SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
AMENDMENT NO. 5
(Rule 14d-100)
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
LANIER WORLDWIDE, INC.
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(Name of Subject Company) (Issuer)
LW ACQUISITION CORP.
and
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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(Names of Filing Persons (Offeror))
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
(INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE
RIGHTS)
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(Title of Class of Securities)
51589L105
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(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
MASAMI TAKEIRI (PRESIDENT)
OR YUKIO MIZUTANI (TREASURER AND SECRETARY)
LW Acquisition Corp.,
5 Dedrick Place, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006 Tel: (973) 882-2000
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(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
COPY TO:
MARC E. PERLMUTTER, ESQ.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
Tel: (212) 373-3000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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TRANSACTION VALUATION* AMOUNT OF FILING FEE**
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$256,166,248 $51,233.25
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* For purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 0-11(d), the
Transaction Valuation was calculated on the basis of (i) 84,768,152
outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Lanier
Worldwide, Inc. (the "Shares"), (ii) the tender offer price of $3.00 per
Share and (iii) 2,245,984 options to acquire Shares with an exercise price
at less than $3.00 under Lanier Worldwide, Inc.'s Stock Incentive Plan with
an aggregate value of $1,861,792. Based on the foregoing, the transaction
value is equal to the sum of (1) the product of number of outstanding
Shares and $3.00 per Share and (2) the product of (A) 2,245,984 Shares
which are subject to options to purchase Shares with an exercise price of
less than $3.00 per share and (B) the difference between $3.00 per Share
and the exercise price per Share of such options.
** The filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, is 1/50th of one percent of the aggregate Transaction
Valuation.
|X| 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: $51,233.25 Filing Party: LW Acquisition Corp.
Form or Registration No.: 005-57109 Date Filed: December 8, 2000
|_| Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commence ment 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: |_|
This Amendment No. 5 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO (as amended and supplemented, the "Schedule TO"), filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2000 by LW Acquisition Corp.,
a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Ricoh Company, Ltd., a Japanese corporation ("Parent"), to purchase any and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share
(including the associated participating preferred stock purchase rights) (the
"Common Stock"), of Lanier Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), at a purchase price of $3.00 per share, net to the seller in cash,
without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 8, 2000 (the "Offer to Purchase") and
in the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") (which,
together with the Offer to Purchase, as amended or supplemented from time to
time, constitute the "Offer").
Reference is hereby made to the press release dated January 19, 2001,
which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(L) and is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to include the
following paragraph:
"On January 19, 2001, Parent and the Company announced that the
Superintendent of Commerce of The Republic of Colombia issued its authorization
to the Merger. The receipt of this authorization satisfies one of the conditions
to the Offer. Parent and the Company issued a press release announcing the
receipt of the Colombian authorization, a copy of which press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(L) and is incorporated herein by reference."
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to include the
following exhibit:
(a)(1)(L) Joint Press release, issued by Parent and the Company on January 19,
2001.
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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.
LW ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Yukio Mizutani
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Name: Yukio Mizutani
Title: Secretary and Treasurer
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
By: /s/ Masami Takeiri
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Name: Masami Takeiri
Title: Managing Director and
Executive Vice President
January 19, 2001
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