Company: SSUP
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-027895
Chunk: 53

Company: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 53
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 form of VSA for the holders of Common Shares which the parties intended to be executed by each director and officer of the Company who owned Common Shares, as well as certain other stockholders of the Company who owned Common Shares, which form of VSA provided that if the Board made a change in recommendation with respect to the Merger and the Merger Agreement, the stockholders party thereto may vote their shares in any manner they choose. Following such agreement, Weil sent a proposed form of VSA that the parties intended to be executed by TPG, as the holder of all of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, to TPG’s legal counsel, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, for its review and comment. From June 17, 2025 to July 6, 2025, the Company, the Term Loan Lenders, TPG and their respective legal advisors negotiated the VSA for the Series A Preferred Shares.

Also on June 17, 2025, the Company received a written notice from the NYSE that the Company no longer satisfied the continued listing compliance standards under the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the average closing price of the Common Shares was less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30-trading day period. Additionally, representatives of Paul Weiss shared with representatives of Weil the Term Loan Lenders’ view on potential changes to management.

On June 18, 2025, the Transaction Committee held a meeting attended by representatives of each of Lazard, Weil and A&M at which, among other things, the representatives of Lazard and Weil discussed with the Transaction Committee a status update on the negotiations with the Term Loan Lenders and the key terms thereof, including the fact that the Term Loan Lenders had informed the representatives of Lazard that they were not willing to pay more than $3.0 million to the holders of Common Shares, as well as an update on how discussions between the Company’s management and its customers, with representatives of the Term Loan Lenders in attendance, had progressed. The Transaction Committee also discussed the importance of effectively

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managing customer relationships during the period between signing of the Merger Agreement and the closing of the Transactions. Representatives of each of Lazard and Weil also discussed with the Transaction Committee the Term Loan Lenders’ views on potential changes to management.

Immediately following the meeting of the Transaction Committee, on June 18, 2025, the Board held