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. 8)
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
(offeror)
a wholly-owned subsidiary of
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
(parent of offeror)
(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
736212101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
David Voltz
L.B. Foster Company
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220
(412)-928-3417
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized
to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
with a copy to:
Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Esq.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 562-8800
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Calculation of Filing Fee |
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Transaction valuation* |
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Amount of Filing Fee** |
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$114,067,450
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$8,133 |
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Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only, in accordance with Rule
0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The calculation of
the transaction valuation assumes a purchase price of $11.71 per share and the purchase of
9,741,029 shares of Portec common stock, which is represented by (i) 9,602,029 outstanding shares of common stock; and (ii) 139,000 shares of
common stock that were issuable with respect to all outstanding options, in each case as provided
by Portec, as of the most recent practicable date. |
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The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Section 14(g)(3) of the Exchange
Act, and equals $71.30 per million dollars of the transaction valuation amount. |
þ 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.
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Amount Previously Paid: $8,133
Form or Registration No.:
Schedule TO-T
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Filing Party: L.B. Foster Company and Foster Thomas Company
Date Filed: February 26, 2010 |
o 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:
þ third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
o issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o 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: o
This Amendment No. 8 (Amendment No. 8) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010, as
amended (the Schedule TO), by (i) Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation (the
Purchaser) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
(Parent), and (ii) Parent. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all
of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Shares), of Portec Rail
Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (Portec), at a purchase price of $11.71 per Share,
net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding or stock
transfer taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase
dated February 26, 2010 (which, together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively
constitute the Offer to Purchase) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are
filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. Capitalized terms
used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 8 have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase. This Amendment No. 8 is being filed on behalf of the
Purchaser and Parent. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule TO, the information contained
in the Offer to Purchase, including all schedules and annexes thereto, is hereby expressly
incorporated by reference in answers to Items 1 through 11 of the Schedule TO and is supplemented
by the information specifically provided for herein.
Item 11. Additional Information.
Items 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11 of the Schedule TO are amended and supplemented to include the
following:
The following paragraph is added to the end of Section 11 The Transaction Agreements -
The Merger Agreement of the Offer to Purchase:
On May 13, 2010, L.B. Foster, Purchaser and Portec executed the First Amendment to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the First Amendment) pursuant to which the Drop Dead Date was
extended until the close of business on August 31, 2010. The First Amendment also contains an
irrevocable and unconditional waiver by L.B. Foster and Purchaser of the provisions in Section
5.3(b)(i) of the Merger Agreement for purposes of allowing representatives of Portec to contact
representatives of Ameridan Resources LLC to determine whether Ameridan Resources LLC is
considering a current offer to acquire all or substantially all of the voting securities of Portec
and, if so, the terms of such offer. A copy of the First Amendment is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(N)
hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Items 5 and 11 of the Schedule TO are amended and supplemented to include the following:
The following paragraph is added to the end of Section 10 Background of the Offer; Past
Contacts or Negotiations with Portec of the Offer to Purchase:
On May 13, 2010, L.B. Foster and Portec executed a timing agreement dated as of April 29,
2010 with the Antitrust Division pursuant to which L.B. Foster and Portec have agreed, subject to
certain conditions, that they will not consummate the Merger before July 16, 2010, without the
Antitrust Divisions consent.
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is further amended and supplemented to include the following:
The following paragraph is added to the end of Section 15 Legal Matters; Required
Regulatory Approvals Federal Antitrust Laws of the Offer to Purchase:
On May 13, 2010, L.B. Foster and Portec issued a joint press release announcing that each of
L.B. Foster and Portec entered into a timing agreement with the Antitrust Division pursuant to
which L.B. Foster and Portec have agreed, subject to certain conditions, that they will not
consummate the Merger before July 16, 2010, without the Antitrust Divisions consent.