Yext Launches Up to $180M Stock Buyback

Yext announced that it commenced a "modified Dutch Auction" tender offer to purchase up to $180M in value of shares of its issued and outstanding common stock, or such lesser number of shares of its common stock as are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, at a price not less than $5.75 per share nor greater than $6.50 per share, to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The tender offer is made in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions described in the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The closing price of Yext's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 9, the last full trading day before the commencement of the tender offer, was $4.91 per share. The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 12, unless the tender offer is extended or terminated. Tenders of shares must be made prior to the expiration of the tender offer and may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the tender offer.