Dear Dynegy Stockholders:
You have an opportunity to decide whether Dynegy should sell itself to a financially stronger entity and provide all stockholders with a known value today, or alternatively, continue to work through significant financial challenges. We believe that tendering your shares into the all-cash tender offer made by an affiliate of Icahn Enterprise L.P. (“IEP”) is the best outcome for all Dynegy stockholders. As we have said before, the Special Committee of your Board of Directors unanimously believes that accepting known premium value today is superior to the risks of continuing as an independent company.
We have come to this belief based on our years of experience with Dynegy, our collective understanding of Dynegy’s earnings potential and the variables that affect those earnings, and utilizing the advice of two independent financial advisors, Goldman Sachs and Greenhill, who have worked to perform financial analysis of Dynegy in the current market and under a variety of scenarios. It is our view that the current commodity price and regulatory environment, combined with Dynegy’s cash flow and debt profile, significantly challenge Dynegy’s ability to match the IEP return for our equity holders.
We believe our decision to recommend acceptance of the tender offer is further validated by the fact that Dynegy has recently completed two comprehensive “go-shop” periods totaling over 100 days. In the latest “go-shop” process, several firms performed due diligence including two who worked extensively but elected not to make an offer. This is despite the fact that the potential bidders, which included two large private equity firms, had the ability to structure bids in a manner that would have required IEP to either top their offers or support them. During the past two years, with the assistance of two independent financial advisors, the Dynegy Board has considered a wide range of strategic alternatives – including remaining a stand-alone company, as well as the sale of various asset packages – with the goal of maximizing value for all Dynegy stockholders.
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