-----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, HeJOKKTB0vkGo1ZbarBsMP+A6/S53p50h9rRUYACNXUPIlGsFboH1uTlGT0wkG1n ViAKJyBEoXuNGVv95q7WhQ== 0000950103-95-000451.txt : 19951208 0000950103-95-000451.hdr.sgml : 19951208 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-95-000451 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 14D9/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19951206 SROS: NONE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCOR US CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000798363 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 751791342 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D9/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-39126 FILM NUMBER: 95599763 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 WILLIAM ST STE 1800 STREET 2: 18TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038-3995 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129788200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 WILLIAM STREET STREET 2: 18TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCOR US CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000798363 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 751791342 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D9/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 WILLIAM ST STE 1800 STREET 2: 18TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038-3995 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129788200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 WILLIAM STREET STREET 2: 18TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10038 SC 14D9/A 1 =========================================================================== U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------- SCHEDULE 14D-9 (Amendment No. 2) Solicitation/Recommendation Statement Pursuant to Section Rule 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ---------------- SCOR U.S. CORPORATION (Name of Subject Company) SCOR U.S. CORPORATION (Name of Person Filing Statement) Common Stock, par value $0.30 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 784027104 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) John T. Andrews Senior Vice President and General Counsel 2 World Trade Center New York, New York 10048-0178 Telephone: (212) 912-0017 (Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement) Copy to: Phillip R. Mills, Esq. Davis Polk & Wardwell 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 450-4000 =========================================================================== This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, as amended (the "Schedule 14D-9") of SCOR U.S. Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 1995, relating to the tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.30 per share, of the Company by SCOR Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth on the Schedule 14D-9. Item 9. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits. Item 9(b) is hereby amended by adding the following Exhibit thereto: Exhibit 7(*) - Opinion of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. dated November 2, 1995. SIGNATURE After reasonable 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. Date: December 6, 1995 SCOR U.S. Corporation By: /s/ Jerome Karter ---------------------- Name: Jerome Karter Title: President and Chief Executive Officer - --------------- (*) This Exhibit replaces Exhibit 7 in its entirety previously filed with the Schedule 14D-9. EX-7 2 [Letterhead of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.] November 2, 1995 SCOR U.S. Corporation Two World Trade Center, 23rd floor New York, New York 10048-0178 Attention: Special Committee of the Board of Directors Gentlemen: You have advised us that SCOR S.A. ("SCOR S.A.") proposes to acquire all of the publicly held outstanding common stock, par value $0.30 per share, (the "Shares") of SCOR U.S. Corporation (the "Company") not currently held by SCOR S.A. from the holders thereof (the "Selling Shareholders") at a purchase price of $15.25 per share (the "Transaction"). You have requested our opinion as to whether the consideration to be paid pursuant to the Transaction is fair to the Selling Shareholders, from a financial point of view, as of the date hereof. In arriving at our opinion, we have, among other things: (i) reviewed certain publicly available business and financial information relating to the Company; (ii) reviewed the reported price and trading activity for the Shares of the Company, (iii) reviewed certain financial information and other data provided to us by the Company relating to the business and prospects of the Company, including financial projections prepared by the management of the Company; (iv) conducted discussions with members of the senior management of the Company; (v) reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of certain acquisition transactions which we considered relevant; (vi) reviewed publicly available financial and securities market data pertaining to certain publicly-held companies in lines of business generally comparable to those of the Company; and (vii) conducted such other financial studies, analyses and investigations, and considered such other information as we deemed necessary and appropriate. In connection with our review, with your consent, we have not assumed any responsibility for independent verification of any of the foregoing information and have relied upon it being complete and accurate in all material aspects. We have not been requested to and have not made an independent evaluation or appraisal of any assets or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor have we been furnished with any such evaluation or appraisal. Further, we have assumed, with your consent, that all of the information, including the projections provided to us by the Company's management, was prepared in good faith and was reasonably prepared on a basis reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the Company's management as to future financial performance of the Company, and was based upon the historical performance and certain estimates and assumptions which were reasonable at the time made. In addition we have not been asked to, and do not express any opinion as to the after-tax consequences of the Transaction to any Selling Shareholder. In addition, our opinion is based on economic, monetary and market conditions existing on the date hereof. In rendering our opinion, we are not rendering any opinion as to the value of the Company or making any recommendation to the Selling Shareholders with respect to the advisability of voting in favor of the Transaction. Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. ("Dillon Read"), as part of its investment banking business, is engaged in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwriting, competitive biddings, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private placements and valuations of estate, corporate and other purposes. Dillon Read has received a fee for rendering this opinion. This opinion is being rendered to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company for its use in evaluating the Transaction. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the consideration to be received in the Transaction by the Selling Shareholders is fair to the Selling Shareholders, from a financial point of view, as of the date hereof. Very truly yours, DILLON, READ & CO. INC. By: /s/ William P. Powell ---------------------- William P. Powell Managing Director -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----