-----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, HJtjZ69jl+2ysaTx6fjB0ktcTJngU1HAQ92OUNTMUvDvFGxq3p61wSHvqGwIluso uh7It1tLMHq/VDLMfAVgLw== 0000950123-10-014578.txt : 20100219 0000950123-10-014578.hdr.sgml : 20100219 20100219164533 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-014578 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-I/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100219 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DISH Network CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001082 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 880336997 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-46313 FILM NUMBER: 10620067 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037231000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950919 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DISH Network CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001082 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 880336997 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037231000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950919 SC TO-I/A 1 d71148sctoviza.htm SC TO-I/A sctoviza
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 13e-4)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 3)
 
DISH NETWORK CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Name of Filing Person (Offeror))
Incentive Stock Options to Purchase Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
25470M109
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
R. Stanton Dodge
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
DISH Network Corporation
9601 S. Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 723-1000
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the filing person)
 
Copies to:
Scott D. Miller
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1870 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
(650) 461-5600
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
               
 
  Transaction Valuation*     Amount of Filing Fee  
 
$68,149,793.13
    $ 4,859.08    
 
 
*   Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. This amount assumes that options to purchase 6,855,272 shares of common stock of DISH Network Corporation, representing all of the incentive stock options eligible for the exchange offer, having an aggregate value of $68,149,793.13 as of January 12, 2010 will be submitted pursuant to this offer. The aggregate value of such options was calculated based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $71.30 per million dollars of the transaction value.
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.
     
Amount Previously Paid: $4,859.08
  Filing Party: DISH Network Corporation
Form or Registration No.: 005-46313
  Date Filed: January 19, 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:
  o    third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
 
  þ    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: þ
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
  o    Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
 
  o    Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)
 
 

 


 

     This Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) on Schedule TO amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2010 (as amended and supplemented, the “Schedule TO”) by DISH Network Corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s offer to adjust the exercise price of certain incentive stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, by decreasing the exercise price, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Adjust Certain Incentive Stock Options, as amended and supplemented (the “Offer to Exchange”) and the related Election Form for the Offer to Exchange.
     Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment No. 3 amends and restates only the items and exhibits to the Schedule TO that are being amended and restated, and unaffected items and exhibits are not included herein.
Item 4.   Terms of the Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following paragraph
     The Offer to Exchange expired at 6:00 p.m., Mountain Time, on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Pursuant to the Offer to Exchange, Eligible Employees (as defined therein) tendered, and the Company accepted for adjustment, properly tendered Eligible Incentive Stock Options (as defined therein) to purchase an aggregate of 6,548,729 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock from 415 participants, representing approximately 95.5% of the total shares of Class A common stock underlying Eligible Incentive Stock Options. The adjustment to all properly tendered and accepted Eligible Incentive Stock Options was affected as of February 17, 2010, and Fidelity, our stock option administrator, will promptly record these adjustments in the accounts of eligible employees.

 


 

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: February 19, 2010  By:   /s/ Robert E. Olson    
    Name:   Robert E. Olson   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
(a)(1)(i)*
  Amended Offer to Adjust Certain Incentive Stock Options, dated January 19, 2010
(a)(1)(ii)*
  E-mail from Stephen Wood, Executive Vice President, dated November 20, 2009 Announcing the Offer to Exchange.
(a)(1)(iii)*
  E-mail from Stephen Wood, Executive Vice President, dated January 19, 2010 Announcing the Commencement of the Offer to Exchange
(a)(1)(iv)*
  E-mail from OptionExchange@dishnetwork.com dated January 19, 2010 Providing the Offer to Exchange Election Form
(a)(1)(v) *
  Offer to Exchange Election Form
(a)(1)(vi)*
  Form of Election Confirmation E-mail to Eligible Employees who Properly Submit an Offer to Exchange Election Form
(a)(1)(vii)*
  Form of Auto-Reply to E-mail Messages Sent to Stock.Options@dishnetwork.com
(a)(1)(viii)*
  Form of Auto-Reply to E-mail Messages Sent to OptionExchange@dishnetwork.com
(a)(1)(ix)*
  Form of Reminder E-mail to Eligible Employees Regarding the Offer to Exchange
(a)(1)(x)
  Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(a)(1)(xi)
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(a)(1)(xii)*
  E-mail from OptionExchange@dishnetwork.com, dated January 29, 2010 providing a description of the changes made in the Amended Offer to Adjust Certain Incentive Stock Options, dated January 19, 2010
(a)(1)(xiii)*
  E-mail from Stephen Wood, Executive Vice President, dated February 3, 2010 regarding the Offer to Exchange
(a)(1)(xiv)
  Form of Acceptance E-mail
(a)(2)
  Not applicable
(a)(3)
  Not applicable
(a)(4)
  Not applicable
(b)
  Not applicable
(d)(1)
  Amended and Restated DISH Network Corporation 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed on March 31, 2009, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(d)(2)
  Amended and Restated DISH Network Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed on March 31, 2009, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(d)(3)
  DISH Network Corporation 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed on March 31, 2009, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(d)(4)
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Form A) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of DISH Network filed July 7, 2005, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(d)(5)
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Form B) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of DISH Network filed July 7, 2005, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(d)(6)
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement (1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of DISH Network filed July 7, 2005, Commission File No. 000-26176)
(g)
  Not applicable
(h)
  Not applicable
 
*   Previously filed.

 

EX-99.A.1.XIV 2 d71148exv99waw1wxiv.htm EX-99.A.I.XIV exv99waw1wxiv
Exhibit (a)(1)(xiv)
Date: February 19, 2010
From: OptionExchange@dishnetwork.com
Re: Acceptance of Your Election Form
IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY.
Thank you for your prior submission of your Election Form. The Offer to Exchange has closed. We confirm with this email that we have accepted your last valid Election Form received by us. The adjustment to all properly tendered and accepted Eligible Incentive Stock Options was effected as of February 17, 2010, and Fidelity, our stock option administrator, will promptly record these adjustments in the accounts of eligible employees. During the period in which accounts are being adjusted, we intend to suspend transactions involving both incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. Therefore, during this period you will not be able to engage in certain transactions, including without limitation any exercise of your properly tendered and accepted Eligible Incentive Stock Options.
If you have additional questions after receiving this confirmation, please send an email to Stock.Options@dishnetwork.com, which is the preferred method, or call the Offer to Exchange information line at 1-877-270-6042.

 

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