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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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SCHEDULE 14D-9/A
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Amendment No. 3
CASTLE & COOKE, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
CASTLE & COOKE, INC.
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
148433105
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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EDWARD C. ROOHAN
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
CASTLE & COOKE, INC.
10900 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
(310) 208-6055
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notice and Communications on Behalf of the Person Filing Statement)
COPY TO:
ANDREW E. BOGEN, ESQ. CHARLES F. NIEMETH, ESQ.
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP O'MELVENY & MYERS, LLP
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 4800 153 EAST 53RD STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 NEW YORK, NY 10022-4611
(213) 229-7000 (212) 326-2000
/_/ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer
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This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Solicitation and
Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and supplemented, the
"Solicitation Statement") filed on May 31, 2000 by Castle & Cooke Inc., a
Hawaii corporation (the "Company") relating to the offer by Castle
Acquisition Company, Inc., a Hawaii corporation ("Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Castle & Cooke Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Parent") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("FLX") which is 100% owned by David H. Murdock ("DHM")
to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, having no par
value (the "Shares"), of the company, at an increased purchase price of
$19.25 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May
31, 2000 (as amended and supplemented the "Offer to Purchase") and in the
related Letters of Transmittal (which together with the Offer to Purchase,
collectively constitute the "Offer").
The information set forth in the exhibit identified in Item 9 and attached
hereto is incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 2, 4, & 8.
ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
Item 9 of the Solicitation Statement is supplemented by adding the following
information thereto:
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(a)(14) Text of press release issued by the Company dated
June 28, 2000
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.
CASTLE & COOKE, INC.
By: /s/ Dean R. Estrada
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Dean R. Estrada
Treasurer
Dated: June 29, 2000
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