-----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, J/IHvmovq5gcgoL2c39R62dxkoUV/kJFyE9wmAKqOkG4EIBikOadoQLWS1pSHSxE fCBVcsNGOGA/7CocFoL5nA== 0001193125-05-120916.txt : 20080717 0001193125-05-120916.hdr.sgml : 20060629 20050606174338 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-05-120916 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050607 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060125 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL MOTORS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040730 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711] IRS NUMBER: 380572515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42630 FILM NUMBER: 05881385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 RENAISSANCE CTR STREET 2: MAIL CODE: 482-C34-D71 CITY: DETROIT STATE: MI ZIP: 48265-3000 BUSINESS PHONE: 3135565000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 RENAISSANCE CTR STREET 2: MAIL CODE: 482-C34-D71 CITY: DETROIT STATE: MI ZIP: 48265-3000 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRACINDA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000319029 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 RODEO DRIVE SUITE 250 CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90212 BUSINESS PHONE: 7027378060 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 RODEO DRIVE SUITE 250 CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90212 SC TO-T/A 1 dsctota.htm AMENDMENT #3 TO SCHEDULE TO Amendment #3 to Schedule TO

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

SCHEDULE TO/A

 

Amendment No. 3

(Rule 14d-100)

Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

TRACINDA CORPORATION

KIRK KERKORIAN

(Name of Filing Persons (Offerors))

 


 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1-2/3 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

370442105

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Richard E. Sobelle, Esq.

Tracinda Corporation

150 South Rodeo Drive, Suite 250

Beverly Hills, California 90212

(310) 271-0638

 

Copy to:

Janet S. McCloud, Esq.

Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs,

Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLC

10250 Constellation Blvd., 19th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 553-3000

(Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized

to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

 


 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation*   Amount of Filing Fee**
$868,000,000   $102,163.60

* Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of filing fee only. Transaction value derived by multiplying 28,000,000 shares of the subject company (number of shares sought) by $31.00 (the purchase price per share offered by the Purchaser (as defined below)).

 

** The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Advisory #6 for Fiscal Year 2005 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2005, equals $117.70 per million of the aggregate amount of the cash offered by Tracinda Corporation (“Purchaser”).

 

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: $102,163.60

 

Filing Party: Tracinda Corporation

Form or Registration Number: Schedule TO

 

Date Filed: May 9, 2005

 

¨ 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.
  ¨ 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:  ¨

 



This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2005 (the “Schedule TO”) by Tracinda Corporation relating to the tender offer by Tracinda for up to 28,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1 2/3 per share (the “shares”), of General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“General Motors”), at purchase price of $31.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in an Offer to Purchase, dated May 9, 2004 (as amended), and in the related letter of transmittal.

 

Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Schedule TO, which incorporates by reference the information contained in the Offer to Purchase and the related letter of transmittal, copies of which were filed with the Original Schedule as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively, and amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO are hereby amended as follows:

 

(1) Subsection (a) of Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) there shall have occurred (i) any general suspension of, or general limitation on prices for, or trading in, securities on any national securities exchange in the United States or in the over-the-counter market, (ii) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental agency or authority on, or any other event that, in our reasonable judgment, would adversely affect, the extension of credit by banks or other financial institutions, (iii) a 10% change in United States or any other currency exchange rates or a suspension of or limitation on the markets therefor, (iv) the commencement or escalation of a war, armed hostilities or other similar national or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States, (v) a 10% decrease in the market price for the shares or in the general level of market prices for equity securities in the United States, or (vi) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, in our reasonable judgment, a material acceleration or worsening thereof;

 

(2) Subsection (b) of Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended as follows:

 

(b) any change (or condition, event or development involving a prospective change) shall have occurred or been threatened in the business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, stockholders’ equity, financial condition, operations, licenses, results of operations or prospects of General Motors or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that, in our reasonable judgment, has a materially adverse effect on General Motors or us or any of our or General Motors’ subsidiaries or affiliates, or we shall have become aware of any fact that, in our reasonable judgment, will have a material adverse effect on the value of any shares.

 

(3) Subsection (c) of Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended as follows:

 

(c) legislation amending the Code has been passed by either the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate or becomes pending before the U.S. House of Representative or the Senate or any committee thereof, the effect of which, in our reasonable judgment, would be to change the tax consequences of the transaction contemplated by the Offer in any manner that would materially adversely affect us or any of our affiliates.

 

(4) Subsection (e) of Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended as follows:

 

(e) any action shall have been taken or any statue, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or order (preliminary, permanent or otherwise) shall have been proposed, sought, enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or us or General Motors or any of our or General Motors’ subsidiaries or affiliates by any court, government or governmental agency or other regulatory or administrative authority, domestic or foreign, which in our reasonable judgment, (i) indicates that any approval or other action of any such court, agency or authority is required in connection with the Offer or the purchase of shares thereunder, (ii) would prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the Offer or materially impair the contemplated benefits to us thereof, including the exercise of voting or other stockholder rights with respect to the shares purchased pursuant to the Offer or the receipt of any distributions or other benefits of ownership of the purchased shares to which owners of shares are entitled generally, or (iii) otherwise would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, stockholders’ equity, financial conditions, operations, licenses, results of operations or prospect of us or General Motors or any of our or General Motors; subsidiaries or affiliates;

 

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SIGNATURES

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: June 6, 2005

 

TRACINDA CORPORATION

A Nevada corporation

By:

 

/s/    ANTHONY L. MANDEKIC        


   

Name: Anthony L. Mandekic

Title: Secretary/Treasurer

 

KIRK KERKORIAN

By:

 

/s/    ANTHONY L. MANDEKIC*        


   

Name: Anthony L. Mandekic

Title: Attorney in fact

 

* Power of Attorney previously filed as Exhibit (i) to Schedule TO, filed by Tracinda Corporation on May 26, 2005.

 

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    LAW OFFICES    
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direct dial Number        
        310-282-6271   June 6, 2005   LOGO
Email: Jsoza@chrismill.com        

 

Jeffrey B. Werbitt

Office of Mergers and Acquisitions

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re:

  Comments by the Staff on Schedule TO filed by Tracinda Corporation on May 9, 2005, as amended

 

Dear Mr. Werbitt:

 

We have reviewed the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its letter of June 3, 2005 with regard to the Schedule TO filed by Tracinda Corporation (as amended, the “Schedule TO”). An Amendment to Schedule TO (the “Amendment”) has been filed with the Commission in response to the Staff’s comments. The following is a response to each of the comments made by the Staff in its letter, with references to the amendments to the text of the Schedule TO that have been made in response to the Staff’s Comments.

 

  1. We note that you have added Mr. Kerkorian as a co-bidder in this tender offer in response to comment 1 in our prior letter dated May 19, 2005. However, that comment also asked you to revise the body of the offer to purchase to ensure that all of the disclosure required by Schedule TO was provided as to Mr. Kerkorian individually. You have not provided the financial statement disclosure for Mr. Kerkorian required by Instruction 4 of Item 10 of Schedule TO. See the next comment below regarding our view as to the materiality of financial statement disclosure in the context of this offer. In addition, please be sure to add Mr. Kerkorian’s name as a filer on the cover page of all future amendments to the Schedule.

 

The Schedule TO now includes Mr. Kerkorian’s name as a filer on the cover page of the Amendment. The Staff’s request that the Schedule TO contain financial statement disclosure for Mr. Kerkorian has been addressed in a letter to the Staff dated June 5, 2005. We understand that the Staff no longer requires financial statement disclosure for Mr.


Jeffrey B. Werbitt

June 6, 2005

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Kerkorian.

 

  2. As noted in prior comment 2, we continue to believe that financial statements for Tracinda Corp. are required in the context of this offer. Instruction 2 to Item 10 of Schedule TO-T describes those circumstances in which financial statements are not considered material in the context of a tender offer. Tracinda Corp. is not a reporting company under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and this is a partial offer. Therefore, the presumption of non-materiality does not apply in the context of this offer. If this offer is fully subscribed, Tracinda Corp will become the third largest shareholder of General Motors. As such, its financial statement disclosure is material for reasons other than its ability to pay for tendered shares. Please revise to include the financial statement required by Item 10 of Schedule TO.

 

The Staff’s request that the Schedule TO contain financial statement disclosure for Tracinda has been addressed in a letter to the Staff dated June 5, 2005. We understand that the Staff no longer requires financial statement disclosure for Tracinda.

 

  3. See the last two comments above. Advise how you will disseminate the revised offer materials, in light of the materiality of the financial statements omitted in the original offer materials. Not that shareholders must be afforded adequate time from the date they receive this new disclosure to review and act upon it. Therefore, advise whether you intend to extend the offer period beyond the scheduled expiration.

 

Since the Staff is no longer requiring financial statement disclosure for Mr. Kerkorian or Tracinda, we believe this comment is moot.

 

  4. We note your response to prior comment 10. However, we continue to be concerned that many of the listed offer conditions are so broadly drafted as to potentially make it impossible for a General Motors security holder to determine what events or occurrences will allow you to terminate the offer. In this regard, many of your conditions appear to contain an excessive subjective element, and may be so broad as to render the offer illusory. For example, paragraph (b) addresses events that may have a materially adverse effect on General Motors or on the value of your share and paragraph (e) discusses action that might prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the offer or otherwise could materially adversely affect your business. You should revise your disclosure accordingly, for example by speaking in more definitive terms. Similarly, paragraph (a)(iii) should quantify the term “material change” for purposes of this condition.


Jeffrey B. Werbitt

June 6, 2005

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The Schedule TO has been revised in response to Comment 4. See Items (1) – (4) of the Amendment.

 

If you have any questions concerning the foregoing responses to the Staff’s comments please call the undersigned at the telephone number set forth above or Janet S. McCloud at 310-282-6247.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,
/s/    Jeffrey Soza        

Jeffrey Soza

of CHRISTENSEN, MILLER, FINK, JACOBS,

GLASER, WEIL & SHAPIRO, LLP

 

cc: Richard E. Sobelle, Esq.
     Janet S. McCloud, Esq.
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