-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, s0zXo1ywGsAbmxPhEdedAs+1nHNlZTWhoYIfO94uZQWUzfc0XbiWppU0FTV7js9L UEdWphU6G7d1w3kwAmTGWg== 0000950123-95-000608.txt : 19950616 0000950123-95-000608.hdr.sgml : 19950616 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-95-000608 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13E4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19950321 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARCOURT GENERAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040493 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 041619609 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13E4/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-12340 FILM NUMBER: 95522122 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 BOYLSTON ST / BOX 1000 CITY: CHESTNUT HILL STATE: MA ZIP: 02167 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172328200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 BOYLSTON ST STREET 2: BOX 1000 CITY: CHESTNUT HILL STATE: MA ZIP: 02167 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL CINEMA CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MID WEST DRIVE IN THEATRES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660907 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARCOURT GENERAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040493 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 041619609 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13E4/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 BOYLSTON ST / BOX 1000 CITY: CHESTNUT HILL STATE: MA ZIP: 02167 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172328200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 BOYLSTON ST STREET 2: BOX 1000 CITY: CHESTNUT HILL STATE: MA ZIP: 02167 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL CINEMA CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MID WEST DRIVE IN THEATRES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660907 SC 13E4/A 1 HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. 1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ SCHEDULE 13E-4/A AMENDMENT NO. 2 ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934) HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. (Name Of Issuer and Person Filing Statement) COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE (Title Of Class of Securities) 41163G101 (CUSIP Number Of Class Of Securities) ERIC P. GELLER, ESQ. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. 27 BOYLSTON STREET CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS 02167 (617) 232-8200 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized To Receive Notices and Communications On Behalf Of The Person Filing Statement) ------------------------ COPIES TO: Robert L. Friedman, Esq. John G. Finley, Esq. SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017-3954 (212) 455-2000 ------------------------ MARCH 15, 1995 (Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent Or Given To Security Holders) ------------------------ CALCULATION OF FILING FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Valuation....................................................... $207,500,000* Amount of Filing Fee........................................................ $ 41,500
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Based upon purchase of 5,000,000 shares at $41.50 per share. /X/ Check 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: $41,500 Filing Party: HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. Form Or Registration No.: SCHEDULE 13E-4 Date Filed: MARCH 15, 1995
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4 originally filed on March 15, 1995 (the "Statement") relating to the tender offer by Harcourt General, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Shares" or the "Common Stock"), at a price, net to the seller in cash, not greater than $41.50 nor less than $36.00 per Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 15, 1995 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"), copies of which were previously filed as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively, to the Schedule 13E-4. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Offer to Purchase and the Statement. ITEM 4. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. On March 20, 1995, Jeffrey R. Lurie, a member of the Smith Family Group, sold 10,000 Shares at $39 3/4 and 5,000 Shares at $39 7/8. All Shares sold by Mr. Lurie were converted from an equivalent number of shares of Class B Stock, and all such transactions were effected on the NYSE. 3 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. HARCOURT GENERAL, INC. By: /s/ ERIC P. GELLER, ESQ. ------------------------------------ Eric P. Geller, Esq. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Dated: March 21, 1995 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----