UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO/A

Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)

 

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

D3 Merger Sub, Inc.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

Dollar General Corporation

(Names of Filing Persons and Offerors)

 

 

COMMON STOCK, $0.10 PAR VALUE

(Title of Class of Securities)

307000109

(Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

Rhonda M. Taylor

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Dollar General Corporation

100 MISSION RIDGE

GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072

(615) 855-4000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

 

 

With a copy to:

Marni J. Lerner, Esq.

Christopher R. May, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

(212) 455-2000

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation*		Amount of Filing Fee**
$9,308,187,200		$1,198,894.51

*

Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee. The transaction value was determined by multiplying (a) $80.00, the per share tender offer price, by (b) the sum of (i) 113,951,710, the number of outstanding shares of Family Dollar common stock plus (ii) 1,579,968, the number of shares of Family Dollar common stock subject to issuance pursuant to stock options plus (iii) 820,662, the estimated number of shares of Family Dollar common stock subject to performance share rights under Company PSR Awards. The foregoing share figures were based on the Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into among Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dime Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of July 27, 2014 filed with Family Dollar’s Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2014 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

**	The filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2014, issued August 30, 2013, by multiplying the transaction value by 0.0001288.

 

x	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: $1,198,894.51.		Filing Party: Dollar General Corporation.
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-T (File No. 005-14318)		Date Filed: September 10, 2014.

 

¨	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: ¨

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

¨

Rule 13e–4(i) (Cross–Border Issuer Tender Offer)

¨

Rule 14d–1(d) (Cross–Border Third–Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 

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This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule TO (this “Amendment”) is filed by Dollar General Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (“Dollar General”), and D3 Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Dollar General (the “Purchaser”), and amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2014 (together with any amendments and supplements thereto, the “Schedule TO”) by Dollar General and the Purchaser and relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (together with the associated preferred share purchase rights, the “Shares”), of Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Family Dollar”), at $80.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal that accompanies the Offer to Purchase, dated September 10, 2014. This Amendment is being filed on behalf of Dollar General and the Purchaser. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule TO.

The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, including all schedules thereto, is hereby incorporated by reference in answer to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of this Amendment, except as otherwise set forth below. This Amendment should be read together with the Schedule TO.

Items 1 through 11.

Items 1 through 11 are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

1.	The second paragraph of the subsection titled “Antitrust” in Section 15 “Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights” is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following:

“Pursuant to the requirements of the HSR Act, we filed a Notification and Report Form with respect to the Offer with the Antitrust Division and the FTC on September 10, 2014. Dollar General filed for the waiting periods applicable to a one-step merger transaction rather than the shorter waiting periods applicable to cash tender offers. Dollar General believes that electing the thirty day waiting period rather than the shorter fifteen day waiting period applicable to cash tender offers allowed Dollar General additional time to provide information to the Antitrust Division and the FTC in support of its HSR filing and gave the Antitrust Division and the FTC a sufficient amount of time to consider such information. On October 10, 2014, at the expiration of the initial waiting period, Dollar General received a Request for Additional Information and Documentary Material (the “Second Request”) from the FTC seeking additional information relevant to the Offer. The effect of the Second Request is to extend the waiting period imposed by the HSR Act until 11:59 p.m., New York City time, 30 calendar days after Dollar General’s and Family Dollar’s substantial compliance with the Second Request. Thereafter, such waiting period can be extended or the Offer enjoined only by court order. We will continue to cooperate with the FTC to obtain antitrust regulatory clearance for the Offer.”

Item 12. Exhibits.

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

 

(a)(5)(iv)

Press release issued by Dollar General on October 10, 2014.

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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: October 10, 2014