Form DEFA14A - Additional definitive proxy soliciting materials and Rule 14(a)(12) material
September 23 2024 - 3:07PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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SCHEDULE 14A |
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. ) |
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Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ¨ |
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Preliminary Proxy Statement |
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Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
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Definitive Proxy Statement |
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Definitive Additional Materials |
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Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12 |
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Tellurian Inc. |
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) |
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Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |
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Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |
As
previously announced, on July 21, 2024, Tellurian Inc. (“Tellurian” or the “Company”) entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Woodside Energy Holdings (NA) LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Parent”), and Woodside Energy (Transitory) Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”).
The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with
and into Tellurian (the “Merger”), with Tellurian continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent.
In
connection with the Merger, Tellurian filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 27, 2024. As is common in transactions of this type, several lawsuits
have been threatened by purported stockholders challenging the completeness and accuracy of the disclosures in the Proxy Statement and
one lawsuit, Ann Wilcoxon v. Tellurian, Inc., et al., No. 1:24-cv-06542 (S.D.N.Y.), has been filed in federal court.
The
supplemental disclosures contained below should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement, which is available on the website maintained
by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, along with periodic reports and other information Tellurian files with the SEC. To the extent that the
information set forth herein differs from or updates information contained in the Proxy Statement, the information set forth herein shall
supersede or supplement the information in the Proxy Statement. All page references are to pages in the Proxy Statement, and
terms used below, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings set forth in the Proxy Statement.
Tellurian
and Woodside believe that the claims made in the lawsuits referenced above are without merit and no supplemental disclosures are required
under applicable law. However, to eliminate the burden, expense, and uncertainties inherent in such litigation, and without admitting
any liability or wrongdoing, Tellurian is voluntarily making certain supplemental disclosures to the Proxy Statement, set forth below.
Nothing in these supplemental disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable law of any
of the disclosures set forth herein. Tellurian and Woodside specifically deny all allegations in the relevant complaints, including that
any additional disclosure was or is required.
Supplemental Proxy
Statement Disclosures
The following disclosure is added at the end of the first paragraph
on page 29
None of these agreements contained a “don’t ask, don’t
waive” provision that would prevent the counterparty from making a proposal to acquire Tellurian.
The following disclosure is added at the end of the first paragraph
on page 30
Neither this proposal, nor the subsequent written proposals sent by
Woodside to Tellurian on June 21 and June 28, 2024 and discussed below, included any indication that members of Tellurian management
would be retained following an acquisition.
The following disclosure is added immediately following the fifth
sentence in the first full paragraph on page 42
This weighted average cost of capital of 18.84% is equal to the after-tax
cost of debt multiplied by the debt to capitalization ratio (6.6%) plus the cost of equity (19.14%) multiplied by the equity to capitalization
ratio. For purposes of the weighted average cost of capital calculation, Lazard determined Tellurian’s cost of equity to be 19.14%,
with such cost of equity being equal to the risk-free rate of return of 4.20% (with the risk-free rate being the 10-year U.S. treasury
bond yield as of July 11, 2024) plus the levered beta multiplied by the equity risk premium (7.17%).
The following disclosure is added at the end of the section entitled
“Other Analyses and Reviews—Analyst Price Targets” on page 42
The three investment banks are Stifel, Morgan Stanley and Roth Capital.
The following disclosure is added at the end of the third full
paragraph on page 43
During the two-year period prior to the rendering of its opinion, Lazard
was not engaged to act as investment banker to Woodside.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Tellurian, the members
of Tellurian’s board of directors and certain of Tellurian’s executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies
from stockholders in connection with the Merger. Tellurian filed the Proxy Statement with the SEC on August 27, 2024. Information
regarding such participants, including their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is included in the Proxy
Statement. To the extent that holdings of Tellurian’s securities by its directors and executive officers have changed since the
amounts set forth in the Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4
filed with the SEC.
On or about September 3,
2024, 2024, Tellurian mailed the definitive Proxy Statement to each stockholder entitled to vote at the special meeting to consider the
adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 21, 2024, by and among Woodside Energy Holdings (NA) LLC, Tellurian,
and Woodside Energy (Transitory) Inc. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO)
AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT TELLURIAN HAS FILED OR WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR
WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders may obtain, free of charge, the Proxy Statement, any amendments or supplements thereto,
and any other relevant documents filed by Tellurian with the SEC in connection with the Merger at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov).
Copies of Tellurian’s definitive Proxy Statement, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any other relevant documents filed
by Tellurian with the SEC in connection with the Merger will also be available, free of charge, at Tellurian’s investor relations
website (https://tellurianinc.com).
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