Tender Offer Statement Amendment No. 20
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE
TO/A
Tender
Offer Statement under Section 14(d)1 or 13(e)(1)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 20)
NOVAGOLD
RESOURCES INC.
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
BARRICK
GOLD CORPORATION
(Name of Filing Person (offeror))
Common
Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
66987E206
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Sybil
E. Veenman
Vice
President, Assistant General Counsel, and Secretary
BCE
Place, Canada Trust Tower
161
Bay Street, Suite 3700
P.O.
Box 212
Toronto,
Canada M5J 2S1
(416)
861-9911
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized
to
receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
CALCULATION
OF FILING FEE
Transaction
Valuation(1)
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Amount
of Filing Fee(2)
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$1,126,464,928
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$120,531.75
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(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the fee in accordance with Rule 0-11
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). The
transaction valuation has been estimated on the
basis
of the securities to be acquired in the United States only. The number of
securities to be acquired in the United States has been estimated on the basis
of the aggregate trading volume on the national securities exchanges in the
United States over the 12 calendar month period prior to August 1, 2006 as
a
percentage of the total aggregate volume on the national securities exchanges
in
both the United States and Canada over the same period.
(2)
The
amount of the Fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the
Exchange Act and based on (a) 70,404,058, which is the estimated number of
NovaGold common shares to be acquired in the United States on a fully diluted
basis as of August 3, 2006, and (b) $16.00, which is the per share
tender offer price.
x
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Check
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.
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Amount
Previously Paid: $120,531.75
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Form
or Registration No.: Schedule
TO
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Filing
Party: Barrick Gold
Corporation
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Date
Filed: August
4,
2006
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o
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Check
the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made
before the commencement of a tender offer.
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Check
the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which
the
statement relates:
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x
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third-party
tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
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o
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issuer
tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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going-private
transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
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amendment
to Schedule 13D under Rule
13d-2.
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This
Amendment No. 20 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO filed on August 4, 2006 (as so amended,
the “Schedule TO”) filed by Barrick Gold Corporation, a corporation incorporated
under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Barrick”).
The
Schedule TO relates to the
offer by Barrick to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares
of
NovaGold Resources Inc., a company existing under the laws of the Province
of
Nova Scotia (“NovaGold”), including common shares that may become issued and
outstanding after the date of the Offer but before the Expiry Time of the Offer
upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of options, warrants or other
securities of NovaGold that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for common shares, together with the associated rights issued under the
Shareholder Rights Plan of NovaGold (collectively, the “Common Shares”), at a
price of US$16.00 cash per Common Share.
The
Offer
is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Barrick’s offer and related
circular dated August 4, 2006 (the “Offer and Circular”), as
supplemented by the Notice of Change in Information, dated September 1, 2006,
and as amended and supplemented by the Notice of Extension, dated September
15,
2006,
the
Notice of Extension, dated September 29, 2006, the Notice of Extension
dated October 12, 2006, and the Notice of Extension and Variation, dated October
25, 2006.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned
to such terms in the Offer and Circular, as supplemented and amended. Except
as
specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the
information previously reported on the Schedule TO.
Item
12. Exhibits.
Item
12
of the Schedule TO is amended and supplemented by adding the
following:
Exhibit
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Description
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(a)(5)(AA)
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Press
release, dated October 26, 2006
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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.
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BARRICK
GOLD CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Sybil E.
Veenman
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Name:
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Sybil
E. Veenman
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Title:
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Vice
President, Assistant General
Counsel
and Secretary
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Date:
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October
27, 2006
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Exhibit
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Description
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(a)(5)(AA)
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Press
release, dated October 26, 2006
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