SEC Form SC TO-C filed by H&E Equipment Services Inc.

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SC TO-C 1 tm253297d2_sctoc.htm SC TO-C

 

 

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

 

H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

UR MERGER SUB VII CORPORATION

a wholly owned subsidiary of

 

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

 

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

404030108

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Joli Gross

UR Merger Sub VII Corporation

100 Stamford Place, Suite 700

Stamford, CT 06902

(203)-618-7342

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

 

With a copy to:

Francis J. Aquila

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

(212) 558-4000

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

 

Transaction Valuation*   Amount of Filing Fee*
N/A   N/A

 

 

* Pursuant to General Instruction D to Schedule TO, a filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

 

¨ 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:   Not applicable       Filing Party:   Not applicable
         
Form of Registration No.   Not applicable       Date Filed:   Not applicable

 

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: ¨

 

This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer for the outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (“H&E”) by UR Merger Sub VII Corporation (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of United Rentals (North America), Inc. (“URNA”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Rentals, Inc. (“URI”).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

This communication is for information purposes only and not intended to be a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and does not constitute an offer for the sale of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in any jurisdiction, including the United States. Any such offer will only be made by means of a prospectus or offering memorandum, and in compliance with applicable securities laws. At the time the tender offer is commenced, we will file, or will cause to be filed, tender offer materials on Schedule TO with the SEC and H&E will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC, in each case with respect to the tender offer. The tender offer materials (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the solicitation/recommendation statement, as they may be amended from time to time, will contain important information that should be read carefully when they become available and considered before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials and all other documents filed by, or caused to be filed by, URI and H&E with the SEC will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The tender offer materials and related materials also may be obtained for free (when available) under the “Financials—SEC Filings” section of our investor website at https://investors.unitedrentals.com/, and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and such other documents also may be obtained for free (when available) from H&E under the “Financial Information—SEC Filings” section of H&E’s investor website at https://investor.he-equipment.com/.

 

Item 12. Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1   Transcript of Investor Call, dated January 14, 2025.

 

 

 

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