SC TO-I/A 1 a82655a3sctoviza.htm SC TO-I/A Tickets.com, Inc.
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO/A
(Rule 13e-4)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 3)

TICKETS.COM, INC.


(Name of Subject Company (issuer) and Filing Person (offeror))

Options to purchase common stock, par value $0.000225 per share,
under certain equity incentive plans of Tickets.com, Inc.


(Title of Class of Securities)

88633M101


(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities (underlying common stock, par value $0.000225 per share)

Ronald Bension
Chief Executive Officer
Tickets.com, Inc.
555 Anton Blvd., 11th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 327-5400


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

Copy to:
Paul A. Rowe, Esq.
John D. Hudson, Esq.
Hewitt & O’Neil LLP
19900 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 1050
Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 798-0500


 


 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

                 
    Transaction        
    Valuation*   Amount of Filing Fee
 
  $ 46,204     Previously Paid

•           Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of filing fee. This amount assumes that options to purchase 235,199 shares of common stock of Tickets.com, Inc. having an aggregate value of $46,204 as of June 25, 2002 will be canceled pursuant to this offer. The aggregate value of such options was calculated based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Section 13(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals the transaction value, multiplied by $92.00 per each $1,000,000 of the transaction value.

     
XBOX   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:     $4.26     Form or Registration No.   5-58209.
Filing Party:     Tickets.com, Inc.     Date Filed:   June 28, 2002
     
BOX   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:

     
BOX   third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
XBOX   issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
BOX   going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
BOX   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: XBOX

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RESULTS OF TENDER OFFER

         This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer on Schedule TO, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2002, by Tickets.com, Inc. (“Tickets.com”). The Schedule TO, as amended, relates to the tender offer made by Tickets.com to eligible employees who hold eligible options to exchange all or a portion of outstanding options to purchase shares of Tickets.com common stock, par value $0.000225 per share.

         The offer under the Tickets.com, Inc. Offer to Exchange Certain Outstanding Options for New Options dated June 28, 2002, as supplemented (the “Offer to Exchange”), expired at 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time on July 29, 2002, and all eligible options that were properly submitted for exchange were accepted by Tickets.com and canceled effective July 29, 2002. Of the 238 employees who were eligible to participate, 97 participated. Eligible employees who participated in the offer tendered options to purchase an aggregate of 134,696 shares of Tickets.com common stock in exchange for promises to grant new options to purchase an aggregate of 101,022 shares of Tickets.com common stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Exchange, Tickets.com will grant new options on or around January 30, 2002.

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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 Schedule TO/A is true, complete and correct.

         
Dated:July 31, 2002   TICKETS.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation
         
    By:   /s/ Ronald Bension
       
Ronald Bension, Chief
Executive Officer

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