- Amended tender offer statement by Third Party (SC TO-T/A)
November 27 2009 - 11:38AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE TO
(Amendment No. 3)
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR
13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OSG AMERICA L.P.
(Name
of Subject Company (Issuer))
OSG BULK SHIPS, INC.
(Offeror)
a wholly owned
subsidiary of
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING
GROUP, INC.,
(Names
of Filing Persons)
Common Units representing limited partner
interests
(Title
of Class of Securities)
671028108
(
CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
James I. Edelson
General Counsel & Secretary
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
666 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(212) 953-4100
(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
Copy to:
Gary L. Sellers, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 455-2695
Calculation of Filing Fee:
Transaction
Valuation(1)
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Amount
of Filing Fee(2)
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$71,791,676.50
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$4,005.98
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(1)
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The
transaction valuation is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the fee
only. The calculation assumes the purchase of all of the issued and
outstanding common units of OSG America L.P. not beneficially owned by
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. at a purchase price of $10.25 per unit
in cash. Accordingly, the calculation assumes the purchase of 7,004,066
common units.
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(2)
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The amount of the
filing fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #5 for Fiscal Year
2009, issued March 11, 2009. The fee equals $55.80 per one million
dollars of transaction value.
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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: 4,005.98
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Filing
Parties: Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., OSG Bulk Ships, Inc.
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Form or
Registration No.: Schedule TO-T
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Date
Filed: November 5, 2009
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o
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Check
the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
before the commencement of a tender offer.
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Check
the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
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x
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third-party
tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1
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o
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issuer
tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4
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x
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going-private
transaction subject to Rule 13e-3
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o
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amendment
to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2
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Check
the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of
the tender offer:
o
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This Amendment No. 3 amends and
supplements the Tender Offer Statement and Rule 13e-3 Transaction
Statement filed under cover of Schedule TO on November 5, 2009 (as amended
and supplemented, this Schedule TO) by Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.,
a Delaware Corporation (Parent), and OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., a New York
corporation (OSG Bulk and, together with Parent, OSG). The Schedule TO relates to the offer by OSG
Bulk to purchase common units (Units) of OSG America L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the Partnership), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated November 5, 2009 (the Offer to
Purchase) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal
and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be supplemented or
amended from time to time, the Offer).
All capitalized terms used but not defined in
this Schedule TO have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase.
The items of this Schedule TO set forth below
are hereby further amended and supplemented as follows:
Item 11. Additional
Information
The Section captioned,
The OfferSection 12. Certain Legal Matters Unitholder Litigation
is hereby amended to include the following at the end of the Section:
On
November 25, 2009, the parties to the actions captioned
Balanced Beta Fund v. Arntzen, et al.
and
Dukelow v. OSG America, L.P.
,
et al.
entered into an agreement in principle to settle the
aforementioned purported class action lawsuits. The agreement in principle is
set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) executed by counsel
for defendants and class plaintiffs in each of these purported class
actions. The parties have agreed to enter into a stipulation of
settlement as soon as practicable. The basic terms of
the settlement, which is subject to court
approval, include that (1) the defendants have denied,
and continue to deny, that any of them has committed or has threatened to
commit, or aided and abetted any other person in the commission or threatened
commission of, any wrongdoing, violation of law or breach of duty; (2) the
Partnership will make certain additional disclosures, acknowledging that
the lawsuits and related discussions engaged in with counsel for the class
plaintiffs were a substantial and contributing cause of the Partnerships
determination to make such disclosures; (3) the
Balanced Beta
Fund
action will be conditionally certified, for settlement
purposes only, as a class action; and (4) the class plaintiffs will
dismiss their claims and provide releases to the defendants as specified in the
MOU. The settlement is conditioned upon, among other things, definitive
documentation and court approval, the dismissal of all pending
litigation related to Offer, and the successful consummation of the Offer and
the Repurchase Right.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of its
knowledge and belief, the undersigned hereby certify that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: November 27, 2009
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OVERSEAS
SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.
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By:
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/s/
MYLES R. ITKIN
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Name:
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Myles
R. Itkin
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President
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OSG
BULK SHIPS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
MYLES R. ITKIN
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Name:
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Myles
R. Itkin
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Title:
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Senior Vice President
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