As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, February 12, 2014

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 1

to

SCHEDULE TO

 

 

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.

(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))

 

 

COMMON STOCK,

$0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

870875101

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

 

Rudolf Millisits Chief Executive Officer The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 400 New York, NY 10020 (800) 794-7700		With a copy to: Stuart H. Coleman, Esq. Nicole M. Runyan, Esq. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038-4982 (212) 806-5400

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the filing persons)

 

 

Calculation of Filing Fee

 

Transaction Valuation		Amount of Filing Fee
$66,494,050(a)		$8,564.43(b)

 

(a)

Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only. Pursuant to Rule 0-11(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Transaction Value was calculated by multiplying 4,579,480 shares of common stock of the Fund (approximately 15% of the total number of shares outstanding on January 6, 2014) by $14.52 (95% of the net asset value per share of $15.28 as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on January 6, 2014).

(b)	Calculated at $128.80 per $1,000,000 of the Transaction Valuation.

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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 of Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

 

¨	Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before 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: ¨

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

¨	Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

¨	Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

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Introductory Statement

This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) hereby amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO initially filed by The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc., a closed-end management investment company organized as a Delaware corporation (the “Fund”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2014. The Schedule TO relates to an offer by the Fund to purchase for cash up to 4,579,480 of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a price equal to 95% of the net asset value per share of common stock (the “Offer”), determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange, the principal market on which the shares are traded, on February 12, 2014, the business day immediately following the day the Offer expired. The Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated January 13, 2014, and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which were filed as Exhibits to the Schedule TO.

This Amendment is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(3) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Items 1 through 9 and Item 11.

The information in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, previously filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively, is incorporated by reference into this Amendment in answer to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of the Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

Item 10. Financial Statements.

Not applicable.

Item 11. Additional Information.

Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

On February 12, 2014, the Fund issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of the Offer to Purchase, which expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on February 11, 2014. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(iii) to this Schedule TO and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page.

Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.

Not applicable.

 

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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.

 

Dated: February 12, 2014

 

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Exhibit Index

 

(a)(1)(i)		Offer to Purchase, dated January 13, 2014.*
(a)(1)(ii)		Form of Letter of Transmittal (Including IRS Form W-9 and the instructions included therewith).*
(a)(1)(iii)		Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(iv)		Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(v)		Letter to Stockholders of the Fund, dated January 13, 2014.*
(a)(2)		Not applicable.
(a)(5)(i)		Press Release issued by the Fund, dated December 3, 2013.*
(a)(5)(ii)		Press Release issued by the Fund, dated January 13, 2014.*
(a)(5)(iii)		Press Release issued by the Fund, dated February 12, 2014.**
(b)		Not applicable.
(d)		Not applicable.
(g)		Not applicable.
(h)		Not applicable.

 

 

*	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Fund’s Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the SEC on January 13, 2014.

**	Filed herewith.

 

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