-----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, MB/TicBKP6PsAHvNLQIzvDfUBCipbznIKjzG9DzF9hx4pyFxVVdq9T6ImiePzafw 0n6xM5jAyHIhX/BNGxHa/A== 0000950123-10-064897.txt : 20100712 0000950123-10-064897.hdr.sgml : 20100712 20100712170146 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-064897 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100712 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100712 GROUP MEMBERS: EXCELSIOR ACQUISITION CO. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000849667 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090] IRS NUMBER: 841032638 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-53419 FILM NUMBER: 10948600 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4100 N MULBERRY DRIVE SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64116 BUSINESS PHONE: 8165026000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4100 N MULBERRY DRIVE SUITE 200 CITY: KANSS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64116 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001029506 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 431766315 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1001 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2900 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 BUSINESS PHONE: 3148777000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2900 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW RALCORP HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961223 SC TO-T/A 1 c58950a3sctovtza.htm SC TO-T/A sctovtza
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE TO
(Amendment No. 3)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
American Italian Pasta Company
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
 
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
Excelsior Acquisition Co.
(Names of Filing Persons (offeror))
Class A Convertible Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
027070101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Gregory A. Billhartz, Esq.
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
800 Market Street, Suite 2900
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 877-7000
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized
to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
 
Copy to:
William F. Seabaugh, Esq.
R. Randall Wang, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
211 N. Broadway
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 3600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
Tel: (314) 259-2000
Fax: (314) 259-2020
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
           
 
  Transaction Valuation*     Amount of Filing Fee**  
 
$1,192,887,642
     $85,052.89  
 
 
*   Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This amount assumes the purchase of up to 22,507,314 shares of Class A Convertible Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of American Italian Pasta Company at a purchase price of $53.00 per Share. Such number of Shares consists of (i) 21,820,119 Shares issued and outstanding as of June 15, 2010, and (ii) 687,195 Shares that are expected to be issuable before the expiration of the tender offer under vested options and other rights to acquire Shares.
 
**   Pursuant to Rule 0-11 of the Exchange Act, the amount of the filing fee is calculated by multiplying the transaction value by 0.00007130.
þ   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: $85,052.89
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
  Filing Party: Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and Excelsior Acquisition Co.
Date Filed: June 24, 2010
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:
þ third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
o 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
 
 

 

 

     This Amendment No. 3 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed on June 24, 2010, as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed on July 2, 2010, and Amendment No. 2, filed on July 6, 2010 (“Schedule TO”), by Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Ralcorp”), and Excelsior Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Ralcorp, relating to the tender offer by Purchaser, pursuant to Rule 14d-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Class A Convertible Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of American Italian Pasta Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a price of $53.00 per Share to the sellers thereof in cash without interest and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and conditions of the offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated June 24, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any supplements or amendments thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”). All capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 3 without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase.
     The information in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is incorporated into this Amendment No. 3 by reference to all of the applicable items in the Schedule TO, except that such information is amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided in this Amendment No. 3.
Item 4. Terms of the Transaction
     The second to last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 19 — “Miscellaneous” in the Offer to Purchase, as such section was amended by Amendment No. 2, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“If, after such good faith effort, Purchaser cannot comply with any such law, the Offer will not be made to the holders of Shares residing in such jurisdiction.”

 

 

SIGNATURES
     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 12, 2010
         
  EXCELSIOR ACQUISITION CO.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Billhartz    
    Gregory A. Billhartz, Esq.   
    Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 
  RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Gregory A. Billhartz    
    Gregory A. Billhartz, Esq.   
    Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   

 

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