SC TO-T/A
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
Tender Offer Statement Pursuant
to Section 14(d)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
DADE BEHRING HOLDINGS,
INC.
(Name of Subject Company
(Issuer))
Belfast Merger Co.
a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Siemens Corporation
an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
(Name of Filing
Persons (Offeror))
Common Stock, $0.01 par
value
(Title of Class of
Securities)
23342J206
(CUSIP Number of
class of securities)
Kevin M. Royer
Siemens Corporation
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 258-4000
(Name, Address and Telephone
No. of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing
Persons)
with a copy to:
John A. Healy
Clifford Chance US LLP
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 878-8000
Calculation of Filing Fee
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Transaction Valuation
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Amount of Filing Fee*
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$6,753,554,654
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$207,348
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
communications made before commencement of a tender offer.
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Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions
to which the statement relates:
þ third-party tender
offer subject to
Rule 14d-1.
o issuer tender offer
subject to
Rule 13e-4.
o going-private
transaction subject to
Rule 13e-3.
o 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
AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE TO
This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2007 (the
Schedule TO), relating to the offer by Belfast
Merger Co., a Delaware corporation (Purchaser),
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (Parent), which is an indirect,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, a
corporation formed under the laws of the Federal Republic of
Germany (Siemens AG), to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Common Stock), of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the Company), together with
the associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (Rights) issued
pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 3,
2002, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as
Rights Agent (the Common Stock and the Rights together being
referred to herein as the Shares), at a price of
$77.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase,
dated August 8, 2007 (the Offer to Purchase),
and in the related Letter of Transmittal. Except as otherwise
provided herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify any
of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO.
The Schedule TO is hereby supplemented
and/or
amended as provided below.
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Item 3.
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Identity
and Background of Filing Person.
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Part 1 of Schedule A to the Offer to Purchase,
Directors and Officers of Siemens AG, is amended and
supplemented as follows:
1. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Prof. Johannes Feldmayer, a member of the Managing Board, is
amended to read Executive Vice-President since August
2003; prior thereto Head of Corporate Strategies; member of the
Supervisory Board of Infineon AG since 2005; member of the
Supervisory Board of ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH
since 2005.
2. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger, a member of the Managing Board, is
amended to read Executive Vice-President since June 2007;
President of the Building Technologies Group of Siemens AG from
2003 to May 2007; President of the Power Transmission and
Distribution Group of Siemens AG from 2000 to 2003.
3. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Jürgen Radomski, a member of the Managing Board,
is amended to read Executive Vice-President, Head of
Corporate Personnel; member of the Supervisory Board of Alba AG
since 2006; member of the Supervisory Board of Dräger
Medical AG since 2003; member of the Supervisory Board of DKV
Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG since 2003.
4. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Gerhard Cromme, a member of the Supervisory Board, is
amended to read Chairman of the Supervisory Board;
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG; member of
the Supervisory Board, Allianz SE since 2001; member of the
Supervisory Board of Axel Springer AG since 2002; member of the
Supervisory Board of Lufthansa AG from 2002 to June 2007; member
of the Supervisory Board of E.ON AG from 1993 to June 2007;
member of the Supervisory Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG from 1992 to
2005; member of the Supervisory Board of Hochtief AG from 2004
to 2006; member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG from
1997 to 2006; member of the Supervisory Board of Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain S.A. since 2005; member of the Supervisory Board of BNP
Paribas S.A. from 2003 to June 2007; member of the
Supervisory Board of SUEZ S.A. from 1995 to June 2007; member of
the Supervisory Board of Thales AG from 1998 to 2002.
5. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Josef Ackerman, a member of the Supervisory Board, is
amended to read Second Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory
Board; Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank AG;
member of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG from 2002 to April
2007; member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG from 2003
to 2006; member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 1997
to 2006; member of the Board of Directors of Stora Enso
Oyifrom from 1998 to 2003.
6. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Albrecht Schmidt, a member of the Supervisory Board, is
amended to read Bank director (retired); member of the
Supervisory Board of Münchener
Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG; Chairman of
the Supervisory Board of Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG from
2003 to 2005; Chairman of the Supervisory
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Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG from 2001 to 2003; member
of the Supervisory Board of Thyssensche
Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. since 2003.
7. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Dr. Henning Schulte-Noelle, a member of the Supervisory
Board, is amended to read Chairman of the Supervisory
Board, Allianz SE, since 2003; member of the Managing Board of
Allianz AG from 1991 to 2003; member of the Supervisory Board of
E.ON AG; member of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG;
member of the Supervisory Board of BASF AG from 1992 to 2003;
member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 1996 to
2003.
8. The Principal Occupation/Employment; Material
Positions Held in Past Five Years column with respect to
Lord Iain Vallance of Tummel, a member of the Supervisory Board,
is amended to read Chairman, Amsphere Ltd. since 2005;
Chairman, Nations Healthcare Ltd. from 2005 to February 2007;
Vice-Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group from 1993 to
2005.
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Item 8.
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Interest
in Securities of the Subject Company.
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The first sentence of the fifth paragraph of Section 9 of
the Offer to Purchase is amended and supplemented as follows:
Except as set forth in the following sentence, none of
Siemens AG, Parent or Purchaser, or, to the best of their
knowledge, any of the persons set forth in Schedule A
hereto nor any associate or majority-owned subsidiary of any of
the foregoing, beneficially owns or has a right to acquire any
Shares or has engaged in any transactions in the Shares in the
past 60 days. The following persons listed on
Schedule A to this Offer to Purchase beneficially own or
have purchased the Shares set forth opposite their names during
the past 60 days: Dr. Josef Ackerman (1,003,338 Shares) and
Jerry I. Speyer (1,505 Shares). Parent and Purchaser have been
advised that Deutsche Bank AG and certain affiliates are the
record owners of the Shares that may be deemed to be
beneficially owned by Dr. Ackerman by reason of his
position as the Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche
Bank AG. Parent and Purchaser have been advised that the Shares
beneficially owned by Mr. Speyer were acquired through an
account managed on behalf of Mr. Speyer by a broker
authorized to invest on his behalf and that Mr. Speyer was
not involved in this investment decision-making. Mr. Speyer
was not aware of the proposed transaction with the Company as of
the dates on which the Shares were acquired on his behalf.
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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.
Date: August 22, 2007
BELFAST MERGER CO.
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/s/ E.
Robert Lupone
Name: E.
Robert Lupone
Title: Authorized Representative
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Name: Kenneth R. Meyers
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Title:
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Authorized Representative
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SIEMENS CORPORATION
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/s/ E.
Robert Lupone
Name: E.
Robert Lupone
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and
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Secretary
Name: Kenneth R. Meyers
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Title:
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Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions
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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
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/s/ E.
Robert Lupone
Name: E.
Robert Lupone
Title: Authorized Representative
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Name: Kenneth R. Meyers
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Title:
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Authorized Representative
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