Kirby Corporation KEX
announced today the preliminary results of elections by common unitholders of
K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. KSP to receive cash or a
combination of cash and Kirby common stock in the previously announced merger
between K-Sea and a subsidiary of Kirby that is scheduled to close in the
first week of July. K-Sea will survive the merger as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Kirby.
There are a total of 19,160,394 K-Sea common units outstanding and another
388,939 phantom units issued under K-Sea's long-term incentive plan that are
treated as common units for purposes of the merger, for a total of 19,549,333
common units. The holders of 9,482,717 K-Sea common units elected to receive
merger consideration consisting of $8.15 in cash for each common unit. The
holders of 7,242,915 K-Sea common units elected to receive consideration
consisting of $4.075 in cash and 0.0734 of a share of Kirby common stock for
each common unit. The holders of 2,823,701 K-Sea common units made no
election by the deadline of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on June 28, 2011, and
will therefore receive consideration consisting of $8.15 in cash for each
common unit.
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