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CAI International, Inc. Announces Termination of Strategic Process, Initiation of Regular Dividends and Management Change
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CAI International, Inc. ("CAI" or the "Company") (NYSE: CAI) announces the termination of its formal strategic alternatives
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[{"type":"text","content":" SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCAI International, Inc. (\"CAI\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: CAI) announces the termination of its formal strategic alternatives review process. As a result of the strategic process, the Company and its Board of Directors (“Board”) believe that the Company can best maximize shareholder value by focusing on its profitable core container business and that current market conditions are not conducive to a transaction beneficial to shareholders.\n\n\nThe Company previously announced on December 16, 2019 that it was involved in a comprehensive effort to identify, examine and consider strategic alternatives available to it, with the objective of maximizing shareholder value. In connection with this process, CAI retained a financial advisor, Centerview Partners, to assist CAI in conducting an extensive and thorough strategic review that included a broad marketing effort to solicit interest in a sale of the Company. During the strategic review process the Company received multiple expressions of interest regarding a sale of all or a portion of the Company. However, given the current market volatility and instability, which was cited by a number of bidders, none of the expressions of interest were determined to be in the best interest of the Company’s shareholders, as the Board concluded that all of the expressions of interest undervalued the Company based upon its assets, operations and prospects for growth.\n\n\nThe Company and the Board are committed to exiting the rail and logistics businesses, enabling the Company to focus solely on the container leasing business. Based on CAI’s current substantial free cash flow generation and the Board’s confidence in the Company’s future growth and profitable operations as a pure play container leasing business, the Board has approved the initiation of regular cash dividends on its common stock at the rate of $0.25 per share per quarter, equivalent to $1.00 per share annually. The Board intends to commence paying regular quarterly dividends in the third quarter of 2020, with a declaration of the first dividends coincident with the Company’s second quarter earnings release.\n\n\nCAI also announces a change in leadership. On June 12, 2020, Timothy Page, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, was appointed Executive Vice President and Interim President and Chief Exec...