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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION
14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
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COMPANIA ANONIMA NACIONAL TELEFONOS DE VENEZUELA (CANTV)
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
NATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VENEZUELA (CANTV)
(Translation of Name of Issuer Into English)
COMPANIA ANONIMA NACIONAL TELEFONOS DE VENEZUELA (CANTV)
(Name of Filing Person (Issuer and Offeror))
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
(EACH REPRESENTING 7 SHARES OF CLASS D COMMON STOCK,
NOMINAL VALUE BS. 36.90182224915 PER SHARE)
(Title of Class of Securities)
204421101 (ADSs)
(CUSIP Number)
Armando Yanes, Chief Financial Officer
Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV)
Avenida Libertador
Centro Nacional de Telecomunicaciones
Nuevo Edificio Administrativo
Piso 1, Apartado Postal 1226
Caracas, Venezuela 1010
Telephone: (58) 212-500-6800
Copies to:
Robert W. Mullen, Jr., Esq. and Lawrence Lederman, Esq.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
Telephone: (212) 530-5000
Facsimile: (212) 530-5219
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation Amount of Filing Fee
$595,309,740(1) $119,062(2)
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* Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
was determined.
(1)The transaction value is calculated by multiplying 19,843,658, the amount of
ADSs being sought by the offeror, by $30.00, the offer price per ADS.
(2)The amount of filing fee is calculated by multiplying $595,309,740, the
transaction valuation, by 0.0002.
Amount Previously Paid: $119,062 Filing Party: Compania Anoima Nacional Telefonos de
Venezuela (CANTV)
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO Date Filed: October 24, 2001
[_]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 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: [_]
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This Amendment No. 4 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as
amended hereby, the "Schedule TO") relates to the offer by Compania Anonima
Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV), a company (compania anonima) organized
under the laws of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the "Company") to
purchase for cash 19,843,658 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), representing
in the aggregate 138,905,606 Class D Shares of the Company (the "Class D
Shares"), for $30.00 per ADS, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 24,
2001 (as amended, 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 "U.S. Offer"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Offer to Purchase.
Except as amended herein, the information set forth in the Offer to
Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by
reference with respect to Items 1 through 11 of this Schedule TO.
Item 11. Additional information
Item 11 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the
following text to the end thereof:
On November 23, 2001, the Company issued three press releases announcing
the preliminary results of the Offers. A copy of these press releases are filed
as Exhibits (a)(5)C.-(a)(5)E. to the Schedule TO and are incorporated herein by
reference.
On November 26, 2001, the Company issued a press release announcing the
preliminary results of the successful completion of its U.S. Offer. The Company
also announced preliminary results of the successful completion of its share
repurchase program in Venezuela. A copy of the press release is filed as
Exhibit (a)(5)F. to the Schedule TO and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Exhibits
Exhibit (a)(5)C. Press release issued by the Company, dated November 23,
2001.
Exhibit (a)(5)D. Press release issued by the Company, dated November 23,
2001.
Exhibit (a)(5)E. Press release issued by the Company dated November 23,
2001.
Exhibit (a)(5)F. Press release issued by the Company, dated November 26,
2001.
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.
COMPANIA ANONIMA NACIONAL TELEFONOS
DE VENEZUELA (CANTV)
By: /s/ GUSTAVO ROOSEN
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Name: Gustavo Roosen
Title: President, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Dated: November 26, 2001