UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 3,
2010 (February 3, 2010)
CRANE CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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13-1952290 |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| 100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT
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06902 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 363-7300
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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SECTION 2 — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On February 3, 2010, Crane Co., a Delaware corporation (“Crane”), completed its
acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Shares”), of Merrimac Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merrimac”), in
accordance with the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”), dated as of December 23, 2009, by and among Crane, Merrimac and Crane Merger Co.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”) and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Crane.
Crane’s acquisition of the Shares was structured as a two-step transaction, consisting of a
tender offer by the Purchaser for the Shares at a price of $16.00 per Share (the “Offer
Price”), without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding or stock transfer taxes,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated January 5,
2010, and in the related Letter of Transmittal, each as amended and supplemented from time to time,
filed by Crane and the Purchaser with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2010
(the “Offer”), followed by the merger of the Purchaser with and into Merrimac, with
Merrimac surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Crane (the “Merger”).
The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Based
upon information provided by Mellon Investor Services LLC, the depositary for the Offer,
approximately 2,773,480 Shares were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the expiration
of the Offer, representing approximately 92.5% of the Shares outstanding as of February 2, 2010.
The depositary also informed Crane that it received commitments to
tender 23,162 additional Shares
under the guaranteed delivery procedures for the Offer. On February 3, 2010, the Purchaser accepted
for payment all validly tendered and not properly withdrawn Shares (including Shares tendered to
the depositary pursuant to the Offer’s guaranteed delivery procedures) and will promptly make
payment for such Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offer and applicable
law. On February 3, 2010, Crane issued a press release announcing the successful completion of the
Offer, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Following the Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of all validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn Shares on February 3, 2010, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser
merged with and into Merrimac in accordance with the provisions of Delaware law that authorize the
completion of the Merger as a “short form” merger without a vote or meeting of the stockholders of
Merrimac.
In the Merger, each Share not purchased in the Offer (other than Shares held in treasury or
reserved for issuance by Merrimac and Shares held by Crane or the Purchaser or direct or indirect
subsidiaries of Crane or Merrimac, all of which were cancelled and extinguished, and Shares held by
stockholders who validly exercise their appraisal rights under Delaware law) was converted into the
right to receive in cash the Offer Price, without interest thereon and less applicable withholding
or stock transfer taxes. Following the Merger, Merrimac became a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of
Crane. On February 3, 2010, Crane issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger, a
copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing summary description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is
referenced as Exhibit 2.1 hereto, and incorporated herein by reference.
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