1 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. 2) SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. (Name of Subject Company (issuer) and Filing Person (offeror)) COMMON STOCK SERIES A PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK RIGHTS (Title of Class of Securities) 8202-86-102 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) Bennie M. Laughter, Esq. Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel Shaw Industries, Inc. 616 East Walnut Avenue P.O. Drawer 2128 Dalton, Georgia 30720 Telephone (706) 278-3812 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the filing person) Copy to: Gabriel Dumitrescu, Esq. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP 191 Peachtree Street NE Sixteenth Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 572-6600 [ ] 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: [ ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This Amendment No. 2 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO relates to the tender offer by Shaw Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation, to purchase 12,000,000 shares, or such lesser number of shares as are properly tendered, of its common stock, including the associated rights to purchase Series A Participating Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated April 10, 1999, between Shaw Industries, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as amended, at prices not in excess 2 of $13.50 nor less than $11.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, as specified by shareholders tendering their shares upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated March 13, 2000, and in the related letter of transmittal, which, as amended and supplemented from time to time, together constitute the tender offer. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to shares shall include the associated preference stock purchase rights. The Letter to Participants for use by the Trustee of the Retirement Savings Plan, which was previously filed with Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (a)(1)(G), has been amended, and a copy of the amended Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(G). ITEM 12. EXHIBITS. (a)(1)(G) Revised Letter to Participants for use by the Trustee of the Retirement Savings Plan 3 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. SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. By: /s/ B.M. Laughter ------------------------------ Name: B.M. Laughter Title: Vice President Dated: March 15, 2000 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------- (a)(1)(G) Revised Letter to Participants for use by the Trustee of the Retirement Savings Plan