This Amendment No. 34 (this Amendment) amends and supplements the
Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on October 27, 2021 (as hereby amended and supplemented and together with any subsequent amendments and supplements
thereto, this Schedule TO), which relates to the tender offer by IEP Utility Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Offeror), to purchase any and all of the issued and outstanding shares of the
common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Common Stock), of Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company or Southwest Gas), including the associated rights issued
pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated October 10, 2021 (as it may be amended from time to time, the Rights Agreement), between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, as rights agent, that are issued and outstanding (the
Rights and, together with the Common Stock, the Shares), for $82.50 per Share in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes (the Offer Price), upon the terms set forth in
the Offer to Purchase, dated October 27, 2021 (the Offer to Purchase), the related letter of transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal), the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery), the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, dated December 7, 2021 (the December Supplement), the Supplement to the Offer, dated May 9, 2022 (May Supplement), the Revised Letter of
Transmittal (the Revised Letter of Transmittal), the Revised Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (the Revised Notice of Guaranteed Delivery), and the other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, constitutes the Offer.
This Amendment is being filed to amend and supplement the Schedule TO.
Except as amended hereby to the extent specifically provided herein, all terms of the Offer and all other disclosures set forth in the Schedule TO and the Exhibits thereto remain unchanged and are hereby expressly incorporated into this
Amendment by reference. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule TO and the Offer to Purchase.
The Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Items 1 through Item 11
1. Items 1 through 11 of the
Schedule TO are hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
On May 9, 2022, the Offeror mailed to the stockholders of
Southwest Gas a Supplement to the Offer to Purchase, together with certain related documents, and issued a press release relating to the Offer. Copies of the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase and the press release are filed herewith as Exhibits
(a)(1)(SS) and (a)(1)(XX), respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Exhibits.
Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibits thereto:
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Exhibit Number |
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Exhibit |
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(a)(1)(RR) |
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Letter to Stockholders, dated May 6, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(SS) |
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Supplement to Offer to Purchase, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(TT) |
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Revised Letter of Transmittal, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(UU) |
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Revised Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(VV) |
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Revised Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(WW) |
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Revised Letter to Clients, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(a)(1)(XX) |
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Press Release, dated May 9, 2022 (filed herewith) |
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(d)(1) |
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Cooperation Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2022, among Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., the Offeror and the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as Exhibit A to the Supplement to the Offer filed as Exhibit
(a)(1)(SS) to this Schedule TO) |