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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER
SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
591695101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Natalia Alexeeva, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Metromedia International Group, Inc.
8000 Tower Point Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28227
(704) 321-7380
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
Copy to:
James M. Dubin, Esq.
Jeffrey D. Marell, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
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Check this box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the
commencement of a tender offer. |
The purpose of this Amendment No. 2 is to amend and supplement Items 4 and 9 in the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement (the Statement) on Schedule 14D-9 initially filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission by Metromedia International Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the Company or Metromedia), on July 18, 2007, as amended by Amendment No.
1 filed on August 1, 2007, in respect of the tender offer commenced on July 18, 2007, by CaucusCom
Mergerco Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CaucusCom Ventures L.P., a
British Virgin Islands limited partnership (Parent), and to add an additional exhibit and to
revise the Exhibit Index accordingly. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Statement or the Offer to Purchase
(as defined in the Statement), as applicable. The Statement is hereby further amended and
supplemented as follows:
ITEM 4. THE SOLICITATION OR RECOMMENDATION.
Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following new
paragraphs at the end of the section therein entitled Background:
On August 1, 2007, the Company received an unsolicited letter from Fursa Alternative
Strategies LLC (Fursa), owner of 7,907,610 shares of Company common stock (approximately
7.7% of the issued and outstanding shares as of July 17, 2007), in which Fursa proposes to
acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Metromedia common stock, other than the
7,907,610 shares already owned by Fursa, at a purchase price of $2.05 per share in cash.
Fursas proposal is subject to completion of due diligence and was accompanied by a highly
confident letter from a debt financing source that is non-binding and subject to a number
of conditions. On August 2, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing receipt of
the Fursa proposal.
ITEM 9. EXHIBITS
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(a)(9)
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Press Release issued by Metromedia International Group, Inc. on August 2, 2007 |
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge, I certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.
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METROMEDIA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
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/s/ Mark S. Hauf
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Name: |
Mark S. Hauf |
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Title: |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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Dated: August 2, 2007
EXHIBIT INDEX
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(a)(9)
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Press Release issued by Metromedia International Group, Inc. on August 2, 2007 |