SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
TCG HOLDINGS LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP
1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW, SUITE 220 S

(Street)
WASHINGTON DC 2004

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
R H DONNELLEY CORP [ RHD ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2006
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share 01/31/2006 J 9,424,360 A (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) 9,424,360 I See Footnote(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Pursuant to the merger agreement between R.H. Donnelley Corporation (RHD) and Dex Media, Inc., TCG Holdings LLC received 9,424,360 shares of RHD common stock having a market value of $64.01 per share on the effective date of the merger and $479,919,048 in cash in exhange for 39,017,809 shares of Dex Media common stock. In the merger agreement, each share of Dex Media, Inc. common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive .24154 of a share of R.H. Donnelley Corporation common stock and $12.30 in cash.
2. These shares of common stock, par value $1.00 (the "Common Stock"), of RHD are beneficially owned by TCG Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TCG"). Carlyle Partners III, L.P., CP III Coinvestment, L.P., Carlyle-Dex Partners L.P., Carlyle-Dex Partners II L.P. (together, the "Carlyle Funds") and Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P. collectively directly hold 9,424,360 shares of Common Stock.
3. Carlyle Partners III, L.P. directly holds 5,922,560 shares of Common Stock. CP III Coinvestment, L.P. directly holds 208,227 shares of Common Stock. Carlyle-Dex Partners L.P. directly holds 1,270,302 shares of Common Stock. Carlyle-Dex Partners II L.P. directly holds 1,731,856 shares of Common Stock.
4. TC Group, L.L.C. exercises investment discretion and control over the shares directly held by each of the Carlyle Funds through its indirect subsidiary TC Group III, L.P., which is the sole general partner of each of the Carlyle Funds. TC Group, L.L.C. is the sole managing member of the TC Group III, L.L.C., which is the sole general partner of TC Group III, L.P.
5. Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P. directly holds 291,415 shares of Common Stock.
6. TC Group, L.L.C. exercises investment discretion and control over the shares directly held by Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P. through its indirect subsidiary TCG High Yield, L.L.C., which is the sole general partner of Carlyle High Yield Partners, L.P. TC Group, L.L.C. is the sole managing member of TCG High Yield Holdings, L.L.C. TCG High Yield Holdings, L.L.C. is the managing member of TCG High Yield, L.L.C.
7. TCG is the sole managing member of TC Group, L.L.C., and, in such capacity, exercises investment discretion and control of the shares beneficially owned by TC Group, L.L.C. TCG is managed by a three-person managing board, and all board action relating to the voting or disposition of these shares requires approval of a majority of the board.
8. William E. Conway, Jr., Daniel A. D'Aniello and David M. Rubenstein, as the managing members of TCG, may have been deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares shown as beneficially owned by TCG. Such persons disclaim such beneficial ownership.
/s/ John Harris, Attorney in Fact for Reporting Person 02/02/2006
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