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Altria Files 8-K

Here is the new closing information on the Alria (MO) & UST (UST) deal.

SECTION 1. Amendment to the Merger Agreement.

(i) Section 1.2 (Closing) of the Merger Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing between the Company and Parent, the closing for the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Hunton & Williams LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than the third (3rd) business day) following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions), provided that (a) if any required pre-approval of any authority regulating the wine Business Unit has not been obtained at the time all conditions set forth in Article VII have been waived or fulfilled (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), then Parent by written notice to the Company may extend, from time to time, the Closing up to a date not beyond the four (4) month anniversary of the date of this Agreement), and (b) at its sole discretion, Parent by written notice to the Company may extend, from time to time, the Closing up to a date no later than January 7, 2009 (the “Closing Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in the City of New York.”

FULL FILING


Disclosure (“none” means no position):Long MO
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