ALCOA INC
SC TO-T/A, 2000-06-15
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                               SCHEDULE TO/A
                               (RULE 14D-100)
               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1)
         OR SECTION 13(E)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                             (AMENDMENT NO. 6)

                         HOWMET INTERNATIONAL INC.
                     (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                           HMI ACQUISITION CORP.
                        A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
                                 ALCOA INC.
                    (Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

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                  COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
                       (Title of Class of Securities)
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                                 443208103
                   (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                         LAWRENCE R. PURTELL, ESQ.
                                 ALCOA INC.
                            201 ISABELLA STREET
                            PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
                         TELEPHONE: (412) 553-4545
                   (Name, address and telephone number of
                    person authorized to receive notices
              and communications on behalf of filing persons)
                                  COPY TO:
                          J. MICHAEL SCHELL, ESQ.
                          MARGARET L. WOLFF, ESQ.
                  SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
                             FOUR TIMES SQUARE
                             NEW YORK, NY 10036
                          TELEPHONE: 212-735-3000

                         CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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        Transaction Valuation*                     Amount of Filing Fee
             $367,464,447                              $73,492.89**
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*  For purposes of calculating amount of filing fee only. This amount
   assumes (i) the purchase of all of the 15,383,307 outstanding publicly
   held shares of common stock of Howmet International Inc. and (ii)
   2,115,000 shares of common stock of Howmet International Inc. subject to
   options that will be vested and exercisable as of the closing of this
   offer. The amount of the filing fee calculated in accordance with Rule
   0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50 of
   1% of the transaction value.
** This amount has previously been paid.

[_]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      Form or Registration No.: N/A
   Filing party: N/A                      Date Filed: N/A

[_]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: [_]
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        This Amendment No. 6 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO
(the "Schedule TO"), filed initially with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 18, 2000, relates to the offer to purchase by HMI
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Alcoa Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("Alcoa"), the
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Howmet
International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a price of
$21.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (the "Offer Price"), without
interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Offer to Purchase (as amended and supplemented, the "Offer to
Purchase"), dated April 18, 2000, as amended and supplemented by Supplement
No. 1, dated June 5, 2000 ("Supplement No. 1"), and in the revised Letter
of Transmittal (which together with any amendments or supplements thereto,
collectively constitute the "Offer"). Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase.

ITEMS 1, 4 AND 11.

        Items 1, 4 and 11 are hereby amended and supplemented to add the
following:

        "On June 15, 2000, Alcoa announced the completion of the Offer. The
Offer expired at 12:00 Midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time on Wednesday,
June 14, 2000, at which time approximately 14,562,735 Shares were validly
tendered, including guaranteed deliveries. After payment for the deposited
shares, Alcoa will own approximately 99.2% of the Shares.
        Alcoa also announced that it will provide a subsequent offering
period of 3 business days for the Offer, which will commence at 9:00 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Savings Time on Thursday, June 15, 2000 and expire at
12:00 Midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time on Monday, June 19, 2000."

ITEM 12.

        Item 12 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following
exhibit:

        (a)(19)   Press Release, dated June 15, 2000.



                                   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.

                                          HMI ACQUISITION CORP.


                                          By:   /s/  Barbara S. Jeremiah
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                                             Name:  Barbara S. Jeremiah
                                             Title: Vice President


                                          ALCOA INC.


                                          By:   /s/  Richard B. Kelson
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                                             Name:  Richard. B. Kelson
                                             Title: Executive Vice President
                                                    and Chief Financial Officer


Dated: June 15, 2000





                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


        (a)(19)   Press Release, dated June 15, 2000.






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