Sedgwick CMS and Fidelity National Financial Announce Completion of CompManagement Acquisition
September 13 2006 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS Holdings), parent company
of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS), has
successfully concluded its previously announced agreement to
acquire CompManagement, Inc. (CMI) and its affiliated companies.
Today's closing took the form of a merger between a special purpose
subsidiary of Sedgwick CMS Holdings and Security Capital
Corporation (SCC), parent company of CMI. The final purchase price
was $191.5 million. Proceeds of $16.46 per share of SCC Common
Stock and Class A Common Stock will be distributed in accordance
with the merger agreement to the former shareholders of SCC, which
will be de-listed from the American Stock Exchange (AMEX:SCC) in
connection with the closing. This announcement comes jointly from
Sedgwick CMS and from Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:
FNF), a principal equity holder of Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.
along with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Evercore Capital
Partners. As the holder of all of the outstanding shares of SCC,
Sedgwick CMS Holdings is now the parent and sole shareholder of the
CMI group of companies including CompManagement, Inc.,
CompManagement Health Systems, Inc., Octagon Risk Services, Inc.,
Caronia Corporation, CMI Octagon, Inc., and CMI Barron Risk
Management Services, Inc. The CMI companies provide a variety of
third- party claims administration (TPA) and related medical
management and consulting services to clients nationwide. "It is my
privilege to officially welcome the clients and colleagues of the
CMI family of companies to Sedgwick CMS," said Sedgwick CMS
President and CEO David A. North. "We now look forward to
fulfilling the potential of these new relationships through the
enhancement of our service offerings, the leveraging of best
practices wherever found, and the effective integration of support
resources. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is the leading
North American provider of innovative claims and productivity
management solutions. Sedgwick CMS and its affiliated companies
deliver cost-effective claims administration, managed care, program
management, risk consulting and related services to clients through
the expertise of 6,000 colleagues in more than a hundred offices in
the U.S. and Canada. The company specializes in workers'
compensation; disability, FMLA and other employee absence; and
general, automobile and professional liability claims services.
Sedgwick CMS and its affiliates design and implement customized
programs based on proven practices that meet client needs. For more
see http://www.sedgwickcms.com/. Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
(NYSE:FNF), number 248 on the Fortune 500, is a provider of
outsourced products and services to a variety of industries.
Through its majority-owned, publicly traded subsidiary, Fidelity
National Title Group, Inc. (NYSE:FNT), FNF is one of the nation's
largest title insurance companies, with nearly 29 percent national
market share. Through its majority-owned, publicly traded
subsidiary, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
(NYSE:FIS), FNF provides an industry leading suite of data
processing, payment and risk management services to financial
institutions and retailers. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
FNF is also a leading provider of specialty insurance products,
including flood insurance, homeowners insurance and home warranty
insurance. Through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick Claims
Management Services, Inc., FNF is a leading provider of outsourced
insurance claims management services to large corporate and public
sector entities. More information about the FNF family of companies
can be found at http://www.fnf.com/, http://www.fntg.com/,
http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ and
http://www.sedgwickcms.com/. This press release contains
forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including
statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's
beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently
available to, management. Because such statements are based on
expectations as to future economic performance and are not
statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those
projected. FNF undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which
forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not
limited to: changes in general economic, business and political
conditions, including changes in the financial markets; FNF's
potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates,
acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be
limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in
integrating acquisitions; FNF's dependence on operating
subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant competition that
our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive
government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; the
possibility that the merger with the CMI companies will not be
successful in achieving the goals targeted; and other risks
detailed in the "Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,"
"Risk Factors" and other sections of FNF's Form 10-K and other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE:
Sedgwick Claims Management Services; Fidelity National Financial
CONTACT: Frank J. Huffman, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Communications of Sedgwick CMS, +1-901-415-7548, or ; or Daniel
Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor
Relations of FNF, +1-904-854-8120, or Web site:
http://www.sedgwickcms.com/ http://www.fnf.com/
http://www.fntg.com/ http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/
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