-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TLGB7aL6cIJRx5/IYARUmpp0mvPQgAO2w332lkPsJtoPt+52F+nAFxZEsCt/ZTVO vjRMXK9HPYOtJrSGhB1jvA== /in/edgar/work/0000903423-00-000503/0000903423-00-000503.txt : 20001123 0000903423-00-000503.hdr.sgml : 20001123 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903423-00-000503 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001122 GROUP MEMBERS: DEUTSCHE ACQUISITION CORP. GROUP MEMBERS: DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL DISCOUNT BROKERS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000811917 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6211 ] IRS NUMBER: 222394480 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-38968 FILM NUMBER: 775160 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 EXCHANGE PLACE CENTRE STREET 2: 15TH FLOOR CITY: JERSEY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 BUSINESS PHONE: 2019462200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 EXCHANGE PLACE CENTRE STREET 2: 15TH FLOOR CITY: JERSY CITY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SHERWOOD GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000948046 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ] STATE OF INCORPORATION: I8 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TAUNUSANLAGE 12 D-60325 CITY: FRANKFURT AM MAIN GE STATE: I8 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TAUNUSANLAGE 12 D-60325 CITY: FRANKFURT AM MAIN STATE: I8 SC TO-T/A 1 0001.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------- SCHEDULE TO/A (Rule 14d-100)n Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 4 - Final Amendment) National Discount Brokers Group, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Subject Company) Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Acquisition Corp. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Filing Persons -- Offerors) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 635646 102 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) Please send all notices and communications to: with copies to: Deutsche Acquisition Corp. Daniel S. Sternberg, Esq. c/o Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch William A. Groll, Esq. 31 West 52nd Street Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York, NY 10019 One Liberty Plaza Attention: General Counsel New York, New York 10006 212-469-5000 212-225-2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calculation of Filing Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Valuation* Amount of Filing Fee** - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $950,604,214 $190,120.84 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of filing fee only. The amount assumes the purchase of 19,400,086 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), at a price per Share of $49.00 in cash. Such number of Shares represents the number of Shares outstanding as of October 20, 2000 on a fully-diluted basis, assuming the exercise of all options to purchase Shares outstanding as of such date, less the number of Shares already beneficially owned by Deutsche Bank AG. ** The filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is 1/50th of one percent of the aggregate Transaction Valuation. [X] Check 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: $171,581.15. Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO. Filing Party: Deutsche Bank AG Date Filed: October 24, 2000. Amount Previously Paid: $18,539.69 Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO/A Filing Party: Deutsche Bank AG Date Filed: November 9, 2000 [ ] 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: [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [X] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. [X] 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: [X] This Amendment No. 4, the final amendment (this "Amendment"), amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as amended and supplemented, the "Schedule TO") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2000, as previously amended, by Deutsche Bank AG, a banking company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany ("Deutsche Bank"), and Deutsche Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank ("Purchaser"), relating to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Shares"), of National Discount Brokers Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("NDB"), at $49.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (less any required withholding taxes), without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated October 24, 2000 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related letter of transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal," which together with the Offer to Purchase, as amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the "Offer"), which are attached as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) to the Schedule TO. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase and the Schedule TO. This Amendment and the Schedule TO also amend and supplement the Schedule 13D of Deutsche Bank, DBUS (as defined therein) and Purchaser, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2000, as previously amended (the "Schedule 13D"), which is incorporated herein by reference. The Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following: The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, November 21, 2000. Pursuant to the Offer and based upon the report of the Depositary, Purchaser has accepted for payment 15,950,802 Shares tendered by physical or book entry delivery and 889,501 Shares tendered by guaranteed delivery. Together with the Shares already held by Parent or its affiliates, Purchaser now owns 20,190,303 Shares representing approximately 96.1% of the outstanding Shares. On November 22, 2000, Deutsche Bank issued a press release announcing the successful completion of the tender offer and that it expects to complete the merger of Purchaser into NDB shortly. The full text of the press release issued by Deutsche Bank on November 22, 2000 is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(J) and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 12 EXHIBITS. (a)(1)(J) Text of press release issued by Deutsche Bank on November 22, 2000. SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. DEUTSCHE BANK AG By: /s/ Thomas A. Curtis ---------------------------- Name: Thomas A. Curtis Title: Attorney-in-Fact DEUTSCHE ACQUISITION CORP. By: /s/ Thomas A. Curtis ---------------------------- Name: Thomas A. Curtis Title: Vice President By: /s/ James T. Byrne, Jr. ---------------------------- Name: James T. Byrne, Jr. Title: Secretary Dated: November 22, 2000 INDEX TO EXHIBIT The following item (a)(1)(J) is hereby added to the Index of Exhibits: Exhibit Number Description (a)(1)(J) Text of press release issued by Deutsche Bank on November 22, 2000. EX-99.A.1.J 2 0002.txt Exhibit (a)(1)(J) ----------------- Press Release Deutsche Bank CONTACTS: For Deutsche Bank AG: For National Discount Rohini Pragasam Brokers Group, Inc.: Deutsche Bank Richard Tauberman 212-469-4516 The MWW Group rohini.pragasam@db.com 201-964-2408 rtauberman@mww.com Deutsche Bank Completes Tender Offer for National Discount Brokers Group ********************************************** November 22, 2000 -- Deutsche Bank AG today announced the successful completion of the tender offer by its wholly owned subsidiary Deutsche Acquisition Corp. to acquire the common stock of National Discount Brokers Group, Inc. (NYSE: NDB) at $49.00 net per share in cash. Approximately 16.8 million shares of NDB, or approximately 80% of the issued and outstanding NDB shares, were validly tendered prior to the expiration of the tender offer at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, November 21, 2000, and were accepted for payment. Together with the NDB shares Deutsche Bank already held, Deutsche Bank now owns approximately 96% of the NDB shares outstanding. Pursuant to the terms of Deutsche Bank's merger agreement with NDB, Deutsche Bank will acquire the remaining NDB shares through a merger of Deutsche Acquisition Corp. into NDB at the same $49.00 per share price as offered in the tender offer. Deutsche Bank expects to complete the merger within the next week to ten days. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----