1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON ______, 2000 FILE NO. ___-______ ================================================================================ 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 ----------- JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC. (Name of Subject Company) ----------- JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC. (Name of Filing Person -- Issuer) ----------- CLASS A COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE (Title of Class of Securities) ----------- 46621C105 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) ----------- Please send all correspondence to: With a copy to: KEVIN G. NOWE, SECRETARY LEWIS U. DAVIS, JR. JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC. BUCHANAN INGERSOLL PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1600 TECHNOLOGY WAY ONE OXFORD CENTRE P.O. BOX 231 301 GRANT STREET LATROBE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA 15650-0231 15219-1410 (724) 539-5000 (412) 562-8880 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing person) ----------- CALCULATION OF FILING FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Valuation Amount of Filing Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N/A (1) $0.0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) No filing fee is required pursuant to general instruction D of Schedule TO. [ ]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: $___________________________ Filing Party: ______________________________________ Form or Registration No.: __________________________ Date Filed: ________________________________________ [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: [_] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [X] 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: [_] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 The following exhibits are filed herewith: Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated September 11, 2000. Exhibit 99.2 Merger Agreement Among JLK Direct Distribution Inc. and Kennametal Inc. and Pegasus Acquisition Corporation dated September 8, 2000.