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. 1)

 

 

NOMAD FOODS LIMITED

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

Ordinary Shares, no par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

G6564A105

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Samy Zekhout

Chief Financial Officer

No. 1 New Square

Bedfont Lakes Business Park

Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8HA

+(44) 208 918 3200

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

Copy to:

Flora Perez, Esq.

Laurie L. Green, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 2000

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

(954) 765-0500

 

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction valuation(1)		Amount of filing fee(2)
$500,000,000		$64,900

 

(1)	The transaction valuation is estimated only for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based on the offer to purchase for not more than $500,000,000 in aggregate of up to 21,737,130 ordinary shares, no par value, of the Company at the minimum tender offer price of $23.00 per share.

(2)	The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $129.80 per $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction.

 

☒	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: $64,900		Filing Party: Nomad Foods Limited
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO		Date Filed: August 11, 2020

 

☐	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:

 

☐

third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

☒

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:    ☐

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 Issuer Tender Offer)

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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 11, 2020 (the “Schedule TO”), related to the offer by Nomad Foods Limited, a company limited by shares and incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), to purchase for cash up to $500 million of its ordinary shares, no par value (the “shares”), pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $23.00 and not more than $25.50 per share, or (ii) purchase price tenders, in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 11, 2020 (the “Offer to Purchase”), a copy of which was filed as Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to the Schedule TO, and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Tender Offer”), a copy of which was attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(B) to the Schedule TO.

Except as specifically provided herein, the information contained in the Schedule TO remains unchanged and this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO. You should read this Amendment together with the Tender Offer.

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule TO and the Offer to Purchase.

Amendments to Exhibit (a)(1)(A)

Item 4. Terms of the Transaction

The information set forth in Item 4 is hereby amended as follows:

 

(1)

Each of (1) the second paragraph of page (i) of the Offer to Purchase, (2) the third full paragraph of page 3 of the Offer to Purchase, and (3) the second paragraph of page 20 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended to add the following as a new second sentence to such paragraph:

“Sir Martin, Mr. Gottesman and Mr. Descheemaeker have advised us that they do not intend to participate in the Offer.”

 

(2)

The first paragraph of page 33 of the Offer to Purchase is amended to add the following as a new third sentence to such paragraph:

“Sir Martin, Mr. Gottesman and Mr. Descheemaeker have advised us that they do not intend to participate in the Offer.”

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
(a)(1)(A)✓		Offer to Purchase, dated August 11, 2020.
(a)(1)(B)✓		Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(C)✓		Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(D)✓		Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated August 11, 2020.
(a)(1)(E)✓		Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated August 11, 2020.
(a)(2)		Not Applicable.
(a)(3)		Not applicable.
(a)(4)		Not applicable.

(a)(5)(A)		Press release issued August 6, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 6-K, furnished on August 6, 2020).
(a)(5)(B)✓		Press release, issued August 11, 2020, announcing the commencement of the Tender Offer.
(b)		Not applicable.
(c)		None.
(d)(A)*		Service Agreement, dated May 1, 2020, between Nomad Foods Europe Limited, Stéfan Descheemaeker and Nomad Foods Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Form 6-K, furnished on May 5, 2020).
(d)(B)*		Service Agreement, dated February 15, 2018, between Nomad Foods Europe Limited, Samy Zekhout and Nomad Foods Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of the Form 20-F, filed on March 22, 2018).
(d)(C)*		Nomad Foods Limited Amended and Restated Long-Term 2015 Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Form 20-F, filed on February 27, 2020).
(d)(D)*		Nomad Foods Limited Long Term 2015 Incentive Plan Restricted Share Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the Form 20-F, filed on February 27, 2020).
(d)(E)*✓		Form of Director Indemnification Agreement.
(d)(F)		Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 1, 2015, among Nomad Holdings Limited, Birds Eye Iglo Limited Partnership Inc, Mariposa Acquisition II, LLC, TOMS Acquisition I LLC, TOMS Capital Investments LLC and funds managed by Pershing Square (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form F-1, filed on November 24, 2015).
(d)(G)		Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated October 29, 2015, among Liongem Sweden 1 AB, Iglo Foods Group Limited and Nomad Foods Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of the Form F-1, filed on November 24, 2015).
(d)(H)		Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, dated January 7, 2019, among Noam Gottesman, Guy Weltsch, Alejandro San Miguel and Anup Patel (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A to the Schedule 13D/A, filed by Noam Gottesman, TOMS Acquisition I LLC, TOMS Capital Investments LLC, Guy Weltsch, Alejandro San Miguel and Anup Patel on January 7, 2019).
(d)(I)		Irrevocable Proxy Agreement, dated January 7, 2019, among Martin E. Franklin, Tasburgh LLC, Powder Horn Hill Partners II, LLC and The Desiree DeStefano Revocable Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.B to the Schedule 13D/A, filed by Martin E. Franklin, the Martin E. Franklin Revocable Trust, Mariposa Acquisition II, LLC, Ian G.H. Ashken, Tasburgh, LLC, James E. Lillie, Powder Horn Hill Partners II, LLC, Desiree A. DeStefano and the Desiree A. DeStefano Revocable Trust on January 7, 2019).
(e)		Not applicable.
(f)		Not applicable.
(g)		Not applicable.
(h)		Not applicable.

 

*	Management contract or executive compensation plan or arrangement

 

✓	Previously filed

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.

 

				Nomad Foods Limited
Date: September 3, 2020				By:		/s/ Samy Zekhout
						Name:		Samy Zekhout
						Title:		Chief Financial Officer