-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JZzI4IxfR6jm56zCU26TIG+IVt/iy+ii+98muyE5u8GH8XPuSh46COAZvJ5axDDu W0btJGfaVuMZe5Sfxw/hUg== 0001104659-07-076139.txt : 20071022 0001104659-07-076139.hdr.sgml : 20071022 20071022162259 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-076139 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 14D9/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071022 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071022 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101271 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690] IRS NUMBER: 952081809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1214 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D9/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-16127 FILM NUMBER: 071183377 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 124 INDUSTRY LANE CITY: HUNT VALLEY STATE: MD ZIP: 21030 BUSINESS PHONE: (410) 628-3500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 124 INDUSTRY LANE CITY: HUNT VALLEY STATE: MD ZIP: 21030 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TOPP INDUSTRIES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HAYES MANUFACTURING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660911 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101271 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690] IRS NUMBER: 952081809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1214 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D9/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 124 INDUSTRY LANE CITY: HUNT VALLEY STATE: MD ZIP: 21030 BUSINESS PHONE: (410) 628-3500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 124 INDUSTRY LANE CITY: HUNT VALLEY STATE: MD ZIP: 21030 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TOPP INDUSTRIES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HAYES MANUFACTURING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660911 SC 14D9/A 1 a07-27250_1sc14d9a.htm SC 14D9/A

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(RULE 14d-101)

 

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)

 

UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

(Name of Subject Company)

 

UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

910671106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Frederick M. Strader

Chief Executive Officer and President

United Industrial Corporation
124 Industry Lane

Hunt Valley, Maryland  21030

(410) 628-3500

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive

notice and communications on behalf of the person filing statement)

 

Copies to:

 

Steven L. Kirshenbaum, Esq.

Julie M. Allen, Esq.

Proskauer Rose LLP

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10023

(212) 969-3000

 

 

o  Check the box if the filing relates to preliminary communications made before the

commencement date of a tender offer.

 

 


 

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14D-9 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 (the “Schedule 14D-9”) initially filed by United Industrial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 16, 2007, relating to the tender offer commenced by Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Textron”), through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Marco Acquisition Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), to acquire all of the outstanding Shares in exchange for $81.00 net to the sellers in cash without interest per Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement as described in the Offer to Purchase dated October 16, 2007 and in the related Letter of Transmittal contained in the Schedule TO filed by Textron and Purchaser with the SEC on October 16, 2007.  Except as otherwise indicated herein, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9.

 

The information in the Schedule 14D-9 is incorporated in this Amendment by reference, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

 

ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Item 8 is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing in its entirety the first sentence of the second paragraph of the subsection entitled “Effects of the Transaction on the Company’s 3.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 – Conversion of the Notes”:

 

“The current conversion rate applicable to the Notes is 25.4863 Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.”

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

 

UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ James H. Perry

 

 

 

James H. Perry

 

 

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  October 22, 2007

 

 

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