Amendment Number 1 to Schedule TO

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

(Amendment No. 1)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.

(Name of Subject Company and Filing Persons (Issuer))

4.50% Senior Limited-Subordination Convertible Notes due 2021

(Title of Class of Securities)

902549AH7 and 902549AG9

(CUSIP Numbers of Class of Securities)

Gerald Laderman

Senior Vice President Finance and Treasurer

77 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601

(312) 997-8000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)

COPIES TO:

Matthew R. Pacey

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, Texas 77002-6760

(713) 758-2222

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

 

Transaction Valuation (*)   Amount of Filing Fee**
$726,000,000   $84,289

 

* Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. The purchase price of the 4.50% Senior Limited-Subordination Convertible Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), as described herein, is $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date. As of May 23, 2011, there was $726,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding, resulting in an aggregate maximum purchase price of $726,000,000.

 

** The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and equals $116.10 for each $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction. The filing fee was paid on May 24, 2011 in connection with the filing by United Continental Holdings, Inc. of the original Schedule TO.

 

þ 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: $84,289    Filing Party: United Continental Holdings, Inc.
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO    Date Filed: May 24, 2011

 

¨ 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.
þ 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:     þ

 

 

 


INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 is an amendment to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Schedule TO”) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2011 by United Continental Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) with respect to the rights of each holder (each, a “Holder”) of the Notes to sell and the obligation of the Company to repurchase the Notes, as set forth in the Company Notice to Holders of the 4.50% Senior Limited-Subordination Convertible Notes due 2021, dated May 24, 2011 (the “Company Notice”), and the related notice materials filed as exhibits to the Schedule TO (which Company Notice and related notice materials, as amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Option Documents”).

This Amendment No. 1 is being filed by the Company to amend and supplement certain provisions of the Schedule TO to the extent set forth herein.

This Amendment No. 1 is intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 4. Terms of the Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following language:

The Holders’ right to surrender their Notes for purchase (the “Put Option”) by the Company pursuant to the Option Documents expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2011 (the “Expiration Date”). The Company has been advised by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”), that Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $570,360,000 were validly surrendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date. The Company has accepted for purchase all of these Notes for a purchase price of $1,000 in cash per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, June 30, 2011, the repurchase date for the Put Option. The Company has delivered the aggregate purchase price of $570,360,000 for the accepted Notes, which includes accrued and unpaid interest, to the Paying Agent for distribution to the Holders. Following the Company’s purchase of the Notes pursuant to the Put Option, $155,640,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding.

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following language:

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

(a)(1)    Company Notice to Holders of 4.50% Senior Limited-Subordination Convertible Notes due 2021, dated May 24, 2011.*
(a)(5)    Press release issued on May 24, 2011.*
(b)    Not applicable.
(d)    Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2006, among the Company, United Air Lines, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on July 27, 2006).*
(g)    Not applicable.
(h)    Not applicable.

*Previously filed.

Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.

Not applicable.


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.

 

Date: June 30, 2011   United Continental Holdings, Inc.
  By:           /s/ Gerald Laderman
    Name:     Gerald Laderman
    Title:     Senior Vice President Finance and Treasurer

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

(a)(1)   Company Notice to Holders of 4.50% Senior Limited-Subordination Convertible Notes due 2021, dated May 24, 2011.*
(a)(5)   Press release issued on May 24, 2011.*
(b)   Not applicable.
(d)   Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2006, among the Company, United Air Lines, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2006).*
(g)   Not applicable.
(h)   Not applicable.

*Previously filed.