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UNITED STATES
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. 10)
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
(offeror)
a wholly-owned subsidiary of
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
(parent of offeror)
(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
736212101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
David Voltz
L.B. Foster Company
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220
(412)-928-3417
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized
to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
with a copy to:
Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Esq.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 562-8800
Calculation of Filing Fee
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Transaction valuation* |
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Amount of Filing Fee** |
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$114,067,450
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$8,133 |
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Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only, in accordance with Rule
0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The calculation of
the transaction valuation assumes a purchase price of $11.71 per share and the purchase of
9,741,029 shares of Portec common stock, which
is represented by (i) 9,602,029 outstanding shares of common stock; and (ii) 139,000 shares of
common stock that were issuable with respect to all outstanding options, in each case as provided
by Portec, as of the most recent practicable date. |
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The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Section 14(g)(3) of the Exchange
Act, and equals $71.30 per million dollars of the transaction valuation amount. |
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.
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Amount Previously Paid: $8,133
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Filing Party: L.B. Foster Company and Foster Thomas Company |
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-T
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Date Filed: February 26, 2010 |
o 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:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. |
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. |
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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: o
This Amendment No. 10 (Amendment No. 10) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010,
as amended (the Schedule TO), by (i) Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation (the
Purchaser) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
(Parent), and (ii) Parent. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all
of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Shares), of Portec Rail
Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (Portec), at a purchase price of $11.71 per Share,
net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding or stock
transfer taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase
dated February 26, 2010 (which, together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively
constitute the Offer to Purchase) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are
filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. Capitalized terms
used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 10 have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase. This Amendment No. 10 is being filed on behalf of the
Purchaser and Parent. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule TO, the information contained
in the Offer to Purchase, including all schedules and annexes thereto, is hereby expressly
incorporated by reference in answers to Items 1 through 11 of the Schedule TO and is supplemented
by the information specifically provided for herein.
Item 11. Additional Information.
Item 11(a)(5) of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding the following paragraph:
On June 24,
the Court of Common Please of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has dissolved the
preliminary injunction issued on April 21, 2010, which had enjoined the completion
of L.B. Fosters offer to purchase all of the outstanding Shares of Portec.
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is further amended and supplemented to include the following:
The following paragraph is added to the end of Section 15 Legal Matters; Required
Regulatory Approvals Federal Antitrust Laws of the Offer to Purchase:
On
June 28, 2010, L.B. Foster issued a press release announcing that the Antitrust Division
has informally raised antitrust concerns to L.B. Fosters proposed acquisition of Portec. The Antitrust
Division has expressed concern that the proposed acquisition may have a potentially
anti-competitive effect with respect to the merged companys rail joint business. As a condition to the proposed acquisition,
the DOJ may seek various restructuring alternatives, possibly including the sale of certain assets
associated with the merged company's rail joint business. L.B. Foster is evaluating this matter.
Item 12. Exhibits.
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(a)(5)(Q)
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Press Release issued June 28, 2010 |
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.
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L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
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Date: June 28, 2010 |
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/s/ David. L. Voltz
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David L. Voltz |
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Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
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Date: June 28, 2010 |
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/s/ David. L. Voltz
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Name: |
David L. Voltz |
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Vice President and Secretary |
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(a)(5)(Q)
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Press Release issued June 28, 2010 |
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Exhibit a(5)(q)
L.B. Foster Announces Dissolution of Preliminary Injunction on Proposed Acquisition of Portec
Rail Products, Inc.; Department of Justice has Antitrust Concerns
PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ On February 16, 2010, L.B. Foster Company
(L.B. Foster, NASDAQ: FSTR) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Foster Thomas Company, entered into
an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Portec Rail Products, Inc.
(Portec, NASDAQ: PRPX). Pursuant
to the merger agreement, L.B. Foster, through its subsidiary, commenced a tender offer for all of
Portecs common stock at a price of $11.71 per share. The tender offer currently is set to expire
on July 30, 2010 and is subject to all necessary antitrust clearances under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
L.B. Foster today announced that the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has
dissolved the preliminary injunction issued on April 21, 2010, which had enjoined the completion of
L.B. Fosters tender offer. Mr. Stan L. Hasselbusch, L.B. Fosters Chief Executive Officer,
commented We are pleased that this obstacle to L.B. Fosters acquisition of Portec has been
removed.
L.B. Foster also announced the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) informally has raised
antitrust concerns to L.B. Fosters proposed acquisition of Portec.
Stan Hasselbusch further stated The DOJ has set forth a concern that the proposed acquisition has
potentially anti-competitive effects with respect to the merged
companys rail joint business. Although the DOJ has
not made a final determination, the DOJ may seek, as a condition to the
proposed acquisition, various restructuring
alternatives, possibly including the sale of certain assets
associated with the merged company's rail joint business. L.B. Foster is evaluating this matter.
About L.B. Foster Company
L.B. Foster is a leading manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the
rail, construction, energy and utility markets with approximately 30 locations throughout the
United States. The Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Please
visit our Website: www.lbfoster.com.
About Portec Rail Products, Inc.
Established in 1906, Portec serves both domestic and international rail markets by manufacturing,
supplying and distributing a broad range of rail products, rail anchors, rail spikes, railway
friction management products and systems, rail joints, railway wayside data collection and data
management systems and freight car securement systems. Portec also manufactures material handling
equipment for industries outside the rail transportation sector through its United Kingdom
operation. Portec operates through its four global business segments: Railway
Maintenance Products (Salient Systems), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company in Canada
(Kelsan friction management, rail anchor and spike products), and Portec Rail Products, Ltd. in the
UK (material handling and Coronet Rail products). Portec is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not
limited to, statements about the anticipated timing of the closing of the transaction involving
L.B. Foster and Portec and the expected benefits of the transaction, including potential synergies
and cost savings, future financial and operating results, and the combined companys plans and
objectives. In addition, statements made in this communication about anticipated financial
results, future operational improvements and results or regulatory approvals are also
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events.
If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual
results could vary materially from L.B. Fosters and Portecs expectations.
Risks and uncertainties include the satisfaction of closing conditions for the acquisition,
including clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; the tender of
sixty-five percent of the outstanding shares of common stock of Portec Rail Products, Inc.,
calculated on a fully diluted basis; the possibility that the transaction will not be completed, or
if completed, not completed on a timely basis; the potential that market segment growth will not
follow historical patterns; general industry conditions and competition; business and economic
conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances
and patents attained by competitors; and domestic and foreign governmental laws and regulations.
L.B. Foster can give no assurance that any of the transactions related to the tender offer will be
completed or that the conditions to the tender offer and the merger will be satisfied. A further
list and description of additional business risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in
Portecs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as well as other
Portec SEC filings and in L.B. Fosters Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 as well as other L.B. Foster SEC filings. Copies of these filings, as well as
subsequent filings, are available online at www.sec.gov, www.portecrail.com and www.lbfoster.com.
Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this communication are
beyond L.B. Fosters or Portecs ability to control or predict. Neither L.B. Foster nor Portec
undertakes to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events
or developments.
Important Additional Information
The tender offer (the Offer) described in this press release for all of the outstanding shares of
common stock of Portec has been made pursuant to a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO,
containing an offer to purchase, a letter of transmittal and other documents relating to the Offer
(the Tender Offer Documents), which L.B. Foster and Foster Thomas Company, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of L.B. Foster, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and first
mailed to Portec stockholders on February 26, 2010. Also on February 26, 2010, Portec filed with
the SEC a related Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement) with the SEC. This press release is for informational
purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase shares of common stock of Portec, nor is
it a substitute for the Tender Offer Documents. Portec stockholders are strongly advised to read
the Tender Offer Documents, the Solicitation/
Recommendation Statement and other relevant materials
as they become available, because they contain important information about the Offer that should be
read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.
Portec stockholders can obtain copies of these materials (and all other related documents filed
with the SEC), when available, at no charge on the SECs website at www.sec.gov. In addition,
investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the Tender Offer Documents by
mailing a request to: Jeff Kondis, Manager, Corporate Marketing, L.B. Foster Company, 415 Holiday
Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, or by email to: jkondis@lbfosterco.com, and free copies of the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement by mailing a request to: John N. Pesarsick, Chief Financial
Officer, Portec Rail Products, Inc., 900 Old Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, or by email to:
jpesarsick@portecrail.com. Investors and Portec stockholders may also read and copy any reports,
statements and other information filed by L.B. Foster or Portec with the SEC, at the SEC public
reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
or visit the SECs website for further information on its public reference room.
Contact information: David Voltz, (412) 928-3431, voltz@lbfosterco.com