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
(Amendment No. 1)
THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
FR UTILITY SERVICES MERGER SUB, INC.
(Offeror)
A direct wholly owned subsidiary of
FR UTILITY SERVICES, INC.
(Parent of Offeror)
FIRST RESERVE FUND XIV, L.P.
(Other Person)
(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as Offeror, Issuer or Other Person))
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.10 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
381370105
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Anne E. Gold
FR Utility Services Merger Sub, Inc.
290 Harbor Drive
Stamford, CT 06902
(203) 661-6601
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Copies to:
Michael T. Holick
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 455-2000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
| Transaction Valuation(1) | Amount of Filing Fee(2) | |
| $173,967,738 | $18,979.89 | |
| (1) | Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated by adding the sum of (i) 24,522,534 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Shares”), of The Goldfield Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Goldfield”) issued and outstanding multiplied by the offer price of $7.00 per share, and (ii) 330,000 Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units multiplied by the offer price of $7.00 per share. The foregoing share figures have been provided by Goldfield and are as of November 30, 2020, the most recent practicable date. |
| (2) | The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #1 for fiscal year 2021 beginning on October 1, 2020, issued August 26, 2020, by multiplying the transaction value by 0.0001091. |
| ☒ | 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: $18,979.89 | Filing Party: FR Utility Services Merger Sub, Inc. | |
| Form of Registration No.: Schedule TO-T (File No. 005-31632) | Date Filed: December 1, 2020 |
| ☐ | 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:
| ☒ | 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 appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates: ☐
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 Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with any amendments and supplements hereto, the “Schedule TO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2020 by (i) FR Utility Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), (ii) FR Utility Services Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Purchaser”), and (iii) First Reserve Fund XIV, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, or an affiliate thereof, which is the controlling stockholder of both Parent and the Purchaser. The Schedule TO relates to the tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Shares”), of The Goldfield Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Goldfield”), at a price of $7.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated December 1, 2020 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Offer to Purchase”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), 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”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(B).
All the information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, including all schedules thereto, is hereby incorporated by reference herein in response to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of this Amendment, except as otherwise set forth below. This Amendment should be read together with the Schedule TO. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase of the Schedule TO.
This Amendment is being filed to amend and supplement Item 11 as reflected below.
| Item 11. | Additional Information. |
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
The subsection entitled “Antitrust Compliance” of Section 16—“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals” of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting the third sentence of the second paragraph thereof and replacing such sentence with the following:
“On December 2, 2020, each of Goldfield and Purchaser filed a Pre-merger Notification and Report Form with the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with the purchase of Shares in the Offer and the Merger. Accordingly, the required waiting period with respect to the Offer and the Merger will expire at 11:59 P.M., New York City Time, on December 17, 2020, unless earlier terminated by the FTC and the Antitrust Division, or if Purchaser withdraws its HSR filing under 16 C.F.R. §803.12 or if Purchaser or Goldfield receives a formal request for additional information or documentary material prior to that time (referred to as a “Second Request”).”
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.
| FR UTILITY SERVICES MERGER SUB, INC. | ||
| By | /s/ Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Name: | Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Title: | President | |
| Date: | December 2, 2020 | |
| FR UTILITY SERVICES, INC. | ||
| By | /s/ Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Name: | Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Title: | President | |
| Date: | December 2, 2020 | |
| FIRST RESERVE FUND XIV, L.P. | ||
| By | First Reserve GP XIV, L.P. | |
| Its: | General Partner | |
| By | First Reserve GP XIV Limited | |
| Its: | General Partner | |
| By | /s/ Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Name: | Jeffrey K. Quake | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| Date: | December 2, 2020 | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| * | Previously filed. |
