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ARC Document receives non-binding ‘go-private’ proposal

ARC Document receives non-binding ‘go-private’ proposal

The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of ARC Document Solution announced that it received a non-binding proposal on April 8, 2024 from the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar, outlining Mr. Suriyakumar’s intent to explore and evaluate a potential acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of the Company not already owned by Mr. Suriyakumar in a going-private transaction at a purchase price of $3.25 per share in cash. On June 27, 2024, Mr. Suriyakumar, Dilantha Wijesuriya, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Jorge Avalos, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Rahul Roy, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, Sujeewa Sean Pathiratne, a private investor, and certain entities affiliated with such persons agreed in principle that they will work with each other to negotiate and consummate the Proposed Transaction. In response to the proposal, on April 8, 2024, a special committee of the board of directors of the Company consisting entirely of independent, disinterested directors (the “Special Committee”) was formed to review and evaluate the Proposed Transaction. The Special Committee retained William Blair & Company, L.L.C. to provide financial advice and K&L Gates LLP as legal counsel to assist in its ongoing review and evaluation of the Proposed Transaction and the Company’s other strategic alternatives. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is acting as legal counsel to the Company. The Special Committee intends to carefully consider the Proposed Transaction with the assistance of its independent financial and legal advisors.

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