This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this
Schedule TO
)
relates to the offer by Alphabet Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Purchaser
) and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), to purchase all
outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
Shares
), of Amplify Snack Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), at a price per Share of $12.00 (such price
as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the
Offer Price
), net to the seller in cash, without any interest, but subject to and reduced by any required withholding of taxes upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase (together with any amendments or supplements hereto, the
Offer to Purchase
) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with any amendments or
supplements thereto, the
Letter of Transmittal
and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the
Offer
), which are annexed to and filed with this Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B),
respectively. This Schedule TO is being filed on behalf of Purchaser and Parent. Unless otherwise indicated, references to sections in this Schedule TO are references to sections of the Offer to Purchase. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of December 17, 2017 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the
Merger Agreement
), among Parent, Purchaser and the Company, a copy of which agreement is attached as Exhibit (d)(1) hereto, is incorporated
herein by reference with respect to Items 4 through 11 of this Schedule TO.
ITEM 1.
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SUMMARY TERM SHEET.
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The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase
titled Summary Term Sheet is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2.
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SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION.
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(a) The name of the subject company and the issuer of the
securities subject to the Offer is Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. Its principal executive office is located at 500 West 5th Street, Suite 900, Austin, Texas 78701 and its telephone number is
(512) 600-9893.
(b) This Schedule TO relates to the Shares of the Company. According to the Company, as of December 15, 2017, there were
approximately 76,739,908 Shares outstanding (including 1,271,288 restricted shares).
(c) The information concerning the principal market
in which the Shares are traded and high and low closing prices for the Shares in the principal market in which the Shares are traded set forth in Section 6 (Price Range of Shares; Dividends) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 3.
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IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON.
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(a), (b), (c) The filing companies of this
Schedule TO are Parent and Purchaser (the
Filing Persons
).
Each of Parents and Purchasers principal
executive office is located at 100 Crystal A Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, and the telephone number of each is (717)
534-4200.
The information regarding the Filing Persons set forth in Section 9 (Certain Information Concerning the Filing Persons) of
the Offer to Purchase and
Schedule A
of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4.
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TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION.
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(a) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.
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PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS.
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(a), (b) The information set
forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase titled Summary Term Sheet and Section 8 (Certain Information Concerning the Company), Section 9 (Certain Information Concerning the