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Bankboston Corp – ‘SC 13D’ on 10/20/95 re: Boston Bancorp

As of:  Friday, 10/20/95   ·   Accession #:  950109-95-4239   ·   File #:  5-36743

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10/20/95  Bankboston Corp                   SC 13D                 3:238K Boston Bancorp                    Donnelley R R & S… 01/FA

General Statement of Beneficial Ownership   —   Schedule 13D
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: SC 13D      General Statement of Beneficial Ownership             15     46K 
 2: EX-2        Agreement and Plan of Reorganization                  63    248K 
 3: EX-99       Stock Option Agreement                                14     50K 


SC 13D   —   General Statement of Beneficial Ownership
Document Table of Contents

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11st Page   -   Filing Submission
"Common Stock
3Item 1. Security and Issuer
"Item 2. Identity and Background
4Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
"Item 4. Purpose of Transactions
8Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
"Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
9Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ________) The Boston Bancorp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 100548106 ---------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Gary A. Spiess, General Counsel and Clerk Bank of Boston Corporation, 100 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (617)434-2870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) October 10, 1995 ---------------------------------------- (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(bX3) or (4), check the following box [_]. Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [X]. (A fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.) Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D ----------------------- --------------------- CUSIP NO. 100548106 PAGE 2 OF 10 PAGES --- --- ----------------------- --------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 1 Bank of Boston Corporation 04-2471221 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS 4 WC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 5 ITEMS 2(b) OR 2(e) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF 1,038,420 SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING 1,038,420 PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 1,038,420 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 16.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 HC. CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
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Page 3 of 10 Item 1. Security and Issuer This statement relates to the common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of The Boston Bancorp., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"). The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 460 West Broadway, South Boston, Massachusetts 02127. Item 2. Identity and Background (a)-(c) and (f) This statement is being filed by Bank of Boston Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation ("BKBC"). The principal executive offices of BKBC are located at 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. BKBC is a registered bank holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing a wide variety of financial services to individuals, corporate and institutional customers, governments, and other financial institutions. These services include retail banking, consumer finance, mortgage origination and servicing, domestic corporate and investment banking, leasing, international banking, commercial real estate lending, private banking, trust, correspondent banking, and securities and payments processing. BKBC's principal subsidiary is The First National Bank of Boston, a national banking association. Other major banking subsidiaries of BKBC are Bank of Boston Connecticut and Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank. Information as to each of the executive officers and directors of BKBC is set forth on Schedule I hereto. Each of such persons is a citizen of the United States. (d) During the last five years, neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
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Page 4 of 10 (e) During the last five years, neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration As more fully described in Item 4 below, pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement (as defined below), BKBC will have the right, upon the occurrence of specified events, to purchase up to 1,308,420 shares of Common Stock from the Company at a price of $33.00 per share. Should BKBC purchase Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Option Agreement, BKBC intends to finance such purchase from one or more of the following sources: the use of cash; the liquidation of securities held by BKBC; the dividending of cash from BKBC subsidiaries; or additional debt or equity financings. Item 4. Purpose of Transactions On October 10, 1995, BKBC and the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of BKBC to be organized under Massachusetts law (the "Merger Subsidiary"), will be merged into the Company (the "Merger"), and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BKBC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Company Common Stock outstanding at the effective time of the Merger, other than shares (i) held by dissenting stockholders; (ii) held directly or indirectly by BKBC, except in a fiduciary capacity; or (iii) held by the Company as treasury stock, will be converted into the number of shares of common stock, par value $2.25 per
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Page 5 0f 10 share, of BKBC ("BKBC Common Stock") equal to the Conversion Number. The Conversion Number shall be equal to the quotient of dividing (i) the sum of (A) the Adjusted Net Worth of the Company as of the close of business on the Measurement Date, (B) $40,640,806.00, (C) the product of $40,000.00 and the number of days after the Measurement Date to and including the Closing Date, and (D) the aggregate exercise price of all options to purchase Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Measurement Date, by (ii) the product of (A) Average Closing Price, and (B) the sum of the number of shares of Company Common Stock and options to purchase Company Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Measurement Date. A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference and the summary contained herein of its provisions is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein are defined in the Merger Agreement. The Company will be the surviving corporation of the Merger and will continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Massachusetts. The directors and officers of the surviving corporation will be the directors and officers of the Merger Subsidiary immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger. The Articles of Organization and By-Laws of the surviving corporation will be the Articles of Organization and By-Laws of the Company in effect at the effective time of the Merger. The authorized capital stock of the Company after the effective time of the Merger shall be as stated in the Articles of Organization of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time. Consummation of the Merger is subject to approval of the Company's stockholders, receipt of regulatory approvals, completion by the Company of certain specified preclosing transactions and certain other conditions customary in transactions of this nature. The preclosing transaction to be completed by the Company include among others the conversion of most of the
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Page 6 of 10 Company's $1.6 billion investment portfolio into cash equivalents for reinvestment by BKBC after the closing, and the sale of the Company's $130 million multifamily and commercial real estate loan portfolio. Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, on October 10, 1995, BKBC and the Company entered into a Stock Option Agreement (the "Stock Option Agreement"). A copy of the Stock Option Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference and the following summary of its provisions herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock Option Agreement. Pursuant to the Stock Option Agreement, the Company granted BKBC an option (the "Option") to purchase, subject to adjustment in certain events, up to 1,038,420 authorized but unissued shares (the "Option Shares") of Common Stock for $33.00 per share. The Option becomes exercisable in whole or in part, after the occurrence of the following events: (i) (a) the Company or any of its subsidiaries enters into an agreement to engage in, or the Company's Board of Directors recommends approval of, (X) a merger or consolidation, or any similar transaction, (Y) an acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries or (Z) an acquisition of 10% or more of the voting power of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, in each case with any person other than BKBC or its subsidiaries, or (b) any person, other than BKBC or its subsidiaries or the Company in a fiduciary capacity, acquires beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (if such person owned less than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock as of the date of the Stock Option Agreement), or any person shall have acquired beneficial ownership of an additional three percent (3%) of the outstanding shares of common stock (if such person owned 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock as of the date of the Stock Option Agreement), or (c) any person, other than BKBC or its subsidiaries, publicly proposes any acquisition transaction described in clause (a) above (an "Acquisition Transaction"), or (d) after any person, other than BKBC or its subsidiaries, has proposed an
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Page 7 of 10 Acquisition Transaction, the Company breaches certain covenants or obligations in the Merger Agreement and such breach (X) would entitle BKBC to terminate the Merger Agreement and (Y) is not remedied before the date of BKBC's notice to the Company exercising the Option, or (e) any person, other than BKBC or its subsidiaries, without BKBC's consent, files an application or notice with any federal or state bank regulatory authority to engage in an Acquisition Transaction, and (ii) (a) any person acquires beneficial ownership of 17.5% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock, or (b) any of the events described in clause (a) of paragraph (i) above occurs, except that the percentage referenced in clause (Z) shall be 17.5%. The Stock Option Agreement specifies the procedures for exercise of the Option upon the occurrence of such events. The Option will no longer be exercisable upon the earliest of (i) the effective time of the Acquisition Merger, (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement if termination occurs before an Initial Triggering Event (as defined in the Stock Option Agreement) and (iii) nine months after the Merger Agreement is terminated if termination occurs after an Initial Triggering Event. As more fully set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, (i) the Company has a right of first refusal under specified circumstances with respect to certain proposed dispositions by BKBC of the Option Shares, (ii) the Company has the right to purchase Option Shares held by BKBC under certain circumstances, and (iii) BKBC (or a subsequent holder of the Option or Option Shares) has the right under specified circumstances to require the Company to repurchase the Option or Option Shares. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. If the Merger is consummated, the number of holders of record of Common Stock will fall below 300 persons and the Common Stock will become eligible for deregistration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act.
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Page 8 of 10 Except as set forth in this Item 4, the Merger Agreement or the Stock Option Agreement, neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has any plans or proposals which relate to or which would result in any of the actions specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer (a)-(b) By reason of its execution of the Stock Option Agreement, pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) promulgated under the Exchange Act, BKBC may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the Common Stock subject to the Option and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own 1,038,420 shares of Common Stock, or approximately 16.6% of the Common Stock outstanding on September 30, 1995 assuming exercise of the Option. Except as set forth above, neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, owns any Common Stock. (c) Neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has effected any transaction in the Common Stock during the past 60 days. (d) So long as BKBC has not purchased the Common Stock subject to the Option, BKBC does not have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any of the Common Stock. (e) Inapplicable. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer As noted above, the Merger Agreement provides for certain specified preclosing transactions by the Company and contains certain customary restrictions on the conduct of the business of the Company pending the Merger, including certain customary restrictions relating to the Common Stock. Except as provided in the Merger Agreement or the Stock Option Agreement or as set forth herein, neither BKBC nor, to the best of BKBC's knowledge, any of
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Page 9 of 10 the individuals named in Schedule I hereto, has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Company, including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies. Item 7. Material to be filed as Exhibits Exhibit 2 -- Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 10, 1995, between Bank of Boston Corporation and The Boston Bancorp. Exhibit 99 -- Stock Option Agreement, dated as of October 10, 1995, between Bank of Boston Corporation and The Boston Bancorp.
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Page 10 of 10 SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION By: /s/ Gary A. Spiess --------------------- Gary A. Spiess General Counsel and Clerk Dated: October 20, 1995
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SCHEDULE I ---------- DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVES OFFICERS OF BANK OF BOSTON CORPORATION The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment, and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of each of the directors and executive officers of Bank of Boston Corporation ("BKBC") is set forth below. If no business address is given, the director's or officer's address is Bank of Boston Corporation, 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. Each of the persons listed below with an asterisk following his or her name is a director of BKBC. [Download Table] Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Name and Principal Business of Corporation Business Address in which Employment is Conducted ---------------- -------------------------------- Guilliaem Aertsen IV Group Executive, Global Capital Markets & Real Estate Melville E. Blake III Executive Director, Strategic Planning Wayne A. Budd* Senior Partner Exchange Place Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar (law firm) Boston, MA 02109 Robert L. Champion, Jr. Executive Director, Corporate Administrative Services Barbara F. Clark Group Executive, Media & Communications Edward P. Collins Group Executive, US Corporate Banking, Leasing & Asset Based Lending William F. Connell* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer One International Place Connell Limited Partnership (metals Boston, MA 02110 recycling and manufacture of industrial products)
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[Enlarge/Download Table] Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Name and Principal Business of Corporation Business Address in which Employment is Conducted ---------------- -------------------------------- Gary L. Countryman* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 175 Berkeley Street Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Boston, MA 02117 Helen G. Drinan Executive Director of Human Resources Alice F. Emerson* Senior Fellow, The Andrew W. Mellon 140 East 62nd Street Foundation; President Emerita of New York, NY 10021 Wheaton College Robert E. Gallery Group Executive, NE Large Corporate Banking & NE Corporate Banking, CT, RI Charles K. Gifford* Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Susan P. Haney Group Executive, The Private Bank Paul F. Hogan Executive Director, Credit & Loan Review Thomas J. Hollister Group Executive, Retail & Small Business Ira Jackson Executive Director, External Affairs Robert T. Jefferson Comptroller David W. Kruger Group Executive, Global Products and Marketing & Asia/Pacific Michael R. Lezenski Executive Director, Technology and System Services, Chief Technology Officer Mark A. MacLennan Group Executive, Multinational, Europe, Central America/Caribbean, International Financial Institutions and International Private Banking Peter J. Manning Executive Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, Audit & Risk Review Donald F. McHenry* University Research Professor of Diplomacy School of Foreign Services and International Relations, Georgetown University, Room 301 Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057
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[Download Table] Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Name and Principal Business of Corporation Business Address in which Employment is Conducted ---------------- -------------------------------- David E. McKown Group Executive, Entrepreneurial Lending Henrique Meirelles Regional Manager, Brazil J. Donald Monan, S.J.* President of Boston College 18 Old Colony Road Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 Joanne E. Nuzzo Executive Director, Banking Operations Paul C. O'Brien* President of The O'Brien Group, Inc. One International Place 30th Fl. Boston, MA 02110 Edward A. O'Neal Vice Chairman William H. Ott Group Executive, Consumer Finance Joe K. Pickett Group Executive, Mortgage Banking Richard A. Remis Group Executive, NE Corporate Banking-MA & NH, Financial Institutions John W. Rowe* President and Chief Executive Officer of 25 Research Drive New England Electric System Westborough, MA 01581 Manuel R. Sacerdote Regional Manager, Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) Willliam J. Shea Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard A. Smith* Chairman of the Board of Harcourt General 27 Boylston Street Inc., (a diversified company engaged in Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 international, executive outplacement and the exhibition of motion pictures) and The Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc. (retail specialty stores) Gary A. Spiess General Counsel and Clerk
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[Download Table] Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Name and Principal Business of Corporation Business Address in which Employment is Conducted ---------------- -------------------------------- Susannah M. Swihart Group Executive, Specialized Finance William C. Van Faasen* President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue 100 Summer Street 01-31 Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (non-profit Boston, MA 02110 (non-profit health services company) Eliot N. Vestner Executive Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Bradford H. Warner Group Executive, Treasury Thomas B. Wheeler* President and Chief Executive Officer of 1295 State Street Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Springfield, MA 02111 Alfred M. Zeien* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Prudential Tower Building Gillette Company (manufacturer of consumer products) Boston, MA 02199 __________________________ * Director of BKBC
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Exhibit 2 -- Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 10, 1995 between Bank of Boston Corporation and The Boston Bancorp 99 -- Stock Option Agreement, dated as of October 10, 1995 between Bank of Boston Corporation and The Boston Bancorp

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