UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE TO
NRG ENERGY, INC.
XCEL ENERGY INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01
PER SHARE, OF NRG ENERGY, INC.
XCEL ENERGY INC.
800 NICOLLET MALL
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
(612) 330-5500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
Copies to:
ROBERT A. YOLLES, ESQ.
PETER D. CLARKE, ESQ.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 782-3939
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
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 Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, as initially filed on March 13, 2002 and as amended on March 18, March 27, and April 3, 2002 (as previously amended and amended hereby, the “Schedule TO”) by Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Xcel Energy”), and NRG Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy (the “Purchaser”), relating to the offer by Xcel Energy, on behalf of and as agent for the Purchaser, to exchange 0.5000 of a share of Xcel Energy common stock, par value $2.50 per share, including the associated share purchase rights, for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of NRG Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Xcel Energy’s prospectus, dated April 3, 2002, as amended and supplemented by Xcel Energy’s prospectus supplement, dated April 4, 2002, and in the related letter of transmittal (as they may be amended or supplemented), copies of each of which have been filed as an Exhibit to the Schedule TO.
ITEMS 1 to 11
Items 1 to 11 of the Schedule TO are hereby amended and restated as set forth below:
“The information set forth in the prospectus, dated April 3, 2002, as amended and supplemented by Xcel Energy’s prospectus supplement, dated April 4, 2002, and the related letter of transmittal, is incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 1 to 11 of this Schedule TO.”
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
The reference to Exhibit (a)(1) to the Schedule TO is amended and restated as set forth below:
(a)(1) Prospectus dated April 3, 2002 and the Prospectus Supplement thereto dated April 4, 2002 (each of which is incorporated by reference from Xcel Energy’s Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-84264) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2002).
Item 12 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:
(a)(10) Press release of Xcel Energy announcing increase in exchange ratio and extension of the offer deadline, dated April 4, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.40 to Xcel Energy’s Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-84264) filed with the SEC on April 4, 2002).
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.
| XCEL ENERGY INC. |
| By: /S/ EDWARD J. MCINTYRE |
Edward J. McIntyre Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| NRG ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC |
| By: /S/ PAUL E. PENDER |
Paul E. Pender Treasurer |
Dated the 4th day of April, 2002
(a)(10) Press release of Xcel Energy announcing increase in exchange ratio and extension of the offer deadline, dated April 4, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.40 to Xcel Energy’s Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-84264) filed with the SEC on April 4, 2002).