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FOSTER L B CO M&A Activity 2010

Jun 29, 2010

33376_rns_2010-06-29_5ee9144e-259e-4b7f-8bad-c5e0a5e10f0b.zip

M&A Activity

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 10)

PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (issuer))

FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY

(offeror)

a wholly-owned subsidiary of

L.B. FOSTER COMPANY

(parent of offeror)

(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share (Title of Class of Securities)

736212101 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

David Voltz L.B. Foster Company 415 Holiday Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220 (412)-928-3417 (Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

with a copy to:

Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Esq. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC One Oxford Centre 301 Grant Street, 20th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 562-8800

Calculation of Filing Fee

Transaction valuation* Amount of Filing Fee**
$114,067,450 $8,133

| * | Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only, in accordance with Rule
0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The calculation of
the transaction valuation assumes a purchase price of $11.71 per share and the purchase of
9,741,029 shares of Portec common stock, which
is represented by (i) 9,602,029 outstanding shares of common stock; and (ii) 139,000 shares of
common stock that were issuable with respect to all outstanding options, in each case as provided
by Portec, as of the most recent practicable date. |
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| ** | The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Section 14(g)(3) of the Exchange
Act, and equals $71.30 per million dollars of the transaction valuation amount. |

þ 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: $8,133 Filing Party: L.B. Foster Company and Foster Thomas Company
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-T Date Filed: February 26, 2010

o 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:

þ third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
o issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o 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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This Amendment No. 10 (“Amendment No. 10”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2010, as amended (the “Schedule TO”), by (i) Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation (the “Purchaser”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (“Parent”), and (ii) Parent. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Shares”), of Portec Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (“Portec”), at a purchase price of $11.71 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding or stock transfer taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated February 26, 2010 (which, together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 10 have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule TO or the Offer to Purchase. This Amendment No. 10 is being filed on behalf of the Purchaser and Parent. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule TO, the information contained in the Offer to Purchase, including all schedules and annexes thereto, is hereby expressly incorporated by reference in answers to Items 1 through 11 of the Schedule TO and is supplemented by the information specifically provided for herein.

Item 11. Additional Information .

Item 11(a)(5) of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraph:

“On June 24, the Court of Common Please of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has dissolved the preliminary injunction issued on April 21, 2010, which had enjoined the completion of L.B. Foster’s offer to purchase all of the outstanding Shares of Portec.”

Item 11 of the Schedule TO is further amended and supplemented to include the following:

The following paragraph is added to the end of Section 15 — “Legal Matters; Required Regulatory Approvals” — “Federal Antitrust Laws” of the Offer to Purchase:

“On June 28, 2010, L.B. Foster issued a press release announcing that the Antitrust Division has informally raised antitrust concerns to L.B. Foster’s proposed acquisition of Portec. The Antitrust Division has expressed concern that the proposed acquisition may have a potentially anti-competitive effect with respect to the merged company’s rail joint business. As a condition to the proposed acquisition, the DOJ may seek various restructuring alternatives, possibly including the sale of certain assets associated with the merged company's rail joint business. L.B. Foster is evaluating this matter.”

Item 12. Exhibits.

Exhibit Exhibit Name
(a)(5)(Q) Press Release issued June 28, 2010

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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.

Date: June 28, 2010 L.B. FOSTER COMPANY — By: /s/ David. L. Voltz
Name: David L. Voltz
Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
Date: June 28, 2010 By: /s/ David. L. Voltz
Name: David L. Voltz
Title: Vice President and Secretary

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Exhibit Exhibit Name
(a)(5)(Q) Press Release issued June 28, 2010

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