Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS) has announced that the management-led investor group has terminated the planned merger agreement. While there was a glimmer of hope that this was going to be rekindled, the deal spread on this was so wide that a fleet of trucks could have driven between it.
Cumulus has agreed with the investor group led by Lew Dickey, its Chairman, President and CEO, and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch's (NYSE: MER) Global Private Equity, to terminate the merger agreement which first came on July 23, 2007. The members of the investor group informed Cumulus that after exploring possible alternatives they were unable to agree on terms on which they could proceed with the buyout.
As a result of the termination of the merger agreement, the investor group has agreed to promptly pay Cumulus a merger termination fee of $15 million. In addition, the terms of the previously announced amendment to Cumulus' existing credit agreement will not take effect. Cumulus had a market cap of $253.6 million based upon a $5.81 close on Friday.
The company has also announced that its board of directors intends to explore the possible implementation of a new stock repurchase plan in the near-term in order to provide liquidity opportunities to stockholders.
Cumulus says its merger is D.O.A.
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