Exhibit (c)(6) Special Committee Discussion Materials Project Venus March 20, 2017

 


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Key Takeaways Premiums in precedent cash/stock control transactions have typically been in the range of ~20-40%; however, limited comparability of dataset At the Special Committee’s request, Advisors have reviewed public company transactions in which either the target shareholders retained a small stake in the pro forma company or in which the control acquiror was a minority shareholder in the target Limited number of transactions with a truly comparable structure to that of the potential transaction between Hero and Queen (i.e., 100% stock transaction where the acquiror owns a significant stake in target prior to the transaction and the target retains a ~10-20% stake in the pro forma company) — No identified comparable minority shareholder control, all-stock transactions identified in the U.S. over past ten years >45% Stock Control Transactions: >45% of the consideration was acquiror stock and pro forma for the transaction the target shareholders owned <30% of acquiror (26 transactions)(1) — Premia have typically been in the range of ~20% - 45% (25th-75th percentile) over the past ten years, with median of 33% (lower premia on the all-stock deals) — Lower pro forma ownership associated with higher premium (R-squared of ~39%), consistent with notion that a higher premium compensates the seller for lower synergy capture and control Minority Shareholder Control Transactions: the acquiror owned <50% of the target prior to the transaction and >65% of the target post-transaction (12 transactions)(2) — Premia have typically been in the range of ~17% - 38% (25th-75th percentile) over the past ten years, with a median of 25% — Most of dataset consists of cash deals; limited number of transactions in U.S. over past ten years Source: Public filings and press reports, ThomsonOne and Factset. Note: (1) Dollars in billions. Includes announced and completed transactions over $500mm since 2007 with a U.S. target in which acquiror stock represented at least 45% of the consideration and the target shareholders owned <30% of the pro forma company. Excludes real estate, financial and energy transactions. Includes announced and completed transactions over $500mm since 2007 with targets and acquirors located in North America and Europe where the acquiror had a stake < 50% prior to the transaction and a stake >65% post transaction. Excludes real estate, financials, and energy deals. 3 (2)

 


Premia in >45% Stock Control Transactions Select transactions in U.S. over past 10 years in which consideration was >45% acquiror stock and pro forma for the transaction target shareholders owned <30% of acquiror(1) Date Announced 1-Day Premium % Equity Consideration PF Target Ownership Target Acquiror TEV 6/4/15 Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc OPKO Health Inc 1.3 60% 100% 14% 2/20/14 Emeritus Corp Brookdale Senior Living Inc 5.4 32% 100% 27% 4/14/08 Northwest Airlines Corp Delta Air Lines Inc 7.0 17% 100% 31% 9/24/07 Metal Management Inc Sims Group Ltd 1.6 18% 100% 30% 3/18/07 InfraSource Services Inc Quanta Services Inc 1.3 17% 100% 25% 11/21/16 Applied Micro Circuits Corp MACOM Technology Solutions Hol $0.8 15% 61% 16% 4/4/16 Ruckus Wireless Inc Brocade Commun Sys Inc 1.5 44% 55% 15% 6/16/14 tw telecom inc Level 3 Communications Inc 7.6 22% 75% 29% Acquiror Significant 10/16/12 Cymer Inc ASML Holding NV 2.3 71% 76% 8% Shareholder 9/27/10 AirTran Holdings Inc Southwest Airlines Co 1.5 69% 51% 6% 4/19/09 PepsiAmericas PepsiCo 6.0 43% 50% 1% 43% 1/8/09 Thinkorswim Group Inc TD Ameritrade Holding Corp 0.6 54% 62% 4% 3/31/08 CSK Auto Inc O'Reilly Automotive 1.2 29% 92% 14% Source: Public filings and press reports, ThomsonOne and Factset. Note:Dollars in billions. 4 (1) Includes announced and completed transactions over $500mm since 2007 with a U.S. target in which acquiror stock represented at least 45% of the consideration and the target shareholders owned <30% of the pro forma company. Excludes real estate, financial and energy transactions. 25th Percentile20%61%8% Median33%75%14% 75th Percentile45%100%25% Total 11/18/07Pharmion CorpCelgene Corp3.046%65%6% 25th Percentile22%51%6% Median37%63%12% 75th Percentile45%74%15% 3/31/08Ansoft CorpANSYS Inc0.839%50%12% 4/19/09The Pepsi Bottling GroupPepsiCo14.445%50%3% 33% 10/21/09Switch & Data Facilities CoEquinix Inc0.934%80%12% 4/27/11Synthes IncJohnson & Johnson19.322%65%8% 5/18/14DirecTV IncAT&T Inc67.130%70%15% 11/4/15HomeAway IncExpedia Inc3.920%74%14% 10/21/16Reynolds AmericanBritish American Tobacco97.420%48%19% 42% Mixed Consideration Transactions 25th Percentile18%16% Median32%25% 75th Percentile37%27% 9/17/07McLeodUSA IncPAETEC Holding Corp1.311%100%25% 12/13/07AMIS Holdings IncON Semiconductor Corp1.138%100%26% 5/20/13Warner Chilcott PLCActavis Inc8.534%100%23% 3/9/15RTI International MetalsAlcoa1.550%100%7% All Stock Transactions 7/5/16Thompson Creek Metals Co IncCenterra Gold Inc$1.132%100%8%

 


Premia in >45% Stock Control Transactions – Regression Select transactions in U.S. over past 10 years in which consideration was >45% acquiror stock and pro forma for the transaction target shareholders owned <30% of acquiror(1) Lower Pro Forma Ownership of Target Correlated with Higher Premium 80% n 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Pro Forma Target Ownership Source: Public filings and press reports, ThomsonOne and Factset. Note:Dollars in billions. 5 (1) Includes announced and completed transactions over $500mm since 2007 with a U.S. target in which acquiror stock represented at least 45% of the consideration and the target shareholders owned <30% of the pro forma company. Excludes real estate, financial and energy transactions. 1-Day Premium All-StockMixed Consideratio TransactionsTransactions R² = 0.39

 


Premia in Minority Shareholder Control Transactions Select transactions in U.S., Canada and Europe over past 10 years in which acquiror owned <50% stake prior to transaction and >65% post transaction(1) Date 1-Day Acq. % Ownership % Equity PF Target Ownersh(.2) Ann. Target Acquiror TEV Premium Prior PF Consid. Non-US 12/9/2016 Sky plc Twenty-First Century Fox 31.7 36% 39% 100% 0% 0% Non-US 9/5/2016 Haldex AB Knorr-Bremse Aktiengesellschaft 0.6 19% 15% 100% 0% 0% Non-US Non-US 3/4/2016 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Control Empresarial de Capitales 7.9 12% 37% 100% 0% 0% Non-US Non-US (3) 75% 7/23/2014 Bell Aliant BCE 7.2 10% 44% 100% 7% Non-US 5/29/2012 Schuler AG Andritz Beteiligungsgesellschaft IV 0.5 29% 15% 90% 0% 0% Non-US 4/19/2009 PepsiAmericas PepsiCo 6.0 43% 43% 100% 50% 1% (3) 4/19/2009 The Pepsi Bottling Group PepsiCo 14.4 45% 33% 100% 50% 3% Source: Public filings and press reports, ThomsonOne and Factset. Note: (1) Dollars in billions. Includes announced and completed transactions over $500mm since 2007 with targets and acquirors located in North America and Europe where the acquiror had a stake < 50% prior to the transaction and a stake >65% post transaction. Excludes real estate, financials, and energy deals. Only includes pro forma target ownership in acquiror equity, not target stake retained. Investors had cash/stock election for proceeds, but consideration pro-rated such that total consideration was a fixed equity/cash percentage. 6 (2) (3) 25th Percentile17%26% Median25%36% 75th Percentile38%40% (3) 6/3/2013Dole Food CompanyInvestor Group1.532%38%100%0%0% 10/17/2014 Havas SABollore3.222%36%83%100%~10% 5/18/2016KUKA AktiengesellschaftMecca International4.960%10%100%0%0% 10/21/2016 Reynolds AmericanBritish American Tobacco97.420%42%100%48%19% 1/24/2017Pfeiffer Vacuum TechnologyPangea GmbH$0.94%30%100%0%0%