SC TO-C 1 a09-5515_1sctoc.htm WRITTEN COMMUNICATION RELATING TO AN ISSUER OR THIRD PARTY TENDER OFFER

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE TO-C

(Rule 13e-4)

 

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

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

XETA Technologies, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company (issuer)

 

XETA Technologies, Inc.

(Names of Filing Persons (offeror)

 

Certain Options to Purchase Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

983909102

CUSIP Number of Class of Securities

 

Robert B. Wagner

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

XETA Technologies, Inc.

1814 West Tacoma

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma  74012

(918) 664-8200

(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*

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 


*                             No filing fee is required because this filing contains only preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

o                        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:  Not Applicable

Form or Registration No.: Not Applicable

Filing Party:  Not Applicable

Date Filed:  Not Applicable

 

x       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.

x   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

 

 

 



 

PRELIMINARY NOTE:       Attached hereto as exhibits are (i) XETA Technologies, Inc.’s Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Preliminary Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 7, 2009 (the “Proxy Materials”), which contains a proposal to be submitted to the Company’s shareholders asking them to approve a voluntary, one-time stock option exchange program described in the Proxy Statement (the “Option Exchange Program”), and (ii) an e-mail communication by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer on February 13, 2009 regarding submission of the Option Exchange Program for shareholder approval, sent to employees eligible to participate in the proposed Option Exchange Program.  The Proxy Materials do not constitute an offer to holders of eligible options to participate in the Option Exchange Program.

 

The tender offer described in the Proxy Statement has not yet commenced. At the time the Option Exchange Program has commenced, the Company will provide option holders who are eligible to participate in the program with written materials explaining the precise terms and timing of the Option Exchange Program. Persons who are eligible to participate should read these written materials carefully when they become available because they will contain important information about the Option Exchange Program. The Company will also file these written materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a tender offer statement upon the commencement of the Option Exchange Program. The Company’s stockholders and eligible option holders will be able to obtain these written materials and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission free of charge from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.  Eligible option holders will also be able to obtain free of charge a written copy of the Option Exchange Program materials, if and when they are available, by calling XETA Technologies at (918)664-8200, or by contacting the Company’s Chief Financial Officer by e-mail at rwagner@xeta.com or by U.S. mail addressed to XETA Technologies, 1814 W. Tacoma, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 74012, Attention:  Robert B. Wagner, Chief Financial Officer.

 

ITEM 12.EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit 
Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Preliminary Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 7, 2009 (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).

99.2

 

E-mail Communication sent on February 13, 2009 by Greg Forrest to eligible employees

 

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