SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
(RULE 14D-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER
SECTION 14(d) (l) OR 13(e) (l)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 3)
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AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) )
AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION (ISSUER)
(Names of Filing Persons (Identifying Status as Offeror, Issuer or Other Person)
5 3/4% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2002
(Title of Class of Securities)
028913 AA 9
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(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
W.E. SHERIFF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION
111 WESTWOOD PLACE, SUITE 200
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
(615) 221-2250
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
COPY TO:
T. ANDREW SMITH
BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
315 DEADERICK STREET, SUITE 2700
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238
(615) 742-6200
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
TRANSACTION VALUATION* AMOUNT OF FILING FEE
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$126,000,000 $11,592
* Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only.
The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule
0-ll(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals
.000092 of the book value of the 5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures Due 2002 proposed to be acquired by American Retirement
Corporation.
|X| Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11
(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: $11,592 Filing Party: American Retirement
Corporation
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO Date Filed: August 14, 2002
SEC File No. 005-53347
| | 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: | |
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SCHEDULE TO
This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO ("Schedule TO") filed on August 14, 2002 by American Retirement
Corporation, a Tennessee corporation ("ARC"), pursuant to Section 13(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). ARC filed an
Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO on August 15, 2002 and an Amendment No. 2 to
the Schedule TO on August 22, 2002. The Schedule TO relates to ARC's offer to
exchange a combination of its 5 3/4% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2002
and its 10% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 (collectively, the "New
Notes") and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock ("Warrants") for up
to $126.0 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5 3/4%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2002 (the "Old Convertible Debentures")
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering
Memorandum, dated August 14, 2002 (the "Offering Memorandum"), and in the
related Letter of Transmittal, filed as Exhibits (a)(l)(A) and (a)(l)(B) to the
Schedule TO, respectively.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
(a) (1) (A) Offering Memorandum, dated August 14, 2002.*
(a) (1) (B) Letter of Transmittal.*
(a) (1) (C) Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a) (1) (D) Form of Letter to Clients.*
(a) (1) (E) Form of Letter to Registered Holders and
Depository Trust Company Participants.*
(a) (2) None.
(a) (3) None.
(a) (4) None.
(a) (5) (A) Press Release, issued by American Retirement
Corporation on August 14, 2002 *
(a) (5) (B) Letter to holders of Old Convertible
Debentures dated August 26, 2002.
(b) Not applicable.
(d)(1) Indenture, dated as of September 29, 1997,
between ARC and IBJ Schroder Bank and Trust
Company, relating to the Old Convertible
Debentures (incorporated by reference to
ARC's Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed with the Commission on September 23,
1997).
(d)(2) Form of Indenture between ARC and U.S. Bank
National Association relating to the 5 3/4%
Series A Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2002*
(d)(3) Form of Indenture between ARC and U.S. Bank
National Association relating to the 10%
Series B Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009*
(d)(4) Form of Warrant Agreement between ARC and
U.S. Bank National Association.*
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.
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* Previously filed.
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.
AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ W.E. Sheriff
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Name: W.E. Sheriff
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Dated: August 26, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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(a) (1) (A) Offering Memorandum, dated August 14, 2002.*
(a) (1) (B) Letter of Transmittal.*
(a) (1) (C) Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a) (1) (D) Form of Letter to Clients.*
(a) (1) (E) Form of Letter to Registered Holders and Depository
Trust Company Participants.*
(a) (5) (A) Press Release, issued by American Retirement Corporation on August 14, 2002 *
(a) (5) (B) Letter to holders of Old Convertible Debentures dated August 26, 2002.
(d)(1) Indenture, dated as of September 29, 1997, between ARC and IBJ Schroder Bank and
Trust Company, relating to the Old Convertible Debentures (incorporated by
reference to ARC's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and filed with the
Commission on September 23, 1997).
(d)(2) Form of Indenture between ARC and U.S. Bank National Association relating to the
5 3/4% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2002*
(d)(3) Form of Indenture between ARC and U.S. Bank National Association relating to the
10% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009*
(d)(4) Form of Warrant Agreement between ARC and U.S. Bank National Association.*
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* Previously filed.