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[SC TO-C] Data Storage Corporation Warrant Tender Offer Communication

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SC TO-C

Data Storage Corporation has filed a preliminary Schedule TO-C communication announcing a planned repurchase program tied to a proposed divestiture of its cloud solutions business. The definitive proxy for the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting on September 10, 2025 contains a shareholder proposal to approve the Divestiture; the Board has stated that if the Divestiture is approved the Company will, following closing, make a tender offer to repurchase up to 85% of the outstanding common stock using 85% of the Company’s cash on hand on the date the offer is commenced, inclusive of net sale proceeds from the Divestiture. The Offer has not commenced and will be the subject of a Schedule TO filing when launched. Tender offer materials will be made available free via the SEC and the Company website.

Data Storage Corporation ha presentato una comunicazione preliminare Schedule TO-C che annuncia un piano di riacquisto collegato a una proposta di dismissione della sua attività di soluzioni cloud. Il proxy definitivo per l'Assemblea annuale 2025 della Società, fissata il 10 settembre 2025, contiene una proposta degli azionisti per approvare la dismissione; il Consiglio ha dichiarato che se la dismissione sarà approvata la Società, dopo la chiusura, lancerà un'offerta pubblica di acquisto per riacquistare fino all'85% delle azioni ordinarie in circolazione utilizzando il 85% della liquidità disponibile alla data di inizio dell'offerta, inclusi i proventi netti della vendita. L'Offerta non è ancora iniziata e sarà oggetto di un deposito Schedule TO quando sarà avviata. I materiali relativi all'offerta saranno messi a disposizione gratuitamente tramite la SEC e il sito web della Società.

Data Storage Corporation ha presentado una comunicación preliminar Schedule TO-C anunciando un programa de recompra previsto vinculado a una propuesta de desinversión de su negocio de soluciones en la nube. El folleto definitivo para la Junta Anual 2025 de la Compañía, programada para el 10 de septiembre de 2025, incluye una propuesta de los accionistas para aprobar la desinversión; la Junta ha declarado que si se aprueba la desinversión la Compañía, tras el cierre, llevará a cabo una oferta pública de adquisición para recomprar hasta el 85% de las acciones ordinarias en circulación utilizando el 85% del efectivo disponible de la Compañía en la fecha de inicio de la oferta, incluidos los ingresos netos de la venta. La Oferta no ha comenzado y será objeto de una presentación Schedule TO cuando se lance. Los materiales de la oferta estarán disponibles de forma gratuita a través de la SEC y del sitio web de la Compañía.

Data Storage Corporation은 클라우드 솔루션 사업의 예정된 매각과 관련된 주식 재매입 계획을 알리는 예비 Schedule TO-C 서류를 제출했습니다. 회사의 2025 연례주주총회가 2025년 9월 10일로 예정되어 있으며, 확정 위임장에는 매각을 승인하는 주주 제안이 포함되어 있습니다; 이사회는 매각이 승인될 경우 회사가 종결 후 매수청약(tender offer)을 통해 발행 보통주 중 최대 85%를 재매입하되, 청약 개시일 기준 회사 보유 현금의 85%를 사용하고 매각 순수익을 포함할 것이라고 밝혔습니다. 해당 오퍼는 아직 개시되지 않았으며, 개시 시 Schedule TO 제출 대상이 될 것입니다. 청약 관련 서류는 SEC와 회사 웹사이트를 통해 무료로 제공될 예정입니다.

Data Storage Corporation a déposé une communication préliminaire Schedule TO-C annonçant un programme de rachat prévu lié à la cession proposée de son activité de solutions cloud. La convocation définitive pour l'assemblée générale annuelle 2025 de la Société, prévue le 10 septembre 2025, contient une proposition d'actionnaires visant à approuver la cession ; le Conseil a indiqué que si la cession est approuvée, la Société, après la clôture, lancera une offre publique d'achat pour racheter jusqu'à 85 % des actions ordinaires en circulation en utilisant 85 % des liquidités disponibles

Data Storage Corporation hat eine vorläufige Schedule TO-C-Mitteilung eingereicht, in der ein geplanter Rückkaufplan im Zusammenhang mit der vorgeschlagenen Veräußerung ihres Cloud‑Solutions-Geschäfts angekündigt wird. Der endgültige Proxy für die Hauptversammlung 2025 des Unternehmens am 10. September 2025 enthält einen Aktionärsantrag zur Genehmigung der Veräußerung; der Vorstand hat erklärt, dass falls die Veräußerung genehmigt wird das Unternehmen nach dem Abschluss ein Übernahmeangebot durchführen wird, um bis zu 85% der ausstehenden Stammaktien zurückzukaufen und dabei 85% der liquiden Mittel des Unternehmens zum Zeitpunkt des Angebotsbeginns zu verwenden, einschließlich der Nettoerlöse aus der Veräußerung. Das Angebot wurde noch nicht gestartet und wird bei Einleitung Gegenstand einer Schedule TO-Einreichung sein. Die Angebotsunterlagen werden kostenlos über die SEC und die Website des Unternehmens erhältlich sein.

Positive
  • Board has a clear plan linking the Divestiture to a defined capital-return program
  • Potentially large return of capital: repurchase of up to 85% of outstanding common stock
  • Funding defined: repurchases would use 85% of cash on hand inclusive of net sale proceeds
  • Tender materials will be freely available via the SEC and the Company investor site
Negative
  • Offer has not commenced and is conditional on shareholder approval of the Divestiture
  • Repurchase is contingent on completion of the Divestiture and the availability of cash on the commencement date
  • Definitive tender documents and Schedule TO are not yet filed, so timing and final terms are unknown

Insights

TL;DR: The board seeks shareholder approval to divest and return substantial capital via a conditional tender offer, pending approval and closing.

The filing is a preliminary communication that ties a major capital-return program directly to a corporate divestiture. Material facts are clear: shareholder approval of the Divestiture at the September 10, 2025 meeting is a gating condition, and the repurchase would target up to 85% of outstanding shares funded by 85% of cash on hand including net sale proceeds. For governance purposes this is significant because it transfers a major decision point to shareholders and sets the framework for a substantial change in capital structure. Impact rating reflects conditionality, not execution.

TL;DR: A divestiture-linked tender offer is planned that, if executed, would return most cash to shareholders and materially alter equity outstanding.

The document describes a two-step transaction: (1) a proposed sale of the cloud solutions business presented for shareholder approval, and (2) a post-closing tender offer to repurchase up to 85% of shares using 85% of cash on hand, inclusive of net sale proceeds. The filing is explicit that the Offer has not commenced and that formal tender materials and a Schedule TO will follow. From a transaction perspective the structure is straightforward but conditional; materiality is high if completed, but timing and execution remain uncertain.

Data Storage Corporation ha presentato una comunicazione preliminare Schedule TO-C che annuncia un piano di riacquisto collegato a una proposta di dismissione della sua attività di soluzioni cloud. Il proxy definitivo per l'Assemblea annuale 2025 della Società, fissata il 10 settembre 2025, contiene una proposta degli azionisti per approvare la dismissione; il Consiglio ha dichiarato che se la dismissione sarà approvata la Società, dopo la chiusura, lancerà un'offerta pubblica di acquisto per riacquistare fino all'85% delle azioni ordinarie in circolazione utilizzando il 85% della liquidità disponibile alla data di inizio dell'offerta, inclusi i proventi netti della vendita. L'Offerta non è ancora iniziata e sarà oggetto di un deposito Schedule TO quando sarà avviata. I materiali relativi all'offerta saranno messi a disposizione gratuitamente tramite la SEC e il sito web della Società.

Data Storage Corporation ha presentado una comunicación preliminar Schedule TO-C anunciando un programa de recompra previsto vinculado a una propuesta de desinversión de su negocio de soluciones en la nube. El folleto definitivo para la Junta Anual 2025 de la Compañía, programada para el 10 de septiembre de 2025, incluye una propuesta de los accionistas para aprobar la desinversión; la Junta ha declarado que si se aprueba la desinversión la Compañía, tras el cierre, llevará a cabo una oferta pública de adquisición para recomprar hasta el 85% de las acciones ordinarias en circulación utilizando el 85% del efectivo disponible de la Compañía en la fecha de inicio de la oferta, incluidos los ingresos netos de la venta. La Oferta no ha comenzado y será objeto de una presentación Schedule TO cuando se lance. Los materiales de la oferta estarán disponibles de forma gratuita a través de la SEC y del sitio web de la Compañía.

Data Storage Corporation은 클라우드 솔루션 사업의 예정된 매각과 관련된 주식 재매입 계획을 알리는 예비 Schedule TO-C 서류를 제출했습니다. 회사의 2025 연례주주총회가 2025년 9월 10일로 예정되어 있으며, 확정 위임장에는 매각을 승인하는 주주 제안이 포함되어 있습니다; 이사회는 매각이 승인될 경우 회사가 종결 후 매수청약(tender offer)을 통해 발행 보통주 중 최대 85%를 재매입하되, 청약 개시일 기준 회사 보유 현금의 85%를 사용하고 매각 순수익을 포함할 것이라고 밝혔습니다. 해당 오퍼는 아직 개시되지 않았으며, 개시 시 Schedule TO 제출 대상이 될 것입니다. 청약 관련 서류는 SEC와 회사 웹사이트를 통해 무료로 제공될 예정입니다.

Data Storage Corporation a déposé une communication préliminaire Schedule TO-C annonçant un programme de rachat prévu lié à la cession proposée de son activité de solutions cloud. La convocation définitive pour l'assemblée générale annuelle 2025 de la Société, prévue le 10 septembre 2025, contient une proposition d'actionnaires visant à approuver la cession ; le Conseil a indiqué que si la cession est approuvée, la Société, après la clôture, lancera une offre publique d'achat pour racheter jusqu'à 85 % des actions ordinaires en circulation en utilisant 85 % des liquidités disponibles

Data Storage Corporation hat eine vorläufige Schedule TO-C-Mitteilung eingereicht, in der ein geplanter Rückkaufplan im Zusammenhang mit der vorgeschlagenen Veräußerung ihres Cloud‑Solutions-Geschäfts angekündigt wird. Der endgültige Proxy für die Hauptversammlung 2025 des Unternehmens am 10. September 2025 enthält einen Aktionärsantrag zur Genehmigung der Veräußerung; der Vorstand hat erklärt, dass falls die Veräußerung genehmigt wird das Unternehmen nach dem Abschluss ein Übernahmeangebot durchführen wird, um bis zu 85% der ausstehenden Stammaktien zurückzukaufen und dabei 85% der liquiden Mittel des Unternehmens zum Zeitpunkt des Angebotsbeginns zu verwenden, einschließlich der Nettoerlöse aus der Veräußerung. Das Angebot wurde noch nicht gestartet und wird bei Einleitung Gegenstand einer Schedule TO-Einreichung sein. Die Angebotsunterlagen werden kostenlos über die SEC und die Website des Unternehmens erhältlich sein.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE TO

 

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. )

 

Data Storage Corporation

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (as Offeror))

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

23786 R 201

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Charles M. Piluso

Chief Executive Officer

Data Storage Corporation

225 Broadhollow Road, Suite 307

Melville, New York 11747

(212) 564-4922

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

Copy to:

Kathleen A. Cunningham

Blank Rome LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

(212) 885-5175

 

Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

☐ Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

☒ Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

☐ Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

☐ Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

☐ Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

☐ Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 

 

This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer (the “Offer”) by Data Storage Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), to repurchase from the Company’s shareholders up to 85% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”).

 

Attached is the definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on September 10, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”) which contains a proposal to approve the divestiture (the “Divestiture”) of the Company’s cloud solutions business. As discussed in the Proxy Statement, the Company’s Board has determined that, if the Divestiture is approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Company will make a tender offer following the completion of the Divestiture. The tender offer anticipates that the Company would repurchase from the Company’s shareholders up to 85% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock using 85% of the Company’s cash on hand on the date the tender offer is commenced, inclusive of the net sale proceeds received in connection with the closing of the Divestiture.

 

The Proxy Statement filed herewith is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The Offer for the shares of Common Stock described in this filing has not commenced. At the time the Offer is commenced, the Company will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS) WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. HOLDERS OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE (AS EACH MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME) BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR SHARES.

 

The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other tender offer documents will be made available to all holders of shares of the Company’s Common Stock at no expense to them. The tender offer materials will be made available for free at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by accessing the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.dtst.com.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Document
   
99.1   Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2025).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: August 8, 2025

 

  DATA STORAGE CORPORATION
  By: /s/ Charles M. Piluso
  Name: Charles M. Piluso
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

FAQ

What is Data Storage Corporation (DTSTW) proposing in this filing?

The filing discloses a planned divestiture of the Company’s cloud solutions business and, if shareholders approve the Divestiture, a post-closing tender offer to repurchase up to 85% of outstanding common stock using 85% of cash on hand inclusive of net sale proceeds.

When will shareholders vote on the Divestiture?

The definitive proxy relates to the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting scheduled for September 10, 2025.

Has the tender offer begun?

No. The filing states the Offer has not commenced; the Company will file a Schedule TO when the tender offer is launched.

Where can I obtain the tender offer documents when available?

Tender offer materials will be available free on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) and via the Company’s Investor Relations site at www.dtst.com.

Who is the Company contact for this filing?

The filing lists Charles M. Piluso, Chief Executive Officer, with phone (212) 564-4922, and counsel Kathleen A. Cunningham at Blank Rome LLP with phone (212) 885-5175.
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