Applix Inc /MA/ - Amended tender offer statement by Third Party (SC TO-T/A)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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SCHEDULE TO
Amendment No. 4

 

(Rule 14d-100)

 

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

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

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APPLIX, INC.

(Name of subject company (Issuer))

 

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COGNOS INCORPORATED
COGNOS CORPORATION

DIMENSION ACQUISITION CORP.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

 

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Common Stock, $0.0025 par value per share		038316105
(Title of classes of securities)		(CUSIP number of common stock)

 

W. John Jussup

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Cognos Incorporated

3755 Riverside Drive

P.O. Box 9707, Station T

Ottawa, ON, Canada

K1G 4K9

[phone]

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of Filing Persons)

 

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Copies to:

 

Kevin M. Barry, Esq.

Bingham McCutchen LLP

150 Federal Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1726

[phone]

 

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CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation(1)		Amount of Filing Fee(2)
$286,789,447		$8,804

 

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(1)	Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. Transaction value derived by multiplying 16,048,654 (number of shares of common stock of subject company outstanding as of August 31, 2007 (according to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 4, 2007, by and among the subject company, Cognos Incorporated and Dimension Acquisition Corp., filed with the Cognos Incorporated Form 8-K filed on September 5, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission) by $17.87 (the purchase price per share offered by Offeror). This amount is based upon an estimate of the maximum number of shares to be purchased pursuant to the tender offer at the tender offer price of $17.87 per Share.
(2)	The amount of the filing fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by multiplying the transaction valuation by 0.0000307.
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:		$8,804		Filing Party:		Cognos Incorporated, Cognos Corporation and Dimension Acquisition Corp.
Form of Registration No.:		Schedule TO		Date Filed:		September 18, 2007

 

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

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

x                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

 

x                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

 

 

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	1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Cognos Incorporated I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
	2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
		(a)	o
		(b)	o
	3	SEC USE ONLY
	4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) N/A
	5	CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)   o
	6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Canada
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7	SOLE VOTING POWER 16,650,771
				8	SHARED VOTING POWER 0
				9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 16,650,771
				10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
	11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON - 16,650,771
	12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)   o
	13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN  ROW (11) (See Instructions) 100%
	14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO

 

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This Amendment No. 4 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this “Amendment”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2007, amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed on September 18, 2007 (the “Statement”) as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated October 9, 2007, Amendment No. 2, dated October 17, 2007, and Amendment No. 3, dated October 18, 2007, and relates to the offer by Dimension Acquisition Corp. (“Offeror”), a Massachusetts corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Cognos Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada (“Parent”) to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, $0.0025 par value per share and the associated preferred stock purchase rights (together, the “Shares”) of Applix, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $17.87 per Share, net to the seller in cash without interest thereon, less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated September 18, 2007 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, and any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase.

 

The Offer is made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 4, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Offeror, Parent and the Company.

 

The information in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated in this Amendment by reference to all of the applicable items in the Statement, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

 

Item 8. Interest in Securities of the Company.

 

Item 8 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following text thereto:

 

“The subsequent offering period of the Offer terminated at 11:30 p.m., New York City time, on October 25, 2007 as a result of the merger. In the Offer, an aggregate of approximately 14,765,530 million Shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn, representing approximately 89.9% of the outstanding Shares. Offeror has accepted for payment all tendered Shares. Through the exercise of the irrevocable option to purchase that number of Shares equal to the lowest number of Shares that, when added to the number of Shares owned by Offeror at the time of such exercise, would constitute one share more than 90% of the Shares then outstanding (as described more fully in the Offer to Purchase), Parent and Offeror collectively own in excess of 90% of the outstanding Shares.”

 

Item 11. Additional Information.

 

Item 11 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by including the following:

 

“On October 25, 2007, Parent announced the that the subsequent offering period terminated at 11:30 p.m., New York City time, on October 25, 2007 as a result of the merger. In the Offer, an aggregate of approximately 14,765,530 million Shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn, representing approximately 89.9% of the outstanding Shares. Offeror has accepted for payment all tendered Shares. On October 25th, through the exercise of the irrevocable option to purchase that number of Shares equal to the lowest number of Shares that, when added to the number of Shares owned by Offeror at the time of such exercise, would constitute one share more than 90% of the Shares then outstanding (as described more fully in the Offer to Purchase), Parent and Offeror collectively owned in excess of 90% of the outstanding Shares.

 

On October 25, 2007, Parent also announced that the second step merger of Offeror with and into the Company occurred on October 25, 2007 and the Company is now an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.”

 

Items 12. Exhibits.

 

Item 12 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:

 

“(a)(5)(iv)    Press Release issued on October 25, 2007.”

 

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After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

DIMENSION ACQUISITION CORP.
By:	/s/  TOM MANLEY
Name:	Tom Manley
Title:	President and Treasurer
COGNOS CORPORATION
By:	/s/  W. JOHN JUSSUP
Name:	W. John Jussup
Title:	Director
COGNOS INCORPORATED
By:	/s/  ROBERT G. ASHE
Name:	Robert G. Ashe
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: October 25, 2007

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
(a)(5)(iv)		Press Release issued on October 25, 2007.

 

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