SC TO-C 1 a07-9675_9sctoc.htm SC TO-C

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

TRIBUNE COMPANY
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

TRIBUNE COMPANY
(Issuer)

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)

896047 10 7
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Crane H. Kenney
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 222-9100
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of Filing Persons)

With copies to:

Steven A. Rosenblum

 

Larry A. Barden

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

 

Sidley Austin LLP

51 West 52nd Street

 

1 S. Dearborn Street

New York, NY 10019

 

Chicago, Illinois 60603

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

Transaction Valuation*

 

Amount of Filing Fee*

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

*                                         In accordance with General Instruction D to Schedule TO, no filing fee is required because this filing contains only preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

o                                    Check the box if any part of the filing fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:

 

N/A

 

Filing Party:

 

N/A

Form or Registration No.:

 

N/A

 

Date Filed:

 

N/A

 

x                                  Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

o                                    third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

x                                  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

o                                    going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

o                                    amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer:   o

 

 



Item 12. Exhibits.

Exhibit No

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal

 

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SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

*

(Signature)

*

(Name and title)

April 13, 2007

(Date)

 

 

*                                         In accordance with General Instruction D to Schedule TO, no signature is required because the filing contains only preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

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