SC TO-I/A 1 d581194dsctoia.htm FINAL AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE TO Final Amendment to Schedule TO

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

(Final Amendment)

(Rule 13e-4)

 

 

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund

(Name of Issuer)

Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund

(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

 

 

Shares of Beneficial Interest

(Title of Class of Securities)

N/A

(CUSIP Number of class of securities)

 

 

Arthur Liao

c/o Blackstone Alternative Asset Management L.P.

345 Park Avenue, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10154

(212) 583-5013

(Name, Address and Telephone No. of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

 

 

With a copy to:

James E. Thomas, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600

(617) 951-7367

March 27, 2013

(Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders)

 

 

Calculation of Filing Fee

 

Transaction Valuation   Amount of Filing Fee
$26,423,586(a)   $3,605(b)
(a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price for shares of beneficial interest, based upon the net asset value per share as of February 28, 2013.
(b) Calculated at $136.40 per $1,000,000.00 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 of Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: $3,605    Filing Parties: Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO    Date Filed: March 27, 2013

 

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

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

 

  ¨ third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
  x issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
  ¨ 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

 

 

 


SCHEDULE TO

This Final Amendment relates to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Statement”) originally filed by Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund (the “Fund”) on March 27, 2013 relating to the tender offer (the “Offer”) by the Fund to purchase up to 25,086 of its outstanding shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) at a price equal to the net asset value per Share as of June 30, 2013 on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase filed as Exhibit (a)(1)(ii) to the Statement (the “Offer to Purchase”).

This is the Final Amendment to the Statement and is being filed to report the results of the Offer. The following information is furnished pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(4):

 

1. The Offer expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 24, 2013

 

2. 791.47 Shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer.

 

3. The net asset value of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer was calculated as of June 30, 2013 in the amount of $863,710.73.

 

4. All Shares that were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer were accepted for purchase, and paid for, by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Offer to Purchase, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit (a)(1)(ii) to the Statement.


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.

 

BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE ALPHA FUND
By:   /s/ Arthur Liao
Name:   Arthur Liao
Title:   Principal Financial Officer

Dated: August 7, 2013