SC TO-I/A 1 schedto.htm SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


SCHEDULE TO

(Rule 14d-100)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*


Pubco Corporation

(Name of  Subject Company (Issuer))


Pubco Corporation

(Names of Filing Persons (Offeror))


Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)


744378803

744378886

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)


Jay A. Goldblatt

Pubco Corporation

3830 Kelley Avenue

Cleveland OH 44114

(216) 426-5565

(Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)


CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

  Transaction Valuation* $1,000,000

½   Amount of Filing Fee $92.00

*Assumes the purchase of all 100,000 shares for which the offer is made at $10 per share in cash.


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

Amount Previously Paid: ______________________   Filing Party: _____________________________

Form or Registration No.:______________________  Date Filed:   ______________________________


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


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

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

[X]

issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

[X]

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

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


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


This is a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO of Pubco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser” or the “Company”). This Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase up to a total of 100,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share and its Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share, at $10 per share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 23, 2002 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively, (which together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the ‘Offer”). Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule TO, information contained in the Offer to Purchase is hereby incorporated by reference in the answers to items in this Schedule TO.


Item 1. Summary Term Sheet.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “SUMMARY TERM SHEET” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 2. Subject Company Information.


(a) Name and Address. Pubco Corporation is the issuer. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 3830 Kelley Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The telephone number of the Company is (216)881-5300.


(b) Securities. The securities that are the subject of the Offer are Common Stock, par value $.01 per share and Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share. As of May 1, 2002 there were 2,965,191 shares of such Common Stock issued and outstanding and 547,333 shares of such Class B Stock issued and outstanding.


(c) Trading Market. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information – SECURITIES AND TRADING MARKET” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 3. Identity and Background of Filing Person.


Pubco Corporation is the filing person and the subject company. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 3830 Kelley Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The telephone number of the Company is (216)881-5300. All of the persons specified in General Instruction C to Schedule 13E-3 are citizens of the United States. None of such persons was convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) during the past five years. Nor was any such person a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past five years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information –Directors and Executive Officers” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.


The information set forth in the cover page to the Offer to Purchase, and under the captions “THE TENDER OFFER”, “SPECIAL FACTORS – United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO - Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the captions “SPECIAL FACTORS – Reasons for the Tender Offer-Income Tax Benefits to Pubco”, “SPECIAL FACTORS – Reasons for the Tender Offer-Liquidity to Shareholders”, and “SPECIAL FACTORS – Effects of the Tender Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the captions “THE TENDER OFFER – Conditions of the Tender Offer” and “THE TENDER OFFER – Source and Amount of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 8. Interest in the Securities of the Subject Company.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9. Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “IMPORTANT” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 10. Financial Statements.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Financial Information; Documents Incorporated by Reference” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 11. Additional Information.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “THE TENDER OFFER – Compliance with Law” is incorporated herein by reference. Any information in the Offer to Purchase and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal not otherwise specifically incorporated herein is incorporated herein by reference. Matters involving margin requirements, anti-trust laws and pending legal proceedings related to the tender offer are not applicable.


Item 12. Exhibits.


Exhibit No.

Description


(a) (1) (A)

Offer to Purchase dated May 23, 2002, as amended


(a) (1) (B)

Form of Letter of Transmittal


(a) (1) (C)

Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery


(a) (1) (D)

From of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees

(a) (1) (E)

Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees

(a) (1) (F)

Press Release dated May 23, 2002 issued by the Company


(a) (1) (G)

Form of letter to the Company’s shareholders


Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3


Item 1. Summary Term Sheet.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “SUMMARY TERM SHEET” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 2. Subject Company Information.


(a) Name and Address. Pubco Corporation is the issuer. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 3830 Kelley Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The telephone number of the Company is (216)881-5300.


(b) Securities. The securities that are the subject of the Offer are Common Stock, par value $.01 per share and Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share. As of May 1, 2002 there were 2,965,191 shares of such Common Stock issued and outstanding and 547,333 shares of such Class B Stock issued and outstanding.


(c) Trading Market. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the

caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information –

SECURITIES AND TRADING MARKET” is incorporated herein by reference.


(d) Dividends. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the

caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information –

DIVIDENDS” is incorporated herein by reference.


(e) Prior Public Offerings. NA


(f) Prior Stock Purchases. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under

the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information –

PRIOR SHARE PURCHASES” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 3. Identity and Background of Filing Person.


Pubco Corporation is the filing person and the subject company. The Company’s

principal executive offices are located at 3830 Kelley Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

44114. The telephone number of the Company is (216)881-5300. All of the

persons specified in General Instruction C to Schedule 13E-3 are citizens of the

United States. None of such persons was convicted in a criminal proceeding

(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) during the past five years.

Nor was any such person a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding

during the past five years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order

enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to,

federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state

securities laws. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the

caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Company Information –Directors

and Executive Officers” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.


(a) Material Terms. The information set forth in the cover page to the Offer to Purchase, and under the captions “THE TENDER OFFER”, “SPECIAL FACTORS – United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference.


(c) Different Terms. NA


(d) Appraisal Rights. There are no appraisal rights for dissenting stockholders in

connection with the offer.


(e) Provisions for Unaffiliated Security Holders. None.


(f) Eligibility for listing or Trading. NA


Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.


(a) Transactions. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO - Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.


(b) Significant Corporate Events. The information set forth in the Offer to

Purchase under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO - Past Contacts,

Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.


(c) Negotiations or Contacts. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase

under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO - Past Contacts,

Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.


(e) Agreements Involving the Subject Company’s Securities. Not Applicable.


Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption

“SPECIAL FACTORS – Effects of the Tender Offer” is incorporated herein by

reference.


Item 7. Purposes, Alternatives, Reasons and Effects.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the captions “SPECIAL

FACTORS – Reasons for the Tender Offer-Income tax Benefits to Pubco”,

“SPECIAL FACTORS – Reasons for the Tender Offer-Liquidity to

Shareholders”, and “SPECIAL FACTORS – Effects of the Tender Offer” is

incorporated herein by reference.


Item 8. Fairness of the Transaction.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the captions “SPECIAL

FACTORS – Fairness of the Tender Offer” and “SPECIAL FACTORS –

Approval of Security Holders” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9. Reports, opinions, Appraisals and negotiations.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption “SPECIAL

FACTORS – Reports Opinions and Appraisals” is incorporated herein by

reference.


Item 10. Source and Amounts of Funds and Other Consideration.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the captions “THE

TENDER OFFER – Conditions of the Tender Offer” and “THE TENDER

OFFER – Source and Amount of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 11. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.


The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the caption

“INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial

Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 12. The Solicitation or Recommendation.


The information set forth in the cover page to the Offer to Purchase and under the caption “INFORMATION ABOUT PUBCO – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference.


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.


Pubco Corporation



By /s/ Robert H. Kanner

Dated: June 10, 2002

Robert H. Kanner, President


Index to Exhibits


Exhibit No.

Description


(a) (1) (A)

Offer to Purchase dated May 23, 2002, as amended


(a) (1) (B)

Form of Letter of Transmittal


(a) (1) (C)

Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery


(a) (1) (D)

From of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and other Nominees


(a) (1) (E)

Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees


(a) (1) (F)

Press Release dated May 23, 2002 issued by the Company


(a) (1) (G)

Form of letter to the Company’s shareholders




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