Amendment #4 to Issuer Tender Offer

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

Schedule TO

Tender Offer Statement under

Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)

 


 

Hewitt Associates, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 


 

Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Issuer)

(Name of Filing Person (Identifying Status as Offeror, Issuer or Other Person))

 

Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

Class A Common Stock: 42822Q100

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 


 

John M. Ryan

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Hewitt Associates, Inc.

100 Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069

Telephone: (847) 295-5000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized

to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

 


 

Copy to:

Eric Orsic

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606-5096

Telephone: (312) 372-2000

 


 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation*


 

Amount of Filing Fee**


$500,000,000   $15,350

* Calculated solely for purposes of determining the amount of the filing fee. Pursuant to Rule 0-11(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Transaction Valuation was calculated assuming that 15,625,000 shares of class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, are purchased at the maximum possible tender offer price of $32.00 per share.
** The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $30.70 per million of the value of the transaction.

 

x Check 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: $15,350

   Filing Party: Hewitt Associates, Inc.

Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO

   Date Filed: August 8, 2007

 

¨ 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: x

 



This Amendment No. 4 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 8, 2007 as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Tender Offer Statement filed with the Commission on August 24, 2007, Amendment No. 2 to the Tender Offer Statement filed with the Commission on September 6, 2007 and Amendment No. 3 to the Tender Offer Statement filed with the Commission on September 13, 2007 (the “Schedule TO”) by Hewitt Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hewitt” or the “Company”), relating to the tender offer to purchase for cash up to 15,625,000 shares of its class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price not more than $32.00 nor less than $28.75 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated August 8, 2007 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the accompanying letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together, as each may be amended and supplemented from time to time, constitute the tender offer. This Amendment No. 4 is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal were previously filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. The information in the tender offer is incorporated into this Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule TO by reference in response to all of the items in the Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

 

Item 11. Additional Information

 

Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

On September 19, 2007 the Company issued a press release announcing the final results of the tender offer, which expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on September 12, 2007. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(E) to this Schedule TO and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12. Exhibits

 

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

(a)(5)(E) Press Release dated September 19, 2007 announcing final results of the tender offer.


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.

 

        HEWITT ASSOCIATES, INC.

Dated: September 19, 2007

      By:   /s/    JOHN J. PARK        
            Name:   JOHN J. PARK
            Title:   Chief Financial Officer