SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE TO
(Amendment No. 3)
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Avery Dennison Corporation
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))
HiMEDS Units, in the form of Corporate HiMEDS Units, stated amount of $50.00 per unit
(Title of Class of Securities)
053611307
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Susan C. Miller, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Avery Dennison Corporation
150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91103
(626) 304-2000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)
Copies to:
J. Scott Hodgkins, Esq.
Wesley C. Holmes, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
355 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
(213) 485-1234
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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Transaction Valuation* |
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Amount of Filing Fee** |
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$235,334,000 |
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$9,248.63 |
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This valuation assumes the exchange of
8,360,000 Corporate HiMEDS Units of Avery
Dennison Corporation (Avery Dennison), stated
amount $50.00 per unit, for cash and shares of
common stock of Avery Dennison, par value $1.00
per share. Estimated for purposes of calculating
the amount of the filing fee only, this amount is
based on the average of the high and low prices
of Avery Dennison Corporate HiMEDS Units of
$28.15 as of February 2, 2009, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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The amount of the filing fee was calculated
in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a rate of
$39.30 per $1,000,000 of the transaction value. |
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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: $9,248.63
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Filing Party: Avery Dennison Corporation |
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Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
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Date Filed: February 3, 2008 |
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
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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
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon:
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Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Tender Offer) |
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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Amendment No. 3 (this Amendment No. 3) amends and supplements the Issuer Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO originally filed on February 3, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed
on February 12, 2009 and as amended by Amendment No. 2 filed on February 25, 2009 (the Schedule
TO), by Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Avery Dennison or the Company),
pursuant to Section 13(e)-4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), in connection with an offer by Avery Dennison to exchange up to 8,360,000, or 95%, of its
HiMEDS Units, stated amount $50.00 per unit (the HiMEDS Units), in the form of Corporate HiMEDS
Units (the Corporate HiMEDS Units), comprised of (i) a purchase contract obligating the holder to
purchase from Avery Dennison shares of Avery Dennisons common stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the common stock) and (ii) a 1/20 or 5.0% undivided beneficial interest in a $1,000 aggregate
principal amount 5.350% senior note due November 15, 2020 (the HiMEDS senior notes), for 0.9756
shares of common stock and $6.50 in cash (which includes the accrued and unpaid contract adjustment
payments with respect to the purchase contracts and the accrued and unpaid interest with respect to
the HiMEDS senior notes) per Corporate HiMEDS Unit (the offer consideration). The offer is made
upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the offer to exchange, dated February 3,
2009 (the offer to exchange), and the related letter of transmittal, previously filed as exhibits
(a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively, to the Schedule TO.
This
Amendment No. 3 is filed to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(1)
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Schedule TO is amended by the information contained in this Amendment No. 3. Only those
items amended are reported herein. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 3
does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO.
Item 11. Additional Information.
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended by adding the following:
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The offer to exchange expired at 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on March
4, 2009 (the expiration date). On March 4, 2009, the Company announced that it
accepted for exchange all Corporate HiMEDS Units that had been validly tendered and
not withdrawn as of the expiration date, which included an aggregate of 6,612,978
Corporate HiMEDS Units, or 75.15% of the outstanding Corporate HiMEDS Units, and
that it would promptly issue and deliver to tendering holders an aggregate of
6,451,621 shares of Avery Dennisons common stock and an aggregate of $ 42,984,357
in cash. |
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The full text of the Companys press release, dated March 4, 2009, relating to
the expiration of the offer is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(E) hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference. |
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(5)(E) Press Release, dated March 4, 2009.
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