UNITED STATES
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
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
CPK Holdings Inc.
CPK Merger Sub Inc.
(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))
Golden Gate Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P.
(Names of Filing Persons (Others))
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
13054D109
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Joshua Olshansky
CPK Holdings Inc.
c/o Golden Gate Capital
One Embarcadero Center, 39th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 983-2700
Fax: (415) 983-2828
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Copies to:
David Breach, Esq.
Daniel Wolf, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 446-4800
Fax: (212) 446-4900
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
| Transaction Valuation | Amount of Filing Fee | |
Not applicable* | Not applicable* | |
| * | A filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
| ¨ | 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: N/A | Filing Party: N/A | |
| Form of 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:
| x | Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |
| ¨ | Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. |
| ¨ | Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. |
| ¨ | 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. ¨
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
| ¨ | Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) |
| ¨ | Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) |
This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by CPK Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“Merger Sub”), and wholly-owned subsidiary of CPK Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), for all of the outstanding common stock of California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to be commenced pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 24, 2011, among Parent, Merger Sub and the Company. Merger Sub and Parent are affiliated with Golden Gate Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P.
The Press Release filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock described in this filing has not commenced. At the time the offer is commenced, Parent will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Company will file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, with respect to the offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to the Company’s stockholders at no expense to them. In addition, all of those materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website: www.sec.gov.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release dated May 25, 2011 | |
