-----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, GK42JIR+8X08rTO538gA2m9HjOZcsSvOdQhGerDsEyAc9aab4GFcRNbvscZImsMo QTifvP22/HUQrgKzpggwSA== 0001193125-09-259257.txt : 20091223 0001193125-09-259257.hdr.sgml : 20091223 20091223155843 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-259257 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091223 GROUP MEMBERS: PEBBLES ACQUISITION SUB, INC. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DIEDRICH COFFEE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000947661 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-FOOD STORES [5400] IRS NUMBER: 330086628 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0627 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-50104 FILM NUMBER: 091258137 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28 EXECUTIVE PARK STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92614 BUSINESS PHONE: 9492601600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28 EXECUTIVE PARK STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92614 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909954 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090] IRS NUMBER: 030339228 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0929 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 33 COFFEE LANE CITY: WATERBURY STATE: VT ZIP: 05676 BUSINESS PHONE: 8022445621 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 33 COFFEE LANE CITY: WATERBURY STATE: VT ZIP: 05676 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930729 SC TO-T/A 1 dsctota.htm AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE TO Amendment No. 2 to Schedule TO

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT

UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 2)

 

 

DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

 

PEBBLES ACQUISITION SUB, INC.

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

 

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

253675201

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

Lawrence J. Blanford

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

33 Coffee Lane

Waterbury, Vermont 05676

(802) 244-5621

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized

to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

 

with copies to:

Jane D. Goldstein, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 951-7000

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

 

Transaction Valuation (1)   Amount Of Filing Fee (2)
$212,469,740   $11,855.81

 

(1) Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated by multiplying (a) 6,070,564 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., consisting of (i) 5,726,813 shares issued and outstanding as of December 7, 2009 and (ii) 343,751 shares expected to be issuable, or otherwise deliverable, prior to the expiration of this tender offer in connection with vested options, warrants and other rights to acquire Diedrich Coffee, Inc. common stock, by (b) the tender offer price of $35.00 per share.

(2) The amount of filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2010, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, equals $55.80 per million of the transaction valuation.

 

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: $11,855.81

Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-T

Filing Party: Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Date Filed: December 11, 2009

 

¨ 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. 2 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2009, as amended (the “Schedule TO”), by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”). The Schedule TO relates to the offer (the “Offer”) by Purchaser to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $35.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Offer to Purchase, dated December 11, 2009 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), copies of which are filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase, as applicable.

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is amended and supplemented to include the following:

 

“(a)(5)(v) Letter to Employees of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. dated December 18, 2009”

 


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.

 

    GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.
Date: December 23, 2009     By:   /s/ Frances G. Rathke
     

Name:  Frances G. Rathke

Title:    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

    PEBBLES ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
Date: December 23, 2009     By:   /s/ Howard Malovany
     

Name:  Howard Malovany

Title:    Vice President, Corporate,

                   General Counsel and Secretary

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Exhibit Name

(a)(1)(i)   Offer to Purchase dated December 11, 2009*+
(a)(1)(ii)   Form of Letter of Transmittal*+
(a)(1)(iii)   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery*+
(a)(1)(iv)   Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees*+
(a)(1)(v)   Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees*+
(a)(5)(i)   Press release dated December 8, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2009)
(a)(5)(ii)   Summary Advertisement published on December 11, 2009*
(a)(5)(iii)   Press Release issued December 11, 2009*
(a)(5)(iv)   Letter to Stockholders of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. dated December 18, 2009*
(a)(5)(v)   Letter to Employees of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. dated December 18, 2009
(b)(1)   Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2007, among Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., its guarantor subsidiaries, Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Securities LLC and the other lender parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2007)
(b)(2)   Amendment No. 1 dated July 18, 2008 to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2007, among Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., its guarantor subsidiaries, Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Securities LLC and the other lender parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2008)
(d)(1)   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 7, 2009, by and among Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2009)
(d)(2)   Stockholder Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2009, by and between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. and Paul C. Heeschen (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2009)
(d)(3)   Form of Stockholder Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2009, by and between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. and those certain directors and executive officers of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2009)
(d)(4)   Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2009, by and between Diedrich Coffee, Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.*
(g)   Not applicable
(h)   Not applicable

 

* Previously filed

 

+ Previously mailed to holders and beneficial owners of the Shares
EX-99.(A)(5)(V) 2 dex99a5v.htm LETTER TO EMPLOYEES OF DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC. Letter to Employees of Diedrich Coffee, Inc.

Exhibit (a)(5)(v)

December 18, 2009

Dear Diedrich Employees:

As you know, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (“GMCR”) and Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (“Diedrich”) have entered into a merger agreement under which GMCR will acquire Diedrich for $35 per share in cash. I am writing to introduce myself to you and to express my enthusiasm for this compelling combination.

Like Diedrich, GMCR is a recognized leader in the specialty coffee industry known particularly for our award-winning coffees, innovative brewing technology and socially responsible business practices. We share mutual pride in our great customers, products, services, and talented employees.

We have great respect and admiration for the quality of Diedrich’s brands and people and we view this transaction as a natural extension of the successful Keurig licensed roaster partnership between our two companies. This combination further advances GMCR’s objective of becoming a leader in the highly fragmented and competitive coffee and coffee maker businesses and provides significant growth opportunities. In particular, adding Diedrich’s three strong brand platforms, which are highly complementary to GMCR’s brands, as well as the Castroville production facility will, upon completion of this transaction, enable us to more effectively reach consumers across North America and do so with an enhanced array of coffee choices.

We are excited about bringing Diedrich into the GMCR family and we are confident that combining our two organizations will allow us to continue to grow our company and better serve the ever increasing number of consumers who enjoy our products. We recognize that news reports during the past few weeks may have been a distraction and may have caused some uncertainty. GMCR is a growing company and as such, we are increasing the locations where we need to attract and retain talented people like there are at Diedrich.

As a company GMCR works hard to provide our employees with the information they need to do their work and also to feel good about themselves and the company. As often as possible, we prefer to do that in person. To that end, we expect to come out to California after the New Year to meet everyone and discuss next steps.

In the interim, I want to thank you for your dedication and hard work and wish you all the best for your holiday season.

Sincerely,

/s/ Scott McCreary

Scott McCreary

President

GMCR Specialty Coffee Business Unit

This letter is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, any securities. The tender offer to purchase shares of Diedrich common stock referenced in this letter has been made pursuant to a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, containing an offer to purchase, a form of letter of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer (the “Tender Offer Statement”), which GMCR and Purchaser filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and first mailed to Diedrich stockholders on December 11, 2009. Security holders of Diedrich are advised to read the Tender Offer Statement, because it contains important information about the tender offer. Investors and security holders of Diedrich also are advised that they may obtain free copies of the Tender Offer Statement and other documents filed by GMCR with the SEC on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, free copies of the Tender Offer Statement and related materials may be obtained from GMCR by written request to: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Attention: General Counsel, 33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont 05676.

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