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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Amendment No. 1 to
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Lindberg Corporation
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
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Bodycote Investments VI, Inc.
Bodycote International plc
(Name of Filing Persons (Offerors))
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
5351 71 102
(CUSIP Numbers of Class of Securities)
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JOHN CHESWORTH
BODYCOTE INTERNATIONAL PLC
HULLEY ROAD
HURDSFIELD MACCLESFIELD
CHESHIRE, SK10 2SG ENGLAND
011-44-1625-505-300
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
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COPIES TO:
MARILYN SONNIE
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 326-3939
The transaction to which the statement relates is a third-party tender offer
subject to Rule 14d-1.
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Bodycote Investments VI, Inc. ("Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Bodycote International plc, a public limited
company organized under the laws of England ("Bodycote"), hereby amend and
supplement their Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the "Statement"),
originally filed on December 18, 2000, with respect to their offer to purchase
all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
together with the associated share purchase rights (collectively, the "Shares"),
of Lindberg Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Lindberg") at a purchase price
of $18.125 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
December 18, 2000 (the "Offer to Purchase") and in the related Letter of
Transmittal (which, as such documents may be amended or supplemented from time
to time, together constitute the "Offer"). Capitalized terms used, and not
otherwise defined, herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Statement.
ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
On December 22, 2000, Purchaser and Bodycote issued a press release, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(10) and is incorporated herein
by reference.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
(a)(10) Press release issued by Purchaser and Bodycote on December 22, 2000.
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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.
Date: December 22, 2000 BODYCOTE INTERNATIONAL PLC
By: /s/ David Landless
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Name: David Landless
Title: Director
BODYCOTE INVESTMENTS VI, INC.
By: /s/ John D. Hubbard
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Name: John D. Hubbard
Title: President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBITS
(a)(10) (a)(10) Press release issued by Purchaser and Bodycote on
December 22, 2000.
