SC 14D9/A 1 feb19sched14d9a.txt AMENDMENT NO. 17 ============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ------------------------------------------------ Schedule 14D-9/A SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 17) ------------------------------------------------ Taubman Centers, Inc. (Name of Subject Company) Taubman Centers, Inc. (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement) Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share (Title of Class of Securities) 876664103 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) ------------------------------------------------ Lisa A. Payne Taubman Centers, Inc. 200 East Long Lake Road Suite 300, P.O. Box 200 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303 (248) 258-6800 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement) ------------------------------------------------ With copies to: Cyril Moscow Jeffrey H. Miro Adam O. Emmerich Honigman Miller Schwartz Kenneth H. Gold Trevor S. Norwitz and Miro, Weiner & Kramer Robin Panovka Cohn, LLP 38500 Woodward Avenue, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen 2290 First National Suite 100 & Katz Building Bloomfield Hills, 51 West 52nd Street 660 Woodward Avenue Michigan 48303 New York, New York 10019 Detroit, Michigan (248) 646-2400 (212) 403-1000 48226-3583 (313) 465-7000 o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. ============================================================================== This Amendment No. 17 amends and supplements the Solicitation/ Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 11, 2002 (as subsequently amended, the "Schedule 14D-9"), by Taubman Centers, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the "Company" or "Taubman Centers") relating to the tender offer made by Simon Property Acquisitions, Inc. ("Offeror"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Simon Property Group, Inc. ("Simon") and Westfield America, Inc. ("Westfield"), as set forth in a Tender Offer Statement filed by Simon on Schedule TO, dated December 5, 2002 (the "Schedule TO") and a Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, dated January 15, 2003 filed by Simon on Schedule TO-T/A (Amendment No. 6) (the "Supplement"), to pay $20.00 net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, for each Common Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule TO and the Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9. ITEM 9. Exhibits. Item 9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding thereto the following: Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- (a)(43) Press release issued by Taubman Centers on February 17, 2003 (a)(44) Letter to Taubman Centers Associates 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. Dated: February 19, 2003 Taubman Centers, Inc. By: /s/ Robert S. Taubman -------------------------------- Robert S. Taubman Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- (a)(43) Press release issued by Taubman Centers on February 17, 2003 (a)(44) Letter to Taubman Centers Associates