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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. 17)
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** |
$114,944,143
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$8,195.52 |
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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 $11.80 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
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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: $8,195.52 |
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Filing Party: L.B. Foster Company and Foster Thomas Company |
Form or Registration No.:
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Schedule TO-T
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Date Filed: February 26, 2010 |
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Schedule TO-T/A
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August 31, 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
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This Amendment No. 17 (Amendment No. 17) 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 $11.80 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. 17 have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase. This Amendment No. 17 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.
Items 5 and 11 of the Schedule TO are amended and supplemented to include the following:
The following paragraph is added to the end of the following Sections of the Offer to
Purchase, as applicable: Section 10 Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations
with Portec and Section 15 Legal Matters; Required Regulatory Approvals Federal Antitrust
Laws:
On December 14, 2010, L.B. Foster and Portec issued a joint press release announcing that
they have reached an agreement with the Antitrust Division permitting upon judicial approval Purchasers acquisition of Portec and requiring the sale of certain assets related to Portecs rail joint business primarily
located at Portecs Huntington, WV plant. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit
(a)(5)(Y) hereto and is incorporated herein by reference, and a copy of the Consent Decree and Hold
Separate Stipulation, which has been filed along with related papers in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia, is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(Z) and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 12. Exhibits.
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Press Release issued December 14, 2010 |
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Consent Decree and Hold Separate Stipulation |
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: December 14, 2010 |
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FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
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Date: December 14, 2010 |
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Press Release issued December 14, 2010 |
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Exhibit
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L.B. Foster Company and Portec Rail Products, Inc. Announce Agreement with Department of
Justice and Filing of Consent Decree
Pittsburgh, December 14, 2010 L.B. Foster Company (L.B. Foster, NASDAQ: FSTR) and Portec
Rail Products, Inc. (Portec, NASDAQ:PRPX) today announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ)
has issued their final approval of and entered into an agreement with L.B. Foster and Portec
relating to L.B. Fosters acquisition of Portec and the sale of certain assets related to Portecs
rail joint business primarily located at Portecs Huntington, WV plant. The DOJ has filed the
agreement together with related papers in federal district court. The signing of an Asset Purchase
Agreement relating to this sale was announced on December 9, 2010.
Commenting on the DOJ approval, Stan L. Hasselbusch, President and CEO of L.B. Foster said, We
thank the DOJ for their expeditious approval and their cooperation with us throughout this entire
process.
L.B. Foster will be able to close the tender offer and acquire Portec following judicial approval
of this agreement which will satisfy the antirust condition in the tender offer, assuming all of
the other conditions to the tender offer are satisfied.
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 Rail Products is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.
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.
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; 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; 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, which was amended and
restated in its entirety by Amendment No. 9 to the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on
Schedule 14D-9 that Portec filed with the SEC on May 18, 2010 (the Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement). 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 Russo (412) 928-3450
drusso@lbfosterco.com
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Exhibit (a)(5)(Z)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff
v.
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
and
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
Defendants
HOLD SEPARATE STIPULATION AND ORDER
It is hereby stipulated and agreed by
and between the undersigned parties, subject to
approval and entry by the Court, that:
As used in this Hold Separate Stipulation and Order:
A. Acquirer means Koppers, the entity to which Defendants shall divest the
Divestiture Assets.
B. Foster means defendant L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries,
divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers,
managers,
agents, and employees.
C. Portec means defendant Portec Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries,
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divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers,
managers, agents, and employees.
D. Koppers means Koppers, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation headquartered in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions,
groups,
affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers, managers,
agents, and
employees.
E. Divested Portec Product Lines means Portecs bonded insulated rail joints
(assemblies and kits), polyurethane-coated insulated rail joints, end posts,
polyurethane-coated
gauge and tie plates, fiberglass (CyPly) joint kits, plastic insulation, standard rail joints,
compromise and transitional rail joints, and Weldmate joint bars, but excluding Coronet rail
joints
and end posts manufactured by Coronet Rail Limited.
F. Divestiture Assets means:
(1) Portecs facility located at 900 9th Avenue W, Huntington, West Virginia
(the Huntington Facility), including all equipment located in and around the Huntington
Facility
that is used in connection with the Divested Portec Product Lines;
(2) All tangible assets that are used for any of the Divested Portec Product
Lines, including research and development activities; all manufacturing equipment, tooling and
fixed assets, personal property, inventory, office furniture, materials, supplies, and other
tangible
property and all assets used in connection with any of the Divested Portec Product Lines; all
licenses, permits and authorizations issued by any governmental organization relating to any
of the
Divested Portec Product Lines; all contracts, teaming arrangements, agreements, leases,
commitments, certifications, and understandings, relating to any of the Divested Portec
Product
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Lines, including supply agreements; all customer lists, contracts, accounts, and credit records;
all repair and performance records and all other records relating to any of the Divested Portec
Product Lines;
(3) All intangible assets used in the design, development, production, marketing, servicing,
distribution, and/or sale of any of the Divested Portec Product Lines, including, but not limited
to, all patents, licenses and sublicenses, intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, trade
names, service marks, service names, technical information, computer software and related
documentation, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, blueprints, designs, design protocols,
specifications for materials, specifications for parts and devices, safety procedures for the
handling of materials and substances, all marketing and sales data relating to any of the Divested
Portec Product Lines, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools and simulation
capability, all manuals and technical information Portec provides to its own employees, customers,
suppliers, agents or licensees, and all research data concerning historic and current research and
development efforts relating to any of the Divested Portec Product Lines, including, but not
limited to, designs of experiments, and the results of successful and unsuccessful designs and
experiments; and
(4) The Divestiture Assets exclude the trademark, trade name, service mark, or service name
Portec.
G. Transaction means Fosters acceptance for payment of at least 65 percent of the
Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares of Portec, as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated February 16, 2010, between L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company, and Portec Rail
Products, Inc.
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The Final Judgment filed in this case is meant to ensure Defendants prompt divestiture of the
Divestiture Assets to the Acquirer for the purpose of establishing an independent and
economically-viable competitor in the business of the design, development, production, marketing,
servicing, distribution, and sale of bonded insulated rail joints and polyurethane-coated insulated
rail joints in order to remedy the effects that the United States alleges would otherwise result
from Fosters acquisition of Portec. This Hold Separate Stipulation and Order ensures, prior to
such divestiture, that the Divestiture Assets remain independent, economically viable, and ongoing
business concerns that will remain independent and uninfluenced by Foster, and that competition is
maintained during the pendency of the ordered divestiture.
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The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action and over each of the parties
hereto, and venue of this action is proper in the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia.
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A. The parties stipulate that a Final Judgment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
may be filed with and entered by the Court, upon the motion of any party or upon the Courts own
motion, at any time after compliance with the requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and
Penalties Act (15 U.S.C. § 16), and without further notice to any party or other proceedings,
provided that the United States has not withdrawn its consent, which it may do at any time before
the entry of the proposed Final Judgment by serving notice thereof on Defendants and by filing that
notice with the Court.
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B. Defendants agree to arrange, at their expense, publication as quickly as possible of
the newspaper notice required by the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act. The publication
shall be arranged no later than five (5) calendar days after Defendants receipt from the
United
States of the text of the notice and identity of the newspaper within which the publication
shall be
made. Defendants shall promptly send to the United States: (1) confirmation that publication
of
the newspaper notice has been arranged; and (2) the certification of the publication prepared
by the
newspaper within which the notice was published.
C. Defendants shall abide by and comply with the provisions of the proposed Final
Judgment, pending the entry of the Final Judgment by the Court, or until expiration of time
for all
appeals of any Court ruling declining entry of the proposed Final Judgment, and shall, from
the
date of the signing of this Hold Separate Stipulation and Order by the parties, comply with
all the
terms and provisions of the proposed Final Judgment as though the same were in full force and
effect as an order of the Court.
D. Defendants shall not consummate the Transaction before the Court has signed this
Hold Separate Stipulation and Order.
E. This Hold Separate Stipulation and Order shall apply with equal force and effect to
any amended proposed Final Judgment agreed upon in writing by the parties and submitted to
the
Court.
F. In the event: (1) the United States has withdrawn its consent, as provided in
Section IV(A), above; or (2) the proposed Final Judgment is not entered pursuant to this Hold
Separate Stipulation and Order, the time has expired for all appeals of any Court ruling
declining
entry of the proposed Final Judgment, and the Court has not otherwise ordered continued
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compliance with the terms and provisions of the proposed Final Judgment, then the parties are
released from all further obligations under this Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and the
making of this stipulation shall be without prejudice to any party in this or any other proceeding.
G. Defendants represent that the divestiture ordered in the proposed Final Judgment can
and will be made, and that Defendants will later raise no claim of mistake, hardship, or difficulty
of compliance as grounds for asking the Court to modify any of the provisions contained therein.
V. HOLD SEPARATE PROVISIONS
Until the Divestiture Assets are sold to the Acquirer in accordance with the terms of the
Final Judgment:
A. Each Defendant shall preserve, maintain, and continue to operate its own assets as
an independent, ongoing, economically viable competitive business, with management, sales, and
operations of its assets held entirely separate, distinct, and apart from the other
Defendants operations. Each Defendant shall not coordinate its production, marketing, or terms of sale
of any
of its products with those produced or sold by the other Defendant.
B. Defendants shall maintain and operate the Divestiture Assets in such a manner to
ensure that Portec is an independent, ongoing, economically viable, and active competitor in
the
markets for all products in the Divested Portec Product Lines. Defendants shall take all
steps
necessary to ensure that management of Portecs assets will not be influenced by Foster and
that
Portecs books, records, competitively sensitive sales, marketing, and pricing information,
and
decision making will be kept separate and apart from Fosters operations.
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C. Defendants shall use all reasonable efforts to maintain and increase the sales and
revenues of all products within the Divested Portec Product Lines, and shall maintain at 2010
or
previously approved levels for 2011, whichever are higher, all promotional, advertising,
sales,
technical assistance, marketing, and merchandising support for all products within the
Divested
Portec Product Lines.
D. Defendants shall provide sufficient working capital and lines and sources of credit
to continue to maintain Portec as an economically viable and competitive, ongoing business,
consistent with the requirements of Sections V(A) and (B).
E. Defendants shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the Divestiture Assets are
fully maintained in operable condition at no less than current capacity and sales, and shall
maintain
and adhere to normal repair and maintenance schedules for the Divestiture Assets.
F. Defendants shall not, except as part of a divestiture approved by the United States
in accordance with the terms of the proposed Final Judgment, remove, sell, lease, assign,
transfer,
pledge, or otherwise dispose of any of the Divestiture Assets.
G. Defendants shall maintain, in accordance with sound accounting principles,
separate, accurate, and complete financial ledgers, books, and records that report on a
periodic
basis, such as the last business day of every month, consistent with past practices, the
assets,
liabilities, expenses, revenues, and income of Portecs assets.
H. Defendants shall take no action that would jeopardize, delay, or impede the sale or
use of the Divestiture Assets.
I. Portec employees with responsibility for the design, development, production,
marketing, servicing, distribution and/or sale of all products within the Divested Portec Product
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Lines or the operation and maintenance of the Divestiture Assets shall not be transferred or
reassigned to other areas within Foster or Portec except for transfer bids initiated by employees
pursuant to Defendants regular, established job posting policy. Defendants shall notify the
United States immediately of such transfer.
J. Defendants shall appoint, subject to the approval of the United States, a person or
persons to oversee the Divestiture Assets, and who will be responsible for Defendants compliance
with this Section. This person shall have complete managerial responsibility for the Divestiture
Assets, subject to the provisions of the proposed Final Judgment.
VI. DURATION OF HOLD SEPARATE OBLIGATIONS
Defendants obligations under Section V of this Hold Separate Stipulation and Order shall
remain in effect until: (1) consummation of the sale of the Divestiture Assets to the Acquirer; or
(2) further order of the Court. If the United States voluntarily dismisses the Complaint in this
matter, Defendants are released from all further obligations under this Hold Separate Stipulation
and Order.
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FOR PLAINTIFF
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FOR DEFENDANT |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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/s/ John H. Korns
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Christine A. Hill (D.C. Bar No. 461048)
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John H. Korns (D.C. Bar No. 142745) |
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United States Department of Justice
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Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
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FOR DEFENDANT |
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PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC. |
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/s/ Timothy M. Walsh
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Timothy M. Walsh (D.C. Bar No. 269753) |
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Steptoe & Johnson, LLP |
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Dated: December 14, 2010
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED by the Court, this ___ day of , 2010.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Christine A. Hill, hereby certify that on December 14, 2010, I caused a copy of the foregoing
Hold Separate Stipulation and Order to be served upon Defendants L.B. Foster Company and Portec
Rail Products, Inc. by mailing the documents electronically to the duly authorized legal
representatives of Defendants as follows:
Counsel for LB. Foster Company:
John H. Korns, Esquire
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC
1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 452-7939
john.korns@bipc.com
Wendelynne J. Newton, Esquire
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre, 20th Floor
301 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412)
562-8932
wendelynne.newton@bipc.com
Counsel for Portec Rail Products, Inc.:
Timothy M. Walsh, Esquire
Steptoe &
Johnson, LLP
1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 429-3000
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/s/ Christine A. Hill, Esquire
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
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PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC. |
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PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT
WHEREAS, Plaintiff United States of America (United States) filed its Complaint on
December 14, 2010, the United States and Defendants L.B. Foster Company and Portec Rail Products,
Inc., by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without
trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and without this Final Judgment constituting any
evidence against or admission by any party regarding any issue of fact or law;
AND WHEREAS, Defendants agree to be bound by the provisions of this Final Judgment pending its
approval by the Court;
AND WHEREAS, the essence of this Final Judgment is the prompt and certain divestiture of
certain rights or assets by Defendants to assure that competition is not substantially lessened;
AND WHEREAS, the United States requires Defendants to make certain divestitures for the
purpose of remedying the loss of competition alleged in the Complaint;
AND WHEREAS, Defendants have represented to the United States that the divestitures required
below can and will be made and that Defendants will later raise no claim of hardship or difficulty
as grounds for asking the Court to modify any of the divestiture provisions contained below;
NOW THEREFORE, before any testimony is taken, without trial or adjudication of any issue of
fact or law, and upon consent of the parties, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:
I. JURISDICTION
This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of and each of the parties to
this action. The Complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted against
Defendants under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 18).
II. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Final Judgment:
A. Acquirer means Koppers, the entity to which Defendants shall divest the
Divestiture Assets.
B. Foster means Defendant L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation headquartered
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions,
groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers, managers,
agents, and employees.
C. Portec means Defendant Portec Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries,
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divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers,
managers, agents, and employees.
D. Koppers means Koppers Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates,
partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees.
E. Divested Portec Product Lines means Portecs bonded insulated rail joints (assemblies and
kits), polyurethane-coated insulated rail joints, end posts, polyurethane-coated gauge and tie
plates, fiberglass (CyPly) joint kits, plastic insulation, standard rail joints, compromise and
transitional rail joints, and Weldmate joint bars, but excluding Coronet rail joints and end posts
manufactured by Coronet Rail Limited.
F. Divestiture Assets means:
(1) Portecs facility located at 900 9th Avenue W, Huntington, West Virginia (the Huntington
Facility), including all equipment located in and around the Huntington Facility that is used in
connection with the Divested Portec Product Lines;
(2) All tangible assets that are used for any of the Divested Portec Product Lines, including
research and development activities; all manufacturing equipment, tooling and fixed assets,
personal property, inventory, office furniture, materials, supplies, and other tangible property
and all assets used in connection with any of the Divested Portec Product Lines; all licenses,
permits and authorizations issued by any governmental organization relating to any of the Divested
Portec Product Lines; all contracts, teaming arrangements, agreements, leases, commitments,
certifications, and understandings, relating to any of the Divested Portec Product
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Lines, including supply agreements; all customer lists, contracts, accounts, and credit
records; all repair and performance records and all other records relating to any of the Divested
Portec Product Lines;
(3) All intangible assets used in the design, development, production, marketing, servicing,
distribution, and/or sale of any of the Divested Portec Product Lines, including, but not limited
to, all patents, licenses and sublicenses, intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, trade
names, service marks, service names, technical information, computer software and related
documentation, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, blueprints, designs, design protocols,
specifications for materials, specifications for parts and devices, safety procedures for the
handling of materials and substances, all marketing and sales data relating to any of the Divested
Portec Product Lines, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools and simulation
capability, all manuals and technical information Portec provides to its own employees, customers,
suppliers, agents or licensees, and all research data concerning historic and current research and
development efforts relating to any of the Divested Portec Product Lines, including, but not
limited to, designs of experiments, and the results of successful and unsuccessful designs and
experiments; and
(4) The Divestiture Assets exclude the trademark, trade name, service mark, or service name
Portec.
G. Friction Management Products means wayside gauge-face lubrication systems,
top-of-rail lubrication systems, and any other system or equipment used to lubricate rail.
H. Transaction means Fosters acceptance for payment of at least 65 percent of the
Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares of Portec, as defined in the Agreement and Plan of
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Merger dated February 16, 2010, between L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company, and
Portec Rail Products, Inc.
III. APPLICABILITY
This Final Judgment applies to Foster and Portec, as defined above, and all other persons
in active concert or participation with any of them who receive actual notice of this Final
Judgment by personal service or otherwise.
IV. DIVESTITURES
A. Defendants are ordered and directed, within ten (10) calendar days after the Court
signs the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order in this matter, to divest the Divestiture Assets to
the Acquirer in a manner consistent with this Final Judgment.
B. Defendants will not interfere with any negotiations by the Acquirer to employ any current
or former Portec employee who is responsible in any way for the design, development, production,
marketing, servicing, distribution, and/or sale of any of the Divested Portec Product Lines.
Interference with respect to this paragraph includes, but is not limited to, enforcement of
non-compete clauses and offers to increase salary or other benefits apart from those offered
company-wide. In addition, for each employee who elects employment by the Acquirer, Defendants
shall vest all unvested pension and other equity rights of that employee and provide all benefits
to which the employee would have been entitled if terminated without cause.
C. Defendants shall warrant to the Acquirer that each asset will be operational on the date of
sale.
D. Defendants shall not take any action that will impede in any way the permitting, operation,
use, or divestiture of the Divestiture Assets.
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E. Defendants shall warrant to the Acquirer that there are no material defects in the
environmental, zoning or other permits pertaining to the operation of each asset, and that
following the sale of the Divestiture Assets, Defendants will not undertake, directly or
indirectly, any challenges to the environmental, zoning, or other permits relating to the operation
of the Divestiture Assets.
F. Defendants shall be permitted to occupy, under sublease to the Acquirer or other
arrangement, for a period of sixty (60) days from the date the Transaction is closed, that portion
of the Huntington Facility that is not currently being used to manufacture any of the Divested
Portec Product Lines.
G. Defendants shall divest Portecs entire business relating to each of the Divested Portec
Product Lines and will not manufacture any products using any intangible assets divested pursuant
to paragraph II(F)(3) of this Final Judgment.
H. Defendants shall, as soon as possible, but within one business day after
completion of the relevant event, notify the United States of: (1) the effective date of the
Transaction; and (2) the effective date of the sale of the Divestiture Assets to the Acquirer.
I. Unless the United States otherwise consents in writing, the divestiture pursuant to
Section IV of this Final Judgment, shall include the entire Divestiture Assets, and shall be
accomplished in such a way as to satisfy the United States, in its sole discretion, that the
Divestiture Assets can and will be used by the Acquirer as part of a viable, ongoing business
involved in the design, development, production, marketing, servicing, distribution, and sale of
the Divested Portec Product Lines, that the Divestiture Assets will remain viable, and the
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divestiture of such assets will remedy the competitive harm alleged in the Complaint.
The divestitures shall be:
(1) made to an Acquirer that, in the United Statess sole judgment, has the intent and
capability (including the necessary managerial, operational, technical and financial capability) of
competing effectively in the design, development, production, marketing, servicing, distribution,
and sale of the Divested Portec Product Lines; and
(2) accomplished so as to satisfy the United States, in its sole discretion, that none of the
terms of any agreement between the Acquirer and Defendants give Defendants the ability unreasonably
to raise the Acquirers costs, to lower the Acquirers efficiency, or otherwise to interfere in the
ability of the Acquirer to compete effectively.
V. FINANCING
Defendants shall not finance all or any part of any purchase made pursuant to Section IV of
this Final Judgment.
VI. HOLD SEPARATE
Until the divestiture required by this Final Judgment have been accomplished, Defendants
shall take all steps necessary to comply with the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order entered by
this Court. Defendants shall take no action that would jeopardize the divestitures ordered by
this Court.
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VII. COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
A. For the purposes of determining or securing compliance with this Final Judgment, or of
determining whether the Final Judgment should be modified or vacated, and subject to any legally
recognized privilege, from time to time authorized representatives of the United States Department
of Justice Antitrust Division, including consultants and other persons retained by the United
States, shall, upon written request of an authorized representative of the Assistant Attorney
General in charge of the Antitrust Division, and on reasonable notice to Defendants, be permitted:
(1) access during Defendants office hours to inspect and copy, or at the option of the United
States, to require Defendants to provide hard copy or electronic copies of, all books, ledgers,
accounts, records, data, and documents in the possession, custody, or control of Defendants,
relating to any matters contained in this Final Judgment; and
(2) to interview, either informally or on the record, Defendants officers, employees, or
agents, who may have their individual counsel present, regarding such matters. The interviews shall
be subject to the reasonable convenience of the interviewee and without restraint or interference
by Defendants.
B. Upon the written request of an authorized representative of the Assistant Attorney General
in charge of the Antitrust Division, Defendants shall submit written reports or responses to
written interrogatories, under oath if requested, relating to any of the matters contained in this
Final Judgment as may be requested.
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C. No information or documents obtained by the means provided in this Section shall be
divulged by the United States to any person other than an authorized representative of the
executive branch of the United States, except in the course of legal proceedings to which the
United States is a party (including grand jury proceedings), for the purpose of securing compliance
with this Final Judgment, or as otherwise required by law.
D. If, at the time information or documents are furnished by Defendants to the United States,
Defendants represent and identify in writing the material in any such information or documents to
which a claim of protection may be asserted under Rule 26(c)(1)(G) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, and Defendants mark each pertinent page of such material, Subject to claim of
protection under Rule 26(c)(1)(G) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, then the United States
shall give Defendants ten (10) calendar days notice prior to divulging such material in any legal
proceeding (other than a grand jury proceeding).
VIII. NOTIFICATION
Unless such transaction is otherwise subject to the reporting and waiting period requirements
of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18a (the HSR
Act), during the term of this Final Judgment, Defendants, without providing advance notification
to the Antitrust Division, shall not directly or indirectly: (a) acquire any assets of or any
interest (including, but not limited to, any financial, security, loan, equity, or management
interest) in, any company in the business of designing, developing, producing, marketing,
servicing, distributing, and/or selling bonded insulated rail joints and/or polyurethane-coated
insulated rail joints, or any company in the business of producing, marketing, distributing, and/or
selling Friction Management Products; or (b) enter into any
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relationship with another company that involves the distribution of Friction Management
Products in North America.
Such notification shall be provided to the Antitrust Division in the same format as, and per
the instructions relating to the Notification and Report Form set forth in the Appendix to Part 803
of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations as amended, except that the information requested in
Items 5 through 9 of the instructions must be provided only about bonded insulated rail joints,
polyurethane-coated insulated rail joints, and Friction Management Products. Notification shall be
provided at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to acquiring any such interest, and shall
include, beyond what may be required by the applicable instructions, the names of the principal
representatives of the parties to the agreement who negotiated the agreement, and any management or
strategic plans discussing the proposed transaction. If within the 30-day period after
notification, representatives of the Antitrust Division make a written request for additional
information, Defendants shall not consummate the proposed transaction or agreement until thirty
(30) calendar days after submitting all such additional information. Early termination of the
waiting periods in this paragraph may be requested and, where appropriate, granted in the same
manner as is applicable under the requirements and provisions of the HSR Act and rules promulgated
there under. This Section shall be broadly construed and any ambiguity or uncertainty regarding
the filing of notice under this Section shall be resolved in favor of filing notice.
IX. NO REACQUISITION
Defendants may not reacquire any part of the Divestiture Assets during the term of this Final
Judgment.
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X. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
This Court retains jurisdiction to enable any party to this Final Judgment to apply to this
Court at any time for further orders and directions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out
or construe this Final Judgment, to modify any of its provisions, to enforce compliance, and to
punish violations of its provisions.
XI. EXPIRATION OF FINAL JUDGMENT
Unless this Court grants an extension, this Final Judgment shall expire ten (10) years
from the date of its entry.
XII. PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION
Entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest. The parties have complied with the
requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16, including making copies
available to the public of this Final Judgment, the Competitive Impact Statement, and any comments
thereon and the United Statess responses to comments. Based upon the record before the Court,
which includes the Competitive Impact Statement and any comments and responses to comments filed
with the Court, entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest.
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