-----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, V194w4yPn+1xFXXJA57fbT02tb1xEmf4+L9E/tCftJ+/mQUgUNl4ERJOVBmWbW6E dh9Dxz7WrJgyOmU0RtLP9w== 0001193125-08-238839.txt : 20081119 0001193125-08-238839.hdr.sgml : 20081119 20081119060504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-238839 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081119 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081119 GROUP MEMBERS: ELLIOTT ERP LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPICOR SOFTWARE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891178 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 330277592 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-43389 FILM NUMBER: 081199638 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 195 TECHNOLOGY DR CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92718-2402 BUSINESS PHONE: 9495854000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 195 TECHNOLOGY DR CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92718-2402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PLATINUM SOFTWARE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940715 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000904495 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 222140975 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 712 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125062999 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 712 FIFTH AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930513 SC TO-T/A 1 dsctota.htm AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SCHEDULE TO Amendment No. 3 to Schedule TO

 

 

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)

 

 

EPICOR SOFTWARE CORPORATION

(Name of Subject Company)

 

 

ELLIOTT ERP LLC

ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

29426l108

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

Jesse A. Cohn

Elliott Associates, L.P.

712 Fifth Avenue, 36th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 506-2999

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized

to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

Copy to:

Robert B. Schumer

Jeffrey D. Marell

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation*   Amount of Filing Fee**
$417,099,885   $20,763.23
*

Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. This amount assumes the purchase of 55,613,318 shares of common stock of Epicor Software Corporation (“Epicor” and such shares, “Shares”), which amount includes: (i) all 53,508,711 Shares outstanding as of August 1, 2008 other than the 6,065,000 Shares beneficially owned by Elliott Associates, L.P. (“Elliott Associates”) and its affiliated funds, and (ii) stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2007 to purchase 2,104,607 Shares. 12,709,984 Shares reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the $230,000,000 of Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 issued by Epicor (the “Convertible Notes”) have been excluded from this calculation because the conversion price of those Convertible Notes ($18.10 per Share) exceeds the offer price of $7.50 per Share. The number of outstanding Shares is contained in Epicor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008 and the number of outstanding stock options and Convertible Notes is contained in Epicor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

**

The amount of the filing fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by multiplying (i) the transaction valuation of $528,326,521 indicated on the Schedule TO filed by Elliott Associates and Elliott ERP LLC with the Securities Exchange Commission on October 15, 2008 by (ii) 0.0000393.

 

x 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:   $20,763.23   Filing Party:  

Elliott ERP LLC

Elliott Associates, L.P.

Form or Registration No.:   SC TO-T   Date Filed:   October 15, 2008
¨ 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:

x 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 to Schedule TO (“Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2008, as amended (the “Schedule TO”), by Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Elliott Associates”) and Elliott ERP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Elliott Associates, to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Epicor Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation, at $7.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2008, as amended (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal, as amended (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”). Except as specifically set forth herein, this Amendment No. 3 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 3 and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule TO.

The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including all schedules thereto, is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in response to all of the items of this Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

Items 1 through 9.

The Offer has been extended from 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 until 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. All references in the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, and the Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, to the Expiration Date of 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 are hereby amended and restated to refer to 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

The Offer to Purchase is further amended as follows:

Paragraph (iv) of Section 14 (“Conditions of the Offer”) of the Offer to Purchase is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(iv) there occurs (a) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, (b) any decline in either the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard and Poor’s Index of 500 Industrial Companies or the NASDAQ-100 Index by an amount in excess of 10%, measured from November 18, 2008 or any change in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States or abroad that, in our reasonable judgment, could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, (d) any material adverse change (or development or threatened development involving a prospective material adverse change) in U.S. or any other currency exchange rates or a suspension of, or a limitation on, the markets therefor, (e) any material adverse change in the market price of the Shares or in the U.S. securities or financial markets, (f) the commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States or any attack on, outbreak or act of terrorism involving the United States, (g) any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental authority or agency on, or any other event that, in our reasonable judgment, may adversely affect, the extension of credit by banks or other financial institutions, (h) any material adverse change (or development or threatened development involving a prospective material adverse change) in the London Interbank Offer Rate or any other interest rates, or (i) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof; or”

Item 10. Financial Statements.

Not applicable.

 

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Item 11. Additional Information.

As of 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, approximately 14,419,173 Shares had been tendered in and not withdrawn from the Offer.

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following exhibits:

“(a)(5)(iv) Press release issued by Elliott Associates, L.P., dated November 19, 2008.”

 

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SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: November 19, 2008.

 

ELLIOTT ERP LLC
By:   /s/    Elliot Greenberg        
Name:   Elliot Greenberg
Title:   Vice President

 

ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

By: Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P., as General Partner

By: Braxton Associates, Inc., as General Partner

By:   /s/    Elliot Greenberg        
Name:   Elliot Greenberg
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

(a)(1)(i)    Offer to Purchase dated October 15, 2008.*
(a)(1)(ii)    Letter of Transmittal.*
(a)(1)(iii)    Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a)(1)(iv)    Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(v)    Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(vi)    Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*
(a)(1)(vii)    Summary Advertisement dated October 15, 2008.*
(a)(5)(i)    Press Release issued by Elliott Associates, L.P., dated October 15, 2008.*
(a)(5)(ii)    Letter to Board of Directors of Epicor Software Corporation from Elliott Associates, L.P., dated November 4, 2008.*
(a)(5)(iii)    Press Release issued by Elliott Associates, L.P., dated November 4, 2008.*
(a)(5)(iv)    Press Release issued by Elliott Associates, L.P., dated November 19, 2008
(b)    Not applicable.
(d)    Not applicable.
(g)    Not applicable.
(h)    Not applicable.

 

* Previously filed.
EX-99.(A)(5)(IV) 2 dex99a5iv.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P., DATED NOVEMBER 19, 2008 Press Release issued by Elliott Associates, L.P., dated November 19, 2008

Exhibit (a)(5)(iv)

LOGO

For More Information Contact:

Scott Tagliarino

(212) 974-6000

(917) 922-2364 (cell)

 

ELLIOTT EXTENDS TENDER OFFER FOR EPICOR SOFTWARE CORPORATION

NEW YORK (November 19, 2008) – Elliott Associates, L.P., a major stockholder of Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC) that owns collectively with its affiliated funds 12.5% of the common stock of the company, today announced that it is extending the duration of its offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Epicor at $7.50 per share until 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Elliott’s offer was scheduled to expire at 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

As of 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, approximately 14,419,173 shares of the common stock of Epicor had been tendered in and not withdrawn from the offer.

About Elliott Associates

Elliott Associates, L.P. and its sister fund, Elliott International, L.P. have more than $14.5 billion of capital under management. Founded in 1977, Elliott is one of the oldest hedge funds under continuous management. The Elliott funds’ investors include large institutions, high-net-worth individuals and families, and employees of the firm.

All trademarks used or mentioned in this release are protected by law.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

THIS PRESS RELEASE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER FOR EPICOR’S COMMON STOCK. ELLIOTT FILED A TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO (CONTAINING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED MATERIALS) WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) ON OCTOBER 15, 2008. THESE MATERIALS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF EPICOR ARE ADVISED TO READ THESE DISCLOSURE MATERIALS CAREFULLY. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS CAN OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THESE MATERIALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY ELLIOTT WITH THE SEC AT THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE SEC AT WWW.SEC.GOV. THE DISCLOSURE MATERIALS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT NO COST FROM THE INFORMATION AGENT, MACKENZIE PARTNERS, INC. COLLECT AT (212) 929-5500 OR TOLL-FREE AT (800) 322-2885. YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL MACKENZIE PARTNERS, INC. AT TENDEROFFER@MACKENZIEPARTNERS.COM.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. ALL STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE THAT ARE NOT CLEARLY HISTORICAL IN NATURE OR THAT NECESSARILY DEPEND ON FUTURE EVENTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING, AND THE WORDS “ANTICIPATE,” “BELIEVE,” “EXPECT,” “ESTIMATE,” “PLAN,” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE GENERALLY INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON CURRENT EXPECTATIONS OF ELLIOTT AND ITS AFFILIATES AND CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE AND INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AND ARE BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS AS TO FUTURE EVENTS THAT MAY NOT PROVE TO BE ACCURATE.

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