Filed by Knight Capital Group, Inc.,
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Companies:
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Commission File No. 001-14223)
Knight Holdco, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-186624)
The filing, which includes the joint presentation made by Knight Capital Group, Inc. and GETCO Holding Company, LLC on February 20, 2013 may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as believe, expect, anticipate, intend, target, estimate, continue, positions, prospects or potential, by future conditional verbs such as will, would, should, could or may, or by variations of such words or by similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the parties industry, management beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict including, without limitation, risks associated with the August 1, 2012 technology issue at Knight that resulted in Knight sending numerous erroneous orders in NYSE-listed and NYSE Arca securities into the market and the impact to Knights capital structure and business as well as actions taken in response thereto and consequences thereof, risks associated with Knights ability to recover all or a portion of the damages that are attributable to the manner in which NASDAQ OMX handled the Facebook IPO, risks associated with changes in market structure, legislative, regulatory or financial reporting rules, risks associated with past or future changes to organizational structure and management and the costs, integration, performance and operation of businesses previously acquired or developed organically, or that may be acquired or developed organically in the future. Readers should carefully review the risks and uncertainties disclosed in Knights reports with the SEC, including, without limitation, those detailed under Certain Factors Affecting Results of Operations and Risk Factors in Knights Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2011 and in Knights Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, and in other reports or documents Knight or KCG files with, or furnishes to, the SEC from time to time and those detailed in the Joint Proxy Statement / Prospectus under the heading Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information and Risk Factors, among others.
In addition to factors previously disclosed in Knights reports filed with the SEC and those identified elsewhere in this filing, the following factors among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other closing conditions to the mergers, including approval by Knight and GETCO stockholders, on the expected terms and schedule; delay in closing the
mergers; difficulties and delays in integrating the Knight and GETCO businesses or fully realizing cost savings and other benefits; business disruption following the mergers; the inability to sustain revenue and earnings growth; customer and client actions; and the inability to realize cost savings or revenues or to implement integration plans and other consequences associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
The following presentation was made to employees on February 20, 2013:
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INTEGRATION UPDATE
Knight & GETCO
February 2013 |
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
CERTAIN STATEMENTS
CONTAINED HEREIN MAY CONSTITUTE "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT
OF 1995. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED BY WORDS
SUCH AS BELIEVE, EXPECT, ANTICIPATE,
INTEND, TARGET, ESTIMATE, CONTINUE, POSITIONS, PROSPECTS OR
POTENTIAL, BY FUTURE CONDITIONAL VERBS SUCH AS WILL,
WOULD, SHOULD, COULD OR MAY, OR BY VARIATIONS
OF SUCH WORDS OR BY SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS. THESE "FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS" ARE NOT HISTORICAL FACTS AND ARE BASED ON CURRENT
EXPECTATIONS, ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS ABOUT THE PARTIES INDUSTRY, MANAGEMENT
BELIEFS AND CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY MANAGEMENT, MANY OF WHICH, BY THEIR
NATURE, ARE INHERENTLY UNCERTAIN AND BEYOND OUR CONTROL. ACCORDINGLY,
READERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT ANY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE
NOT GUARANTEES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE AND ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS,
UNCERTAINTIES AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUGUST 1, 2012 TECHNOLOGY ISSUE
AT KNIGHT THAT RESULTED IN KNIGHT SENDING NUMEROUS ERRONEOUS ORDERS IN
NYSE-LISTED AND NYSE ARCA SECURITIES INTO THE MARKET AND THE IMPACT
TO KNIGHT'S CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND BUSINESS AS WELL AS ACTIONS TAKEN IN
RESPONSE THERETO AND CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH KNIGHT'S
ABILITY TO RECOVER ALL OR A PORTION OF THE DAMAGES THAT ARE
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH NASDAQ OMX HANDLED THE FACEBOOK IPO,
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN MARKET STRUCTURE, LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY OR
FINANCIAL REPORTING RULES, RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PAST OR FUTURE CHANGES
TO ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT AND THE COSTS, INTEGRATION,
PERFORMANCE AND OPERATION OF BUSINESSES PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED OR DEVELOPED ORGANICALLY, OR
THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED OR DEVELOPED ORGANICALLY IN THE FUTURE. READERS SHOULD
CAREFULLY REVIEW THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES DISCLOSED IN KNIGHT'S
REPORTS WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE DETAILED UNDER
"CERTAIN FACTORS AFFECTING RESULTS OF OPERATIONS" AND "RISK
FACTORS" IN KNIGHT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE
YEAR-ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND IN KNIGHT'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, AND IN OTHER REPORTS OR DOCUMENTS KNIGHT OR KCG FILES
WITH, OR FURNISHES TO, THE SEC FROM TIME TO TIME AND THOSE DETAILED IN
THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT / PROSPECTUS UNDER THE HEADING CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION AND RISK
FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS.
IN ADDITION TO FACTORS PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED IN KNIGHTS REPORTS FILED
WITH THE SEC AND THOSE IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS FILING, THE
FOLLOWING FACTORS AMONG OTHERS, COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER
MATERIALLY FROM FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS OR HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE:
ABILITY TO OBTAIN REGULATORY APPROVALS AND MEET OTHER CLOSING
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGERS, INCLUDING APPROVAL BY KNIGHT AND GETCO
STOCKHOLDERS, ON THE EXPECTED TERMS AND SCHEDULE; DELAY IN CLOSING THE
MERGERS; DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS IN INTEGRATING THE KNIGHT AND GETCO
BUSINESSES OR FULLY REALIZING COST SAVINGS AND OTHER BENEFITS; BUSINESS
DISRUPTION FOLLOWING THE MERGERS; THE INABILITY TO SUSTAIN REVENUE AND
EARNINGS GROWTH; CUSTOMER AND CLIENT ACTIONS; AND THE INABILITY TO
REALIZE COST SAVINGS OR REVENUES OR TO IMPLEMENT INTEGRATION PLANS AND OTHER
CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES.
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
AND
WHERE
TO
FIND
IT
AND
PARTICIPANTS
IN
THE
SOLICITATION
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
AND
WHERE
TO
FIND
IT
THIS
COMMUNICATION
IS
NOT
A
SOLICITATION
OF
A
PROXY
FROM
ANY
STOCKHOLDER
OF
KNIGHT
OR
GETCO.
IN
CONNECTION
WITH
THE
AGREEMENT
AND
PLAN
OF
MERGER
AMONG
KNIGHT,
GETCO
AND
GA-GTCO, LLC
(THE MERGER AGREEMENT), KNIGHT HOLDCO, INC. (KCG) FILED
WITH THE SEC, ON FEBRUARY 12, 2013, A REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM
S-4, THAT INCLUDES A PRELIMINARY JOINT PROXY STATEMENT OF KNIGHT AND GETCO AND
A PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS OF KCG (TOGETHER WITH THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT, AS
AMENDED, THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS), AS WELL AS OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO
READ THESE MATERIALS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS
FILED
WITH
THE
SEC
WHEN
THEY
BECOME
AVAILABLE
BECAUSE
THEY
WILL
CONTAIN
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
ABOUT
KNIGHT, GETCO,
KCG AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. THE FORM S-4, INCLUDING THE JOINT PROXY
STATEMENT / PROSPECTUS, AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS (WHEN THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE), AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY GETCO, KCG OR KNIGHT WITH THE SEC, MAY BE OBTAINED
FREE OF CHARGE AT THE SECS WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, INVESTORS
AND SECURITY HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN FREE COPIES OF THE
DOCUMENTS
FILED
WITH
THE
SEC
BY
DIRECTING
A
WRITTEN
REQUEST
TO
INVESTOR
RELATIONS,
KNIGHT
CAPITAL
GROUP,
545
WASHINGTON
BOULEVARD,
JERSEY
CITY,
NJ
07310
IN
THE
CASE
OF
KNIGHT,
OR
BY
ACCESSING
KNIGHTS
WEBSITE
AT
WWW.KNIGHT.COM
UNDER
THE
HEADING
INVESTOR
RELATIONS
AND
THEN
UNDER
SEC
FILINGS.
PARTICIPANTS
IN
THE
SOLICITATION
GETCO,
KNIGHT
AND
KCG
AND
THEIR
RESPECTIVE
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
AND
DIRECTORS
MAY
BE
DEEMED
TO
BE
PARTICIPANTS
IN
THE
SOLICITATION
OF
PROXIES
FROM
THE
SECURITY
HOLDERS
OF
KNIGHT
IN
CONNECTION WITH THE
PROPOSED TRANSACTION. INFORMATION ABOUT KNIGHTS DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS IS AVAILABLE IN KNIGHTS DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, DATED
APRIL 3, 2012, FOR ITS 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARTICIPANTS AND
OTHER PERSONS WHO MAY BE DEEMED PARTICIPANTS AND DESCRIPTION OF THEIR DIRECT AND
INDIRECT INTERESTS, BY SECURITY HOLDINGS OR OTHERWISE, ARE CONTAINED IN THE
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE
INTERESTS OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO MAY BE DEEMED PARTICIPANTS IN
THE TRANSACTION MAY BE OBTAINED BY READING THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
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Empower investors to efficiently
deploy capital.
MISSION |
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We strive to create value for
everyone we interact with.
Our values will be developed to support
our
vision,
reflect
each
firms
strengths and
create a compelling workplace.
PHILOSOPHY |
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The leading technology-driven
financial services firm, providing
multi-asset class trading
solutions to our clients around
the world.
VISION |
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VALUE PROPOSITION/
COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
+
Deep client relationships
+
Large global footprint spanning products, time zones, and
asset classes
+
Technology leveraged in everything that we do
+
Publicly-traded,
transparent
and
well-capitalized |
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STRATEGY
WE WILL COMBINE OUR FOUR VALUE
PROPOSITIONS
CLIENT
FOCUSED,
GLOBAL,
TECHNOLOGY
DRIVEN,
AND
ACCOUNTABLE
IN
A
WAY
THAT
PRODUCES
FAR MORE TOTAL VALUE THAN THE SUM OF
THE PARTS |
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SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
+
Steven
Bisgay
Chief
Financial
Officer
+
Jerry
Dark
Chief
Human
Resources
Officer
+
John
DiBacco
Global
Head
of
Equities
Trading
+
Albert
Maasland
Head
Global
Execution
Services and Platforms
+
Darren
Mast
Chief
Operating
Officer;
Interim Head of Fixed Income, Currencies &
Commodities
+
John
McCarthy
General
Counsel
+
Farid
Moslehi
Head
of
Asia
+
Nick
Ogurtsov
Chief
Risk
Officer
+
Jon
Ross
Chief
Technology
Officer
+
Robert
Smith
Head
of
Europe
+
George
Sohos
Global
Head
of
Client
Market
Making |
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