Transaction Valuation* | Amount of Filing Fee** | ||||
$681,521,712.48 |
$48,592.50 | ||||
* | Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only, in accordance with Rule 0-11(d) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The transaction valuation was calculated by multiplying the offer price of $22.12 per share by 33,810,204, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Shares), of Superior Well Services, Inc. (Superior) outstanding on a fully diluted basis as of August 4, 2010, as represented by Superior in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 6, 2010, with Nabors Industries Ltd. and Diamond Acquisition Corp., which Shares consist of 30,810,204 Shares issued and outstanding, plus 3,000,000 Shares that would be issued upon conversion of the 4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. | |
** | The filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Exchange Act and Fee Rate Advisory #4 for fiscal year 2010, issued December 17, 2009, by multiplying the transaction value of $681,521,712.48 by 0.00007130. |
þ | 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: $48,592.50
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Filing Party: Diamond Acquisition Corp. | |
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
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Date Filed: August 11, 2010 |
o | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
þ | third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. | ||
o | issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. | ||
o | going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. | ||
þ | amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. |
CUSIP No. |
86837X 10 5 |
1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: Nabors Industries Ltd. |
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2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP |
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(a) o | |||||||||||
(b) o | |||||||||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||||||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS: | ||||||||||
OO | |||||||||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) | ||||||||||
o | |||||||||||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: | ||||||||||
Bermuda | |||||||||||
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER: | ||||||||||
NUMBER OF | 0 | ||||||||||
SHARES | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER: | |||||||||
BENEFICIALLY | |||||||||||
OWNED BY | 10,453,985 | ||||||||||
EACH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||||||||
REPORTING | |||||||||||
PERSON | 0 | ||||||||||
WITH | 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||||||||
10,453,985 | |||||||||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: | ||||||||||
10,453,985 | |||||||||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ||||||||||
o | |||||||||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): | ||||||||||
33.9% | |||||||||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: | ||||||||||
OO (Bermuda exempt company) |
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CUSIP No. |
86837X 10 5 |
1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: |
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Diamond Acquisition Corp. | |||||||||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP |
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(a) o | |||||||||||
(b) o | |||||||||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||||||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS: | ||||||||||
OO | |||||||||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) | ||||||||||
o | |||||||||||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: | ||||||||||
Delaware | |||||||||||
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER: | ||||||||||
NUMBER OF | 0 | ||||||||||
SHARES | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER: | |||||||||
BENEFICIALLY | |||||||||||
OWNED BY | 10,453,985 | ||||||||||
EACH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||||||||
REPORTING | |||||||||||
PERSON | 0 | ||||||||||
WITH | 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: | |||||||||
10,453,985 | |||||||||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: | ||||||||||
10,453,985 | |||||||||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ||||||||||
o | |||||||||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11): | ||||||||||
33.9% | |||||||||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: | ||||||||||
CO (Delaware corporation) |
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(1) | The second paragraph that appears on page 33 of the Offer to Purchase under the heading Source and Amount of Funds is amended and restated to read as follows: | ||
Nabors expects to provide sufficient funds to Offeror to satisfy the foregoing financial obligations in the form of a capital contribution. Offeror has no alternative financing arrangements or alternative financing plans. Nabors anticipates funding the purchase of all outstanding Shares and paying related fees and expenses from cash on hand and by issuing additional indebtedness or debt securities. In the alternative, Nabors may draw upon a revolving credit facility, as described herein. | |||
(2) | The following paragraphs shall be added after the second paragraph that appears on page 33 of the Offer to Purchase under the heading Source and Amount of Funds: | ||
Nabors expects to fund the purchase of all outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger and to pay related fees and expenses from cash on hand and by its wholly owned subsidiary, Nabors Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Nabors Delaware), issuing in a private placement additional debt securities in an aggregate principal amount approximating $600 million. The debt is expected to be unsecured, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Nabors, and to have registration rights. It is anticipated that the debt will be resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to certain investors outside of the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. The interest rate on the debt is not yet known, but it is anticipated that interest will be payable semi-annually each year, beginning in 2011. | |||
The debt is expected to be unsecured and junior in right of payment to any of Nabors Delawares future secured debt. The debt is also expected to rank equally with any of Nabors Delawares other existing and future unsubordinated debt and to be senior in right of payment to any of Nabors Delawares future subordinated debt. Nabors guarantee of debt is expected to be unsecured and to rank equal in right of payment to all of Nabors unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. | |||
This Offer to Purchase shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the debt securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Any such offering, if made, will be pursuant to an offering memorandum. Such debt securities, if offered, will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. | |||
In addition, Nabors Delaware received commitment letters with respect to a revolving credit facility from UBS Loan Finance LLC, Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Mizuho Corporate Bank (USA), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Bank of America, NA, PNC Bank, National Association, The Bank of Nova Scotia and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (collectively, Lenders). The commitment letters relate to an aggregate principal amount of $700 million. In addition, the facility would provide Nabors the option to add other lenders and increase the aggregate principal amount of commitments up to $850 million. The revolving credit facility is expected to mature in four years. | |||
Nabors expects borrowings under this facility to bear interest, at Nabors Delawares option, at either (x) the Base Rate (as defined below) plus the applicable interest margin, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days and payable quarterly in arrears or (y) interest periods of one, two, three or six months at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for the corresponding deposits of U.S. dollars, plus the applicable interest margin. The Base Rate would be defined, for any day, as a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the prime commercial lending rate of UBS AG, as established from time to time at its Stamford Branch and (iii) LIBOR for an interest period of one |
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month beginning on such day plus 1%. Nabors expects the revolving credit facility to contain representations, warranties, covenants and conditions customary to credit facilities of this nature. | |||
The foregoing summary of the proposed revolving credit facility is qualified in its entirety by reference to the term sheet that is an exhibit to the Lenders commitment letters, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit (d)(3) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO that Nabors and Offeror have filed with the SEC, which you may examine and copy as set forth in Section 9 Information Concerning Nabors and Offeror. Nabors, Nabors Delaware and the Lenders have not finalized any definitive arrangements or plans with respect to the proposed revolving credit facility. Nabors expects that the funds from any such revolving credit facility would result in net proceeds, together with Nabors cash on hand, sufficient to purchase all outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer and Merger and to pay related fees and expenses. Nabors can provide no assurance as to when, or if, such revolving credit facility may be entered into. | |||
(3) | The following paragraph shall be added after the first paragraph that appears on page 37 of the Offer to Purchase under the heading Legal Matters; Required Regulatory Approvals: | ||
Pursuant to the HSR Act, on August 13, 2010, Nabors filed a Premerger Notification and Report Form with the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with the purchase of Shares in the Offer and the Merger. The 15-calendar day waiting period, as described above, expired on August 30, 2010. |
(a)(1)(A)
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Offer to Purchase, dated August 11, 2010.(1) | |
(a)(1)(B)
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Form of Letter of Transmittal.(1) | |
(a)(1)(C)
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.(1) | |
(a)(1)(D)
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Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.(1) | |
(a)(1)(E)
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Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.(1) | |
(a)(1)(F)
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IRS Form W-9.(1) | |
(a)(5)(A)
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Press Release Issued by Nabors and Superior, dated August 9, 2010, announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement by and among Nabors, Offeror and Superior (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(1)
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 6, 2010, by and among Nabors, Offeror and Superior (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(2)
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Tender and Voting Agreement, by and among Nabors, Offeror and certain stockholder signatories thereto, dated as of August 6, 2010 (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(3)
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Principal Terms and Conditions of Revolving Credit Facility. | |
(d)(4)
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Press Release Issued by Nabors and Superior, dated September 1, 2010, announcing that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired without a request for additional information. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference from the Initial Schedule TO, filed by Nabors and Offeror with the SEC on August 11, 2010. |
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NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD. |
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By: | /s/ Mark D. Andrews | |||
Name: | Mark D. Andrews | |||
Title: | Corporate Secretary | |||
DIAMOND ACQUISITION CORP. |
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By: | /s/ Jose S. Cadena | |||
Name: | Jose S. Cadena | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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(a)(1)(A)
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Offer to Purchase, dated August 11, 2010.(1) | |
(a)(1)(B)
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Form of Letter of Transmittal.(1) | |
(a)(1)(C)
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.(1) | |
(a)(1)(D)
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Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.(1) | |
(a)(1)(E)
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Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.(1) | |
(a)(1)(F)
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IRS Form W-9.(1) | |
(a)(5)(A)
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Press Release Issued by Nabors and Superior, dated August 9, 2010, announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement by and among Nabors, Offeror and Superior (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(1)
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 6, 2010, by and among Nabors, Offeror and Superior (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(2)
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Tender and Voting Agreement, by and among Nabors, Offeror and certain stockholder signatories thereto, dated as of August 6, 2010 (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K filed by Nabors on August 9, 2010). | |
(d)(3)
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Principal Terms and Conditions of Revolving Credit Facility. | |
(d)(4)
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Press Release Issued by Nabors and Superior, dated September 1, 2010, announcing that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired without a request for additional information. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference from the Initial Schedule TO, filed by Nabors and Offeror with the SEC on August 11, 2010. |
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