-----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, J+Drf/8N2JcergmY6f9iLH8d8+Dm1rTw3OyRnx3xVF23M1tQ5qMDHTzImtY54Md8 86dYIZq9ufxu7twqJe8j+A== 0000950144-08-004424.txt : 20080528 0000950144-08-004424.hdr.sgml : 20080528 20080527174430 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-08-004424 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-I/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080528 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080527 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001051771 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 562058574 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-54017 FILM NUMBER: 08861730 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 WEST TYVOLA ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28217-4500 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043571000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 WEST TYVOLA ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28217-4500 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001051771 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 562058574 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 WEST TYVOLA ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28217-4500 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043571000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2801 WEST TYVOLA ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28217-4500 SC TO-I/A 1 g13673sctoviza.htm BELK, INC. BELK, INC.
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. 1)
Belk, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Name of Filing Person (Offeror))
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
Class B Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)
Class A — 07784H109
Class B — 07783B103
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
       
 
Ralph A. Pitts
  With a Copy to:
 
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Belk, Inc.
2801 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, NC 28217-4500
(704) 357-1000
 
John D. Capers, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
1180 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 572-4600
(Name, address and telephone numbers of person authorized to
receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Calculation of Filing Fee
         
 
 
     
 
Transaction valuation*
  Amount of filing fee  
 
         $25,600,000
  $1,006.08           
 
 
     
    *Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the filing fee. This calculation assumes the purchase of 1,000,000 shares at $25.60 per share.

 

 

     
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  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: $1,006.08
 
  Form or Registration Number: Schedule TO
 
  Filing Party: Belk, Inc.
 
  Date Filed: April 24, 2008
 
    
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  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:
 
    
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  third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
 
    
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  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
 
    
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  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
 
    
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  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of a tender offer: þ
     This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Schedule TO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2008 relating to the issuer tender offer of Belk, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in connection with its offer to purchase up to 250,000 shares of its Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and up to 750,000 shares of its Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.60 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated April 24, 2008 and in the related Letter of Transmittal.
     The information contained in the Offer to Purchase, as amended, and the related Letter of Transmittal, are hereby incorporated by reference in response to all items of this Schedule TO, as amended, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.
Item 11. Additional Information.
     The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, E.D.T., on May 21, 2008. A total of 520,063 shares of Class A common stock were tendered by 41 stockholders and a total of 352,895 shares of Class B common stock were tendered by 57 stockholders pursuant to the Offer. Effective May 22, 2008, Belk accepted for purchase all of the tendered shares of Class A and Class B common stock at the purchase price of $25.60 per share. As permitted under Rule 13e-4(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Belk accepted for payment 270,063 additional shares of Class A common stock, representing 0.57% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock as of April 11, 2008, which amount is less than 2% of the outstanding shares of Class A stock that was subject to the Offer. The total purchase price for the purchased shares was $22,347,724.80.

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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.
Date: May 27, 2008
         
  Belk, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Ralph A. Pitts    
    Name:   Ralph A. Pitts   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
(a)(1)*
  Form of Offer to Purchase, dated April 24, 2008.
 
    
(a)(2)*
  Form of Letter of Transmittal, together with IRS Form W-9.
 
    
(a)(3)*
  Form of Letter to Stockholders of Belk from Thomas M. Belk, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, dated April 24, 2008.
 
    
(a)(4)*
  Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
    
(a)(5)*
  Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated April 24, 2008.
 
    
(a)(6)*
  Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees to their Clients.
 
    
(a)(7)*
  Appraiser’s Narrative Summary of the Fair Market Value of Belk, Inc. Common Stock as of February 2, 2008, prepared by Willamette Management Associates.
 
    
(b)
  Not applicable.
 
    
(d)(1)
  Belk, Inc. 2000 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 28, 2000).
 
    
(d)(2)
  Belk, Inc. Executive Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Belk’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 14, 2005).
 
    
(d)(3)
  Form of Belk, Inc. Executive Transition Incentive Plan Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Belk’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 22, 2005).
 
    
(d)(4)
  Belk, Inc. CFO Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.3 of Belk’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 13, 2006).
 
    
(g)
  Not applicable.
 
    
(h)
  Not applicable.
*Previously filed with the Schedule TO on April 24, 2008

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