WageWorks, Inc. (NYSE:WAGE) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01.
Press Release
On June 27, 2019, WageWorks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company or WageWorks), and HealthEquity, Inc., a Delaware corporation (HealthEquity), issued a joint press release announcing they had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Pacific Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of HealthEquity (Merger Sub), to which HealthEquity will acquire WageWorks through the merger of Merger Sub with and into WageWorks, with WageWorks surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of HealthEquity.
A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This communication, and any documents to which WageWorks refers you in this communication, contains not only historical information, but also forward-looking statements made to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent WageWorks current expectations or beliefs concerning future events, including but not limited to the expected completion and timing of the proposed transaction, expected benefits and costs of the proposed transaction, management plans relating to the proposed transaction, strategies and objectives of WageWorks for future operations and other information relating to the proposed transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, the words believes, anticipates, plans, expects, intends, forecasts, should, estimates, contemplate, future, goal, potential, predict, project, projection, target, seek, may, will, could, should, would, assuming, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You should read any such forward-looking statements carefully, as they involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those projected or contemplated in any such forward-looking statement. Those risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, (i) the risk that the proposed transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect WageWorks business and the price of the common stock of WageWorks, (ii) the failure to satisfy any of the conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction, including the adoption of the merger agreement by the stockholders of WageWorks and the receipt of certain required regulatory approvals, (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, (iv) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed transaction on WageWorks business relationships, operating results and business generally, (v) the risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the proposed transaction, (vi) the risks related to diverting managements attention from WageWorks ongoing business operations, (vii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against WageWorks related to the merger agreement or the proposed transaction, (viii) unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the proposed transaction, and (ix) other risks described in WageWorks filings with the SEC, such as its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this communication or the date of any document incorporated by reference in this document. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, WageWorks does not assume any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements whether as the result of new developments or otherwise.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 | Press Release, dated June 27, 2019. |