UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
(Rule 14d-101)
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION
STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company)
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
142042209
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Dan E. Lee
General Counsel and Secretary
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
3900 Lakebreeze Avenue North
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429
(763) 592-2200
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing statement)
Copies To:
Brian D. Wenger
Brett D. Anderson
Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
2200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 977-8400
| ¨ | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) originally filed by Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 21, 2012, relating to the tender offer by JAB Beech Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent” or “JAB”), Pine Merger Sub, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser” and, together with Parent, the “Offerors”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of the Company at a price of $16.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (less any required withholding taxes and without interest), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 21, 2012 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), which are annexed to and filed with the Offerors’ Schedule TO (together with the exhibits thereto, as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Schedule TO”), filed by Purchaser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 21, 2012.
Except as otherwise noted below, no changes are being made to the Schedule 14D-9.
| Item 8. | Additional Information |
The subsection of Item 8 entitled “Legal Proceedings” is hereby amended and supplemented to add at the end thereof the following:
“On December 28, 2012, an additional purported class action complaint was filed by a purported shareholder against Parent, Purchaser and the individual directors of the Company in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District, seeking certification of a purported class action lawsuit captionedMcCormack v. Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. et al. (the “McCormack Action”).
The complaints in the McCormack Action all purport to be brought individually and on behalf of all shareholders of the Company and all purportedly seek to enjoin the effectuation of the proposed transaction. The complaint contains allegations substantially similar to the other actions described above and allege that the Offer price of $16 per share is inadequate and undervalues the Company. The complaint alleges that the Company’s director defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Offer and the Merger. Among other things, the complaints challenge the sale process and price as unfair and certain alleged deal protection provisions in the Merger Agreement. The complaint further alleges that the Schedule TO and Schedule 14D-9 contain materially misleading and incomplete information. In particular, the complaint challenges the financial analysis and opinion provided by Moelis. The complaint also alleges that the Parent and/or Purchaser aided and abetted such alleged breaches of the Company’s director defendant’s fiduciary duties.
The action seeks, among other relief: declaring the action to be a class action; injunctive relief enjoining the Offer and the Merger; directing the Company, Parent and Purchaser, jointly and severally, to account to the shareholders for all damages suffered and to be suffered by them; rescinding, to the extent already implemented, the Merger Agreement and the Merger or ordering rescissory damages; awarding costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees; and granting any and all further relief as the court may deem just and proper.
Pursuant to the Companioning Order, the McCormack Action will be heard by the same judge as the Richeson Action, the Greentech Action, the Shah Action, the Arciero Action and the Schufman Action.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the McCormack Complaint, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(L) to the Schedule 14D-9, and which is incorporated herein by reference.”
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Item 9. Exhibits
The exhibit table in the Schedule 14D-9 appearing in Item 9 is hereby amended and restated by the following:
Exhibit No. | Document | |
| (a)(1)(A) | Offer to Purchase, dated December 21, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(1)(B) | Form of Letter of Transmittal (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(B) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(1)(C) | Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(C) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(1)(D) | Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(D) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(1)(E) | Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(E) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(1)(F) | Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), including instructions for completing the form (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(F) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(2)(A) | Letter from Gary Graves, Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, to shareholders of the Company, dated December 21, 2012.* | |
| (a)(5)(A) | Joint press release issued by the Company and JAB, dated December 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(B) | Opinion of Moelis & Company LLC, dated December 16, 2012 (attached hereto as Annex II).* | |
| (a)(5)(C) | Summary Advertisement, published December 21, 2012in The Wall Street Journal (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(G) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(D) | Complaint filed by James Randolph Richeson in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 18, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(B) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(E) | Complaint filed by Greentech Research LLC in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 18, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(C) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(F) | Complaint filed by Suketu Shah, in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 20, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(D) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(G) | Order Granting Companioning of Cases, issued December 21, 2012 by the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(E) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 27, 2012). | |
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Exhibit No. | Document | |
| (a)(5)(H) | Complaint filed by Mary Arciero, in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 21, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(F) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 27, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(I) | Complaint filed by Jay Schufman, in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 21, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(G) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 27, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(J) | Frequently Asked Questions regarding Employee Stock Options, Restricted Stock, and Shares of Stock.* | |
| (a)(5)(K) | Amended Complaint filed by James Randolph Richeson in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 27, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(H) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 28, 2012). | |
| (a)(5)(L) | Complaint filed by Thomas McCormack in the District Court of the State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District on December 28, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(I) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 31, 2012). | |
| (d)(1) | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 16, 2012, among Parent, Purchaser and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2012). | |
| (d)(2) | Confidentiality Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, between the Company and Parent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(2) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by JAB and Purchaser on December 21, 2012). | |
| (e)(1) | 2001 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 19, 2005 (File No. 333-126691)). | |
| (e)(2) | Amendment No. 1 to the 2001 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 19, 2005 (File No. 333-126691)). | |
| (e)(3) | Form of Stock Option Grant and Agreement under 2001 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 19, 2005 (File No. 333-126691)). | |
| (e)(4) | Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed March 27, 2012 (File No. 333-126691)). | |
| (e)(5) | Form of Stock Option Grant and Agreement under Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 25, 2011 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(6) | Form of Restricted Stock Award and Agreement under Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 25, 2011 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(7) | Form of Directors and Officers Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2006 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(8) | Employment Agreement with Michael J. Tattersfield, dated August 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 4, 2008 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(9) | Employment Agreement with Timothy J. Hennessy, dated September 9, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 9, 2008 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(10) | Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. 2012 Severance Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 17, 2012 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(11) | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 25, 2011 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| (e)(12) | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 25, 2011 (File No. 000-51535)). | |
| * | Previously filed. |
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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.
| CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Dan E. Lee | |
| Name: | Dan E. Lee | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Dated December 31, 2012
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