UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 12 to

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(RULE 14d-101)

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT

UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Alcatel Lucent

(Name of Subject Company)

 

 

Alcatel Lucent

(Name of Persons Filing Statement)

 

 

Ordinary shares, nominal value EUR 0.05 per ordinary share

American Depositary Shares, each representing one ordinary share, nominal value EUR 0.05 per ordinary share

(Title of Class of Securities)

FR0000130007

013904305

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Jean Raby

Chief Financial and Legal Officer

Alcatel Lucent

148/152 Route de la Reine

92100 Boulogne-Billancourt

France

Telephone Number +33 (1) 55 14 10 10

Facsimile Number +33 (1) 55 14 14 05

(Name, address and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and

communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)

With copies to:

 

Gauthier Blanluet

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

24, rue Jean-Goujon

75008 Paris

France

Facsimile Number +33 (1) 73 04 10 10

  

Richard C. Morrissey

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

1 New Fetter Lane

London EC4A 1AN

United Kingdom

Facsimile Number +44 (0) 20 7959 8950

 

 

 

¨   Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

 

 

This Amendment No. 12 (this “Amendment”) supplements Item 9 (but no other Items) of the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 18, 2015, and as amended on November 19, November 23, December 2, December 24, January 4, January 5, January 7, January 8, January 14, January 15 and January 22 (the “Schedule 14D-9”) by Alcatel Lucent, a French société anonyme (“Alcatel Lucent”). The Schedule 14D-9 relates to an exchange offer comprised of two offers (separately, the “U.S. Offer” and the “French Offer” and collectively, the “Exchange Offer”) by Nokia Corporation, a Finnish Corporation (“Nokia”), as disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with the exhibits thereto, as amended, the “Schedule TO”), filed by Nokia with the SEC on November 18, 2015, the date of the Schedule 14D-9.

 

Item 9. Exhibits

Item 9 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby supplemented:

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

(a)(60)   Alcatel-Lucent notifies holders of ADR program termination (incorporated by reference to the filing under Rule 425 with the SEC by Alcatel Lucent on January 25, 2016)

 

1

SIGNATURES

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.

 

    ALCATEL LUCENT
Date: January 25, 2016     By:   /s/ Jean Raby
      Name: Jean Raby
      Title:   Chief Financial and Legal Officer