SRDX CEO’s shares and options cashed out at $43 per share
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Surmodics Inc. (SRDX) completed a cash merger in which all outstanding common shares were converted into the right to receive $43.00 per share in cash, without interest and subject to tax withholding. For President & CEO and director Gary R. Maharaj, the filing shows that his remaining 192,056 shares of common stock were disposed of in connection with the merger, leaving him with no beneficial ownership of Surmodics common stock.
The filing also details that multiple employee stock options held by Maharaj, covering tens of thousands of shares each at exercise prices between $33.64 and $56.63, were cancelled and converted into cash. Each option is being settled for cash equal to the number of shares subject to the option multiplied by the excess of the $43.00 merger consideration over the option’s exercise price, subject to tax withholdings.
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Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposition | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 45,073 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 62,674 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Employee Stock Options (right to buy) | 74,515 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 73,349 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 84,669 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | 89,127 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Common Stock | 192,056 | $0.00 | -- |
Footnotes (1)
- Pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2024, by and among the Surmodics, Inc. (the "Issuer"), BCE Parent, LLC, ("Parent"), and BCE Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger"), with Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each share of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.05 per share ("Common Stock"), that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $43.00 per share in cash, without interest and subject to any applicable tax withholdings (the "Merger Consideration"). All outstanding restricted stock units ("RSUs") held by the reporting person vested immediately prior to the Effective Time and the reporting person is entitled to receive the Merger Consideration for such vested RSUs. As a result of the Merger, the reporting person no longer beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, this unexercised stock option ("Option") was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the product of (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (b) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over such Option's applicable per share exercise price, subject to any required tax withholdings.