any other outstanding tender offers.
Except as otherwise set forth herein,
(i) neither the Purchasers nor, to the best knowledge of the Purchasers, the
persons listed on Schedule I nor any affiliate of the Purchasers beneficially
owns or has a right to acquire any Shares, (ii) neither the Purchasers nor, to
the best knowledge of the Purchasers, the persons listed on Schedule I nor any
affiliate of the Purchasers, or any director, executive officer or subsidiary of
any of the foregoing has effected any transaction in the Shares within the past
60 days, (iii) neither the Purchasers nor, to the best knowledge of the
Purchasers, the persons listed on Schedule I nor any affiliate of the Purchasers
has any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other
person with respect to any securities of the Corporation, including but not
limited to, contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships concerning
the transfer or voting thereof, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements,
puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or the giving or
withholding of proxies, consents or authorizations, (iv) there have been no
transactions or business relationships which would be required to be disclosed
under the rules and regulations of the Commission between any of the Purchasers
or, to the best knowledge of the Purchasers, the persons listed on Schedule I,
or any affiliate of the Purchasers on the one hand, and the Corporation or its
affiliates, on the other hand, (v) there have been no contracts, negotiations or
transactions between the Purchasers, or to the best knowledge of the Purchasers
any affiliate of the Purchasers on the one hand, the persons listed on Schedule
I, and the Corporation or its affiliates, on the other hand, concerning a
merger, consolidation or acquisition, tender offer or other acquisition of
securities, an election of directors or a sale or other transfer of a material
amount of assets, (vi) no person listed on Schedule I has been convicted in a
criminal proceeding during the past five years (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors), and (vii) no person listed on Schedule I has been a party
to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past five years (except
for matters dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a
judgment, decree, or final order enjoining the person from future violations of,
or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a
finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws. The Purchasers
reserve the right to transfer or assign to one or more of the Purchasers’
affiliates, in whole or from time to time in part, the right to purchase all or
any portion of the Shares tendered in the Offer, but any such transfer or
assignment will not relieve the Purchasers of their obligations under the Offer
or prejudice the rights of tendering stockholders to receive payment for Shares
validly tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer.
Section 12. Source of
Funds. The Purchasers expect that approximately
$11,200,000 would be
required to purchase 200,000 Shares of each Class, if tendered, and an
additional $200,000 may be required to pay related fees and
expenses. The Purchasers anticipate funding all of the purchase price
and related expenses through their existing capital, lines of credit, and
assets. The cash and liquid securities necessary to complete the
entire purchase are readily available and are committed to that
purpose. Accordingly, there are no financing arrangements to fall
through and no alternative financing plans.
Section 13. Conditions of the
Offer. Notwithstanding any other term of the Offer, the
Purchasers shall not be required to accept for payment or to pay for any Shares
tendered unless all authorizations or approvals of, or expirations of waiting
periods imposed by, any court, administrative agency or other governmental
authority necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Offer shall have been obtained or occurred on or before the Expiration
Date. As of the Offer Date, the Purchasers are unaware of any such
required authorizations, approvals, or waiting periods relating to this Offer.
The Purchasers shall not be required to accept for payment or pay for any Shares
and may terminate or amend the Offer as to such Shares if, at any time on or
after the date of the Offer and before the Expiration Date, any of the following
conditions exists:
(a) a preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order of any federal or state court, government or
governmental authority or agency shall have been issued and shall remain in
effect which (i) makes illegal, delays or otherwise directly or indirectly
restrains or prohibits the making of the Offer or the acceptance for payment of
or payment for any Shares by the Purchasers, (ii) imposes or confirms
limitations on the ability of the Purchasers effectively to exercise full rights
of ownership of any Shares, including, without limitation, the right to vote any
Shares acquired by the Purchasers pursuant to the Offer or otherwise on all
matters properly presented to the Corporation’s Shareholders, (iii) requires
divestiture by the Purchasers of any Shares, (iv) causes any material diminution
of the benefits to be derived by the Purchasers as a result of the transactions
contemplated by the Offer (see the discussion of such benefits in the Summary
Term Sheet and Introduction sections of the Offer to Purchase) or (v) materially
adversely affect the business, properties, assets, liabilities, financial
condition, operations, results of operations or prospects of the Purchasers or
the Corporation, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers;
(b) there shall be any
action taken, or any statute, rule, regulation or order proposed, enacted,
enforced, promulgated, issued or deemed applicable to the Offer by any federal
or state court, government or governmental authority or agency, other than the
application of the waiting period provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, which will, directly or indirectly, result
in any of the consequences referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph
(a) above;
(c) any change or
development shall have occurred or been threatened since the date hereof, in the
business, properties, assets, liabilities, financial condition, operations,
results of operations or prospects of the Corporation, which, in the reasonable
judgment of the Purchasers, is or will be materially adverse to the Corporation,
or the Purchasers shall have become aware of any fact that, in the reasonable
judgment of the Purchasers, does or will have a material adverse effect on the
value of the Shares;
(d) there shall have
occurred (i) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for,
securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market
in the United States, (ii) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any
suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, (iii) any
limitation by any governmental authority on, or other event which might affect,
the extension of credit by lending institutions or result in any imposition of
currency controls in the United States, (iv) a commencement of a war or armed
hostilities or other national or international calamity directly or indirectly
involving the United States, (v) a material change in United States or other
currency exchange rates or a suspension of a limitation on the markets thereof,
or (vi) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the
commencement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof;
or
(e) it shall have been
publicly disclosed or the Purchasers shall have otherwise learned that (i) more
than fifty percent of the outstanding Shares have been or are proposed to be
acquired by another person (including a “group” within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or (ii) any person or group that prior to such
date had filed a Statement with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(d) or (g)
of the Exchange Act has increased or proposes to increase the number of Shares
beneficially owned by such person or group as disclosed in such Statement by two
percent or more of the outstanding Shares.
The foregoing conditions are for the
sole benefit of the Purchasers and may be asserted by the Purchasers or may be
waived by the Purchasers in whole or in part at any time and from time to time
prior to the Expiration Date in their sole exercise of reasonable discretion,
and the Offer will remain open for a period of at least five business days
following any such waiver of a material condition. However, if we
waive a certain condition for one tendering Shareholder, we will waive that
condition for all Shareholders tendering Shares. Any determination by
the Purchasers concerning the events described above will be final and binding
upon all parties, subject, of course, to the parties’ ability to seek review of
any contested determination by an arbitrator pursuant to Section
16.
Section
14. Certain Legal Matters.
General. Except as
set forth in this Section 14, the Purchasers are not aware of any filings,
approvals or other actions by any domestic or foreign governmental or
administrative agency that would be required prior to the acquisition of Shares
by the Purchasers pursuant to the Offer. Should any such approval or
other action be required, it is the Purchasers’ present intention that such
additional approval or action would be sought. While there is no
present intent to delay the purchase of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer
pending receipt of any such additional approval or the taking of any such
action, there can be no assurance that any such additional approval or action,
if needed, would be obtained without substantial conditions or that adverse
consequences might not result to the Corporation’s business, or that certain
parts of the Corporation’s business might not have to be disposed of or held
separate or other substantial conditions complied with in order to obtain such
approval or action, any of which could cause the Purchasers to elect to
terminate the Offer without purchasing Shares thereunder. The
Purchasers’ obligation to purchase and pay for Shares is subject to certain
conditions, including conditions related to the legal matters discussed in this
Section 14.
Antitrust. The
Purchasers do not believe that the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended, is applicable to the acquisition of Shares pursuant to the
Offer.
Margin
Requirements. Regulations T, U and X (the “Margin
Regulations”) of the Federal Reserve Board restrict the extension or maintenance
of credit for the purpose of buying or carrying margin stock if the credit is
secured directly or indirectly by margin stock. We will ensure that
the financing of the acquisition of the Shares is in compliance with the Margin
Regulations.
State Takeover
Laws. A number of states have adopted anti-takeover laws which
purport, to varying degrees, to be applicable to attempts to acquire securities
of corporations which are incorporated in such states or which have substantial
assets, security holders, principal executive offices or principal places of
business therein. The Purchasers are not seeking a controlling block
of Shares or such a number of Shares as to fall within these state statutes and,
therefore, do not believe that any anti-takeover laws apply to the transactions
contemplated by the Offer. Although the Purchasers have not attempted
to comply with any state anti-takeover statutes in connection with the Offer,
the Purchasers reserve the right to challenge the validity or applicability of
any state law allegedly applicable to the Offer and nothing in this Offer or any
action taken in connection herewith is intended as a waiver of such
right. If any state anti-takeover statute is applicable to the Offer,
the Purchasers might be unable to accept for payment or purchase Shares tendered
pursuant to the Offer or be delayed in continuing or consummating the
Offer. In such case, the Purchasers may not be obligated to accept
for purchase or pay for any Shares tendered.
Section 15. Fees and
Expenses. The Purchasers have retained MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP, an affiliate of certain Purchasers, to act as Depositary in
connection with the Offer. The Purchasers will pay the Depositary
reasonable and customary compensation for its services in connection with the
Offer, plus reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses, and will indemnify the
Depositary against certain liabilities and expenses in connection therewith,
including liabilities under the federal securities laws. The
Purchasers will also pay all costs and expenses of printing, publication and
mailing of the Offer and all costs of transfer.
Section 16.
Miscellaneous. THE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO (NOR WILL
TENDERS BE ACCEPTED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF) SHAREHOLDERS IN ANY STATE IN WHICH THE
MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. THE PURCHASERS ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY
JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE
ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
No person has been authorized to give
any information or to make any representation on behalf of the Purchasers not
contained herein or in the Assignment Form and, if given or made, such
information or representation must not be relied upon as having been
authorized. Further, by tendering your Shares, you are agreeing to
arbitrate any disputes that may arise between you and the Purchasers or the
Depositary, to subject yourself to personal jurisdiction in California, and that
the prevailing party in any such action will be entitled to recover attorney
fees and costs.
SCHEDULE
I
THE
PURCHASERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PRINCIPALS
The Purchasers are MPF REIT Fund 1,
LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund
5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition
Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund
2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program II, LP;
Moraga Gold, LLC; RED Investments, LP; Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I
and II, LP; SCM Special Fund 2, LP; Sutter Opportunity Fund 4, LLC; and
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP. Each of the entity Purchasers is
organized as a limited liability company or limited partnership. MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP is the manager or general partner of the following
entities: MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF Flagship
Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value Fund 7,
LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 8,
LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF
Senior Note Program II, LP; Moraga Gold, LLC; RED Investments,
LP. Sutter Capital Management, LLC is the manager or general partner
of SCM Special Fund 2, LP. Lapis-GP, LLC, an affiliate of MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP, is the general partner of Lapis Opportunities Funds I and
II, LP. BC-GP, Inc. is the general partner of MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP.The names of the controlling persons and executive officers
of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP and Sutter Capital Management, LLC are set
forth below. Sutter Capital Management, LLC is wholly owned by MPF
Advisers, LP, an affiliate of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP. The
Purchasers have jointly made the offer and are jointly and severally liable for
satisfying its terms. Other than the foregoing, the Purchasers’
relationship consists of an informal agreement to share the costs associated
with making the offer and to allocate any resulting purchases of Shares among
them in such manner and proportions as they may determine in the
future. Each of the entities is organized in
California. The Purchasers intend, if the Offer is fully subscribed,
to allocate the Shares among themselves as follows: SCM Special Fund,
LP will receive 35% of all Shares tendered, Lapis Opportunities Funds will
receive 10% and 25%, respectively, Moraga Gold, LLC and Steven Gold will each
receive 2%, and all the other purchasers will receive approximately
3%. We will determine modifications to this allocation based upon the
number of Shares tendered. Priority is given to Purchasers which
already hold Shares, then to Purchasers which raised capital first, then to the
remaining Purchasers in equal shares. Shares will be allocated
according to this priority until the maximum number of Shares listed above are
allocated to Purchasers within a given priority, then Shares will be allocated
similarly among Purchasers in the next level of priority, until all Shares are
allocated.
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller,
LP
The names
of the controlling persons and executive officers of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller,
LP are set forth below. Each individual is a citizen of the United
States of America. The principal business address of MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP, each Purchaser, and each individual is 1640 School Street,
Moraga, California 94556, and the business telephone number for each is
925-631-9100. The general partner is BC-GP, Inc., a California
corporation owned by the limited partners.
C.E. Patterson is
President and controlling person of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, which acts
as manager and general partner of a number of real estate investment vehicles,
and has served in those positions since January 1989. In 1981, Mr.
Patterson founded Patterson Financial Services, Inc. (now MPF Advisers, LP), a
registered investment adviser (“MPFA”), with Berniece A. Patterson, as a
financial planning firm, and he has served as its President since that
date. Mr. Patterson founded Patterson Real Estate Services, a
licensed California Real Estate Broker, in 1982. As President of
MPFA, Mr. Patterson is responsible for all investment counseling
activities. He supervises the analysis of investment opportunities
for the clients of the firm. Mr. Patterson previously served as
president of Host Funding, Inc., an owner of lodging properties, from December
1999 through 2003. Mr. Patterson is also an officer and controlling
shareholder of Cal-Kan, Inc., a closely held real estate investment
company. Mr. Patterson, through his affiliates, manages a number of
investment and real estate companies.
Berniece A. Patterson
is a controlling person of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP and has served in that
capacity since its formation in 1988. In 1981, Ms. Patterson and C.E.
Patterson established MPFA. She has served as controlling person and
Secretary of MPFA since that date. Her responsibilities with MPFA
include oversight of administrative matters and monitoring of past projects
underwritten by MPFA. Since October 1990, Ms. Patterson has been
responsible for the day-to-day operations of two nursing homes and over 200
employees.
Glen W. Fuller became
senior vice president and a controlling person of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP
in May 2000. Since 2004 he has been a controlling person and vice
president of MPFA, and is a senior vice president and controlling person of
Sutter Capital Management, LLC. Prior to becoming senior vice
president, from August 1998 to April 2000, he was with MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP as a portfolio manager and research analyst. From December
1999 to 2003, Mr. Fuller served as an officer and director of Host Funding,
Inc. Prior to joining MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, from May 1996
to July 1998, Mr. Fuller ran the over-the-counter trading desk for North Coast
Securities Corp. (previously Morgan Fuller Capital Group) with responsibility
for both the proprietary and retail trading desks. Mr. Fuller was
also the registered options principal and registered municipal bond principal
for North Coast Securities, a registered broker dealer. Mr. Fuller
was formerly a NASD-registered options principal and registered bond principal,
and he held his NASD Series 7, general securities license (now
inactive). Mr. Fuller has also spent time working on the floor of the
New York Stock Exchange as a trading clerk and on the floor of the Pacific Stock
Exchange in San Francisco as an assistant specialist for LIT
America.
Chip Patterson is
senior vice president, general counsel, and a controlling person of the
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, MPFA, and Sutter Capital Management,
LLC. Prior to joining MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP in July 2003, he
was a securities and corporate finance attorney with the national law firm of
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP from August 2000 to January 2003. From
August 1997 to May 2000 he attended the University of Michigan Law School, where
he graduated magna cum
laude with a Juris Doctor Degree. Prior to law school, Chip Patterson
taught physics, chemistry, and math at the high school level for three years,
from June 1994 to June 1997. He graduated with high distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the
University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political
Science. He also has prior experience in sales, retail, and
banking.
Christine Simpson is
senior vice president of MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP, MPFA, and Sutter
Capital Management, LLC, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of
research and securities purchases and sales on behalf of the entities managed by
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP. Ms. Simpson has served in that
position since January 1997; from January 1994 until her promotion to vice
president, she was a research analyst with MacKenzie Patterson Fuller,
LP She joined MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP as an administrative
assistant in July 1990. Ms. Simpson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Management from Saint Mary’s College of California in May 2005, her Master of
Science in Financial Analysis and Investment Management from Saint Mary’s
College of California in October 2006, and her Master of Business Administration
degree from Saint Mary’s College of California in June 2008.
Robert E. Dixon is
senior vice president and a controlling person of MPFA and MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP, is the president of Sutter Capital Management, LLC, and served as an
officer and director of Sutter Holding Company, Inc. from March 2002 to October
2006. Mr. Dixon received his Bachelor’s degree in economics from the
University of California at Los Angeles in 1992. He worked for Lehman
Brothers, Inc. in equity sales and trading during 1993 and 1994. From
October 1994 to June, 1996 he worked for MacKenzie Patterson, Inc. as a
securities research analyst. Mr. Dixon became a Chartered Financial
Analyst in 1996, and received his Master of Business Administration degree from
Cornell University in 1998. In July of 1998 he began buying and
selling securities for his own account and those of the entities he controlled,
and he was principally engaged in that activity until May 2005, when he rejoined
MPFA. Mr. Dixon was a registered representative of North Coast
Securities from 1994 through 1997.
Steven
Gold
Steven
Gold, a California attorney, has been working during the last five years
analyzing investments on behalf of the David B. Gold Foundation, a charitable
foundation for which he is the Treasurer. The business address
of the Foundation is 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3750, San Francisco,
California 94104. Mr. Gold is a U.S.
citizen. In addition, he has participated in starting a number of
business ventures, including T/O devices and an import/export
company.
piedmontassignmentform410amd.htm
Assignment
Form
Please
complete this form and send it back to us in the prepaid envelope.
Include a
copy of
your Driver’s License so we can obtain a Medallion Signature Guarantee,
or have that done.
If
you have any questions, please call us at (925) 631-9100. Please
return to 1640 School Street, Moraga CA 94556.
1.
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Complete
or Correct Name and Address Information if
Necessary
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Piedmont
Office Realty Trust, Inc. Purchase Offer
Name:
Address:
City,
State,
ZIP:
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Price: $17
per Class A Share
$14 per Class B-1
Share
$13 per Class B-2
Share
$12 per Class B-3
Share
Offer
Expires: June
15, 2010
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2.
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Shares you wish to sell of each
Class: ¨ All of my Shares of
all Classes
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¨ All or (Quantity) of
my Class A
Shares ¨ All or (Quantity) of
my Class B-1 Shares
¨ All or (Quantity) of
my Class B-2
Shares ¨ All or (Quantity) of
my Class B-3 Shares
¨ SELL
ALL OR NONE (check this box if you wish to sell your Shares ONLY if ALL your
Shares will be purchased).
3.
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Fill
out where applicable, signing to indicate your agreement to the terms of
the Offer and the terms on the reverse side of this
form.
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Owner
& Custodian Information
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Medallion
(office use)
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Owner*
Name:
_________________________________
Signature:
______________________________
Social
Security #: ________________________
Email
Address: __________________________
Phone
Number: __________________________
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Date
_______
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Co-Owner(s) (if
applicable)
Name(s):
_______________________________
Signature(s):
____________________________
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Date
_______
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Custodian (if
applicable; MPF will obtain)
Name:
_________________________________
Signature:
______________________________
IRA
or Tax #: ____________________________
Phone
Number: __________________________
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Date
_______
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*
If signature is by trustee(s), executor(s), administrator(s), guardian(s),
attorney(s) in fact, agent(s), officer(s), or a corporation or another acting in
a fiduciary or representing capacity, please provide the following
information:
Name:
____________________________
Capacity: _________________________
4.
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If
any of the following applies, please provide the appropriate
documents.
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Name changes: Certified
copy of Marriage Certificate or proof of name change from the
court.
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Power of Attorney: Copy
of Power of Attorney document.
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Estates: Certified
Copies of Death Certificate and appropriate Court Documents (no older than
45 days).
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Corporations: Copy of
Corporate Resolution naming the Authorized Signature, with a seal if
applicable.
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THE
OFFER, WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS, AND PRORATION PERIOD WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M.,
PACIFIC TIME, ON JUNE 15, 2010 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”) UNLESS
EXTENDED.
R14028
Assignment
Form
Piedmont
Office Realty Trust, Inc.
To
participate in the Offer, a duly executed copy of this Assignment Form and any
other documents required by this Assignment Form must be received by the
Depositary on or prior to the Expiration Date. Delivery of this
Assignment Form or any other required documents to an address other than as set
forth above does not constitute valid delivery. The method of delivery of all
documents is at the election and risk of the tendering Shareholder. Please use
the pre-addressed envelope provided. This Assignment Form is to be
completed by holders of Shares in Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the
“Corporation”), pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase
(as defined below). Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings in the
Offer.
The
undersigned hereby tenders to MPF REIT Fund 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4,
LLC; MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC;
MP Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC;
MPF DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 2, LLC; MPF ePlanning
Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program II, LP; Moraga Gold, LLC; RED
Investments, LP; Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I and II, LP; SCM
Special Fund 2, LP; Sutter Opportunity Fund 4, LLC; and MacKenzie Patterson
Fuller, LP (collectively the “Purchasers”) the number of shares of Class A, B-1,
B-2, and/or B-3 common stock (“Shares”) in the Corporation held by the
undersigned as set forth above (or, if “All of my shares of all classes” is
checked, then all such Shares of all classes in all accounts under this tax
identification number), at a purchase price equal to $17, $14, $13, or $12,
respectively, per Share, and upon the other terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated April 15, 2010 (the “Offer to
Purchase”) and in this Assignment Form, as each may be amended from time to time
(together, the “Offer”). Receipt of the Offer to Purchase is hereby
acknowledged. Subject to and effective upon acceptance for payment of
any of the Shares tendered hereby, the undersigned sells, assigns, and transfers
to, Purchasers all right, title, and interest in and to such Shares which are
purchased pursuant to the Offer. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints the Purchasers as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact
and proxy of the undersigned with respect to such Shares, with full power of
substitution (such power of attorney and proxy being deemed to be an irrevocable
power and proxy coupled with an interest), to deliver such Shares and transfer
ownership of such Shares, on the books of the Corporation, together with all
accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity, to the Purchasers and, upon
acceptance of the tender of such Shares by the Purchasers, to exercise all
voting rights and to receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of
beneficial ownership of such Shares all in accordance with the terms of the
Offer. Upon the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, all prior
proxies and consents given by the undersigned with respect to such Shares will
be revoked and no subsequent proxies or consents may be given (and if given will
not be deemed effective). In addition, by executing this Assignment
Form, the undersigned assigns to the Purchasers all of the undersigned’s rights
to receive dividends from the Corporation with respect to Shares which are
purchased pursuant to the Offer, other than dividends declared or paid through
the Expiration Date and to change the address of record for such dividends on
the books of the Corporation. Upon request, the Seller will execute and deliver,
and irrevocably directs any custodian to execute and deliver, any additional
documents deemed by the Purchaser to be necessary or desirable to complete the
assignment, transfer, and purchase of such Shares.
The
undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned owns the Shares
tendered hereby and has full power and authority to validly tender, sell,
assign, and transfer the Shares tendered hereby, and that when any such Shares
are purchased by the Purchasers, the Purchasers will acquire good, marketable,
and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions,
charges, encumbrances, conditional sales agreements, or other obligations
relating to the sale or transfer thereof, and such Shares will not be subject to
any adverse claim. The undersigned understands that a tender of Shares to the
Purchasers will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the
Purchasers upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. The
undersigned recognizes the right of the Purchasers to effect a change of
dividend address to MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP at 1640 School Street,
Moraga, California, 94556. The undersigned recognizes that under certain
circumstances set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the Purchasers may not be
required to accept for payment any of the Shares tendered hereby. In such event,
the undersigned understands that any Assignment Form for Shares not accepted for
payment will be destroyed by the Purchasers. All authority herein
conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the
undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the
heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the
undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender
is irrevocable.
Arbitration
Agreement: Purchaser and Seller agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy
arising out of or related to this agreement or a purchase of Shares shall be
resolved by binding arbitration in San Francisco, California before a retired
judge. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its
Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“Rules”). If one party fails to
respond within twenty days after the other party mails a written list of
arbitrators by either agreeing to one of the proposed arbitrators or suggesting
three or more alternate arbitrators, the proposing party may select the
arbitrator from among its initial list and JAMS shall then appoint that
arbitrator to preside over the arbitration. If the parties are unable
to agree on an arbitrator, the parties shall select an arbitrator pursuant to
the Rules. Where reasonable, the arbitrator shall schedule the
arbitration hearing within four months after being appointed. The
arbitrator must render a decision in writing, explaining the legal and factual
basis for decision as to each of the principal controverted
issues. The arbitrator's decision will be final and binding upon the
parties. A judgment upon any award may be entered in a court of
competent jurisdiction. Each party shall be responsible for advancing one-half
of the costs of arbitration, including all JAMS fees; provided that, in the
award, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all of its costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arbitrator fees, JAMS
fees and costs, and any attorneys' fees and costs incurred in compelling
arbitration. The parties are not waiving, and expressly reserve, any
rights they may have under federal securities laws, rules, and
regulations. This agreement will be interpreted, construed, and
governed according to federal securities laws and the laws of the State of
California; provided that all matters relating to arbitration shall be governed
by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Sections 1 et seq.). If both
parties waive their right to arbitrate, then any dispute or claim arising out of
or related to this agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
Contra Costa County Superior Court for the State of California. In
any such action, Purchaser and Seller expressly submit and consent to the
exclusive jurisdiction of Contra Costa County Superior Court and waive all
defenses to jurisdiction and venue.
piedmontletter410amd2.htm
April 15,
2010
RE:
Get cash now from your
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. investment.
Dear
Investor,
Good
news! Now you can sell your Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
investment and regain control of your money. Right now, MPF will
pay
you $17 per Class A, $14 per Class B-1, $13 per Class B-2, and/or $12 per Class
B-3 Share. Move the money into a more liquid investment, pay off bills,
or buy something you really need. It’s your money. Use it any way you want.
But this offer
expires on June 15, 2010, so you must act soon.
Why take
advantage of this opportunity today?
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Guarantee
your cash now. Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. has an infinite
life. While its Class A Shares are listed on the NYSE, the Class B Shares
(70%
of all currently outstanding Shares) are still illiquid). Sell
today and ensure you get your money out from this
security.
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·
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Avoid
hassle of transferring Shares 4 times! In order to trade
your shares, you will have to
transfer
your shares into your
brokerage account before you can trade them. You will have to
then do the same thing over the next nine months 3
more times in order to sell all of your Shares. You can
sell all your Shares (or any number of any Class) to us at a known price
by simply signing the attached Assignment
Form!
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Regain
control over your investments. It’s your money, but you can’t
access all of it. Now you can move your money into a more liquid
investment or simply cash out.
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If you
act today, you can get your cash now. We will mail your check within three
business days after Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. confirms the
transfer.
MPF has
been in the business of buying private real estate investments for over 25 years
and has successfully cashed-out tens of thousands of investors like you. Our
advisory affiliate is a registered investment adviser with the SEC and has over
$200 million dollars under management. There are no financing contingencies with
this offer.
Please
carefully read the enclosed Offer to Purchase and Assignment Form. If you choose
to sell your Shares to us, please fill out the enclosed form and return it to us
today so we can send you your money. However,
if you hold your Shares in your brokerage account, you need to contact your
broker and instruct your broker to tender your Shares. If you have any questions,
please call us at (925) 631-9100, fax us at (925) 631-9119, or email us at
offers@mpfi.com.
Sincerely,
Pat
Patterson
President,
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP
P.S.
Remember, this offer
expires June 15, 2010 (unless extended). So don’t delay. Fill out and
mail in the Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Assignment Form today, or
instruct your broker to tender your Shares, so we can rush you a
check.
piedmontad410.htm
[Published
April 15, 2010 in Investor’s Business Daily]
This
announcement is neither an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell
Shares. The Offer is being made solely by the formal Offer to
Purchase forwarded to Shareholders of record and is not being made to, and
tenders will not be accepted from or on behalf of, Shareholders residing in any
state in which making or accepting the Offer would violate that state’s
laws. In those jurisdictions where the securities, Blue Sky, or other
laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer
shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Purchasers only by one or more
registered dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
NOTICE OF
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH:
Up to
200,000 Shares of each Class A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 common stock of
Piedmont
Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”)
at a
price of $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share, respectively
by:
MPF REIT
Fund 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Premier Fund 4, LLC; MPF Flagship Fund 12, LLC; MPF
DeWaay Fund 5, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 7, LLC; MP Value Fund 7, LLC; MPF Badger
Acquisition Co., LLC; MPF Blue Ridge 1, LLC; MPF DeWaay Fund 8, LLC; MPF DeWaay
Premier Fund 2, LLC; MPF ePlanning Opportunity Fund, LP; MPF Senior Note Program
II, LP; Moraga Gold, LLC; Steven Gold; Lapis Opportunities Funds I and II, LP;
SCM Special Fund 2, LP; and MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (collectively the
“Purchasers”)
The
Purchasers are offering to purchase for cash up to 200,000 shares each of Class
A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 common stock (“Shares”) of the Company, at a price of $17,
$14, $13, and $12 per Share, respectively, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Purchasers’ Offer to Purchase and in the related
Assignment Form for the offer (which together constitute the “Offer” and the
“Tender Offer Documents”).
THE
OFFERS AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., PACIFIC TIME, ON JUNE 1,
2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. Funding for the purchase of the
Shares will be provided through the Purchasers’ existing working capital and
binding capital commitments. The Offer is not made for
the purpose of acquiring or influencing control of the business of the
issuer. The Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time on June 1,
2010, unless and until Purchasers, in their sole discretion, shall have extended
the period of time for which the Offer is open (such date and time, as extended
the “Expiration Date”). The Purchasers will not provide a subsequent
offering period following the Expiration Date. If Purchasers make a
material change in the terms of the Offer, or if they waive a material condition
to the Offer, Purchasers will extend the Offer and disseminate additional tender
offer materials to the extent required by Rules 14d-4(c) and 14d-6(d) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The
minimum period during which the Offer must remain open following any material
change in the terms of the Offer, other than a change in price or a change in
percentage of securities sought or a change in any dealer’s soliciting fee, will
depend upon the facts and circumstances including the materiality of the change
with respect to a change in price or, subject to certain limitations, a change
in the percentage of securities ought or a change in any dealer’s soliciting
fee. A minimum of ten business days from the date of such change is
generally required to allow for adequate dissemination to
Shareholders. Accordingly, if prior to the Expiration Date,
Purchasers increase (other than increases of not more than two percent of the
outstanding Shares) or decrease the number of Shares being sought, or increase
or decrease the consideration offered pursuant to the Offer, and if the Offer is
scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the period ending on the tenth
business day from the date that notice of such increase or decrease is first
published, sent or given to Shareholders, the Offer will be extended at least
until the expiration of such ten business days. For purposes of the
Offer, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal
holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through midnight,
Pacific Time. In all cases payment for the Shares purchased pursuant
to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt of the Assignment Form (or
facsimiles thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required
signature guarantees, and any other documents required by such Assignment
Form.
Tenders
of Shares made pursuant to the Offer is irrevocable, except that Shareholders
who tender their Shares in response to the Offer will have the right to withdraw
their tendered Shares at any time prior to the Expiration Date by sending to
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP a written or facsimile transmission notice of
withdrawal identifying the name of the person who tendered Shares to be
withdrawn, signed by the same persons and in the same manner as the Assignment
Form tendering the Shares to be withdrawn. In addition, tendered
Shares may be withdrawn at any time on or after June 14, 2010, unless the tender
has theretofore been accepted for payment as provided above. If
tendering Shareholders tender more than the number of Shares that Purchasers
seek to purchase pursuant to the Offer for those Shares, Purchasers will take
into account the number of Shares so tendered and take up and pay for as nearly
as may be pro rata, disregarding fractions, according to the number of Shares
tendered by each tendering Share holder during the period during which that
Offer remains open. The terms of the Offer are more fully set forth
in the formal Tender Offer Documents which are available from Purchasers at the
Purchasers’ expense. The Offer contains terms and conditions and the
information required by Rule 14d-6(d)(1) under the Exchange Act which are
incorporated herein by reference. The Tender Offer Documents contain
important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made
with respect to the Offer.
A request
has been made to the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-5 under the Exchange Act for
the use of its list of Shareholders for the purpose of disseminating the Offer
to Shareholders. Thus, the Tender Offer Documents will be mailed at
the Purchasers’ expense to record holders of Shares, brokers, banks and similar
persons whose names (or whose nominee) appears on the list of securities
holders, or persons who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s
security position listing, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of
Shares. For Copies of the Tender Offer Documents, Call Purchasers at
1-800-854-8357, Make a Written Request Addressed to 1640 School Street, Moraga,
California 94556, email to offers@mpfi.com, or visit our website at www.mpfi.com
(click on MPF Tenders).
piedmontpressrelease.htm
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP announces a tender offer for Piedmont Office Realty Trust,
Inc. (NYSE:PDM)
Moraga,
Calif. (Market Wire)—April 15, 2010-- Certain Purchasers affiliated with
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (which are identified in the tender offer) have
announced a tender offer for Class A and Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 Shares (the
“Shares”) of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PDM). The
Purchasers are offering to purchase up to 200,000 Shares each of Class A, Class
B-1, Class B-2, and Class B-3 for $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share,
respectively.
Shareholders
should read the Offer to Purchase and the related materials carefully because
they contain important information. Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the
Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase, the Letter to
Shareholders, the Assignment Form, and other documents that the company has
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at the commission’s
website at www.sec.gov. Shareholders also may obtain a copy of these
documents, without charge, from our website at www.mpfi.com (click on MPF
Tenders), or by calling toll free at 800-854-8357. If you wish to tender
your Shares, and your Shares are held in your brokerage account, you need to
instruct your broker to tender your Shares.
Contact:
Christine Simpson, 800-854-8357 x. 1024
MacKenzie
Patterson Fuller, LP
1640
School Street, Suite 100
Moraga,
California 94556