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UNITED STATES

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. 3)

 

California First Leasing Corporation

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

California First Leasing Corporation

(Name of Filing Person(s) (Issuer))

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

130222102

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Patrick E. Paddon

Chief Executive Officer

California First Leasing Corporation

5000 Birch Street, Suite 500

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949) 255-0500

(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Filing Person(s))

 

 

 

 

With copies to:

 

 

 

Joshua A. Dean, Esq.

 

S. Leslie Jewett

 

 

Jason R. Schendel, Esq.

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Daniel Clausen, Esq.

 

California First Leasing Corporation

 

 

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

 

5000 Birch Street, Suite 500

 

 

650 Town Center Drive, Tenth Floor

 

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

 

 

 

 

October 23, 2023

 

 

(Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders)

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

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 (“Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed on October 23, 2023 (“Schedule TO”) by California First Leasing Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), with respect to its offer to purchase up to 200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (collectively, the “shares”), at a price of $16.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes, and without interest. 

 

Only those items amended or supplemented are reported in this Amendment No. 3. Except as specifically provided herein, the information contained in the Schedule TO remains unchanged and this Amendment No. 3 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO. You should read this Amendment No. 3 together with the Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase dated October 23, 2023, and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

                     

ITEM 11.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

           
                     

Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information to the end thereof:

 

On December 7, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the final results of the Offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 4, 2023. A copy of such press release is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1)(F)(ii) and is incorporated herein by reference.

                     

 

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS

 

Reference is hereby made to the following exhibits which collectively constitute the Offer to Shareholders and are incorporated herein by reference:

 

(a)(1)(A)*

Offer to Purchase for Cash, dated October 23, 2023

(a)(1)(B)*

Letter of Transmittal

(a)(1)(C)*

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

(a)(1)(D)*

Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.

(a)(1)(E)*

Letter to Clients

(a)(1)(F)*

Press Release, dated October 23, 2023

(a)(1)(A)*

Supplement No. 1 to Offer to Purchase for Cash, dated October 31, 2023

(a)(1)(F)(i)*

Press Release, announcing the preliminary results of the tender offer

(a)(1)(F)(ii)**

Press Release, announcing the final results of the tender offer

 (b)

None

 (d)

None

 (g)

None

 (h)

None

107* 

Calculation of Filing Fee Table

 

 

*

Previously filed on Schedule TO

**

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set out in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

 

     

California First Leasing Corporation

   

By:

 

/s/ S. Leslie Jewett

Name: S. Leslie Jewett

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 7, 2023