HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL INC
SC 14D1/A, 1999-09-17
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                SCHEDULE 14D-1/A

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1

               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                           MH MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC
                        MH MILLENNIUM ACQUISITION CORP.
                                  MARK HUGHES
                                    (Bidders)
                 CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                 CLASS B COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)
                              426908208 (CLASS A)
                              426908307 (CLASS B)
                      (Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

                           MH MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC
                        MH MILLENNIUM ACQUISITION CORP.
                                  MARK HUGHES
                       C/O HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                             1800 CENTURY PARK EAST
                             LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
                             ATTN. TIMOTHY GERRITY
                              TEL. (301) 410-9600
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
           to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders)

                                    COPY TO:
                             ANTHONY T. ILER, ESQ.
                              IRELL & MANELLA LLP
                       333 SOUTH HOPE STREET, SUITE 3300
                             LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
                                 (213) 620-1555

                         (Continued on following pages)
                               (Page 1 of 9 pages)
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CUSIP No. 426908208                  14D-1/A                             Page 2
          426908307
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    1.      Name of Reporting Persons  MH MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC
            S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons  95-475-8098


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    2.      Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
                     (a)/X/
                     (b)/ /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    3.      SEC Use Only
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.      Sources of Funds

                           Not Applicable
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    5.      Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to
            Items 2(e) or 2(f)

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    6.      Citizenship or Place of Organization

                           DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    7.      Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                    (1)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    8.      Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 7 Excludes Certain Shares

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    9.      Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 7

                    (1)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10.      Type of Reporting Person

                           CO
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(1) MH Millennium Holdings LLC owns no shares of any class of common stock of
    the Company. The Mark Hughes Family Trust (the "Trust"), however, which is
    the sole member of MH Millennium Holdings LLC, as of September 8, 1999
    beneficially owned 5,704,331 Class A Shares and 11,258,665 Class B Shares,
    (including 308,331 Class A Shares and 466,665 Class B Shares which the Trust
    has a right to acquire within 60 days of the date hereof), representing in
    the aggregate 55.4% of the outstanding Class A Shares and 59.0% of the
    outstanding Class B Shares, respectively. Mark Hughes is the sole trustee
    of The Mark Hughes Family Trust and its beneficiary.
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CUSIP No. 426908208                  14D-1/A                              Page 3
          426908307
================================================================================
    1.      Name of Reporting Persons  MH MILLENNIUM ACQUISITION CORP.

            S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons 95 475 7938

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2.      Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
                     (a)/X/
                     (b)/ /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    3.      SEC Use Only
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.      Sources of Funds

                           SC/BK/OO (subordinated debentures)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    5.      Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to
            Items 2(e) or 2(f)

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    6.      Citizenship or Place of Organization

                                     NEVADA
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    7.      Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                      (2)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    8.      Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 7 Excludes Certain Shares

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    9.      Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 7

                      (2)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10.      Type of Reporting Person

                       CO
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(2) MH Millennium Acquisition Corp. owns no shares of any class of common stock
    of the Company. MH Millennium Holdings LLC, however, owns 100% of MH
    Millennium Acquisition Corp. For further information, see note 1 on page 2
    of this Schedule 14D-1.
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CUSIP No. 426908208                  14D-1/A                              Page 4
          426908307
================================================================================
    1.      Name of Reporting Persons  Mark Hughes

            S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2.      Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
                     (a)/X/
                     (b)/ /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    3.      SEC Use Only
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.      Sources of Funds

                           Not Applicable
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    5.      Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to
            Items 2(e) or 2(f)

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    6.      Citizenship or Place of Organization

                                     United States
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    7.      Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                      (3)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    8.      Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 7 Excludes Certain Shares

                     / /
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    9.      Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 7

                      (3)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   10.      Type of Reporting Person

                       IN
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(3) Mr. Hughes, directly or indirectly, is the beneficial owner of 5,704,331
    Class A Shares and 11,258,665 Class B Shares, excluding 183,333 Class A
    Shares and 366,666 Class B Shares owned by the Herbalife Family Foundation
    (in which Mr. Hughes has no pecuniary interest) and including 308,331 Class
    A Shares and 466,663 Class B Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options
    that are exercisable within 60 days of September 1, 1999. The Class A Shares
    and the Class B Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Hughes or entities
    controlled by him, calculated in accordance with the SEC's Exchange Act Rule
    13d-3, represented 55.4% of the total outstanding Class A Shares and 59.0%
    of the total outstanding Class B Shares as of September 1, 1999.
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      MH Millennium Acquisition Corp., a Nevada corporation (the "Purchaser"),
hereby amends and supplements its Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1,
filed on September 17, 1999 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-1"), relating to the
offer by the Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of Class A common
stock and Class B common stock of Herbalife International, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, as set forth in this Amendment No. 1. The item numbers and
responses thereto below are in accordance with the requirements of Schedule
14D-1.

ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

      The information set forth in Item 11 is hereby amended and supplemented
by adding the following exhibit:


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         EXHIBIT NO.                    DESCRIPTION
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           (a)(10)             Press Release, dated September 17, 1999.
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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.

Dated: September 17, 1999


                                  MH MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC:


                                  By: /s/ MARK HUGHES
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Mark Hughes

                                  Title: Managing Member



                                  MH MILLENNIUM ACQUISITION CORP.:

                                  By:  /s/ MARK HUGHES
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Mark Hughes

                                  Title: President




                                   /s/ MARK HUGHES
                                   ------------------------------------------
                                   MARK HUGHES

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



         EXHIBIT NO.                                  DESCRIPTION

           (a)(10)             Press Release, dated September 17, 1999.

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Contact:       Investor Relations
               Herbalife International
               (310) 410-9600 ext. 32202
               [email protected]
               Media Contact: Shoreen Maghame
               Sitrick And Company
               (310) 788-2850

              HERBALIFE ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF TENDER BY FOUNDER

     LOS ANGELES, CA - September 17, 1999 - Herbalife International, Inc.
(NASDAQ:NM:HERBA, HERBB) reported that the previously announced tender offer by
Herbalife Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Hughes,
was officially commenced today, September 17, 1999. The tender, which is being
made by MH Millennium Acquisition Corp., a company owned by Mr. Hughes, is for
all outstanding shares of Herbalife's Class A and Class B shares not already
owned by Mr. Hughes. As previously reported, the price offered in the tender is
$17.00 per share in cash. The tender offer is subject to a minimum tender
condition, a financing condition and other closing conditions specified in the
definitive merger agreement. The merger agreement contemplates that shares not
purchased in the tender offer will be converted into the right to receive the
same $17.00 cash consideration.

     Herbalife indicated that the expiration time of the tender is 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on Friday, October 15, 1999, unless the offer
period is extended. Mr. Hughes has indicated that he currently expects to extend
the offer period beyond the initial expiration time.

     Herbalife noted that, with the commencement of the tender offer, MH
Millennium Acquisition Corp. has begun the mailing of an Offer to Purchase and
related materials, which include detailed disclosures relating to the
transaction and instructions for stockholders who wish to tender their shares.
The Information Agent for the tender offer is D.F. King & Co., Inc. and the
Dealer Manager is Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. D.F. King

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& Co. may be reached at (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokerage firms) or
(800) 928-0153 (for all others). Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette may be reached at
(310) 282-7667.

     Herbalife International, Inc. markets nutritional, weight management and
personal care products worldwide. Herbalife products are available only through
a network of independent distributors who purchase the products directly from
the Company.


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