-----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, GPzVQVnMNk4BOowjniGNsNMurxQYqGu15kHPaFNFFCQusKKXm6/YlO8QGcylQvL/ w0aEmwk87FizGJqfYt8o2Q== 0001193125-09-152267.txt : 20090721 0001193125-09-152267.hdr.sgml : 20090721 20090721161826 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-152267 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090721 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090721 GROUP MEMBERS: EBAY KTA (UK) LTD. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gmarket Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001365241 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: M5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81900 FILM NUMBER: 09955258 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9TH FLOOR, LIG TOWER, 649-11 STREET 2: YEOKSAM-DONG, GANGNAM-GU CITY: SEOUL STATE: M5 ZIP: 135-912 BUSINESS PHONE: 822-1566-5701 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9TH FLOOR, LIG TOWER, 649-11 STREET 2: YEOKSAM-DONG, GANGNAM-GU CITY: SEOUL STATE: M5 ZIP: 135-912 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EBAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065088 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 770430924 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95125 BUSINESS PHONE: 408-376-7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95125 SC TO-T/A 1 dsctota.htm AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THIRD PARTY TENDER OFFER SUBJECT TO RULE 14D-1 Amendment No. 5 to Third Party Tender Offer Subject to Rule 14d-1

 

 

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. 5)

 

 

eBay Gmarket Co. Ltd.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

 

eBay KTA (UK) Ltd. (Offeror)

eBay Inc. (Parent of Offeror)

(Names of Filing Persons)

 

 

Common Shares, par value KRW 100 per share

American Depositary Shares, as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts,

each representing one Common Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

The Common Shares, which are not traded on U.S. markets, have not been assigned a CUSIP number.

The CUSIP number for the related American Depositary Shares is 38012G100.

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

Michael R. Jacobson, Esq.

Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary

eBay Inc.

2145 Hamilton Avenue

San Jose, California 95125

Tel: (408) 376-7400

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices

and communications on behalf of filing persons)

with copies to:

 

Jane Ross, Esq.

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155

Tel: (650) 843-5000

Fax: (650) 849-7400

 

Francis Wheeler, Esq.

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900

Broomfield, CO 80021-8023

Tel: (720) 566-4000

Fax: (720) 566-4099

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction valuation

 

Amount of filing fee(2)

U.S. $1,226,750,976(1)   U.S. $68,452.70(2)


(1) For purpose of calculating the amount of filing fee only in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on the offer to purchase up to 51,114,624 Common Shares, par value KRW 100 per share, or American Depositary Shares, as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each representing one Common Share of eBay Gmarket Co., Ltd. (formerly Gmarket Inc.) (the “Company”), at a purchase price of U.S. $24.00 per Common Share or American Depositary Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes. Such number of shares consists of (i) 50,423,122 Common Shares represented by the Company in the Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2009, by and among eBay Inc., eBay KTA (UK) Ltd. and the Company (the “Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement”) to be issued and outstanding as of the date of the Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement, (ii) 539,835 Common Shares represented by the Company in the Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement to be issuable upon the exercise of vested and exercisable stock options as of the date of the Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement, and (iii) 151,667 Common Shares represented by the Company in the Share Allocation and Tender Offer Agreement to be issuable upon the exercise of unvested stock options that are entitled to accelerated vesting upon a change of control.
(2) The amount of the filing fee calculated in accordance with the Exchange Act equals U.S. $55.80 per U.S. $1,000,000. The filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Exchange Act and Fee Rate Advisory #5 for fiscal year 2009, issued March 11, 2009.

þ    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: $68,452.70

  Filing Party: eBay KTA (UK) Ltd. and eBay Inc.

Form or Registration Number: SC TO-T

  Date Filed: May 4, 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:

 

  þ 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.    þ

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)

 

 

 


This Amendment No. 5 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed initially with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2009 and amended on May 5, 2009, June 2, 2009, June 15, 2009 and June 25, 2009 (the “Schedule TO”) by (i) eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (“eBay”), and (ii) eBay KTA (UK) Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom (the “Offeror”) and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, relating to the offer by the Offeror to purchase all outstanding common shares, par value KRW 100 per share (the “Common Shares”), and all outstanding American Depositary Shares, each representing one Common Share and evidenced by an American Depositary Receipt issued by Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the “ADSs” and, together with the Common Shares, the “Company Securities”), of eBay Gmarket Co. Ltd. (formerly Gmarket Inc.), a company organized under the laws of the Republic of Korea, at a purchase price of U.S. $24.00 per Company Security, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes. The offer by the Offeror is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 4, 2009, as amended and supplemented by Supplement No. 1 thereto dated June 2, 2009 (which, together with any further amendments and supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal for ADSs and Letter of Transmittal for Common Shares (which, together with the Offer to Purchase and any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”). This Amendment is being filed on behalf of eBay and the Offeror.

 

ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET.

Item 1 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by the information set forth in Item 11 below, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION.

Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by the information set forth in Item 11 below, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

“The subsequent offering period expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, July 20, 2009 (which was 6:00 a.m., Seoul time, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009). According to Citibank, N.A., the ADS depositary for the Offer, and Goodmorning Shinhan Securities Co., Ltd., the Common Share depositary for the Offer, a total of 4,685,282 Common Shares and 46,045,042 ADSs were validly tendered in the Offer. The Company Securities validly tendered in the Offer, when combined with the 23,131,071 newly issued Common Shares that were issued to the Offeror on June 22, 2009, together represent approximately 99.6% of the outstanding Company Securities. The Offeror has accepted for payment all Company Securities that were validly tendered and not withdrawn.”


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: July 21, 2009

 

EBAY INC.

By:

  /s/ Brian H. Levey
   
 

Name: Brian H. Levey

Title: Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

EBAY KTA (UK) LTD.

By:

  /s/ Jay C. Clemens
   
 

Name: Jay C. Clemens

Title: Director

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