SC TO-C

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

(Rule 14d-100)

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

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

 

PROJECT STEEL MERGER SUB, INC.,

a wholly-owned subsidiary of

INTEGRATED MISSION SOLUTIONS, LLC

(Name of Filing Persons (Offerors))

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

057149106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Thomas J. Campbell

Integrated Mission Solutions, LLC

11 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 350

Alexandria, VA 22314

(202) 737-5220

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

 

Copies to:

Kevin J. Lavin

J. Matthew Owens

Arnold & Porter LLP

555 12th Street NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 942-5000

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation   Amount of Filing Fee
Not applicable*   Not applicable*

 

* A filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

¨  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: N/A    Filing Party: N/A
Form of Registration No.: N/A    Date Filed: N/A

 

x  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.
  ¨  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. ¨

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

  ¨  Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
  ¨  Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 


This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by Project Steel Merger Sub, Inc. (“Purchaser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Mission Solutions, LLC (“Parent”), for all of the outstanding common stock of Michael Baker Corporation (the “Company”), to be commenced pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 29, 2013, among Parent, Purchaser and the Company.

The exhibits are neither offers to purchase nor solicitations of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock described in this filing has not commenced. At the time the offer is commenced, Purchaser will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and the Company will file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, with respect to the offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to the Company’s shareholders at no expense to them. In addition, all of those materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website: www.sec.gov.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated July 29, 2013
99.2    Letter to Michael Baker Corporation Employees, dated July 29, 2013