UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
TRANSPORTADORA DE GAS DEL SUR S.A.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
GRUPO INVERSOR PETROQUÍMICA S.L.
WST S.A.
PCT LLC
(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))
Class B Shares, one peso (Ps. 1.00) nominal amount each and
American Depositary Shares,
each representing five Class B Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
Class B Share (ISIN ARP9308R1039)
American Depositary Share (CUSIP 893870204)
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
PCT LLC
c/o EMS Capital LP
499 Park Ave., 11th Floor
New York, NY, 10022
Attention: Grace Lee
Telephone: (212) 891-2721
Grupo Inversor Petroquímica S.L.
Av. Doctor Arce 14
Madrid, Spain, 28002
Attention: Luis Alberto Fallo & Hugo Nestor Galluzzo
Telephone: +34 91 5630601
WST S.A.
Avenida Córdoba 1561, 2nd Floor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Attention: Pablo Tarantino & Agustin Griffi
Telephone: +54 11 4-316-9031
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
With copies to:
Conrado Tenaglia
Peter Cohen-Millstein
Linklaters LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(212) 903-9000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation* | Amount Of Filing Fee** |
$227,278,618.07 | $26,341.60 |
| * | Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee. The Transaction Valuation was calculated assuming the purchase of 194,651,345 Class B Shares, one peso (Ps. 1.00) nominal amount each per share (the “Class B Shares”) (including Class B Shares represented by American Depositary Shares (each American Depositary Share representing rights to five (5) Class B Shares) (the “ADSs”)), the maximum number of Class B Shares subject to the offer, at a purchase price of Ps. 18.39 per Class B Share (including Class B Shares represented by ADSs) of Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (“TGS”). The Transaction Valuation was calculated in Argentine Pesos (Ps.) and converted into U.S. dollars using the selling exchange rate of Ps. 15.75 per U.S.$ 1.00 reported by Banco de la Nación Argentina on December 27, 2016. |
| ** | The amount of the filing fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #1 for fiscal year 2017, issued August 31, 2016 by multiplying the transaction value by .0001159. |
☒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: $26,341.60 | Filing Party: PCT LLC |
Form or Registration No.: 005-89736 | Date Filed: December 30, 2016 |
oCheck 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:
☒third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
oissuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
ogoing-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
oamendment 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:
oRule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
☒Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)