SEC Comment Letter for TIM Hellas Telecommunications S.A. (CIK 0001060964) — Sep 29, 2005
TIM Hellas Telecommunications S.A. (CIK 0001060964)
Date: Sept. 29, 2005 · CIK: 0001060964 · Accession: 0000000000-05-050431
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September 29, 2005
Via Facsimile ((011-44) 207-600-1698) and U.S. Mail
William A. Groll, Esq.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
City Place House
55 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5EH
England
RE: TIM Hellas Telecommunications S.A.
Amended Schedule 13E-3
Filed September 27, 2005
File No. 005-50602
Dear Mr. Groll:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental information so we may better understand your
disclosure.
After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise
additional
comments.
Schedule 13E-3
Special Factors
Background and Description of the Transaction, page 6
1. We note your added disclosure that states "no member of the
Buyer
Group has any knowledge of any competing bids received by TIM
International for its stake in TIM Hellas" provided in response to
comment 8. Please clarify whether either of TIM Hellas
Telecommunications or Mr. Kominakis, as filing persons, had any
knowledge of any such competing bids and, if so, describe the bids
and their terms.
Recommendation of the Board of Directors, page 11
2. Please disclose the substance of your response to comment 18.
Opinion of Morgan Stanley, page 13
3. We reissue comment 20. Please disclose the entire financial
projections provided to Morgan Stanley.
4. We reissue comment 23 in part. Please revise to disclose the
data
underlying the results of the discounted cash flow analysis as
previously requested.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, page 16
5. We reissue comment 24 in part. Please disclose the industry
averages used as perpetual growth rates and discount rates.
Analysis of Precedent Transactions, page 17
6. We reissue comment 26 in part. Quantify the compensation
received
or to be received as a result of the relationship between Morgan
Stanley or its affiliates and any of the filing persons (as
described
in our previous comment and your disclosure) in terms more
concrete
than "notable" or "not significant."
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Please amend your Schedule 13E-3 in response to these
comments
promptly. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the
amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter
with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed cover
letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we
may
have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and
responses
to our comments.
Please contact the undersigned at (202) 551-3619 or, in his
absence, Pam Carmody, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3265 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Daniel F. Duchovny
Attorney-Advisor
Office of Mergers and
Acquisitions
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William A. Groll, Esq.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
September 29, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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