-----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, Mufyn9F1GTxu0U92uZwfIHYnYW+5kd1DkmxDBURBEeAZNq8vQeL670lWLR7gk7T9 Uuc3qLlMTL6cqiDlvU/S9w== 0000898430-96-002177.txt : 19960522 0000898430-96-002177.hdr.sgml : 19960522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898430-96-002177 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13E4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960521 SROS: NYSE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SMITHS FOOD & DRUG CENTERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000850309 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 870258768 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13E4/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-40785 FILM NUMBER: 96570593 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1550 S REDWOOD RD CITY: SALT LAKE CITY STATE: UT ZIP: 84104 BUSINESS PHONE: 8019741400 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SMITHS FOOD & DRUG CENTERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000850309 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 870258768 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13E4/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1550 S REDWOOD RD CITY: SALT LAKE CITY STATE: UT ZIP: 84104 BUSINESS PHONE: 8019741400 SC 13E4/A 1 SCHEDULE 13E-4 - AMENDMENT #2 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 23, 1996 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------- AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SCHEDULE 13E-4 ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934) ---------------- SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. (NAME OF ISSUER AND PERSON FILING STATEMENT) CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE CLASS B COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE (TITLES OF CLASSES OF SECURITIES) ---------------- N/A (CUSIP NUMBER FOR CLASS A COMMON STOCK) 832388-10-2 (CUSIP NUMBER FOR CLASS B COMMON STOCK) MICHAEL C. FREI SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG CENTERS, INC. 1550 SOUTH REDWOOD ROAD SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84104 (801) 974-1400 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON FILING STATEMENT) ---------------- COPIES TO: ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN JOHN W. CARR SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT 425 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017 (212) 455-2000 ---------------- APRIL 25, 1996 (DATE TENDER OFFER FIRST PUBLISHED, SENT OR GIVEN TO SECURITY HOLDERS) ---------------- CALCULATION OF FILING FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTION VALUATION* AMOUNT OF FILING FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $451,291,032 $90,259**
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Assumes purchase of 50% of its outstanding shares of Common Stock (12,535,862 shares based on Common Stock outstanding as of April 15, 1996) at $36 per share. ** Fee paid with initial filing on April 25, 1996. ---------------- [_]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: N/A FILING PARTY: N/A FORM OR REGISTRATION NO.: N/A DATE FILED: N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4, dated April 25, 1996, of Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. (the "Company") filed in connection with the offer by the Company to purchase, in the aggregate, 50% of its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (collectively, the "Shares") (or 12,535,862 Shares based on Shares outstanding as of April 15, 1996) at a price of $36 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated April 25, 1996 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and related Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used without definition in this Amendment No. 3 shall have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. (a)(12) Form of press release dated May 23, 1996. 1 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. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. /s/ Michael C. Frei By: _________________________________ Michael C. Frei Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Dated: May 23, 1996 2 EXHIBIT INDEX
SEQUENTIALLY EXHIBIT NUMBERED NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE ------- ----------- ------------ (a)(12) Form of press release dated May 23, 1996.
EX-99.A11 2 PRESS RELEASE DATED MAY 17, 1996 EXHIBIT (a)(12) ------- Contacts: Media: Investor: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SMITH'S ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF ITS OFFER TO PURCHASE 50% OF ITS COMMON STOCK TO MAY 23, 1996 (Salt Lake City, UT) May 23, 1996 - Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) ("Smith's") announced today that its pending offer to purchase 50%, in the aggregate, of its outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (the "Shares") at a price of $36 per share in cash, scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York time, on Wednesday, May 22, 1996, has been extended until 12:00 noon, New York City time, on Thursday, may 23, 1996. The Offer to purchase is scheduled to expire concurrently with the consummation of the merger between Smitty's Supermarkets, Inc. and a wholly owned subsidiary of Smith's, made pursuant to a Recapitalization Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into by Smith's. As of the close of business on May 22, 1996, tenders with respect to approximately million shares, or %, of the Class A Common Stock and ---- ---- million shares, or %, of the Class B Common, had been received. - ---- ---- This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase any Shares. The offer to purchase is being made solely by the Offer to Purchase dated April 25, 1996, as amended and supplemented, and the extension of the offer to purchase remains subject to the terms and conditions stated therein. Goldman, Sachs & Co. are dealer managers for the offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase may be obtained from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., who is serving as information agent in connection with the offer, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10010, telephone (800) 322-2885. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----