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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
AMENDMENT NO. 6
(Rule 13e-4)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TELLIUM, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))
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Options to Purchase Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share,
Having an Exercise Price of $2.14 or More
(Title of Class of Securities)
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87967E 10 7
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
(Underlying Common Stock)
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Harry J. Carr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Tellium, Inc.
2 Crescent Place
Oceanport, New Jersey 07757-0901
(732) 923-4100
(Name,address and telephone number of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of filing person)
Copy to:
Lanae Holbrook
Lawrence R. Bard
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 639-7000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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Transaction valuation* Amount of filing fee
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$3,863,669 $355.46
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* Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. This amount
assumes that options to purchase 14,810,195 shares of common stock of Tellium,
Inc. having an aggregate value of $3,863,669 of July 25, 2002 will be exchanged
pursuant to this offer. The aggregate value of such options was calculated based
on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The amount of the filing fee,
calculated in accordance
with Rule 0-11(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee
Rate Advisory No. 8 of 2002 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 16, 2002, equals 0.0092% of the transaction.
[X] Check 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: $355.46 Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
Filing party: Tellium, Inc. Date filed: August 1, 2002
[_] 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.
[_] 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. [x]
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 6 amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO ("Schedule TO") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 1, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on
August 2, 2002, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on August 22, 2002, Amendment No.
3 thereto filed on August 28, 2002, Amendment No. 4 thereto filed on August 29,
2002 and Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on August 30, 2002, relating to our offer
to exchange certain options to purchase shares of our common stock, par value
$.001 per share, having an exercise price of $2.14 or more for a combination of
share awards of our common stock and new options to purchase shares of our
common stock upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer
to Exchange dated August 1, 2002.
Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the
following:
The Offer to Exchange expired at midnight, Eastern Time on September 4,
2002. Pursuant to the Offer to Exchange, Tellium, Inc. (the "Company") accepted
for exchange options to purchase 13,479,441 shares of common stock, representing
approximately 91% of the options that were eligible to be tendered in the offer.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer to Exchange, the
Company will grant options to purchase an aggregate of 12,131,479 shares of
common stock and 1,347,962 share awards of common stock in exchange for such
tendered options.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule
TO is true, complete and correct.
TELLIUM, INC.
/s/ Michael J. Losch
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By: Michael J. Losch
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
and Treasurer
Date: September 5, 2002
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