SC 13E4/A 1 SCHEDULE 13E-4/A (AMENDMENT NO. 1) =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------ SCHEDULE 13E-4/A Rule 13E-4 (Amendment No. 1) Issuer Tender Offer Statement (Pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 13e-3 (Section 240.13e-3) thereunder) ------------------ MAGMA COPPER COMPANY (Name of Issuer) MAGMA COPPER COMPANY (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement) COMMON STOCK WARRANTS, $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE (Title of Class of Securities) 559177118 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) ------------------ Douglas J. Purdom Chief Financial Officer Magma Copper Company 7400 North Oracle Road, Suite 200 Tucson, Arizona 85704 (520) 575-5600 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement) ------------------ Copy to: Steven D. Pidgeon Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. One Arizona Center Phoenix, Arizona 85004-0001 (602) 382-6252 The Company's Schedule 13E-4 previously filed with the Commission on May 14, 1995, is hereby amended as follows: (1) Exhibit No. (a)(1) - Form of Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 1995, is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with a new Exhibit No. (a) (1) attached hereto. (2) Exhibit No (a)(2) - Form of Letter of Transmittal is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with a new Exhibit No. (a)(2) attached hereto. (3) Exhibit No. (a)(3) - Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with a new Exhibit No. (a)(3) attached hereto. (4) Exhibit No. (a)(6) - Letter to Warrantholders dated May 16. 1995, is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with a new Exhibit No. (a)(6) attached hereto. (5) Exhibit No. (a)(8) - Form of Summary of Advertisement dated May 16, 1995, is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with a new Exhibit No. (a)(8) attached hereto. 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. MAGMA COPPER COMPANY, a Delaware corporation By Douglas J. Purdom ------------------------------- Douglas J. Purdom Chief Financial Officer Dated: May 22, 1995 EX-99.(A)(1) 2 OFFER TO PURCHASE EXHIBIT 99.(A)(1) OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH ANY AND ALL LISTED COMMON STOCK WARRANTS, $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE OF MAGMA COPPER COMPANY AT $8.25 PER COMMON STOCK WARRANT BY MAGMA COPPER COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1995, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is offering to purchase any and all of its Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants"), listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), at $8.25 per Warrant in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of the Company at the exercise price of $8.50 per share. -------------- THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF WARRANTS BEING TENDERED AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 8, MAY NOT BE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO AGREED NOT TO DECREASE THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE WARRANTS OR THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS SUBJECT TO THE OFFER, OR TO CHANGE THE CONSIDERATION THEREFOR FROM CASH TO NON-CASH INSTRUMENTS. -------------- On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of the Warrants as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $7.00 per Warrant. WARRANTHOLDERS ARE URGED TO OBTAIN A CURRENT MARKET QUOTATION FOR THE WARRANTS. -------------- THIS TRANSACTION HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE FAIRNESS OR MERITS OF SUCH TRANSACTION NOR UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL. THE COMPANY, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MAKE NO RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER ANY WARRANTHOLDER SHOULD TENDER ANY OR ALL OF SUCH WARRANTHOLDER'S WARRANTS PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. EACH WARRANTHOLDER MUST MAKE HIS, HER OR ITS OWN DECISION WHETHER TO TENDER WARRANTS AND, IF SO, HOW MANY WARRANTS TO TENDER. -------------- The Dealer Managers for the Offer are: GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. -------------- May 16, 1995 IMPORTANT Any warrantholder desiring to tender all or any portion of such warrantholder's Warrants should either (1) complete the Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile copy thereof in accordance with the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal, mail or deliver it and any other required documents to IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (the "Depositary"), and either mail or deliver the Warrants to the Depositary along with the Letter of Transmittal or follow the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 5, or (2) request such warrantholder's broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to effect the transaction for such warrantholder. Warrantholders having Warrants registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee must contact such person if they desire to tender their Warrants. Warrantholders who wish to tender Warrants and whose Warrants are not immediately available should tender such Warrants by following the procedures for guaranteed delivery set forth in Section 5. Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. (the "Information Agent") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the "Dealer Managers") at the addresses and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY AS TO WHETHER WARRANTHOLDERS SHOULD TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING WARRANTS PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE OR IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH RECOMMENDATION AND SUCH INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY. TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE -------- SUMMARY .................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 5 SPECIAL FACTORS .................................................................. 5 Section 1. Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer; Plans of the Company After the Offer ........................... 5 Section 2. Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences .......................... 7 Section 3. Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory and Foreign Approvals; No Appraisal Rights ............................................... 8 THE OFFER .................................................................. 8 Section 4. Expiration Date; Extension of the Offer .......................... 8 Section 5. Procedure for Tendering of Warrants .............................. 9 Proper Tender of Warrants ........................................ 9 Signature Guarantees and Method of Delivery ...................... 9 Federal Backup Withholding .......................................10 Book-Entry Delivery ..............................................10 Guaranteed Delivery ..............................................10 Determinations of Validity of Warrants; Rejection of Warrants; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of Defects ....11 Section 6. Withdrawal Rights ................................................11 Section 7. Acceptance for Payment of Warrants and Payment of Purchase Price .................................................11 Section 8. Certain Conditions of the Offer ..................................12 Section 9. Price Range of the Warrants ......................................14 Section 10. Certain Information Concerning the Company .......................14 Capitalization ...................................................15 Summary Financial, Operating and Reserve Data ....................16 Additional Information ...........................................18 Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference ..................18 Section 11. Source and Amount of Funds .......................................18 Section 12. Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Warrants ...........18 Section 13. Extension of the Tender Period; Termination; Amendments .........19 Section 14. Fees and Expenses ................................................19 Section 15. Miscellaneous ....................................................20 SCHEDULE I Directors and Executive Officers of the Company ..................21
SUMMARY This general summary is provided solely for the convenience of holders of Warrants and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text and more specific details contained in this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal and any amendments hereto and thereto. The Company .....................Magma Copper Company. The Warrants ....................Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price, of the Company. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock of the Company at $8.50 per share. Number of Warrants ..............4,067,971 (all of the Warrants outstanding). Purchase Price ..................$8.25 per Warrant in cash, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase. See Section 8. Expiration Date of Offer ........June 14, 1995, at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, unless extended. How to Tender Warrants...........See Section 5. For further information, call the Information Agent or the Dealer Managers or consult your broker for assistance. Withdrawal Rights................Tendered Warrants may be withdrawn at any time until the Expiration Date of the Offer and may be withdrawn after 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on July 13, 1995. See Section 4 and Section 6. Conditions to Offer..............The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Warrants being tendered and, except as set forth in Section 8, may not be withdrawn by the Company. The Company has also agreed not to decrease the Purchase Price for the Warrants or the number of Warrants subject to the Offer, or to change the consideration therefor from cash to non-cash instruments. Purpose and Effects of Offer ... The Company is making the Offer to eliminate the potential dilutive effect that would occur if the Warrants are exercised by the holders thereof on or before November 30, 1995, the expiration date of the Warrants. The Offer also gives warrantholders the opportunity to sell their Warrants at a premium over the market price prevailing prior to the announcement of the Offer and without the usual transaction costs associated with a market sale. See Section 1. Market Price of Warrants.........On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of the Warrants as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $7.00. Warrantholders are urged to obtain a current market quotation for the Warrants. See Section 9. On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of the Company's Common Stock on the NYSE Composite Tape was $15.25 per share. Brokerage Commissions ...........Not payable by warrantholders. Stock Transfer Tax ..............None, except as provided in Instruction 3 of the Letter of Transmittal and Section 7. Payment Date ....................As soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the Offer. Further Information..............Additional copies of this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal may be obtained by contacting D.F. King & Co., Inc.; banks and brokers call collect. Questions about the Offer should be directed to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at (212) 902-1000. TO THE HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK WARRANTS, $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE, OF MAGMA COPPER COMPANY: INTRODUCTION Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is offering to purchase any and all of its Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants"), listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), at $8.25 per Warrant (the "Purchase Price") in cash, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of the Company at the exercise price of $8.50 per share. THE COMPANY, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MAKE NO RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER ANY WARRANTHOLDER SHOULD TENDER ANY OR ALL OF SUCH WARRANTHOLDER'S WARRANTS PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. EACH WARRANTHOLDER MUST MAKE ITS OWN DECISION WHETHER TO TENDER WARRANTS AND, IF IT DECIDES TO DO SO, HOW MANY WARRANTS TO TENDER. THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF WARRANTS BEING TENDERED AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 8, MAY NOT BE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO AGREED NOT TO DECREASE THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE WARRANTS OR THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS SUBJECT TO THE OFFER, OR TO CHANGE THE CONSIDERATION THEREFOR FROM CASH TO NON-CASH INSTRUMENTS. On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of the Warrants as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $7.00 per Warrant. WARRANTHOLDERS ARE URGED TO OBTAIN A CURRENT MARKET QUOTATION FOR THE WARRANTS. See Section 9. Warrantholders are not under any obligation to accept the Offer or to remit the Warrants to the Company pursuant to the Offer. Tendering warrantholders will not be obligated to pay brokerage commissions, solicitation fees or, subject to the Instructions to the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on the purchase of Warrants by the Company. The Company will pay all charges and expenses of the Depositary, Information Agent and Dealer Managers incurred in connection with the Offer. The address of the principal executive offices of the Company is 7400 North Oracle Road, Suite 200, Tucson, Arizona 85704. SPECIAL FACTORS SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF THE OFFER; CERTAIN EFFECTS OF THE OFFER; PLANS OF THE COMPANY AFTER THE OFFER The Company is making the Offer to eliminate the potential dilutive effect that would occur if the Warrants are exercised by the holders thereof on or before November 30, 1995, the expiration date of the Warrants. Warrants purchased pursuant to the Offer will be retired by the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has authorized the Offer. The Company anticipates that it will fund the purchase of Warrants pursuant to the Offer and the payment of related fees and expenses through an offering of 8.70% debt securities. In this regard, the Company has commenced a public offering of Senior Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2005 (the "Debt Offering") and expects that the Debt Offering, if successful, will be completed during the pendency of the Offer. The Offer is contingent upon closing of the Debt Offering. See Section 8. The Company believes the Offer is fair to warrantholders. In particular, the Offer gives warrantholders the opportunity to sell their Warrants at a 17% premium over the closing sales price of the Warrants on May 12, 1995. The Offer will also provide warrantholders who are considering a sale of all or a portion of their Warrants the opportunity to sell their Warrants for cash without the usual transaction costs associated with open market sales. Neither the Company nor the Board of Directors of the Company received any report, opinion or appraisal which is materially related to the Offer, including, but not limited to, any such report, opinion or appraisal relating to the consideration or the fairness of the consideration to be offered to the holders of the Warrants or the fairness of such transaction to the Company. A majority of the directors who are not employees of the Company have not retained an unaffiliated representative to act solely on behalf of unaffiliated warrantholders for the purposes of negotiating the terms of the transaction. Following the consummation of the Offer, the business and operations of the Company will be continued by the Company substantially as they are currently being conducted. Except as disclosed in this Offer to Purchase, including in any report or statement incorporated by reference herein, the Company has no present plans or proposals that would result in (i) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company, (ii) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a material merger or reorganization, any liquidation, or any sale or transfer of a material amount of assets, involving the Company or any of its material subsidiaries with any other non-affiliated entity, (iii) any change in the present Board or management of the Company, including, but not limited to, a plan or proposal to change the number or term of the directors, to fill any existing vacancy on the Board or to change any material term of the employment contract of any executive officer, except in each case pursuant to actions that may be taken at the Company's 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 18, 1995, as contemplated in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 7, 1995, incorporated by reference herein and except for a possible increase in the size of the Board from 11 to 12 members currently under consideration, (iv) any material change in the present dividend rate or policy or indebtedness or capitalization of the Company, except for the offering by the Company of $200,000,000 of its 8.70% Senior Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2005 being offered concurrently with this Offer, a proposed increase in its revolving credit facility from $300 to $500 million, and a proposed secured financing of $50 million to facilitate the purchase of equipment to be used at the Company's Robinson mine site, (v) any other material change in the Company's corporate structure or business, (vi) any change in the Company's charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or any other actions which may impede the acquisition or control of the Company by any person, (vii) any class of equity security of the Company (other than the Warrants) being delisted from a national securities exchange or to ceasing to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (viii) any class of equity securities of the Company (other than the Warrants) becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the " Exchange Act"), or (ix) the suspension of the Company's obligation to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Following the expiration of the Offer, the Company may, in its sole discretion, purchase any then outstanding Warrants through privately negotiated transactions, open market purchases, another tender offer or otherwise, on such terms and at such prices as the Company may determine from time to time, the terms of which could differ from those of the Offer, except that the Company will not make any such purchases of Warrants until the expiration of ten business days after the termination of the Offer. Any possible future purchases of Warrants by the Company will depend on many factors, including the market price of the Warrants, the Company's business and financial position, alternative investment opportunities available, the results of the Offer and general economic and market conditions. The purchase of Warrants pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number of warrantholders and the number of Warrants that might otherwise trade publicly, and, depending upon the number of Warrants so purchased, could adversely affect the liquidity and market value of the remaining Warrants held by the public. Depending upon the number of Warrants purchased pursuant to the Offer, the Warrants may no longer meet the requirements of the NYSE for continued listing. As of May 5, 1995, there were 4,067,971 Warrants issued and outstanding. According to the NYSE's published guidelines, the NYSE would consider delisting the Warrants if, among other things, the number of publicly held Warrants should fall below 100,000 or if the number of round-lot holders (holders of 100 warrants) falls below 500. If, as a result of the purchase of Warrants pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, the Warrants no longer meet the requirements of the NYSE for continued listing and the listing of the Warrants is discontinued, the market for the Warrants could be adversely affected. In the event of the delisting of the Warrants by the NYSE, it is possible that the Warrants would continue to trade on another securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market and that price quotations would be reported by such exchange, by the NASD through the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or by other sources. The extent of the public market for the Warrants and the availability of such quotations would, however, depend upon factors such as the number of warrantholders remaining at such time, the interest in maintaining a market in the Warrants on the part of securities firms, the possible termination of registration under the Exchange Act, as described below, and other factors. The Warrants are presently "margin securities" under the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to extend credit on the collateral of such securities. If the Warrants remain listed on the NYSE, they will continue to be "margin securities." If the Warrants were delisted, depending upon factors similar to those described above, they might no longer constitute "margin securities" for purposes of the margin regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal System, and, therefore, could no longer be used as collateral for loans made by brokers. The Warrants are currently registered under the Exchange Act. Registration of the Warrants under the Exchange Act may be terminated upon application of the Company to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") if the Warrants are neither held by 300 or more holders of record nor listed on a national securities exchange. Termination of registration of the Warrants under the Exchange Act would substantially reduce the information required to be furnished by the Company to holders of the Warrants (although the Company would, among other things, remain subject to the reporting obligations under the Exchange Act as a result of its other outstanding securities) and would make certain provisions of the Exchange Act no longer applicable in respect of the Warrants. If registration of the Warrants under the Exchange Act were terminated, the Warrants would no longer be "margin securities" or be eligible for NASDAQ reporting. SECTION 2. CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES Purchases of the Warrants will be taxable transactions for Federal income tax purposes and may also be taxable transactions under applicable state, local, foreign, and other tax laws. For Federal income tax purposes, a tendering warrantholder will realize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash received by the warrantholder pursuant to the Offer and the warrantholder's tax basis in the Warrants transferred pursuant to the Offer. Generally, the gain or loss realized by the warrantholder will be capital gain or loss pursuant to Section 1234 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). However, the gain or loss will be ordinary in character if the stock subject to the Warrants would not have qualified as a capital asset in the hands of the warrantholder. Thus, for example, any gain or loss realized by a dealer in the Warrants will be ordinary income or loss. In such a case, a dealer in warrants to acquire property is considered a dealer in the property subject to the warrant. Further, the gain or loss will be ordinary in character if the gain or loss on the transfer of the Warrants is treated as ordinary in character pursuant to a provision of the Code other than Section 1234. Thus, for example, any gain realized in connection with a Warrant received in a compensatory transfer will be ordinary in character. Similarly, any gain that may be characterized as having been realized in connection with the distribution of a dividend will be ordinary in character. Capital gain or loss realized on a transfer of a Warrant will be long-term if the Warrants were held for more than one year. In the case of any Warrant acquired pursuant to a nontaxable stock dividend, the warrantholder's holding period will include the holding period of the stock with respect to which the dividend was paid. The recognition of losses realized on transfers of Warrants may be subject to limitations on losses under various provisions of the Code. These limitations may apply in the case of capital as well as ordinary losses. Additionally, certain special treatment may be applicable in the case of Warrants that are held as part of a "straddle" within the meaning of Section 1092 of the Code, or as part of a "conversion transaction" within the meaning of Section 1258(c) of the Code, or are otherwise identified in the Code as the object of special treatment. In addition to Federal backup withholding discussed in Section 5 below, the Depositary may, in the case of foreign warrantholders, be required to withhold a portion of the gross proceeds otherwise payable pursuant to the Offer to satisfy Federal income withholding tax requirements. THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. THE COMPANY HAS NEITHER OBTAINED NOR REQUESTED A WRITTEN OPINION OF THE TAX ASPECTS OF THE OFFER. EACH WARRANTHOLDER IS URGED TO CONSULT SUCH HOLDER'S OWN TAX ADVISOR TO DETERMINE THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH HOLDER (INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS) OF THE TRANSFER OF THE WARRANTS PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SECTION 3. CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS; REGULATORY AND FOREIGN APPROVALS; NO APPRAISAL RIGHTS The Company is not aware of any license or regulatory permit that appears to be material to its business that might be adversely affected by its acquisition of Warrants as contemplated in the Offer or of any approval or other action by any government or governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, that would be required for the Company's acquisition of Warrants pursuant to the Offer. Should any such approval or other action be required, the Company currently contemplates that it will seek such approval or other action. The Company cannot predict whether it may determine that it is required to delay the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Warrants tendered pursuant to the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter. There can be no assurance that any such approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained without substantial conditions or that the failure to obtain any such approval or other action might not result in adverse consequences to the Company's business. In lieu of seeking such approval, the Company may determine to terminate the Offer as described in Section 8. The Company intends to make all required filings under the Exchange Act. The Company's obligations under the Offer to accept for payment, or make payment for, Warrants is subject to certain conditions. See Section 8. There is no stockholder or warrantholder vote required in connection with the Offer. There are no appraisal rights available to holders of Warrants in connection with the Offer. THE OFFER SECTION 4. EXPIRATION DATE; EXTENSION OF THE OFFER. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Company will accept for payment (and thereby purchase) any and all Warrants that are properly tendered on or before the Expiration Date (and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 6) at the Purchase Price. The term "Expiration Date" means 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on Wednesday, June 14, 1995, unless and until the Company shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer is open, in which event the term "Expiration Date" shall refer to the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by the Company, shall expire. See Section 13 for a description of the Company's right to extend the time during which the Offer is open and to delay, terminate or amend the Offer. See also Section 8 regarding certain conditions of the Offer. As described in Section 13, the Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and by making public announcement thereof. See Section 13. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will exercise its right to extend the Offer. If the Company increases the price to be paid for Warrants and the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the tenth business day from and including the date that notice of such increase is first published, sent or given in the manner specified in Section 13, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of the ten business day period immediately following the date of such notice. The Company has agreed not to decrease the price to be paid for the Warrants, decrease the number of Warrants subject to the Offer, or change the consideration therefor from cash to non-cash instruments. For purposes of the Offer, "business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time. All Warrants purchased pursuant to the Offer will be purchased at the Purchase Price in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase. All Warrants not purchased pursuant to the Offer, including Warrants tendered and withdrawn, will be promptly returned to the tendering warrantholders at the Company's expense. SECTION 5. PROCEDURE FOR TENDERING OF WARRANTS PROPER TENDER OF WARRANTS. For Warrants to be properly tendered pursuant to the Offer: (a) the Warrants (or confirmation of receipt of such Warrants pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth below), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees (or in the case of book- entry transfer, an Agent's Message (as defined below)), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received before the Expiration Date by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase; or (b) the tendering warrantholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth below. A tender of Warrants made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering warrantholder and the Company upon the terms and conditions of the Offer. SIGNATURE GUARANTEES AND METHOD OF DELIVERY. No signature guarantee is required on the Letter of Transmittal if the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner of the Warrants (which term, for purposes of this Section, includes any participant in The Depository Trust Company, the Midwest Securities Trust Company or the Philadelphia Depository Trust Company (collectively, the "Book-Entry Transfer Facilities") whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Warrants) tendered therewith, and payment and delivery are to be made directly to such registered owner at such owner's address shown on the records of the Company, or if Warrants are tendered for the account of a bank, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association Inc. (each such entity being hereinafter referred to as an "Eligible Institution"). In all other cases, all signatures on the Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 2 of the Letter of Transmittal. If a Warrant is registered in the name of a person other than the signer of a Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made, or Warrants not purchased or tendered are to be issued, to a person other than the registered owner, the Warrant must be endorsed or accompanied by an appropriate power, in either case signed exactly as the name of the registered owner appears on the Warrant, with the signature on the Warrant or power guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. In all cases, payment for Warrants tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of such Warrants (or a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Warrants into the Depositary's account at one of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantee (or in the case of book-entry transfer, an Agent's Message) and any other required documents. The method of delivery of the Warrants is at the election and risk of the tendering warrantholder. If delivery is made by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. FEDERAL BACKUP WITHHOLDING. Unless an exemption applies under the applicable law and regulations concerning "backup withholding" of Federal income tax, the Depositary will be required to withhold, and will withhold, 31% of the gross proceeds otherwise payable to a warrantholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer unless the warrantholder or other payee provides such person's tax identification number (social security number or employer identification number) and certifies that such number is correct. Each tendering warrantholder, other than a noncorporate foreign warrantholder, should complete and sign the main signature form and the Substitute Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal, so as to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid backup withholding, unless an applicable exemption exists and is proved in a manner satisfactory to the Company and the Depositary. Noncorporate foreign warrantholders should generally complete and sign a Form W-8, Certificate of Foreign Status, a copy of which may be obtained from the Depositary, in order to avoid backup withholding. BOOK-ENTRY DELIVERY. The Depositary will establish an account with respect to the Warrants at each of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities for purposes of the Offer within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in a Book-Entry Transfer Facility's system may make book-entry delivery of the Warrants by causing such facility to transfer Warrants into the Depositary's account in accordance with such facility's procedure for such transfer. Even though delivery of Warrants may be effected through book-entry transfer into the Depositary's account at one of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees (or an Agent's Message) and other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Date, or the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth below must be followed. Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents to one of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities does not constitute delivery to the Depositary. GUARANTEED DELIVERY. If a warrantholder desires to tender Warrants pursuant to the Offer and such warrantholder's Warrants are not immediately available (or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis) or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary before the Expiration Date, such Warrants may nevertheless be tendered provided that all the following conditions are satisfied: (a) such tender is made by or through an Eligible Institution; (b) the Depositary receives (by hand, mail, or facsimile transmission) on or prior to the Expiration Date, a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in the form the Company has provided with this Offer to Purchase; and (c) the tendered Warrants in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Warrants into the Depositary's account at one of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees (or in the case of Book-Entry transfer, an Agent's Message) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within five NYSE trading days after the date of execution of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The term "Agent's Message" means a message, transmitted by a Book-Entry Transfer Facility to, and received by, the Depositary and forming a part of the confirmation of book-entry transfer, which states that such Book-Entry Transfer Facility has received an express acknowledgement from the participant in such Book-Entry Transfer Facility tendering the Warrants, that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that the Purchaser may enforce such agreement against the participant. DETERMINATIONS OF VALIDITY OF WARRANTS; REJECTION OF WARRANTS; WAIVER OF DEFECTS; NO OBLIGATION TO GIVE NOTICE OF DEFECTS. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Warrants will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders it determines not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of which may, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Offer and any defect or irregularity in the tender of any particular Warrants. No tender of Warrants will be deemed to be properly made until all defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Neither the Company, the Depositary, the Information Agent, the Dealer Managers nor any other person is or will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders, and none of them will incur any liability for failure to give any such notice. SECTION 6. WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6, a tender of Warrants pursuant to the Offer is irrevocable. Warrants tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date and, unless theretofore accepted for payment by the Company as described in the first paragraph of Section 7, may also be withdrawn after 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on July 13, 1995. For a withdrawal to be effective, the Depositary must timely receive (at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase), by written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission, a notice of withdrawal. Such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person having tendered the Warrants to be withdrawn, the number of Warrants to be withdrawn and the name of the registered owner, if different from that of the person who tendered such Warrants. If the Warrants have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the release of such Warrants, the tendering warrantholder must also submit the serial numbers shown on the particular Warrants, and the signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (except in the case of Warrants tendered by an Eligible Institution). If Warrants have been delivered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 5, the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and the number of the account at the applicable Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited with the withdrawn Warrants and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility. All questions as to the form and validity (including timely receipt) of notices of withdrawal will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. None of the Company, the Depositary, the Information Agent, the Dealer Managers or any other person is or will be obligated to give any notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, and none of them will incur any liability for failure to give any such notice. A withdrawal of a tender of Warrants may not be rescinded, and Warrants properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. Withdrawn Warrants may, however, be retendered before the Expiration Date by again following the applicable procedures described in Section 5. SECTION 7. ACCEPTANCE FOR PAYMENT OF WARRANTS AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, promptly after the Expiration Date, the Company will purchase and pay the Purchase Price for any and all Warrants (subject to certain matters discussed in Section 4 and Section 13) as are properly tendered and not withdrawn as permitted in Section 6. For purposes of the Offer, the Company will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and thereby purchased) Warrants which are tendered and not withdrawn when, as and if it gives oral or written notice to the Depositary of its acceptance of such Warrants for payment pursuant to the Offer. Payment for Warrants pursuant to the Offer will be made by depositing the aggregate Purchase Price therefor with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering warrantholders for the purpose of receiving payment from the Company and transmitting payment to the tendering warrantholders. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, payment for Warrants accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will in all cases be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of the accepted Warrants (or a timely confirmation by a Book-Entry Transfer Facility of book-entry transfer of such Warrants to the Depositary), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of book-entry transfer, an Agent's Message) and any other required documents. Under no circumstances will interest be paid by the Company, regardless of any delay in making such payment. The Company will pay any stock transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of Warrants to it pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the Purchase Price is to be made to, or if Warrants not tendered or accepted for purchase are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered Warrants are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the transfer or sale of the Warrants to the Company pursuant to the Offer, the amount of any stock transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or such person) payable on account of the transfer to such person will be deducted from the Purchase Price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is submitted. See Instruction 3 of the Letter of Transmittal. ANY TENDERING WARRANTHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE FULLY AND SIGN THE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 INCLUDED IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR, IN THE CASE OF A FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL, FORM W-8 OBTAINABLE FROM THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE SUBJECT TO REQUIRED FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING OF 31% OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS PAID TO SUCH WARRANTHOLDER OR OTHER PAYEE PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 5. SECTION 8. CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER The Company has agreed not to decrease the Purchase Price for the Warrants, decrease the number of Warrants subject to the offer, or change the consideration therefor from cash to non-cash instruments. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, and in addition to (and not in limitation of) the Company's right to extend or otherwise amend the Offer at any time in its sole discretion, the Company shall not be required to accept for payment or make payment for any Warrant tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer, if before acceptance for payment or payment for any such Warrant any of the following shall have occurred or shall have been determined to have occurred by the Company whose determination shall be conclusive: (a) there shall not have occurred the successful completion of the offering by the Company of $200,000,000 of its 8.70% Senior Subdordinated Notes due May 15, 2005 that is being conducted concurrently with this Offer; (b) there shall have been threatened, instituted or pending any action or proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority or tribunal or any other person, domestic or foreign, before any court or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or tribunal, domestic or foreign, which (i) challenges the making of the Offer, the acquisition of Warrants pursuant to the Offer or otherwise relates in any manner to the Offer; or (ii) in the sole judgment of the Company, could materially adversely affect the business, condition (financial or other), income, operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or otherwise materially impair in any way the contemplated future conduct of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or materially impair the Offer's contemplated benefits to the Company; (c) there shall have been any action threatened, pending or taken, or approval withheld, or any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or injunction threatened, proposed, sought, promulgated, enacted, entered, amended, enforced, or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or the Company or any of its subsidiaries, by any court or any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, tribunal, domestic or foreign, which in the Company's sole judgment, would or might directly or indirectly, (i) make the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Warrants illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit consummation of the Offer; (ii) delay or restrict the ability of the Company, or render the Company unable, to accept for payment, or pay for, Warrants; (iii) materially impair the contemplated benefits of the Offer to the Company; or (iv) materially and adversely affect the business, condition (financial or other), income, operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or otherwise materially impair in any way the contemplated future conduct of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (d) there shall have occurred after May 16, 1995, (i) any general suspension of trading in , or limitation on prices for, securities on any United States national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market (excluding any coordinated trading halt triggered solely as a result of a specified decrease in a market index); (ii) the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States; (iii) the commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other international or national crisis directly or indirectly involving the United States; (iv) any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority on, or any event which, in the sole judgment of the Company, might affect, the extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions in the United States; (v) any change in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States or abroad that could, in the sole judgment of the Company, have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, operations, prospects or the trading in the Warrants; or (vi) in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof; or (e) after May 16, 1995, any tender or exchange offer with respect to the Warrants (other than the Offer) or any other class of the Company's equity securities, or any merger, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction with or involving the Company or any subsidiary, shall have been proposed, announced or made by any unaffiliated person or entity; (f) after May 16, 1995, any change shall occur or be threatened in the business, condition (financial or other), income, operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which in the sole judgment of the Company, is or may be materially adverse to the Company; or (g) (i) any person, entity or "group" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) shall have acquired, or proposed to acquire, beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock (other than a person, entity, or "group" which had publicly disclosed such ownership in a Schedule 13D or 13G (or an amendment thereto) on file with the Commission prior to May 16, 1995), (ii) any new group shall have been formed which beneficially owns more than 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock or (iii) any person, entity or group shall have filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, or made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or securities; and, in the sole judgment of the Company, in any such case and regardless of the circumstances (including any action or inaction by the Company) giving rise to such condition, such event makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer or with such acceptance for payment or payment. The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Company and may be asserted or waived by the Company regardless of the circumstances (including any action or inaction by the Company) giving rise to any such condition, and any such condition may be waived by the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder require that all conditions to the Offer, other than those relating to the receipt of certain necessary governmental approvals, must be satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Date. The Company's failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any such right or the waiver of any such right with respect to particular facts or circumstances; and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time. Any determination by the Company concerning the events described above and any related judgment by the Company regarding the inadvisability of proceeding with the acceptance of payment or payment for any tendered Warrants will be final and binding on all parties. SECTION 9. PRICE RANGE OF THE WARRANTS. The Warrants are listed and traded on the NYSE. The following table sets forth, for each period shown, the high and low sales prices of the Warrants as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape. The Warrants were first traded on the NYSE in February 1992. WARRANT PRICE RANGES HIGH LOW -------- ------- 1993 1st Quarter .....................11-1/2 7-3/4 2nd Quarter .....................9-1/2 6-1/4 3rd Quarter .....................7-3/8 3-7/8 4th Quarter .....................8-1/4 3-7/8 1994 1st Quarter ..................... 9 1/4 7-1/4 2nd Quarter ..................... 9 1/8 6-1/2 3rd Quarter .....................10-5/8 8-5/8 4th Quarter .....................10 7 1/8 1995 1st Quarter ..................... 9-1/2 7-1/4 2nd Quarter (through May 12, 1995) ..........................10 6-3/4 On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of the Warrants as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape was $7.00 per Warrant. Warrantholders are urged to obtain a current market quotation for the Warrants. As of May 5, 1995, the Company had issued and outstanding 4,067,971 Warrants held by approximately 4,300 record holders. SECTION 10. CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY The Company is a fully-integrated producer of electrolytic copper and ranks among the largest U.S. copper producers. Magma's principal products are high quality copper cathode and copper rod, the latter being the basic feedstock of the copper wire and cable industry. The Company owns and operates underground copper mines at its San Manuel and Superior Mining Divisions, an open-pit copper mine at its Pinto Valley Division, and in situ leaching operations at its San Manuel and Pinto Valley Mining Divisions, all of which are located in southeastern Arizona. Recently, the Company began development of its Robinson mine located near Ely, Nevada. Production at this mine is expected to commence in the first quarter of 1996. In the fourth quarter of 1994, the Company completed the acquisition of a company which owns one of the largest operating copper mines in Southern Peru ("Tintaya"). Tintaya operates an open-pit mine and concentrator and is engaged in a variety of development projects at this property. The Company operates the largest and most modern copper smelting and refining complex in the United States. The Company's smelter, which was recently expanded, has a rated production capacity of 720 million pounds of copper anode per year, representing approximately 25% of U.S. copper smelting capacity. In addition to smelting and refining its own copper concentrate production, the Company smelts and refines a substantial amount of copper concentrates on a custom basis for, or purchased from, third parties, the profits from which effectively reduce the Company's overall break-even cost of producing copper from its mines. CAPITALIZATION The following table sets forth the cash, short-term debt and capitalization of the Company as of March 31, 1995, and as adjusted to give effect to the Debt Offering and the application of $33.5 million of the proceeds to repurchase all of the Warrants and of $22.5 million to repay short-term debt outstanding at such date. This table should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company incorporated by reference herein. AS OF MARCH 31, 1995 (DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS) ---------------------- AS ACTUAL ADJUSTED(1) ---------- ----------- Cash and marketable securities .....................$ 56.9 $ 200.9 ========== =========== Short-term debt ....................................$ 22.5 $ -- ========== =========== Long-term debt: Notes offered hereby ............................. $ -- $ 200.0 12% Senior Subordinated Notes .................... 200.0 200.0 11-1/2 % Senior Subordinated Notes ............... 125.0 125.0 Industrial Development Authority Bonds ........... 49.7 49.7 Promissory Note .................................. 5.0 5.0 Capitalized Lease Obligations .................... 10.6 10.6 ---------- ----------- Total long-term debt ........................... $ 390.3 $ 590.3 ---------- ----------- Stockholders' equity: Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized: 5-5/8% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D, $0.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding ..........................$ -- $ -- 6% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding ..................................... -- -- Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 46,112,065 shares issued and outstanding .................................... 0.5 0.5 Capital in excess of par value, as adjusted ..... 626.0 592.5 Retained earnings since January 1, 1992 .......... 186.7 186.7 Unearned stock grant compensation ................ (3.5) (3.5) ---------- ----------- Total stockholders' equity .....................$ 809.7 $ 776.2 ---------- ----------- Total stockholders' equity and long-term debt $1,200.0 $1,366.5 ========== =========== ---------- (1) These amounts do not give effect to the expenses of the Offer or the Debt Offering. In addition, they do not give effect to the repurchase of any other equity securities or any repurchase or redemption of the Company's outstanding senior subordinated notes, which are potential additional uses of the proceeds of the Debt Offering. The Company will not expend more than $50 million in the aggregate out of the proceeds of the Debt Offering to repurchase its equity securities, including the Warrants. SUMMARY FINANCIAL, OPERATING AND RESERVE DATA Set forth below is certain historical financial, operating and reserve information. The historical information of the Company has been summarized from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 1995, which reports are incorporated herein by reference. The results for the three months ended March 31, 1995 are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results of operations for such periods, have been included. More comprehensive financial, operating and reserve information is included in such reports and the information that follows is qualified in its entirety by reference to such reports and all of the financial statements and related notes contained therein. (dollar amounts in millions, except average realization, earnings per share and reserve data)
THREE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, ----------------------------- ------------------- 1992 1993 1994 1994(12) 1995 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- FINANCIAL DATA: STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA: Sales(1) ................................................$ 819.5 $ 792.4 $ 889.6 $ 175.5 $ 297.5 Cost of products sold ................................... (630.4) (639.4) (654.5) (140.2) (195.9) Depreciation, depletion and amortization ................ (54.6) (65.4) (75.1) (15.1) (16.8) Selling, general and administrative(1) .................. (19.4) (22.1) (22.7) (5.2) (8.0) Exploration, research and development ................... (2.7) (9.3) (13.5) (3.2) (4.6) Restructure expense ..................................... -- (2.0) -- -- -- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Income from operations .................................. 112.4 54.2 123.8 11.8 72.2 Interest expense, net(2) ................................ (35.8) (26.4) (14.3) (2.4) (4.3) Other income ............................................ 4.3 3.7 0.3 1.0 0.7 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Income before income taxes and extraordinary item ...... 80.9 31.5 109.8 10.4 68.6 Income tax provision .................................... (22.6) (8.7) (22.4) (2.8) (16.8) Extraordinary item, net of tax(3) ....................... (3.0) -- -- -- -- Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax .... -- (0.9) -- -- -- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Net income ..............................................$ 55.3 $ 21.9 $ 87.4 $ 7.6 $ 51.8 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= Net income per common share, assuming full dilution(4) .............................................$ 1.19 $ 0.40 $ 1.38 $ 0.10 $ 0.82 ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= EBITDA(5) ...............................................$ 171.3 $ 125.3 $ 199.2 $ 27.9 $ 89.7 Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(6) ................... 2.7x 1.5x 3.1x 1.5x 6.4x Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends(6) ............................ 2.0x 1.4x 2.3x 1.1x 4.8x BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT END OF PERIOD): Cash and marketable securities ..........................$ 242.2 $ 339.3 $ 88.2 $ 326.0 $ 56.9 Net property, plant and mine development ................ 783.6 866.4 1,217.2 882.6 1,299.8 Total assets ............................................ 1,156.5 1,350.8 1,576.6 1,360.6 1,640.0 Long-term debt (exclusive of current portion) .......... 395.0 392.3 386.8 390.1 384.7 Stockholders' equity .................................... 465.4 680.2 760.1 684.4 809.7 OPERATING DATA: Production: Magma source copper (millions of pounds)(7) ............. 559.5 563.4 595.4 151.8 172.0 Concentrate smelted (thousands of tons)(8) .............. 1,060.1 1,076.0 1,208.0 264.0 318.0 New Fine copper (millions of pounds)(9) ................. 771.8 845.6 888.6 209.1 225.3 Gold contained in residues and ore (thousands of ounces)(10) ............................................. 106.9 103.4 77.0 20.2 26.7 Silver contained in residues (thousands of ounces)(10) . 2,726.6 2,947.9 3,289.0 731.7 881.1 Molybdenum disulfide production (millions of pounds molybdenum contained) ................................... 5.2 4.8 4.9 1.2 1.2 Average realization (including hedging activities): Copper--per pound .......................................$ 1.00 $ 0.94 $ 0.98 $ 0.84 $ 1.32 Gold--per ounce ......................................... 377.47 359.05 382.58 378.58 375.06 Silver--per ounce ....................................... 4.00 4.34 5.16 4.90 4.19 Molybdenum--per pound ................................... 1.80 1.91 4.57 2.35 10.14
RECOVERABLE COPPER (THOUSANDS OF POUNDS) ------------------ Reserve data (at January 1, 1995)(11): Proven/probable reserves in committed mine plans 9,663,259 (Footnotes to table appear on next page) (Footnotes to table on previous page) (1) Certain freight costs have been reclassified as a deduction from revenue rather than as a selling expense. All years have been restated to reflect this change. (2) Excludes capitalized interest of $17.7 million for 1994 and $7.8 million for 1993, and $5.8 million and $4.8 million for the quarters ended March 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively. (3) In May 1992, the Company redeemed all $100 million of its Subordinated Reset Debentures and paid a premium on the early repayment of this debt. (4) There were no cash dividends paid or declared on Common Stock during any of these periods. (5) "EBITDA" is earnings before net interest expense, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization. (6) In calculating the ratios: (i) "earnings" consist of income before taxes, accounting changes and extraordinary items plus fixed charges adjusted for capitalized interest and amortization of previously capitalized interest; (ii) "fixed charges" consist of interest (including capitalized interest) and the estimated interest portion of lease rental expenses, amortization of debt expenses and write- offs of loan costs; and (iii) preferred stock dividends include dividends paid in zero coupon notes and shares of Common Stock. In calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, the preferred stock dividend requirements were assumed to be equal to the pretax earnings required to cover such dividend requirements. The amount of such pretax earnings required to cover preferred stock dividends was computed using tax rates for the applicable year. Preferred stock dividends are included in total "fixed charges" and deducted from "earnings." (7) Saleable copper contained in concentrates plus electrowon copper. (8) Includes all new sulfide concentrate smelted by the Company for its own account and concentrate smelted for others on a custom basis and shipments of unrefined copper. (9) Includes all electrolytic copper produced by the Company for its own account and refined copper produced for others on a custom basis. (10) Includes production from the Company's concentrates and the Company's share of production from custom concentrates. (11) All reserves were determined based upon a pricing assumption of approximately $0.80 per pound of copper. (12) In November 1994, the Company acquired Tintaya. The pro forma effects of the acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 1994 are presented in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1994, incorporated by reference herein. For the three-month period ended March 31, 1994, the pro forma effects of the acquisition (as if it had occurred on January 1, 1994) are as follows: THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ------------------ 1994 ------------------ (IN MILLIONS EXCEPT EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA) Total revenue ............................$194.3 Income before extraordinary items ....... 10.1 Net income ............................... 10.1 Primary earnings per share ............... 0.15 Earnings per share assuming full dilution 0.15(a) ---------- (a) The Company's convertible preferred stock is not included in the fully diluted calculation as its effects are anti-dilutive. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith files periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The Company is required to disclose in such proxy statements certain information, as of particular dates, concerning the Company's directors and officers, their remuneration, stock options granted to them, the principal holders of the Company's securities and any material interest of such persons in transactions with the Company. The Company has also filed a Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 and an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 13E-4 with the Commission which include certain additional information relating to the Offer. Such material can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities of the Commission: at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following regional offices of the Commission, 7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10007, and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511. The Company's Schedule 13E-3 and Schedule 13E-4 will not be available at the Commission's regional offices. Reports, proxy materials and other information about the Company are also available at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. Copies may also be obtained by mail from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Offer to Purchase: (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994; (ii) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1995; (iii) the description of the Warrants contained in the Company's Form 8-A relating thereto; and (iv) the Company's 1995 Notice and Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 18, 1995. All other documents and reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this Offer to Purchase and prior to the Expiration Date of the Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Offer to Purchase to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Offer to Purchase. SECTION 11. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS Assuming that the Company purchases all outstanding Warrants pursuant to the Offer, the total amount required by the Company to purchase such Warrants and pay related fees and expenses will be approximately $33,932,000. See Section 14. The Company anticipates that it will fund the purchase of Warrants pursuant to the Offer and the payment of related fees and expenses through the Debt Offering. In this regard, the Company has commenced a public offering of Senior Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2005 and expects that such offering, if successful, will be completed during the pendency of the Offer. Consummation of the Debt Offering is a condition of this Offer. See Section 8. SECTION 12. TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING THE WARRANTS In December 1988, the Company issued the Warrants as a dividend to all holders of record of the Company's then Class B Common Stock (now Common Stock) on December 12, 1988. The Warrants were originally issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of December 15, 1988, between the Company and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (currently Mellon Bank, N.A. serves as warrant agent under the Warrant Agreement) and became publicly traded at such time. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has effected any transactions in the Warrants since the issuance thereof in December 1988. Except as set forth below, no director or executive officer of the Company listed on Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase, or any of subsidiaries or any associates of any of the foregoing, owns any of the Warrants or has effected any transactions in the Warrants since the issuance of the Warrants in December 1988: Number of Warrants Percent of Name Beneficially Owned Warrants Outstanding* ---- ------------------ -------------------- J. Burgess Winter 26,250 ** Donald J. Donahue 5,100 ** Henry B. Sargent 150 ** John F. Champagne 1,075 ** Bradford A. Mills 608 ** Marshall H. Campbell 100 ** --------- *Based on 4,067,971 warrants outstanding as of May 5, 1995. **Less than one percent. Neither the Company nor any of its directors or executive officers listed on Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase, or subsidiaries is a party to any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person relating, directly or indirectly, to the Offer (whether or not legally enforceable) with respect to any securities of the Company (including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship concerning the transfer or the voting of any such securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or the giving or withholding or proxies, consents or authorizations). All of the directors and executive officers set forth above intend to tender their Warrants pursuant to this Offer to Purchase. SECTION 13. EXTENSION OF THE TENDER PERIOD; TERMINATION; AMENDMENTS The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time and regardless of whether or not any of the events set forth in Section 8 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by the Company to have occurred, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, or payment for, any Warrants by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof. During any such extension, all Warrants previously tendered and not purchased or withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer, except to the extent that such Warrants may be withdrawn as set forth in Section 6. The Company also expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer, not accept for payment and not make payment for any Warrants not theretofore accepted for payment or paid for upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in Section 8 by giving oral or written notice of such termination to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof. Subject to compliance with applicable law, the Company further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, and regardless of whether or not any of the events set forth in Section 8 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by the Company to have occurred, to amend the Offer in any respect, including, without limitation, by increasing the consideration offered in the Offer to owners of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company may not amend the Offer to decrease the Purchase Price for the Warrants, decrease the number of Warrants subject to the Offer, or change the consideration from cash to non-cash instruments. Amendments to the Offer may be made at any time or from time to time by public announcement thereof, such announcement, in the case of an extension, to be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date. Any public announcement made pursuant to the Offer will be disseminated promptly to warrantholders in a manner reasonably designed to inform warrantholders of such change. Without limiting the manner in which the Company may choose to make a public announcement, except as required by applicable law, the Company shall have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public announcement other than by making a release to the Dow Jones News Service. If the Company materially changes the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer or if it waives a material condition of the Offer, the Company will extend the Offer to the extent required by Rules 13e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act. If the Company increases the price to be paid for Warrants and the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending on the tenth business day from and including the date that notice of such increase is first published, sent or given, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such period of ten business days. SECTION 14. FEES AND EXPENSES The Company has retained IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company as Depositary, D.F. King & Co., Inc. as Information Agent and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as Dealer Managers in connection with the Offer. The Information Agent and Dealer Managers will assist warrantholders who request assistance in connection with the Offer and may request brokers, dealers and other nominee warrantholders to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial owners. The Company has agreed to pay the Dealer Managers, upon acceptance for payment of Warrants pursuant to the Offer, a fee equal to the greater of (i) $100,000 or (ii) $.085 per Warrant purchased in the Offer. The Dealer Managers will also be reimbursed by the Company for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys' fees. The Dealer Managers have rendered and are expected to continue to render various investment banking and other advisory services to the Company. The Dealer Managers have received and will continue to receive customary compensation from the Company for such services. The Dealer Managers are currently co-underwriting the Company's Debt Offering.The Depositary and Information Agent will receive reasonable and customary compensation for their services in connection with the Offer and will also be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys' fees. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Depositary, Information Agent and Dealer Managers against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities under the Federal securities laws. Neither the Depositary nor the Information Agent has been retained to make solicitations, and none of the Depositary, Information Agent or Dealer Managers have been retained to make recommendations, in their respective roles as Depositary, Information Agent and Dealer Managers. The Company will pay (or cause to be paid) any stock transfer taxes on its purchase of Warrants, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 3 of the Letter of Transmittal. Assuming all outstanding Warrants are tendered pursuant to the Offer, it is estimated that the expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the Offer will be approximately as set forth below. The Company will be responsible for paying all such expenses. Dealer Managers' fees and expenses(1) .........................$350,000 Printing and mailing fees ........... 75,000 Filing fees ......................... 7,000 Legal, accounting and miscellaneous 100,000 ---------- Total .............................$432,000 ========== ----------- (1) Assumes all Warrants outstanding are tendered and purchased pursuant to this offer. SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS The Offer is not being made to, nor will the Company accept tenders from, owners of Warrants in any jurisdiction in which the Offer or its acceptance would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. The Company is not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the tender of Warrants would not be in compliance with applicable law. If the Company becomes aware of any jurisdictions where the making of the Offer or the tender of Warrants is not in compliance with any applicable law, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with such law. If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with such law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of Warrants residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on the Company's behalf by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this Offer to Purchase is delivered, on written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all documents which are incorporated herein by reference (not including the exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in the document which this Offer to Purchase incorporates). Requests should be directed to Mr. Richard Johnson, Assistant Treasurer, at the Company's principal executive offices located at 7400 North Oracle Road, Suite 200, Tucson, Arizona 85704, telephone number (520) 575-5600. MAGMA COPPER COMPANY May 16, 1995 SCHEDULE I DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY The following table sets forth the name and current principal occupation or employment of the directors and executive officers of the Company. The business address of each of these individuals is c/o Magma Copper Company, 7400 North Oracle Road, Suite 200, Tucson, Arizona 85704. Unless otherwise indicated, all occupations, offices or positions of employment listed below any individual's name were held by such individual during the course of the last five years. Unless otherwise indicated, each individual listed below is a citizen of the United States. CLASS II DIRECTORS--TERMS EXPIRING IN 1995 J. BURGESS WINTER has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of the Company since August 1988. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Winter served as Senior Vice President of Operations of BP Minerals America (previously Kennecott Minerals Company), a mining company, and from 1976 to 1983 he was General Manager and Vice President of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company's Arizona operations. Mr. Winter has also served as a director of Tucson Electric Power Company since 1992. JUDD R. COOL has been a director of the Company since February 1989, and Vice President, Human Resources, of Inland Steel Industries, a steel producer, since September 1987. From 1983 to 1987, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and External Affairs, at BP Minerals America (previously Kennecott Minerals Company). From 1979 to 1983, he was Vice President, Human Resources, at BP Minerals America. SIMON D. STRAUSS has been a director of the Company since February 1989, has been self- employed as an author and a consultant to the mining industry since 1980. Mr. Strauss also serves on the Board of Governors of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, and is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations of New York, New York. Mr. Strauss retired in 1979 from ASARCO Incorporated, a primary copper producer, as its Vice Chairman, and retired from the ASARCO board in 1981. JOHN R. KENNEDY has been a director of the Company since June 1989 and has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., a paper products company, since 1975. Mr. Kennedy serves as a director of American Maize Products De Vlieg-Bullard, Inc., First Fidelity Bancorporation, and the American Forest and Paper Association. CLASS III DIRECTORS--TERMS TO EXPIRE IN 1996 CHRISTOPHER W. BRODY has been a director of the Company since December 1988, and has been Managing Director of E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc., which provides specialized financial advisory and investment counselling services. Mr. Brody is a director of Allstar Inns, Inc., which owns a chain of motels, and Intuit, Inc., a leading publisher of personal finance, small business accounting, and tax preparation software for personal computers, and several privately held companies. JOHN W. GOTH has been a director of the Company since March 1987, and has been an independent consultant since 1985. From 1982 to 1985, he was Senior Executive Vice President of AMAX, Inc., a natural resource and natural gas producer, and was responsible for supervising the metals business of AMAX, Inc. Mr. Goth is a director of U.S. Gold Corporation and of Royal Gold, Inc., each a gold mining company. Mr. Goth also serves as Director of Development of Mineral Information Institute, Inc., as Executive Director of Denver Gold Group, and as director of both the Colorado Mining Association and the Colorado Mining Education Foundation. HENRY B. SARGENT has been a director of the Company since March 1987, and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the parent holding company of Arizona Public Service Company, an electric utility company, since 1985. From 1976 to 1986, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arizona Public Service Company. Mr. Sargent currently serves as a director of both Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Arizona Public Service Company. CLASS I DIRECTORS--TERMS EXPIRING IN 1997 DONALD J. DONAHUE has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since January 1987, and was interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company from April 1988 to August 1988. Mr. Donahue was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of KMI Continental, Inc. ("KMI"), a natural resource conglomerate, from 1984 to 1985, and Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KMI's predecessor company from 1975 to 1984. Mr. Donahue is a member of the Board of Directors of Northeast Utilities, GEV Corporation, successor to Finevest Foods, Inc., a producer and marketer of frozen foods, Signet Star Holding Co., a casualty reinsurer, and several Counsellors Funds, whose investment manager is an affiliate of E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc. From September 1990 until August 1993, Mr. Donahue served as chairman of NAC Holding Corporation, a holding company for the North American Company For Life And Health Insurance (NACOLAH), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. THOMAS W. ROLLINS has been a director of the Company since March 1987. Mr. Rollins is Chief Executive Officer of Rollins Resources, a natural gas and oil consulting firm. From March 1991 until its merger in October 1992, Mr. Rollins was President and Chief Executive Officer of Park Avenue Exploration Corp., a subsidiary of USF&G Corporation. Mr. Rollins served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Felmont Oil Company, a subsidiary of Homestake Mining Company, from April 1989 until its sale in December 1989, and as a director and Senior Vice President of Pogo Producing Co., an oil and natural gas company, from 1985 to 1989. From 1981 to 1985, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Resources Company, a natural gas and oil company, and Executive Vice President of Continental Group, Inc., a diversified holding company. Mr. Rollins also serves as a director of the Teaching Company and The Nature Conservancy of Texas. H. WILSON SUNDT has been a director of the Company since March 1987, and has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sundt Corp., a construction company, since July 1983. Mr. Sundt is also a director of Tucson Electric Power Company. JOHN L. VOGELSTEIN has been a director of the Company since December 1988. Since 1982 he has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and, since 1994, President, of E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc., which provides specialized financial advisory and counselling services, and certain of its affiliates. Prior thereto, he was an officer and a director of E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc. and certain of its affiliates for more than five years. Mr. Vogelstein is currently a director of Value Health, Inc., a provider of specialty managed-card programs, Mattel, Inc., a toy manufacturer, ADVO Inc., a direct mail marketing concern, AEGIS Group plc., a European media buying company, LCI International, a provider of long-distance telecommunication services, and several privately held companies. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ANDREW A. BRODKEY was elected Vice President in November 1992 and has been Secretary and General Counsel to the Company since August 1989. From 1987 until August 1989, Mr. Brodkey served as the Company's Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary. From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Brodkey was associated with the Denver, Colorado law firm of Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker and Grover. K. LEE BROWNE was elected Vice President in November 1992 and has been President and General Manager of Magma Tintaya, S.A., the Company's operating subsidiary in Peru, since January 1995. He was General Manager of the Pinto Valley Mining Division from November 1991 to November 1994. From 1973 until 1991, Mr. Browne held various positions in operations at several Company locations, including General Mill Foreman, Mill Superintendent, Assistant Refinery Superintendent, Vice President and General Manager of MCR Products, and Manager of Rod Plant and Refinery, as well as positions in the Marketing and Sales Division of the Company. MARSHALL H. CAMPBELL has been Vice President, Human Resources, of the Company since August 1989. Mr. Campbell was Manager of Employee Relations for the Company from 1985 to 1989. From 1973 to 1985, Mr. Campbell was Director of Industrial Relations for Pennzoil's Duval Corporation, a copper mining company, in Tucson, Arizona. From 1965 to 1972, he performed a variety of human resource assignments with Shell Oil Company. JOHN F. CHAMPAGNE has been Vice President of the Company since November 1988 and President of Magma Metals Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, since December 1991. Additionally, Mr. Champagne serves on the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee for the United States Secretary of Commerce. From August 1986 to November 1988, he served as President of Cargill Metals, the metals trading division of Cargill, Inc., a diversified commodities firm in Minneapolis. From July 1974 to August 1986, Mr. Champagne held various management and trading positions with Cargill, Inc., and its subsidiaries. FRANCISCO E. DURAZO was elected Vice President of the Company in November 1992 and has been General Manager of the San Manuel Mining Division since July 1991. Since 1975, he has held various operations management positions at the Company's San Manuel Mining Division, including General Mine Foreman, Mine Superintendent, and Manager of Sulfide Mining Operations. BRADFORD A. MILLS has served as the Company's Vice President, Planning and Business Development, since August 1989. From 1987 to July 1989, Mr. Mills was the Director of Corporate Development for Echo Bay Management Company, a mining company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Mills was the United States Exploration Manager for Echo Bay Exploration, Inc., and from 1983 to 1985, Mr. Mills served as the Chief Mine Geologist with the Copper Range Company. DOUGLAS J. PURDOM has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 1992. From 1989 through 1991, he served as the Company's Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Purdom was with the accounting and consulting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. HARRY C. SMITH has been a Vice President the Company since December 1991 and President of Magma Nevada Mining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, since November 1991. Since 1973, Mr. Smith has been employed by the Company in various capacities at its San Manuel Mining Division including positions as General Mine Foreman, Mine Superintendent, Manager of Sulfide Mining, Operational Manager of Sulfide and Oxide Mining, and General Manager. The biography of J. Burgess Winter, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is set forth above under "Class II Directors--Terms Expiring in 1995." Facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, will be accepted. The Letter of Transmittal, Warrants and any other required documents should be sent or delivered by each warrantholder of the Company or such warrantholder's broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth below. The Depositary for the Offer is: IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company BY HAND OR OVERNIGHT BY FACSIMILE BY MAIL: DELIVERY: TRANSMISSION: IBJ Schroder (212) 858-2611 IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company Bank & Trust Company One State Street Plaza P. O. Box 84 New York, New York 10004 Bowling Green Station Attention: Securities New York, New York 10274-0084 Processing Window Attention: Reorganization Subcellar One Operations Department For information call: (212) 858-2103 Any questions or requests assistance or for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase or the Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Information Agent or Dealer Managers. Warrantholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer. The Information Agent for the Offer is: D. F. KING & CO., INC. 77 Water Street New York, New York 10005 (800) 290-6427 The Dealer Managers for the Offer are: Goldman, Sachs & Co. 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004
EX-99.(A)(2) 3 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL EXHIBIT 99.(A)(2) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO PURCHASE ANY AND ALL LISTED COMMON STOCK WARRANTS $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE OF MAGMA COPPER COMPANY AT $8.25 PER COMMON STOCK WARRANT PURSUANT TO ITS OFFER TO PURCHASE DATED MAY 16, 1995 THE TENDER OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JUNE 14, 1995, UNLESS EXTENDED. ----------------------- TENDERS OF WARRANTS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JUNE 14, 1995, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (THE "EXPIRATION DATE") ----------------------- TO: IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY BY HAND OR OVERNIGHT COURIER: BY FACSIMILE BY MAIL: IBJ Schroder TRANSMISSION: IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company (212) 858-2611 Bank & Trust Company One State Street Plaza P. O. Box 84 New York, New York 10004 Bowling Green Station Attention: Securities New York, New York 10274-0084 Processing Window Attention: Reorganization Subcellar One Operations Department For information call: (212) 858-2103 Delivery of this instrument to an address or transmission of instructions via a facsimile number other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 1995 (the "Offer to Purchase") of Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer") to purchase any and all of its Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants"), listed on the New York Stock Exchange, at $8.25 per Warrant in cash. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company at the exercise price of $8.50 per share. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAS APPROVED THE OFFER. This Letter of Transmittal is to be used (i) if Warrant certificates are to be physically delivered to IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Depositary for the Offer (the "Depositary"), herewith or (ii) if tenders are to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase under "Section 5. Procedures for Tendering of Warrants--Guaranteed Delivery." Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase. Warrantholders must complete the table in Box one and sign in Box two to tender Warrants for purchase. Warrantholders who wish to tender their Warrants must, at a minimum, complete columns (1) through (3) in the table in Box one and complete and sign in Box two. If only those columns are completed, the warrantholder will be deemed to have tendered for purchase with respect to all Warrants listed in the table in Box one. If a warrantholder wishes to tender less than all of such Warrants, column (4) in Box one must be completed in full. NOTE: SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY Holders of Warrants who wish to tender their Warrants and whose Warrants are not immediately available, or who cannot deliver their Warrants and any other documents required hereby prior to 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase) or who cannot complete the procedure for delivery by book-entry transfer on a timely basis and must tender their Warrants according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase under "Section 5. Procedures for Tendering of Warrrants--Guaranteed Delivery." [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED WARRANT CERTIFICATES ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED WARRANT CERTIFICATES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER TO THE DEPOSITARY'S ACCOUNT AT ONE OF THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITIES AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Name of Tendering Institution --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Box of Applicable Book-Entry Transfer Facility: (check one) [ ] DTC [ ] MSTC [ ] PDTC Account Number Transaction Code Number --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] CHECK HERE IF TENDERED WARRANT CERTIFICATES ARE BEING TENDERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE DEPOSITARY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: Name(s) of Registered Holder(s) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Window Ticket No. (if any) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Institution which Guaranteed Delivery --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOX ONE DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS TENDERED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) (2) (3) (4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Name(s) and Address of Registered Certificate Aggregate Warrants Holder(s) (see note below)* Number(s) (Attach Number of Tendered for (Please fill in, if blank) list if necessary)** Warrants** Purchase*** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Total: ------------------------------------------ * Any beneficial holder whose Warrants are registered in the name of his broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to tender Warrants should contact such registered holder promptly and instruct such registered holder to tender the Warrants on his behalf. If such beneficial holder wishes to tender Warrants on his own behalf, such beneficial holder must, prior to completing and executing this Letter of Transmittal and delivering such holder's Warrant certificates, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the Warrants in such holder's name or obtain a properly completed power from the registered holder. The transfer of record ownership of the Warrants may take considerable time and, depending on when such transfer is requested, may not be accomplished prior to the Expiration Date. ** Need not be completed by Warrantholders delivering Warrants by book-entry. *** Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Warrants evidenced by each Warrant delivered to the Depositary are being tendered hereby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company the above-described number of Warrants. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Warrants tendered hereby, and that when the same are accepted for purchase by the Company, the Company will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and such Warrants shall not be subject to any adverse claims. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the purchase of the Warrants tendered hereby. SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS To be completed ONLY if the check for the purchase price of the Warrants purchased or Warrant certificates evidencing Warrants (if any) not tendered or not accepted for purchase are to be issued in the name of someone other than the person whose signature appears on the face of the Warrants, or if Warrants tendered hereby and delivered by book-entry transfer which are not purchased are returned by credit to an account of one of the Book-Entry Transfer Facilities other than that designated above. Issue and Mail: (check appropriate box(es)): [ ] Check [ ] Warrants to: Name(s) --------------------------------------------------------------------- (Please Print) Address --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Include Zip Code) (COMPLETE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Tax Identification or Social Security No.) [ ] Credit Warrants delivered by book-entry transfer and not purchased to the account set forth below: Check appropriate box: [ ] DTC [ ] MSTC [ ] PDTC Account Number: -------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS To be completed ONLY if the check for the purchase price of the Warrants purchased or Warrant certificates evidencing Warrants (if any) not tendered or not accepted for purchase are to be mailed to someone other than the person whose signature appears on the face of the Warrants or to such persons at an address other than that shown in the box entitled "Description of Warrants." Issue and Mail: (check appropriate box(es)): [ ] Check [ ] Warrants to: Name(s) --------------------------------------------------------------------- (Please Print) Address --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Include Zip Code) (COMPLETE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Tax Identification or Social Security No.) WARRANTHOLDERS SIGN HERE BOX TWO A HOLDER WHO WISHES TO TENDER WARRANTS IN THE TENDER OFFER MUST SIGN WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WARRANT CERTIFICATES ARE BEING PHYSICALLY TENDERED HEREBY (See instructions to Section 5 of Offer to Purchase) --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Signature of Registered Holder or Signature of Registered Holder or Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory (If more than one) -------------------------------- --------------------------------- Type or Print Name Type or Print Name Dated: , 1995 Dated: , 1995 -------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tax Identification or Social Security No(s). ------------------------------ Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for Warrants or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation, agent or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information and see Instruction 2. Name Address -------------------------------- --------------------------------- -------------------------------- --------------------------------- Please Print Include Zip Code Area Code and Tel. No. -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capacity (Full title): ------------------------------------------------------ GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S) (IF REQUIRED) (SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN SECTION 5 OF OFFER TO PURCHASE) Name of Firm: --------------------------------------------------------------- Authorized Signature: ------------------------------------------------------- Title: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: , 1994 ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Please complete Substitute Form W-9 on the last page of this Letter of Transmittal) INSTRUCTIONS 1. DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTIFICATES FOR WARRANTS. This Letter of Transmittal is to be used (i) if certificates for Warrants are to be physically delivered to the Depositary herewith, or (ii) if tenders are to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase. 2. SIGNATURES ON THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL; POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS. The signature(s) of the registered holder(s) on this Letter of Transmittal in Box two must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the Warrants without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. (a) If any of the Warrants are held of record by two or more persons, all such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal. (b) If any of the Warrants are registered in different names, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal and any necessary accompanying documents as there are different registrations. (c) If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Warrants, no endorsements of Warrants or separate powers are required, unless certificates for Warrants not tendered are to be issued in the name of, or delivered to, any person other than the registered holder(s). Signatures on any such Warrants or powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (unless signed by an Eligible Institution). (d) If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder(s) of the Warrants, such Warrants must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate powers, and in either case, signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on such Warrants. Signatures on any such Warrants or powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (unless signed by an Eligible Institution). (e) If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or powers are signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation, or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by the Company, proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of the authority of such person to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal. 3. TRANSFER TAXES. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the tender of any Warrants to it pursuant to the Offer. If, however, (i) payment of the purchase price for the Warrants is to be made to, or certificates for any Warrants not tendered or accepted for purchase are to be issued in the name of, or delivered to, any person other than the registered holder(s), (ii) tendered Warrants are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, or (iii) a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the transfer or sale of the Warrants to the Company pursuant to the Offer, the amount of any transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder(s) or such other person) will be payable by the tendering holder(s). Unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be deducted from the purchase price payable to the tendering holder(s). EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION 3, IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY FOR TRANSFER TAX STAMPS TO BE AFFIXED TO THE WARRANT CERTIFICATES LISTED IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 4. SPECIAL ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS. If certificates for any Warrants not tendered are to be issued or delivered in the name of a person other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. 5. SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9. Under Federal income tax laws, each tendering holder must provide the Company with such holder's correct taxpayer identification number by completing the Substitute Form W-9 set forth below. If the Company is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number, the holder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, as well as "backup withholding" as described below. Certain holders (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. For further information concerning backup withholding and instructions for completing the Substitute Form W-9 (including how to obtain a taxpayer identification number if you do not have one and how to complete the Substitute Form W-9 if Warrants are held in more than one name), consult the enclosed "Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9." Failure to complete the Substitute Form W-9 will not, by itself, cause the Warrants to be deemed to be invalidly tendered, but may require the Company, in certain circumstances, to withhold 31% of the amount of any payments made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. Backup withholding is not an additional Federal income tax. Rather, the Federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service. 6. INADEQUATE SPACE. If the space provided herein is inadequate, the Warrant certificate numbers and/or the number of Warrants and any other required information should be listed on a separate schedule attached hereto and separately signed on each page thereof in the same manner as this Letter of Transmittal is signed. 7. PARTIAL TENDERS (NOT APPLICABLE TO WARRANTHOLDERS WHO TENDER BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER). If fewer than all the Warrants evidenced by any certificate submitted are to be tendered, fill in the number of Warrants which are to be tendered in the box entitled "Number of Warrants Tendered." In such case, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the Warrants that were evidenced by your old certificate(s) will be sent to you, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box marked "Special Payment Instructions" and/or "Special Delivery Instructions" on this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. All Warrants represented by certificates delivered to the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. 8. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR ADDITIONAL COPIES. Requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its addresses set forth below. Requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase and this Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Information Agent or to brokers, dealers, commercial banks or trust companies. PAYEE'S NAME ENTER NAME(S) AS SHOWN ON APPLICABLE ACCOUNT (IF JOINT ACCOUNT, LIST FIRST AND CIRCLE THE NAME OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY WHOSE NUMBER YOU ENTER BELOW). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDRESS (NUMBER, STREET, AND APT. OR SUITE NO.) (CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSTITUTE PART I Form W-9 Department of the Treasury Enter your taxpayer identification Internal Revenue Service number below. For most individuals, this is your Social Security Number. For PAYER'S REQUEST FOR other account holders, the taxpayer TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER identification number is your Employer TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NO. Identification Number. If you do not --FOR ALL ACCOUNTS have a number, see How to Obtain a Taxpayer Identification Number in the AFTER COMPLETING THE enclosed guidelines. FORM, RETURN TO THE DEPOSITARY Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 1 of the enclosed Guidelines on which number to give the Depositary. Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number: SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER | | | | | | | | | | OR EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------- PART II If you are exempt from backup withholding, enter the word "Exempt" below. To determine whether you are exempt, see page 2 of the enclosed guidelines. ------------------------------------- PART III CERTIFICATION - UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT: (1) The number shown on this form is my correct Taxpayer Identification Number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), (2) I am not subject to backup withholding either because (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and (3) Any other information provided on this form is true and correct. CERTIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS--You must crossout item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return. However, if after being notified by the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding you received another notification from the IRS that you are no longer subject to backup withholding, do not cross out item (2). (Also see Certification under Specific Instruction in the enclosed Guidelines.) --------------------------------------- SIGNATURE --------------------------------------- DATE EX-99.(A)(3) 4 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY EXHIBIT 99.(A)(3) MAGMA COPPER COMPANY OFFER TO PURCHASE ANY AND ALL LISTED COMMON STOCK WARRANTS $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE AT $8.25 PER COMMON STOCK WARRANT THE TENDER OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JUNE 14, 1995, UNLESS EXTENDED. As set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 1995 (the "Offer to Purchase") under "Section 5. Procedure for Tendering Warrants--Guaranteed Delivery," this form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) of Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), if certificates for the Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants") listed on the New York Stock Exchange, are not immediately available (or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis) or the warrantholders cannot deliver their Warrants, Letter of Transmittal and other required documents to the Depositary (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) on or prior to 12:00 midnight Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). Such form may be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary prior to 12:00 midnight Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date. TO: IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY BY HAND OR OVERNIGHT COURIER: BY FACSIMILE: BY MAIL: IBJ Schroder (212) 858-2611 Bank & Trust Company IBJ Schroder One State Street Plaza Bank & Trust Company New York, New York 10004 P. O. Box 84 Attention: Securities Bowling Green Station Processing Window New York, New York 10274-0084 Subcellar One Attention: Reorganization Operations Department For information call: (212) 858-2103 Delivery of this instrument to an address or transmission of instruction via a facsimile number other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. This form is not to be used to guarantee signatures. The Eligible Institution (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and certificates for the Warrants to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution. The undersigned hereby tenders to the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Warrants pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery procedure described in the Offer to Purchase. (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT ALL INFORMATION BELOW) =============================================================================== Signature(s): --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name(s) of Record Holder(s): ------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address(es): ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zip Code Area Code and Tel. No(s): --------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== ======================================================================= Warrant Certificate No(s) (if available): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Number of Warrants Represented by Certificate(s): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Tendering Institution: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Account Number: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= ============================================================================== GUARANTEE (DO NOT USE FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE) The undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office in the Untied States, hereby guarantees (a) that the above named person(s) "own(s)" the warrants tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (b) that delivery to the Company of certificates representing the Warrants tendered hereby, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof properly completed and duly executed) and any other required documents will be received by the Depositary no later than five (5) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Firm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zip Code Area Code & Tel. No. -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authorized Signature ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Please Type or Print Dated: , 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: DO NOT SEND WARRANT CERTIFICATES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES MUST BE SENT WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. ============================================================================== EX-99.(A)(6) 5 LETTER TO WARRANTHOLDERS EXHIBIT 99.(A)(6) MAGMA COPPER COMPANY 7400 NORTH ORACLE ROAD, SUITE 200 TUCSON, ARIZONA 85704 May 16, 1995 To Our Warrantholders: We are offering to you, our warrantholders, the opportunity to tender your Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants"), to the Company for $8.25 per Warrant in cash, as more particularly described in the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer") included in the accompanying materials. On May 12, 1995, the closing sales price of a Warrant on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape was $7.00. The Offer represents a 17% premium over this price. If you wish to accept this Offer, you must follow the procedures for such tender described in the Offer to Purchase under the heading "Section 5. Procedure for Tendering Warrants." All required documentation described in such Section 5 must be received by the Depositary (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), by 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on June 14, 1995, or such later date, if any, to which the Company shall have extended the Offer in its sole discretion. Holders who do not wish to accept this Offer may still exercise their Warrants and acquire shares for $8.50 for each Warrant held prior to November 30, 1995, the expiration date of the Warrants. Additional information on the Offer is included in the accompanying materials. If you have any questions on these materials, please call D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information Agent for the Offer, at (212) 269-5550. We appreciate your consideration of this Offer. Sincerely, /s/ J. Burgess Winter -------------------------------------- J. Burgess Winter President and Chief Executive Officer EX-99.(A)(8) 6 FORM OF SUMMARY ADVERTISEMENT EXHIBIT 99.(A)(8) This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell. The Offer is made solely by the Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 1995 and the related Letter of Transmittal and is not being made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of Warrants residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction the securities laws of which require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed made on behalf of the Company by one or more brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. MAGMA COPPER COMPANY NOTICE OF OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH BY MAGMA COPPER COMPANY OF ANY AND ALL OF ITS LISTED COMMON STOCK WARRANTS $8.50 EXERCISE PRICE AT $8.25 PER COMMON STOCK WARRANT Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is offering to purchase any and all of its listed Common Stock Warrants, $8.50 Exercise Price (the "Warrants"), listed on the New York Stock Exchange, at $8.25 per Warrant in cash, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 1995 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company at $8.50 per share. THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON JUNE 14, 1995, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. THE COMPANY, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MAKE NO RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER ANY WARRANTHOLDER SHOULD TENDER ANY OR ALL OF SUCH WARRANTHOLDER'S WARRANTS PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. EACH WARRANTHOLDER MUST MAKE ITS OWN DECISION WHETHER TO TENDER WARRANTS AND, IF SO, HOW MANY WARRANTS TO TENDER. The Company is making the Offer to eliminate the potential dilutive effect that would occur if the Warrants are exercised by the holders thereof on or before November 30, 1995, the date such Warrants expire. The Company also believes the Offer is fair to holders of Warrants. The Offer will provide warrantholders who are considering a sale of all or a portion of the Warrants the opportunity to sell those Warrants for cash at a premium over the market price prevailing prior to the announcement of the Offer and without the usual transaction costs associated with open-market sales. See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase. THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF WARRANTS BEING TENDERED AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 8 OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, MAY NOT BE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO AGREED NOT TO DECREASE THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE WARRANTS BEING SOUGHT, DECREASE THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS SUBJECT TO THE OFFER OR CHANGE THE CONSIDERATION TO BE PAID THEREFOR FROM CASH TO NON-CASH INSTRUMENTS. Upon the terms and conditions of the Offer, the Company will accept for payment (and thereby purchase) any and all Warrants as are properly tendered (and not withdrawn) on or before 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on June 14, 1995, or the latest time and date at which the Offer, if extended by the Company, shall expire (the "Expiration Date"). The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof. See Sections 4, 5, 7 and 13 of the Offer to Purchase. Subject to the provisions in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, Warrants tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date and, unless theretofore accepted for payment by the Company, may also be withdrawn after 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, on July 13, 1995. See Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase. For a withdrawal to be effective, the Depositary must receive on a timely basis (at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase), by written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission, a notice of withdrawal. Such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person having tendered the Warrant to be withdrawn, the number of Warrants to be withdrawn and the name of the registered owner, if different from that of the person who tendered such Warrants. If the Warrants have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the release of such Warrants, the tendering warrantholder must also submit the serial numbers shown on the particular Warrants and the signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined in Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase) (except in the case of Warrants tendered by an Eligible Institution). If Warrants have been delivered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase, the notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the applicable Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase) to be credited with the withdrawn Warrants and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility. A withdrawal of a tender of Warrants may not be rescinded, and any Warrants properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. Withdrawn Warrants may, however, be retendered before the Expiration Date by again following the applicable procedures described in Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase. THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE READ BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER. These documents are being mailed to recordholders of Warrants and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, banks and similar persons whose nominees appear on the Company's warrantholders list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency's security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Warrants. The information required to be disclosed by Rule 13e-4(d)(1) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference. Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent and the Dealer Managers at the addresses and telephone numbers set forth below. Requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal or other tender offer materials may be directed to the Information Agent and the Dealer Managers and such copies will be furnished at the Company's expense. Warrantholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company for assistance concerning the Offer. THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS: D.F. KING & CO., INC. 77 Water Street 20th Floor New York, New York 10005 (212) 269-5550 Fax (212) 809-8839 Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 269-5550 All Others Call Toll Free: (800) 290-6427 THE DEALER MANAGERS FOR THE OFFER ARE: GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 (212) 902-1000 May 16, 1995