Odd Lot Index

B PLUS H OCEAN CARRIERS LTD

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In a Dutch auction, tendering too high can cost you the priority. The company picks the lowest price that buys the shares it wants, and everyone at or below that price gets it. Tender above it and your shares come back unpurchased — and because you are not in the accepted pool at all, the odd-lot priority never applies. Most offers have a box meaning "accept whatever price is determined", which keeps you in the pool; the trade-off is that you give up any say in the price. The filing explains both.
StatusClosed
Closing date2008-11-17
How it is pricedDutch auction
Odd-lot thresholdFewer than 100 shares
Must tender everything you holdYes
Must tick the odd-lot box on the formYes
Price offeredUSD $4.00 to $5.00 per share
Most an odd-lot tender could be$396.00 to $495.00

Where each of these comes from

Every line above was read out of the filing. Here is the wording it was read from, so you can check it.

election_required = True...cord a total of fewer than 100 shares and so certified in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal who properly tender all of their shares at or below the purchase price we determine and do not properly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time and complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; If the Company determines in its sole discretion that the purchase of all shares tendered by Odd Lot Holders would have a reasonable likelihood of reducing the ownership of the Company’s outstanding shares so that such shares would be held of record by fewer than 300 holders resid...
expiry = 2008-11-17...Cash by B+H OCEAN CARRIERS LTD. of Up to 600,000 Shares of its Common Stock at a Purchase Price Not Greater Than $5.00 nor Less Than $4.00 Per Share THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 17, 2008 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. (the “Company,” “BHO,” “we” or “us”), a corporation organized under the law of Liberia, is offering to purchase up to 600,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the...
mechanism = DUTCH...are offering to purchase up to 600,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share. See Section 1. What will the purchase price for the shares be and what will be the form of payment? We are conducting the Offer through a procedure commonly called a modified “Dutch Auction.” This procedure allows you to select the price (in multiples of $0.125) within a price range specified by us at which you are willing to sell your shares. The price range for the Offer is $4.00 to $5.00 per share. After the Expiration Time, we will look at the prices chosen by stockholders for all of the shares properly tendered. We wil...
must_tender_all = True...properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, we will purchase shares: · First, from all persons (“Odd Lot Holders”) who owned beneficially or of record a total of fewer than 100 shares and so certified in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal who properly tender all of their shares at or below the purchase price we determine and do not properly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time and complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; If the Company determines in its sole discretion that the purchase of all shares tendered by Odd Lot...
price = USD 4.0-5.0...fied “Dutch Auction.” This procedure allows you to select the price (in multiples of $0.125) within a price range specified by us at which you are willing to sell your shares. The price range for the Offer is $4.00 to $5.00 per share. After the Expiration Time, we will look at the prices chosen by stockholders for all of the shares properly tendered. We will then select the lowest purchase price (in multiples of $0.125) that will allow us...
threshold = 100...such greater number of shares as we may elect to accept for payment, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered at or below the purchase price and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, we will purchase shares: · First, from all persons (“Odd Lot Holders”) who owned beneficially or of record a total of fewer than 100 shares and so certified in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal who properly tender all of their shares at or below the purchase price we determine and do not properly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time and complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed...
txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99.1 2 ex_99-1.htm OFFER TO PURCHASE, DATED OCTOBER 20, 2008 ex_99-1.htm 063595.001-1511615.8 Offer to Purchase for Cash by B+H OCEAN CARRIERS LTD. of Up to 600,000 Shares of its Common Stock at a Purchase Price Not Greater Than $5.00 nor Less Than $4.00 Per Share THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBE...

The filings

FiledFormRoleOn EDGAR
2008-10-20SC TO-Ioriginal (governing)View