Airborne Inc/DE – ‘SC TO-I/A’ on 12/8/03 re: Airborne Inc/DE

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Amendment to Tender-Offer Statement — Issuer Tender Offer   —   Schedule TO
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: SC TO-I/A   Amendment to Tender-Offer Statement -- Issuer          4     15K 
                          Tender Offer -- scheduleto                             
 2: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit -- pressrelease                  2     11K 

SC TO-I/A   —   Amendment to Tender-Offer Statement — Issuer Tender Offer — scheduleto
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
Washington, D.C. 20549  
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SCHEDULE TO 

Amendment No. 5 

Tender Offer Statement  
Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
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AIRBORNE, INC.  
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))  
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AIRBORNE, INC. (issuer) 
DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS B.V. (affiliate of issuer)  
DEUTSCHE POST AG (affiliate of issuer)  
(Names of Filing Persons) 

5.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007 
(Title of Class of Securities)  

009269AA9 and 009269AB7 
(CUSIP Numbers of Class of Securities)  
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AIRBORNE, INC.  
P.O. Box 662  
Seattle, Washington 98112-0662  
206-830-1592  
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized  
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)  
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Copy to:  
D. Rhett Brandon, Esq.  
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP  
425 Lexington Avenue  
New York, New York 10017  
(212) 455-3615  
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE 
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Transaction Valuation*                   Amount of Filing Fee   
$163,533,333                                 $0       
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*    The transaction value shown reflects the cost of purchasing                
  $150,000,000 principal amount of Notes at the purchase price ($1,080 per
$1,000 of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid  
interest up to but excluding December 5, 2003 (the expected date of   
acceptance for purchase and of payment)).                             

[X]  Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule         
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was  
 previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.           

 Amount Previously Paid: $13,230     Filing Party: Airborne, Inc., et al
File Nos: 005-08996 and 005-12227   Dates Filed: 10/15/03, 11/5/03,   
                                                 11/20/03 and 11/24/03

[ ]  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 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: [X]                                                

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This Amendment No. 5 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
filed on October 15, 2003 under cover of Schedule TO ("Schedule TO-I"), as      
amended and restated by Amendment No. 1 filed on November 5, 2003 under cover   
of Schedule TO ("Schedule TO-I/A1"), as amended and further supplemented by     
Amendment No. 2 filed on November 20, 2003 under cover of Schedule TO           
("Schedule TO-I/A2) and Amendment No. 3 filed on November 24, 2003 under        
Schedule TO ("Schedule TO-I/A3"), and as amended and restated by Amendment No.  
4 filed on December 3, 2003 under cover of Schedule TO ("Schedule TO-I/A4,"     
and together with Schedule TO-I, Schedule TO-I/A1, Schedule TO-I/A2 and         
Schedule TO-I/A3, "Schedule TO-I/A"), relating to the Tender Offer (as defined  
therein) made, by Airborne, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for any and all of    
its outstanding 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2007, all subject to the     
terms and conditions of the amended and restated Offer to Purchase and Consent  
Solicitation Statement and the Consent and Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized   
terms used herein but not defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in   
the Schedule TO-I/A.                                                            

Item 11.  Additional Information.                                               

(b) Other material information. The information set forth in Exhibit (a)(11)    
attached hereto is expressly incorporated herein by reference.                  

Item 12.  Exhibits.                                                             

Exhibit No.                          Description                                
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Exhibit (a)(11)     Press release issued by Airborne, Inc. on December 8, 2003. 

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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.                                                                        

Dated:  December 8, 2003               Airborne, Inc.                           

                   By:  /s/ John Fellows
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                          Name: John Fellows
                                  Title: President and Chief
                                           Executive Officer

                        DHL Worldwide Express B.V.

                        By:  /s/ Geoff Cruikshanks
                                           -----------------------------------
                               Name: Geoff Cruikshanks
                                   Title: Authorized Signatory

              Deutsche Post AG

                        By:  /s/ Dr. Bernd Boecken
                                           -----------------------------------
                               Name: Dr. Bernd Boecken
                                        Title: Head of Corporate Finance

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EXHIBIT INDEX 

Exhibit No.                          Description                                
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Exhibit (a)(11)     Press release issued by Airborne, Inc. on December 8, 2003. 

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

				Referenced-On Page
This ‘SC TO-I/A’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
Filed on:		12/8/03		2		4
		12/5/03		1
		12/3/03		2					SC TO-I/A
		11/24/03		2					SC TO-I/A
		11/20/03		2					SC TO-I/A
		11/5/03		2					SC TO-I/A
		10/15/03		2					SC TO-I
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