INTRODUCTION
This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements the Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Statement”) filed on October 25, 2022 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by (i) Continental Resources, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), the issuer of the common stock that is the subject of the Rule 13e-3 transaction described below, (ii) the persons listed on the cover of this Schedule 13E-3 and (iii) the Additional Filers listed on the inside cover of this Schedule 13E-3.
This Amendment No. 1 relates to the cash tender offer by Omega Acquisition, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Purchaser”), 100% of the capital stock of which is owned by Harold G. Hamm (the “Founder”), a natural person residing in the State of Oklahoma and an affiliate of the Company, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company, other than: (i) Shares owned by the Founder, certain of the Founder’s family members and their affiliated entities (collectively, the “Founder Family Rollover Shareholders”); and (ii) Shares underlying unvested Company restricted stock awards (such Shares, together with the Shares referred to in clause (i), the “Rollover Shares”), for $74.28 per share (the “Offer Price”), in cash, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes. The Offer (as defined below) is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 16, 2022 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Merger Agreement”), between the Company and the Purchaser. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that promptly (and, in any event, within two business days) after the expiration of the Offer and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser will accept for payment and pay for, or cause to be paid for, all Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer (the time at which Shares may be first accepted for payment under the Offer, the “Acceptance Time”). Immediately prior to the Acceptance Time, the Founder will contribute 100% of the capital stock of the Purchaser to the Company, as a result of which the Purchaser will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. As soon as practicable following the Acceptance Time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Purchaser will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger wholly-owned by the Founder Family Rollover Shareholders (the “Surviving Corporation”). As a result of the Merger, the Company will cease to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and will subsequently be deregistered under the Exchange Act. The Merger will be governed by Section 1081.H of the General Corporation Act of the State of Oklahoma (the “OGCA”), under which no shareholder vote is required to consummate the Merger. The terms of the Offer, and the conditions to which it is subject, are set forth in the Tender Offer Statement filed by the Purchaser on October 24, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, including by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on November 7, 2022, the “Schedule TO”), which contains as exhibits an Offer to Purchase dated October 24, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which Letter of Transmittal, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each of them may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitutes the “Offer.” In response to the Offer, the Company filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 on October 24, 2022 (together with any exhibits and annexes attached thereto, the “Schedule 14D-9”).
The information in the Statement is incorporated into this Amendment No. 1 by reference to all of the applicable items in the Statement, except that such information is amended and supplemented to the extent provided in this Amendment No. 1. All information contained in this Amendment No. 1 and the Statement concerning the Company and the Purchaser has been provided by such person and not by any other person.
The information contained in the Schedule TO is incorporated into this Amendment No. 1 by reference, and amends, supplements and restates, as the case may be, the Statement. The information contained in the Schedule 14D-9 is incorporated into this Amendment No. 1 by reference.