Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund (ERH)
Filed: 25 Apr 05, 12:00am
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005 SCHEDULE TO Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund Common Shares, No Par Value 30034Q 10 9 Michael H. Koonce, Esquire (Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive With a copy to: Calculation of Filing Fee |
| Transaction Valuation | Amount of Filing Fee |
| $12,448,974(a) | $1,465.24(b) |
(a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price to be paid for 546,487 shares in the offer, based upon the net asset value per share of $22.78 at March 16, 2005. (b) Calculated as the Transaction Valuation multiplied by .00011770. |
x Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. | |
| Amount Previously Paid: | $1,435.24 | |
| Form or Registration No.: | Schedule TO | |
| Filing Party: | Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund | |
| Date Filed: | March 22, 2005 | |
o 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: /x/ |
Introductory Statement This Amendment No. 2 amends the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Schedule TO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2005 by Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund, a statutory trust organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (the “Fund”). The Schedule TO relates to an offer by the Fund to purchase for cash (the “Offer”) up to 5% or 546,487 of the Fund’s issued and outstanding common shares, no par value (the “Shares”). This Amendment No. 2 amends such Schedule TO to add an additional exhibit in accordance with Rule 13e-4(c)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to add the following information in accordance with Rule 13e-4(c)(4) of the Exchange Act and General Instruction H of Schedule TO. The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 20, 2005. Pursuant to the Offer, 4,233,219 Shares were properly tendered and not withdrawn, and 546,487 of the tendered Shares were accepted by the Fund on April 22, 2005 for purchase at the price of $22.62 per share, which is equal to the net asset value per share determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2005. Payment of the Shares purchased will be made on April 25, 2005. The aggregate purchase price paid by the Fund for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer was $12,361,535.94. Reference is hereby made to the press release issued by the Fund on April 20, 2005, a copy of which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO on April 20, 2005 and is incorporated herein by reference, and to the press release issued by the Fund on April 22, 2005, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(5)(v) and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 12. Exhibits. The following material is hereby filed as an additional exhibit to the Fund’s Schedule TO: |
| (a)(5)(v) | Press release issued on April 22, 2005. |
NOTICE A copy of the Certificate of Trust of Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (the “Trust”), together with all amendments thereto, is on file with the Secretary of State of The State of Delaware and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trust by trustees and officers of the Trust as officers and trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the officers or trustees of the Trust or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust or the relevant series. 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. EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND |
| /s/ Dennis H. Ferro | |
| Name: Dennis H. Ferro | |
| Title: President | |
| Dated: April 22, 2005 |
EXHIBIT INDEX |
| Exhibit | |
| (a)(5)(v) | Press release issued on April 22, 2005. |