UNITED STATES
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
X-RITE, INCORPORATED
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
TERMESSOS ACQUISITION CORP.
A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
DANAHER CORPORATION
(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))
COMMON STOCK, $0.10 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
983857103
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Jonathan P. Graham
Senior Vice President - General Counsel
James F. O’Reilly
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W
Washington, D.C. 20037- 1701
(202) 828-0850
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Copies to:
Daniel Wolf, Esq.
Joshua Zachariah, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 446-4800
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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| ¨ | 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. |
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| x | 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:
| x | Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |
| ¨ | 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) |
This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by Termessos Acquisition Corp., a Michigan corporation, (“Merger Sub”), and wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), for all of the outstanding common stock of X-Rite, Incorporated, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), to be commenced pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 10, 2012, among Parent, Merger Sub and the Company.
The Press Release filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock described in this filing has not commenced. At the time the offer is commenced, Parent will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Company will file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, with respect to the offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to the Company’s shareholders at no expense to them. In addition, all of those materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website: www.sec.gov.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated April 10, 2012 | |