SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE TO (RULE 14d-100) TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ------------- PREMIUMWEAR, INC. (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) PREMIUMWEAR, INC. (Name of Filing Person (Issuer)) ------------- COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS (Title of Class of Securities) ------------- 740909106 --------- (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) ------------- David E. Berg PremiumWear, Inc. Telephone: (612) 979-1700, ext. 5010 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons) Copy to: Frank B. Bennett Barbara Lano Rummel Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. 80 South Eighth Street 4200 IDS Center Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 371-3211 [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: [_]