-----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, RApN3FrDZRInGzcL3eaJaOhQDLiVeeYyTBknO7PxeTHvN1S3dRS+jG05QQGEMwsh rrJRPpO8vONv1+VRYiK9bA== 0000891836-03-000200.txt : 20030326 0000891836-03-000200.hdr.sgml : 20030325 20030326111954 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891836-03-000200 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030326 GROUP MEMBERS: PROTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MULTEX COM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001061310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-58363 FILM NUMBER: 03617292 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 WILLIAM ST STREET 2: 6TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128599800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 33 MAIDEN LANE 5TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MULTEX SYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980508 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REUTERS GROUP PLC /ADR/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001056084 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERIODICALS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING [2721] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 FLEET STREET STREET 2: 7TH FLOOR CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC4P 4AJ BUSINESS PHONE: 44 (0) 207 250 1122 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 FLEET STREET STREET 2: 7TH FLOOR CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC4P 4AJ SC TO-T/A 1 sc0108.txt TENDER OFFER STATEMENT As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2003 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE TO TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 3) MULTEX.COM, INC. (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) PROTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of REUTERS GROUP PLC (Names of Filing Persons (Offerors)) Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share (Title of Class of Securities) CUSIP 625367 10 7 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) Reuters America Inc. The Reuters Building 3 Times Square -- 20th Floor New York, New York 10036 Attn: General Counsel (646) 223-4000 (Name, address and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons) With copies to: John Evangelakos Stephen M. Kotran Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004-2498 (212) 558-4000 Calculation of Filing Fee TRANSACTION VALUATION(1) AMOUNT OF FILING FEE(2) $237,908,688 $19,275 (1) For purposes of calculating fee only. This amount is based upon (a) the maximum number of shares of Multex Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Offer and (b) the price offered per share of Multex Common Stock. (2) The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Section 14(g)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory No. 11 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2003, equals $80.90 per million dollars of the Transaction Valuation. [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: $19,275 Form or Registration No.: 005-58363 Filing Party: Reuters Group PLC Proton Acquisition Corporation Date Filed: February 26, 2003 [ ] 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: [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [X] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. [ ] 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: [X] ================================================================================ This Amendment No. 3 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 26, 2003 (the "Original Schedule TO"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO") to the Original Schedule TO filed with the SEC on March 12, 2003 and by Amendment No. 2 ("Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule TO") to the Original Schedule TO filed with the SEC on March 19, 2003 (the Original Schedule TO, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO and by Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule TO, the "Schedule TO"), by Reuters Group PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Reuters"), and Proton Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters ("Purchaser"), relating to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Multex Common Stock"), of Multex.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Multex"), at a purchase price of $7.35 per share of Multex Common Stock, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 24, 2003, among Reuters, Purchaser and Multex, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 17, 2003, among Reuters, Purchaser and Multex, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated February 26, 2003 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO and by Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule TO, the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Schedule TO. ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION. Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following: The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, March 25, 2003. Approximately 29,860,015 shares of Multex Common Stock were tendered, including approximately 2,692,459 shares of Multex Common Stock covered by notices of guaranteed delivery. All such shares have been accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the Offer. The number of shares tendered, including the 1,944,445 shares of Multex Common Stock already owned by Reuters, represented more than 97.3% of the approximately 32.7 million outstanding shares of Multex. Reuters expects to complete its acquisition of Multex shortly by a merger of Multex with Purchaser. In the merger, the remaining Multex holders will receive the same per share price of $7.35 in cash and Multex will become a wholly owned Reuters subsidiary. The full text of the press release announcing the expiration of the Offer is attached as Exhibit (a)(5)(iv) hereto and incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 6. PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS. Item 6 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as per Item 4 of the Schedule TO above. ITEM 12. EXHIBITS. Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following as an exhibit: (a)(5)(iv) Text of Press Release issued by Reuters on March 26, 2003. ITEM 13. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3. 1 ITEM 6. PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS. Item 6 of Schedule 13e-3 in Item 13 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as per Item 4 of the Schedule TO above. ITEM 7. PURPOSES, ALTERNATIVES, REASONS AND EFFECTS. Item 7 of Schedule 13e-3 in Item 13 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as per Item 4 of the Schedule TO above. ITEM 11. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY. Item 11 of Schedule 13e-3 in Item 13 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as per Item 4 of the Schedule TO above. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. Item 16 of Schedule 13e-3 in Item 13 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as per Item 12 of the Schedule TO above. 2 SIGNATURES 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. REUTERS GROUP PLC By: /s/ ERIC LINT ------------------------------------ Name: Eric Lint Title: Attorney in Fact PROTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION By: /s/ ERIC LINT ----------------------------------- Name: Eric Lint Title: Vice President Date: March 26, 2003 3 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- (a)(5)(iv) Text of Press Release issued by Reuters Group PLC on March 26, 2003. EX-99.(A)(5)(IV) 3 sc0108b.txt EXHIBIT (A)(5)(IV) -- PRESS RELEASE Exhibit (a)(5)(iv) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 MARCH 2003 REUTERS COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR MULTEX London - Reuters, the global information company, has completed its tender offer for the shares of Multex.com, Inc., a premier provider of global financial information, at a price of $7.35 per share in cash. Approximately 29,860,015 Multex shares were tendered, including approximately 2,692,459 Multex shares covered by notices of guaranteed delivery. All such shares have been accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the offer. The number of shares tendered, including the 1.94 million shares of Multex already owned by Reuters, represented more than 97.3% of the 32.7 million outstanding shares of Multex. The offer expired last night at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Reuters expects to complete its acquisition of Multex shortly by a merger of Multex with a Reuters subsidiary. In the merger, the remaining Multex holders will receive the same per share price of $7.35 in cash and Multex will become a wholly-owned Reuters subsidiary. END CONTACT REUTERS: Nancy Bobrowitz Tel: +1 646 223 5220 Corporate Communications - US nancy.bobrowitz@reuters.com Susan Allsopp Tel: +44 207 542 8404 Corporate Communications - UK susan.allsopp@reuters.com MULTEX: Debbie Lipson Hochberg Tel: +1 212 607 2601 Investor Relations lipsond@multex.com Samantha Topping Tel: +1 646 576 5584 Media Relations stopping@multex.com ABOUT REUTERS Reuters (www.about.reuters.com), the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Our information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. We have over 16,000 staff in 94 countries, including some 2,400 editorial staff in 197 bureaux serving approximately 130 countries, making Reuters the world's largest international multimedia news agency. In 2002, the Reuters Group had revenues of L3.6 billion. Reuters and the sphere logo are the trade marks of the Reuters group of companies. ABOUT MULTEX Founded in 1993, Multex is a leading provider of global broker and independent research, consensus and detailed analyst estimates, and comprehensive fundamental and business information on more than 25,000 active companies worldwide. Through multiple delivery channels, Multex serves the information needs of investment management firms, broker-dealers, corporations and individuals. Based in New York, Multex has over 550 employees in offices across North America, Europe and Asia. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----