SC TO-I/A 1 a10-19374_4sctoia.htm SC TO-I/A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

Amendment No. 2

to

 

SCHEDULE TO

(Rule14d-100)

 


 

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

 

3.50% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
(Title of Class of Securities)

 


 

749121 BY 4
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 


 

Stephen E. Brilz

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Qwest Communications International Inc.

1801 California Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

303-992-1400

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of the filing person)

 


 

With a copy to:

Richard M. Russo
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 4200

Denver, Colorado 80202

303-298-5700

 


 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation*

 

Amount of Filing Fee**

$1,117,817,000.00

 

$79,700.35

 


*                 Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee.  The purchase price of the 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”), as described herein, is $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount outstanding.  As of October 13, 2010 there was $1,117,817,000.00 aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding, resulting in an aggregate maximum purchase price of $1,117,817,000.00.

 

**          The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and equals $71.30 for each $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction.

 

x          Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: $79,700.35

Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-I (File No. 005-53477)

Filing Party: Qwest Communications International Inc.

Date Filed: October 14, 2010

 

o            Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

o            third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-l.

 

x          issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

 

o            going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

 

o            amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: o

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

o            Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

 

o            Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 



 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment No. 2”) amends and supplements the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (File No. 005-53477) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 14, 2010 by Qwest Communications International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 thereto (“Amendment No. 1”) filed by the Company with the SEC on October 19, 2010 (as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1, the “Original Schedule TO” and, as further amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 2, the “Schedule TO”), with respect to the right of each holder (each, a “Holder”) of the Company’s outstanding 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”) to sell and the obligation of the Company to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2005, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2005, as described in the Company’s Put Right Purchase Offer to Holders of 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, dated October 14, 2010 (as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1, the “Put Right Purchase Offer”), which is attached as an exhibit to the Schedule TO.  Holders may surrender Securities for purchase as described in the Put Right Purchase Offer until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, November 12, 2010 (the “Expiration Date”).

 

This Amendment No. 2 is being filed to amend and supplement the Original Schedule TO and the Put Right Purchase Offer by incorporating by reference the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (File No. 001-15577), filed with the SEC on November 3, 2010.

 

Except as expressly amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 2, neither the Original Schedule TO nor the Put Right Purchase Offer shall be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby.

 

Items 1 through 9.

 

The Original Schedule TO and the Put Right Purchase Offer are each hereby amended and supplemented by deleting, in the Put Right Purchase Offer, the second bullet of the third paragraph of Section 11 “Additional Information” and replacing such second bullet with the following:

 

·                  “Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010; and”

 

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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.

 

 

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

 

 

 

 

DATE: November 3, 2010

By:

/s/ STEPHEN E. BRILZ

 

Name:

Stephen E. Brilz

 

Title:

Vice President and Assistant Secretary