-----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, EDE1nVOMfZgQ7I9w3Ihs31hIzpD0Ll1FUcEWXzgiwfHH1s2+3kzEydWl3RUqDYtM S2CWH1VimC8zh9dC3g6tXQ== 0000950137-06-007729.txt : 20060711 0000950137-06-007729.hdr.sgml : 20060711 20060711172104 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-06-007729 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-I/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060711 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060711 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000737874 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 980390488 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-37254 FILM NUMBER: 06956768 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 BUSINESS PHONE: 6308483000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900118 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000737874 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 980390488 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 BUSINESS PHONE: 6308483000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 55 SHUMAN BLVD. STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAIDLAW TRANSPORTATION LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900118 SC TO-I/A 1 c06248a1sctoviza.htm AMENDMENT TO TENDER OFFER sctoviza
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR SECTION 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)
LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(including the associated preferred share purchase rights attached thereto)
(Title of Class of Securities)
50730R102
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Beth Byster Corvino, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Laidlaw International, Inc.
55 Shuman Boulevard, Suite 400
Naperville, Illinois 60563
(630) 848-3000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications
on Behalf of the Filing Person(s))
 
Copy to:
Richard S. Meller, Esq.
Latham & Watkins
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 876-7700
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
         
  Transaction valuation*   Amount of filing fee**  
         
  $427,500,000   $45,742.50  
*   Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the filing fee, based upon the purchase of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, at the maximum tender offer price of $28.50 per share.
 
**   The amount of filing fee was calculated at a rate of $107.00 per $1,000,000 of the transaction value. It was calculated by multiplying the transaction value by 0.000107.
þ      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:   $45,742.50   Filing party:   Laidlaw International, Inc.
Form or Registration No.:   Schedule TO-I   Date Filed:   July 10, 2006

 


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o      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:
     o third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1
     þ issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4
     o going private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3
     o 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 o

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ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Letter to Employees


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     This Amendment No. 1 to Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Amendment No. 1”) relates to the offer by Laidlaw International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Laidlaw”) to purchase up to 15,000,000 shares, or such lesser number of shares as are properly tendered, of its common stock, $0.01 par value, including the associated preferred share purchase rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated June 23, 2003, by and between Laidlaw and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Rights Agent, at a price not greater than $28.50 nor less than $25.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, as specified by shareholders tendering their shares. Laidlaw’s offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated July 10, 2006 and in the related Letter of Transmittal, which, as amended or supplemented from time to time, together constitute the tender offer. This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed by Laidlaw on July 10, 2006 (“Schedule TO”) as set forth below. This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     The information in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which previously were filed on Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) thereto, respectively, is incorporated herein by reference in answer to Items 1 through 11 in Schedule TO except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
     Item 12 of Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding as Exhibit (a)(5)(v) a memo to Equity Plan Participants about participation in the tender offer.

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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.
         
Dated: July 11, 2006  LAIDLAW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
By  /s/  Douglas A. Carty  
  Name:    Douglas A. Carty  
  Title:    Executive Vice President
 and Chief Financial Officer
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION
(a)(1)(i)
  Offer to Purchase, dated July 10, 2006.*
 
   
(a)(1)(ii)
  Letter of Transmittal.*
 
   
(a)(1)(iii)
  Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
 
   
(a)(1)(iv)
  Letter to Shareholders, dated July 10, 2006.*
 
   
(a)(1)(v)
  Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
 
   
(a)(1)(vi)
  Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
 
   
(a)(2)-(4)
  Not applicable.
 
   
(a)(5)(i)
  Press Release, dated July 10, 2006.*
 
   
(a)(5)(ii)
  Summary Advertisement, dated July 10, 2006.*
 
   
(a)(5)(iii)
  Questions and Answers for employees regarding stock buy back.*
 
   
(a)(5)(iv)
  Letter to employees regarding stock buy back.*
 
   
(a)(5)(v)
  Memo to Equity Plan Participants about participation in the tender offer.
 
   
(b)
  Commitment Letter dated July 5, 2006, by and among Laidlaw International, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.*
 
   
(d)
  Rights Agreement, dated June 23, 2003, by and between Laidlaw International, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).*
 
   
(g)
  Not applicable.
 
   
(h)
  Not applicable.
 
*   Previously filed on Schedule TO-I on July 10, 2006.

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EX-99.(A)(5)(V) 2 c06248a1exv99wxayx5yxvy.htm LETTER TO EMPLOYEES exv99wxayx5yxvy
 

(a)(5)(v)
(LAIDLAW LOGO)
55 SHUMAN BOULEVARD — SUITE 400 n NAPERVILLE n IL n 60563 n PH: 630-848-3000 n FX: 630-848-3149
M E M O R A N D U M
     
DATE:
  July 11, 2006
 
   
TO:
  Laidlaw Equity Plan Participants
 
   
FROM:
  Mary Jordan, Beth Corvino and Richard Parker
 
   
SUBJECT:
  Participation in Announced Tender Offer
 
     As many of you know, on July 10, 2006 the Company announced it is commencing a modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer for up to 15,000,000 shares of its common stock (“Tender Offer”). All participants in Laidlaw’s equity plan may participate in the Tender Offer, in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer, without regard to the Company’s trading policy. After the Trading Window closes, you may not otherwise sell or buy shares of Laidlaw common stock, but may participate in the Tender Offer. Finally, you do not need to obtain pre-clearance from the Legal Department to tender your shares of Laidlaw common stock into the Tender Offer.
     You will receive documentation regarding the Tender Offer through your broker, Merrill Lynch.

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