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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2000
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Schedule TO/A
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)
The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.
(Names of Filing Persons (offerer and issuer))
Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
518279-10-4
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Hal Liebes, Esq.
Senior Vice President
The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.
466 Lexington Avenue
16th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(212) 875-3500
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
With a copy to:
Daniel Schloendorn, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019-6099
Calculation of Filing Fee
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Transaction Valuation Amount of Filing Fee
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$55,408,377(a)................................................ $11,082(b)
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(a) Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price to be paid for 3,125,120
shares in the offer, based upon a price per share of $17.73, which
represents 95% of the net asset value per share at September 5, 2000.
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(b) Calculated as 1/50th of 1% of the Transaction Valuation.
[X] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
O-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: $11,082
Form or Registration No. Schedule TO
Filing Party: The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.
Date Filed: September 8, 2000
[ ] 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:
[ ] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
[X] 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. 1 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements the Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), on September 8, 2000 (the "Schedule TO"),
relating to the offer by the Fund to purchase for cash up to 3,125,120 of the
Fund's issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase (the "Offer to Purchase") and in the related Letter of Transmittal,
copies of which are attached as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2) to the Schedule TO.
The items required to be disclosed in the Schedule TO, which incorporate by
reference the information contained in the Offer to Purchase, are hereby amended
as follows:
(1) the first sentence under the caption "What if more than 3,125,120
shares are tendered (and not timely withdrawn)?" under the Summary Term Sheet of
the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended to read its entirety as follows:
"The Fund will purchase duly tendered shares from shareholders
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the tender offer on a pro rata
basis (disregarding fractions) in accordance with the number of shares
tendered by each shareholder (and not timely withdrawn)."
(2) The last paragraph of Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
(3) The first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 16 of the Offer to
Purchase is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following two sentences:
"The Fund reserves the right, at any time during the pendency of the
Offer, to amend or extend the Offer. The Fund also expressly reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer and not accept for
payment or pay for any shares not theretofore accepted for payment or paid
for if any of the conditions specified in Section 4 hereof are not
satisfied."
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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.
THE LATIN AMERICA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
By: /s/William W. Priest, Jr.
Name: William W. Priest, Jr.
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dated: September 18, 2000
