SC TO-C
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2005
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
(Name of Filing Person (offeror))
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
03074K100
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Christopher A. Montague, Esq.
P.O. Box 1, Toronto Dominion Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1A2
with a copy to:
Lee Meyerson, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 455-2000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
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Check 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:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1 |
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4 |
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3 |
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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: o
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Exhibit 99.1 includes Ameritrade Holding Corporations (Ameritrade) amended Preliminary Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed November 23, 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), which further amends, in response to comments from the SEC, the amended Ameritrade
Preliminary Proxy Statement filed previously on November 23, 2005 with the SEC relating to the Special Meeting
of Stockholders to be held in connection with the approval of certain matters related to the
acquisition by Ameritrade of the U.S. retail securities brokerage business of TD Waterhouse Group,
Inc. The Preliminary Proxy Statement includes a
discussion of a proposed tender offer for Ameritrade common stock to be undertaken by The
Toronto-Dominion Bank (and J. Joe Ricketts, if he elects to participate) should the acquisition of
TD Waterhouse be completed.
The attached document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to,
statements relating to anticipated financial and operating results, TD Bank Financial Groups
plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements including words such as
anticipate, believe, plan, estimate, expect, intend, will, should, may, and other
similar expressions. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of TD
Bank Financial Groups management and involve a number of significant risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. The following factors, among others, could cause or contribute to such material
differences: change in general economic conditions; the performance of financial markets and
interest rates; the possibility that the transaction does not close when expected or at all, or
that the companies may be required to modify aspects of the transaction to achieve regulatory
approval; that prior to the closing of the proposed transaction, the businesses of the companies
suffer due to uncertainty; that TD Ameritrade is unable to transition customers, successfully
execute its integration strategies, or achieve planned synergies; that the parties are unable to
accurately forecast the anticipated financial results of TD Ameritrade following the transaction;
that TD Ameritrade is unable to compete successfully in this highly competitive and rapidly
changing marketplace; that TD Ameritrade is unable to retain employees that are key to the
operations of the combined business; that TD Ameritrade is unable to identify and realize future
consolidation and growth opportunities; the risk of new and changing regulation in the U.S. and
Canada; acts of terrorism; and war or political instability. Additional factors that could cause
TD Bank Financial Groups results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements can be found in TD Bank Financial Groups Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2004, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 13, 2004 and is available at the Securities and Exchange Commissions Internet site
(http://www.sec.gov).
The tender offer for outstanding shares of Ameritrade common stock described in the exhibit
incorporated herein has not commenced. At the time the tender offer is commenced, The Toronto-
Dominion Bank and J. Joe Ricketts, if he participates in the tender offer, will file a tender offer
statement
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on Schedule TO with the SEC, and Ameritrade will file a solicitation/recommendation
statement on Schedule 14D-9. 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 Ameritrades security holders should read carefully before any
decision is made with respect to the tender offer. Those materials will be made available to
Ameritrades security holders at no expense to them. In addition, all of those materials (and all
other offer documents filed with the SEC in connection with the tender offer) will be available at
no charge on the SECs web site at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to The Toronto-Dominion
Bank, c/o TD Bank Financial Group, 66 Wellington Street West, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, Attention:
Investor Relations (416) 308-9030.