-----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, M0gystRALGs3k1ewI/0hLJZWu5yEFhTLnbiwWfcUPhoGS7Y1vae2LhGRB5YwGfiS dLLi+Tz3E3cz6O+CVHBIzQ== 0000950123-02-000916.txt : 20020414 0000950123-02-000916.hdr.sgml : 20020414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-02-000916 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20020205 GROUP MEMBERS: TROY ACQUISITION CORP SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARGUSS COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000879986 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, COMM AND POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION [1623] IRS NUMBER: 020413153 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42211 FILM NUMBER: 02526728 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CHURCH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 302 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 3013150027 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CHURCH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 302 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARGUSS HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970513 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONCEPTRONIC INC / DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000067215 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER, SEWER, PIPELINE, COMM AND POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION [1623] IRS NUMBER: 591277135 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0729 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4440 PGA BLVD. STE 500 STREET 2: FIRST UNION CENTER CITY: PALM BEACH GARDENS STATE: FL ZIP: 33410 BUSINESS PHONE: 5616277171 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 3524 STREET 2: SUITE 860 CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MOBILE HOME DYNAMICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820302 SC TO-T/A 1 y56725a1scto-ta.txt AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE TO 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.1) ARGUSS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) TROY ACQUISITION CORP. DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. (Offeror) (Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person)) Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share Including the Associated Right to Purchase Preferred Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 040282105 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) MARC R. TILLER, ESQ. DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. 4440 PGA BOULEVARD, SUITE 500 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA 33410 (561) 627-7171 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons) Copy to: STEPHEN M. BESEN, ESQ. SHEARMAN & STERLING 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 (212) 848-4000 [ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes 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. 1 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this "Schedule TO") filed by Dycom Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Dycom"), and Troy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dycom ("Purchaser") on January 23, 2002. This Schedule TO relating to the offer by Dycom, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Purchaser, to exchange for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $.01 per share (together with the associated right to purchase preferred stock, the "Shares"), of Arguss Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Arguss"), 0.3333 shares of Dycom Industries, Inc. common stock, par value $0.33-1/3 per share (together with the associated right to purchase preferred shares, the "Dycom Shares"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated January 23, 2002, as amended on February 5, 2002 (the "Prospectus") and in the related Letter of Transmittal which are Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2) to the Schedule TO. The information set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference in response to Items 2 - 11 of this Schedule TO. ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Dycom amended the Prospectus referred to in Exhibit (a)(1) hereto and issued a press release contained in Exhibit (a)(10) hereto. The information included in the press release is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, opinions of tax counsel with respect to the tax consequences of the offer and the merger have been issued and are contained in Exhibits (h)(1) and (h)(2) hereto. ITEM 12. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. (a)(1) Prospectus dated February 5, 2002 (incorporated herein by reference to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). (a)(10) Press release issued by Dycom on January 29, 2002 (filed under Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Dycom on January 29, 2002). (h)(1) Opinion of Shearman & Sterling regarding United States federal income tax aspects of the offer and the merger (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). (h)(2) Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP regarding United States federal income tax consequences of the offer and the merger (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8.2 to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). 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. Dated: February 5, 2002 TROY ACQUISITION CORP. By: /s/ Steven E. Nielsen -------------------------------- Name: Steven E. Nielsen Title: President and Chief Executive Officer 3 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. Dated: February 5, 2002 DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. By: /s/ Steven E. Nielsen -------------------------------- Name: Steven E. Nielsen Title: President and Chief Executive Officer 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. (a)(1) Prospectus dated February 5, 2002 (incorporated herein by reference to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). (a)(10) Press release issued by Dycom on January 29, 2002 (filed under Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Dycom on January 29, 2002). (h)(1) Opinion of Shearman & Sterling regarding United States federal income tax aspects of the offer and the merger (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). (h)(2) Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP regarding United States federal income tax consequences of the offer and the merger (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8.2 to Dycom's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended on February 5, 2002). 5 EX-99.A.10 3 y56725a1ex99-a_10.txt PRESS RELEASE ISSUED JANUARY 29, 2002 NEWSRELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palm Beach Gardens, Florida January 29, 2002 DYCOM ANNOUNCES EARLY TERMINATION OF ANTITRUST WAITING PERIOD FOR ACQUISITION OF ARGUSS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA (January 29, 2002) - DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE: DY) announced today that the Federal Trade Commission has informed it and Arguss Communications, Inc. (NYSE: ACX) that, with respect to the proposed acquisition by Dycom of Arguss, early termination of the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, has been granted by the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, as provided by Section 7A(b)(2) of the Clayton Act and Sections 803.10(b) and 803.11(c) of the HSR Act's Premerger Notification Rules. The effective date of early termination is January 28, 2002. The granting of early termination means that the HSR Act no longer prohibits consummation of the proposed acquisition. This grant of early termination will be published in due course in the Federal Register and on the FTC's Internet site. On January 7, 2002, Dycom and Arguss entered into a definitive merger Page 1 agreement pursuant to which Dycom will acquire all the outstanding shares of Arguss in a stock-for-stock transaction. On January 23, 2002, pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Dycom commenced an exchange offer in which it is offering to exchange 0.3333 of a share of Dycom common stock for each outstanding share of Arguss common stock. The exchange offer will be followed by a merger in which Dycom would acquire, at the same exchange ratio, the remaining shares of Arguss common stock not previously acquired in the exchange offer. The exchange offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, February 20, 2002. Dycom is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance services to telecommunication providers throughout the United States. Additionally, Dycom provides similar services related to the installation of integrated voice, data and video local and wide area networks within office buildings and similar structures. Dycom also provides underground utility locating and mapping and electric utility construction services. Arguss conducts its operations through its wholly owned subsidiaries - Arguss Communications Group, Inc. and Conceptronic, Inc. Arguss Communications Group designs, constructs, reconstructs, maintains and repairs telecommunication systems and provides aerial, underground and premise construction services and splicing of both fiber optic and coaxial cable to major telecommunication customers. Conceptronic manufactures and sells highly advanced, computer-controlled capital equipment used in the SMT circuit assembly industry. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking statements under the Private Page 4 Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of Dycom and Arguss and the benefits expected to result from the contemplated transaction, are based on management's current expectation and estimates and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk that the conditions relating to the required minimum tender of shares, the approval by the Arguss shareholders of the subsequent merger (if that approval is necessary) or regulatory clearance might not be satisfied in a timely manner or at all, risks relating to the timing and successful completion of technology and product development efforts, integration of the technologies and businesses of Dycom and Arguss, unanticipated expenditures, changing relationships with customers, suppliers and strategic partners, conditions of the economy and other factors described in the most recent reports on Form 10-Q, most recent reports on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed by Dycom and Arguss with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dycom filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and Arguss filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the Commission in connection with the transaction on January 23, 2002. Dycom and Arguss have also mailed a Prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, the Schedule 14D-9 and related tender offer materials to stockholders of Arguss. These documents contain important information about the transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents carefully when they are available. Investors and Page 5 security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents through the website maintained by the Commission at www.sec.gov. Free copies of these documents may also be obtained from Dycom by directing a request to Dycom Industries, Inc., 4440 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410, (561) 627-7171 or to Arguss by directing a request to Arguss Communications, Inc., One Church Street, Suite 302, Rockville, Maryland 20850, (301) 315-0027. In addition to the Registration Statement, Schedule TO, Prospectus and Schedule 14D-9, Dycom and Arguss file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information filed by Dycom or Arguss at the Commission's public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at any of the Commission's other public reference rooms in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the Commission at 800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Dycom's and Arguss' filings with the Commission are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the Commission at www.sec.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Dycom Industries, Inc. Palm Beach Gardens, FL Steven E. Nielsen Richard L. Dunn (561) 627-7171 Page 6 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----