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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION
14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 19)
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BRUNSWICK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
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VA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
Indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of
COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN
(Name of Filing Person--Offeror)
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
117394 10 6
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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JOHN R. MESHER
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
AND SECRETARY
CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
750 E. SWEDESFORD ROAD
VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA 19482
TELEPHONE: (610) 341-7108
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
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COPY TO:
PETER O. CLAUSS, ESQ.
PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
3000 TWO LOGAN SQUARE
EIGHTEENTH AND ARCH STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103-2799
TELEPHONE: (215)981-4541
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CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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TRANSACTION VALUATION* AMOUNT OF FILING FEE
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$44,623,224 $8,925
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* Based on the offer to purchase, all of the outstanding shares of common
stock of Brunswick Technologies, Inc. at a purchase price of $8.50 cash per
share, 5,234,415 shares issued and outstanding as of June 9, 2000, less 713,746
shares owned by an affiliate of Offeror, and outstanding "in the money" options
with respect to 729,122 shares as of June 9, 2000 with an exercise price of
$8.50 or less per share, in each case as represented by Brunswick Technologies,
Inc. in the Merger Agreement dated as of June 12, 2000.
[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: $8,147 and $778
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO and Amendment No. 18 thereto.
Filing Party: VA Acquisition Corporation and CertainTeed Corporation
Date Filed: April 20, 2000 and June 15, 2000.
[ ] 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.
[x] 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: [ ]
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This Amendment No. 19 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 20, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1, by Amendment No. 2, by Amendment
No. 3, by Amendment No. 4, by Amendment No. 5, by Amendment No. 6, by Amendment
No. 7, by Amendment No. 8, by Amendment No. 9, by Amendment No. 10, by Amendment
No. 11, by Amendment No. 12, by Amendment No. 13, by Amendment No. 14, by
Amendment No. 15, by Amendment No. 16, by Amendment No. 17 and by Amendment No.
18 thereto filed with the Commission on April 24, 2000, April 26, 2000, April
28, 2000, May 2, 2000, May 2, 2000, May 3, 2000, May 4, 2000, May 5, 2000, May
8, 2000, May 11, 2000, May 15, 2000, May 16, 2000, May 17, 2000, May 25, 2000,
May 30, 2000, May 31, 2000, June 13, 2000 and June 15, 2000, respectively
(collectively, the "Schedule TO") by CertainTeed Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("CertainTeed" or the "Parent"), and VA Acquisition Corporation, a
Maine corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CertainTeed (the
"Purchaser"), both of which are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Compagnie
de Saint-Gobain. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to
purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
including the associated rights to purchase preferred stock (the "Shares"), of
Brunswick Technologies, Inc., a Maine corporation ("BTI" or the "Company"), at
$8.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated April 20, 2000 (the "Offer
to Purchase"), as amended and supplemented by the Supplement thereto, dated June
15, 2000 (the "Supplement"), and in the related Letters of Transmittal, (which,
as amended or supplemented from time to time, together constitute the "Improved
Offer"), copies of which are attached as Exhibits (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(24) and
(a)(25), respectively, to the Schedule TO. Capitalized terms used and not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Offer to
Purchase, the Supplement and in the Schedule TO. On June 15, 2000, CertainTeed
and Purchaser disseminated the Supplement and the related revised form of Letter
of Transmittal relating to the Improved Offer. The Schedule TO, the Offer to
Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal are amended and supplemented by such
documents, which have been filed as exhibits hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
This Amendment No. 19 to Schedule TO also constitutes Amendment No. 19 to the
statement on Schedule 13D of Parent, Saint-Gobain and Vetrotex, filed on
February 18, 1997.
ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS.
The information with respect to Item 5 of the Schedule TO which is set
forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the Supplement, and incorporated by
reference in the Schedule TO, is hereby amended and supplemented to include the
following information:
Each of the BTI directors, Richard J. Corbin, William Dubay, Martin S.
Grimnes, Kenneth J. Hatten, Max Pitcher and Peter N. Walmsley, has delivered to
Purchaser a signed Shareholder Agreement in the form previously filed as Exhibit
(a)(28) to the Schedule TO, agreeing to tender a total of 180,748 BTI Shares, or
approximately 3.45% of the total issued and outstanding Shares to the Improved
Offer and granting Purchaser voting rights with respect thereto. As a result,
Purchaser may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these Shares. Moreover,
Purchaser may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of additional Shares
subject to issuance upon exercise of stock options held by these directors,
which in the aggregate represent another 245,483 shares. If all of these
additional Shares are counted, then Purchaser may be deemed to be the beneficial
owner of 426,231 Shares, or approximately 7.04% of the total issued and
outstanding Shares, on a fully diluted basis.
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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 statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 26, 2000
VA Acquisition Corporation
By: /s/ John R. Mesher
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John R. Mesher
Vice President and Secretary
CertainTeed Corporation
By: /s/ John R. Mesher
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John R. Mesher
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(a)(1) Offer to Purchase, dated April 20, 2000.*
(a)(2) Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
(a)(3) Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a)(4) Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies
and Other Nominees.*
(a)(5) Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial
Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(6) Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9.*
(a)(7) Form of summary advertisement, dated April 20, 2000.*
(a)(8) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated April 20, 2000.*
(a)(9) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated April 24, 2000.*
(a)(10) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated April 26, 2000.*
(a)(11) Text of letter to shareholders of Brunswick Technologies, Inc. dated May
2, 2000.*
(a)(12) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated May 2, 2000.*
(a)(13) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated May 3, 2000.*
(a)(14) Text of newspaper advertisement issued by CertainTeed and published on
May 4, 2000 in the Portland Press Herald and Brunswick Times Record.*
(a)(15) Text of press release and open letter to the directors of Brunswick
Technologies, Inc. issued by CertainTeed, dated May 8, 2000.*
(a)(16) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated May 11, 2000.*
(a)(17) Text of definitive additional proxy materials dated May 12, 2000 and
sent by Vetrotex CertainTeed Corporation, a shareholder of Brunswick
Technologies, Inc. and an affiliate of CertainTeed.*
(a)(18) Text of press release issued by CertainTeed, dated May 16, 2000.*
(a)(19) Copy of Vetrotex Answer and Counterclaims filed on May 26, 2000, in
response to the BTI Complaint filed on May 23, 2000.*
(a)(20) Copy of Vetrotex Motion for Declaratory Judgment and Preliminary
Injunction filed on May 26, 2000.*
(a)(21) Copy of Vetrotex letter of May 26, 2000 to directors of BTI.*
(a)(22) Copy of Vetrotex letter of May 31, 2000 to shareholders of BTI.*
(a)(23) Copy of Joint Press Release of CertainTeed and Brunswick Technologies
dated June 13, 2000.*
(a)(24) Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, dated June 15, 2000.*
(a)(25) Revised Form of Letter of Transmittal, dated June 15, 2000.*
(a)(26) Joint Letter of CertainTeed and Brunswick Technologies, Inc. dated
June 15, 2000.*
(a)(27) Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 12, 2000 among Brunswick
Technologies, Inc., CertainTeed Corporation and VA Acquisition
Corporation.*
(a)(28) Form of Shareholder Agreement between a BTI Shareholder and VA
Acquisition Corporation.*
(a)(29) Form of Non-Complete Agreement between a BTI Executive and BTI.*
(a)(30) First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of June 12, 2000
between Brunswick Technologies, Inc. and Martin S. Grimnes.*
(d) None.
(g) None.
(h) Not applicable.
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* Previously filed as exhibits to Schedule TO.
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