SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. __)
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Commercial Metals Company
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
Icahn Partners LP
Icahn Partners Master Fund LP
Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P.
Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P.
High River Limited Partnership
Hopper Investments LLC
Barberry Corp.
Icahn Onshore LP
Icahn Offshore LP
Icahn Capital L.P.
IPH GP LLC
Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.
Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.
Beckton Corp.
Carl C. Icahn
James Unger
Steve Mongillo
George Hebard
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box):
[X] No fee required.
[ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.
1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee
is calculated and state how it was determined):
4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
5) Total fee paid:
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Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO/A
(RULE 14D-100) TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 4)
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
(NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY (ISSUER))
IEP Metals Sub LLC
Icahn Partners LP
Icahn Partners Master Fund LP
Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P.
Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P.
High River Limited Partnership
Hopper Investments LLC
Barberry Corp.
Icahn Onshore LP
Icahn Offshore LP
Icahn Capital L.P.
IPH GP LLC
Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.
Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.
Beckton Corp.
Carl C. Icahn
(NAMES OF FILING PERSONS)*
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01
(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
201723103
(CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
KEITH L. SCHAITKIN, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL
ICAHN CAPITAL LP
767 FIFTH AVENUE, 47TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10153
(212) 702-4380
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES
AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF FILING PERSONS)
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
TRANSACTION VALUATION: AMOUNT OF FILING FEE:
______________________ _____________________
$1,560,210,000* $178,800.07**
* Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. The
transaction value was calculated as follows: 104,014,000 shares of common
stock of the Issuer multiplied by $15 per share. The number of shares used
in the transaction value calculation is based on the 115,539,000 shares
stated to be issued and outstanding according to the Issuer in its
Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 6, 2011, less 11,525,000 shares beneficially owned,
as of December 9, 2011, by the Offeror and its affiliates.
** The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory
#3 for fiscal year 2012, issued September 29, 2011, by multiplying the
transaction value by 0.0001146.
[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: Filing Party:
$178,800.07 Icahn Enterprises Holdings LP
Form or registration no.: Date Filed:
Schedule TO-T December 9, 2011
[ ] Check the box ifthe 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
[ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3
[ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4
[X] 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[ ]
COMBINED SCHEDULE TO AND SCHEDULE 13D
* Introductory Note: IEP Metals Sub LLC and Icahn Enterprises Holdings
L.P. are co-bidders for all purposes in the Offer. IEP Metals Sub LLC is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.
This Amendment No. 4 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO filed on December 9, 2011 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on
December 9, 2011, Amendment No. 2 filed on December 19, 2011 and Amendment No. 3
filed on December 27, 2011, the "Schedule TO") relating to the offer by IEP
Metals Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("IEP Metals Sub") and
Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Icahn
Enterprises Holdings", and together with IEP Metals Sub, the "Offeror"), to
purchase for cash all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of Commercial Metals Company, a
Delaware corporation ("Commercial Metals"), including the associated rights
issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2011, between
Commercial Metals and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Rights
Agent, that are issued and outstanding (the "Rights", and together with the
Common Stock, the "Shares") at a price of $15.00 per Share, without interest and
less any required withholding taxes, if any. Both IEP Metals Sub and Icahn
Enterprises Holdings are co-bidders for all purposes in the Offer. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings
ascribed in the Schedule TO.
The Offer is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated December 9, 2011 (the "Offer to Purchase"). The Offer to
Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") and
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits
(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii), respectively, constitute the "Offer".
As permitted by General Instruction F to Schedule TO, the information set
forth in the entire Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and the Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery, including all appendices, schedules, exhibits and
annexes thereto, is hereby expressly incorporated by reference in response to
Items 1 through 11 of this Schedule TO and is supplemented by the information
specifically provided herein.
As permitted by General Instruction G to Schedule TO, this Schedule TO is
also an amendment to the joint statement on Schedule 13D filed on July 28, 2011,
as amended, by Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Partners LP, a limited
partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, a
limited partnership governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, Icahn Partners
Master Fund II LP, a limited partnership governed by the laws of the Cayman
Islands, Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP, a limited partnership governed by
the laws of the Cayman Islands, High River Limited Partnership, a limited
partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, Hopper Investments LLC, a limited
liability company governed by the laws of Delaware, Barberry Corp., a
corporation governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Onshore LP, a limited
partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Offshore LP, a limited
partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Capital LP, a limited
partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, IPH GP LLC, a limited liability
company governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., a
limited partnership governed by the laws of Delaware, Icahn Enterprises G.P.
Inc., a corporation governed by the laws of Delaware, Beckton Corp., a
corporation governed by the laws of Delaware, and Carl C. Icahn (collectively,
the "Icahn Entities").
ITEMS 1-11.
Items 1 through 11 of the Schedule TO are hereby amended and supplemented by the
addition of the following:
On January 4, 2012, Icahn Enterprises LP, the parent of the Offeror,
issued a press release relating to the Offer. A copy of this press release is
filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(5)(v) and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Additional Information.
(b) Other Material Information
Item 11 of the Schedule TO and the Offer to Purchase, to the extent
incorporated by reference therein, are herby amended and supplemented as set
forth below:
- Representatives of the Icahn Entities most recent meeting with
representatives of Commercial Metals was in September 2011.
- In the press release dated December 27, 2011 and January 4, 2012,
Icahn Enterprises made reference to a possible sale of the Company and
the possibility that an auction could bring more than $15 per share.
It should be noted that there is not now and may never be a higher
bidder.
- If the conditions to the Offer, including the Poison Pill Condition
and the Delaware 203 Condition are satisfied at the Expiration Date,
then, if shareholders have not withdrawn their shares by the
Expiration Date, the bidder will purchase the tendered shares in
accordance with the terms of the Offer.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description
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(a)(5)(v) Press Release issued by Icahn Enterprises LP, dated January 4, 2012
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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.
ICAHN PARTNERS LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BY: HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC, ITS
GENERAL PARTNER
BY: BARBERRY CORP., ITS SOLE MEMBER
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC
BY: BARBERRY CORP., ITS SOLE MEMBER
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
BARBERRY CORP.
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN ONSHORE LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN OFFSHORE LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN CAPITAL LP
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
IPH GP LLC
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.
BY: ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC., ITS
GENERAL PARTNER
By: /S/ DOMINICK RAGONE
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Name: DOMINICK RAGONE
Title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
IEP METALS SUB LLC
BY: ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.,
ITS SOLE MEMBER
BY: ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC., ITS
GENERAL PARTNER
By: /S/ DOMINICK RAGONE
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Name: DOMINICK RAGONE
Title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC.
By: /S/ DOMINICK RAGONE
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Name: DOMINICK RAGONE
Title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
BECKTON CORP.
By: /S/ EDWARD MATTNER
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Name: EDWARD MATTNER
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
/S/ CARL C. ICAHN
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Name: CARL C. ICAHN
Date: January 4, 2012
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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(a)(1)(i) Offer to Purchase, dated December 9, 2011*
(a)(1)(ii) Letter of Transmittal (including Guidelines for Certification of
Taxpayer Identification Number) *
(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*
(a)(5)(i) Summary Advertisement as published in the New York Times, by the
Offeror, on December 9, 2011*
(a)(5)(ii) Press Release of the Offeror, dated December 6, 2011
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Schedule TO-C
filed by the Offeror with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 6,2011)*
(a)(5)(iii) Press Release of Icahn Enterprises LP, dated December 9, 2011*
(a)(5)(iv) Press Release of Icahn Enterprises LP, dated December 27,2011*
(a)(5)(v) Press Release of Icahn Enterprises LP, dated January 4, 2012
(filed herewith)
(b) None.
(d) None.
(g ) None.
(h ) None.
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* Previously Filed
EXBIBIT (a)(5)(v)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ICAHN ENTERPRISES LP
ICAHN SENDS OPEN LETTER TO COMMERCIAL METALS SHAREHOLDERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAKES OFFER TO COMPANY TO BACKSTOP A SALES PROCESS
THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
CONTACT: SUSAN GORDON (212) 702-4309
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 4, 2012 - Icahn Enterprises Holdings LP
("Icahn") (a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises LP (Nasdaq: IEP)) today released
the following letter to the shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Commercial Metals Company (the "Company"), regarding the Icahn tender offer (the
"Tender Offer") and proxy fight.
Dear Fellow Commercial Metals Shareholders and Members of the Board of
Directors:
We believe that Commercial Metals is once again obfuscating the issues in
their press release dated January 3, 2012. Commercial Metals has told
shareholders that we are being opportunistic and that the Company is worth more
than $15 per share. The question you, the shareholders, have to ask yourselves
is whether you believe the Company is worth more than $15 per share with this
Board and management team executing their announced strategy? We certainly do
not want to leave our investment at their mercy in light of the Company's past
performance, which we believe has been egregious. If shareholders agree with
us, then tender your shares in our Tender Offer.
However, because the Board believes that the stock is worth more than $15
per share, we hereby make the following offer to the Company: If 40.1% of the
shares of the Company are tendered into our Tender Offer (giving us more than
50% of Commercial Metals stock), a clear indication that shareholders want to
sell their shares now rather than let their investment "ride" with current
management, then, if the Board agrees to put the Company up for sale, and in
order to avoid a distracting proxy fight, we will extend the Tender Offer to
allow the Company to conduct a fair sale process in which our Tender Offer would
provide a $15 floor. During such extension, shareholders will continue to have
the power to withdraw their shares from the Tender Offer if they choose to do
so.
Commercial Metals argues that their "strategic plan is beginning to yield
results". In our opinion, they are asking shareholders to give them yet another
chance to risk shareholder money on their global expansion plans. This is not
the Boy Scouts. In our opinion, now is not the time to give them one more
chance. Shareholders should ask themselves -- do you really want this management
team and Board managing your assets and investing your capital (money you could
deploy to other investments) for another year?
For us the answer is clear: We are NOT willing to do so! We are not willing
to put our investment at the mercy of this management team and Board. Therefore,
if we do not receive tenders of at least 40.1% of the shares in our Tender
Offer, we will withdraw our proxy fight so that we can be free to do as we like
with our investment.
We urge shareholders to promptly tender your shares into our Tender Offer
prior to the current expiration date of 12:00 midnight on January 10, 2012.
THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
ABOUT ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
Icahn Enterprises L.P. (Nasdaq: IEP), a master limited partnership, is a
diversified holding company engaged in eight primary business segments:
Investment, Automotive, Gaming, Railcar, Food Packaging, Metals, Real Estate and
Home Fashion.
NOTICE TO INVESTORS
SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY CARL C. ICAHN, JAMES UNGER, STEVE
MONGILLO, GEORGE HEBARD, HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC,
BARBERRY CORP., ICAHN PARTNERS LP, ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP, ICAHN PARTNERS
MASTER FUND II L.P., ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P., ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P.
INC., ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P., IPH GP LLC, ICAHN CAPITAL L.P., ICAHN
ONSHORE LP, ICAHN OFFSHORE LP, BECKTON CORP. AND CERTAIN OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
AFFILIATES FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY FOR USE AT ITS
2012 ANNUAL MEETING BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN SUCH PROXY SOLICITATION. ON OR
ABOUT DECEMBER 22, 2011, A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND A FORM OF PROXY WAS
MAILED TO STOCKHOLDERS OF COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE
AT NO CHARGE AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN
OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES. THE OFFER TO BUY SHARES OF COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
(THE "COMPANY") COMMON STOCK WAS MADE PURSUANT TO AN OFFER TO PURCHASE AND
RELATED MATERIALS THAT IEP METALS SUB LLC, ("OFFEROR"), AN INDIRECTLY WHOLLY
OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS LP, AS CO-BIDDER, FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE "SEC") ON DECEMBER 9, 2011. ON DECEMBER
9, 2011, THE OFFEROR AND CO-BIDDER ALSO FILED A TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ON
SCHEDULE TO WITH THE SEC RELATING TO THE OFFER. THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
(INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER OFFER
DOCUMENTS) CONTAIN, AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN,
WHEN AVAILABLE, IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY AND
CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER. THE
TENDER OFFER MATERIALS WERE SENT FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
COMPANY ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 9, 2011.
ALL OF THESE MATERIALS (AND ALL OTHER MATERIALS FILED BY THE OFFEROR OR THE
COMPANY WITH THE SEC) ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE SEC THROUGH ITS
WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS MAY ALSO OBTAIN FREE
COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY DIRECTING A REQUEST TO D.F. KING &
CO., INC. BY MAIL TO 48 WALL STREET, 22ND FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005, OR BY
CALLING TOLL-FREE (800) 967-7921 OR (212) 269-5550.