Schedule 14D-9 (Amendment No. 3)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(RULE 14d-101)

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER

SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(AMENDMENT NO. 3)

 

 

Dynegy Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

 

 

Seneca Capital International Master Fund, L.P.

Seneca Capital, L.P.

Seneca Capital Investments, L.P.

Seneca Capital Investments, LLC

Seneca Capital International GP, LLC

Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC

Douglas A. Hirsch

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

 

 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE,

INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED RIGHTS

(Title of Class of Securities)

26817G300

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

Michael R. Anastasio, Jr.

c/o Seneca Capital Investments, LP

590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor

New York, New York 10022

212-888-2999

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive

notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 


INTRODUCTION

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Seneca Capital International Master Fund, L.P., Seneca Capital, L.P., Seneca Capital Investments, L.P., Seneca Capital Investments, LLC, Seneca Capital International GP, LLC, Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC and Douglas A. Hirsch (together with each of the foregoing, “Seneca Capital” or “we”) on January 25, 2011, as amended (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Statement”). The Statement relates to the tender offer by IEH Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Offeror”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. (“IEH”), and IEH, as a co-bidder, as disclosed in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO dated December 22, 2010, as amended (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule TO”), to purchase for cash all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Dynegy Inc. (the “Company”), including the associated rights issued pursuant to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2010, and as amended on December 15, 2010, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, that are issued and outstanding (such shares of common stock and such rights collectively, the “Shares”), at a price of $5.50 per Share, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, if any, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offeror’s offer to purchase dated December 22, 2010, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and in the related letter of transmittal, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Except as otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the Statement remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference as relevant to the items in this Amendment. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Statement.

 

Item 8. Additional Information

The following information is as stated in Dynegy’s Schedule 14D-9, as amended:

“As of February 10, 2011 the parties have received all regulatory approvals that are conditions to the closing of the Offer.”

The following information is as stated in the Offeror’s Schedule TO, as amended:

“On February 13, 2011, the Company, the Offeror and IEP Merger Sub Inc. entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties amended the Merger Agreement to (i) provide for the extension of the Offer until 5:00 p.m., New York City time on February 18, 2011 and (ii) provide that the Merger Agreement will automatically terminate if the conditions to the consummation of the Offer have not been satisfied by such date and time.”


Item 9. Exhibits.

Item 9, “Exhibits” is hereby amended and supplemented by inserting the following exhibit thereto:

 

“(a)(2)(H)    Press Release, dated February 14, 2011, issued by Seneca Capital.”


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.

 

SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL MASTER FUND, L.P.
By:   Seneca Capital International GP, LLC, Its General Partner
  By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

    Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
SENECA CAPITAL, L.P.
By:   Seneca Capital Advisors, LLC, Its General Partner
  By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

    Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
SENECA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
By:   Seneca Capital Investments, LLC, its General Partner
  By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

    Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
SENECA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
By:  

/s/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

  Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
   
SENECA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL GP, LLC
By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

  Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
SENECA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC
   
By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

  Douglas A. Hirsch, Managing Member
DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

/S/ DOUGLAS A. HIRSCH

Douglas A. Hirsch, individually

Dated: February 14, 2011