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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-09-238307.txt : 20091119
<SEC-HEADER>0001193125-09-238307.hdr.sgml : 20091119
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091119142906
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-09-238307
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 14D9/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091119

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001210677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				611437565
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-79080
		FILM NUMBER:		091195579

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12395 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
		CITY:			POWAY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92064
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7272143426

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CARILLON PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ.
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001210677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				611437565
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12395 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
		CITY:			POWAY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92064
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7272143426

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CARILLON PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ.
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SCHEDULE 14D-9
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<TITLE>Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 14d-9</TITLE>
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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14D-9
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Solicitation/Recommendation Statement Under </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Section&nbsp;14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;3) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>FIRST ADVANTAGE
CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Name of Subject Company) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Person Filing Statement)
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, U.S. $0.001 Par Value </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Title of Class of Securities) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>31845F100
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Bret T. Jardine, Esq. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Acting General Counsel </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>First Advantage Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>12395 First American Way </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Poway, CA 92064 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(727) 214-3411 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="1"><B>(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>communications on behalf of
the person filing statement) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, Esq. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>General Counsel </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The First American Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1 First American Way </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Santa Ana, California 92707-5913 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(714) 250&#150;3000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">made before the commencement of a tender offer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Amendment No.&nbsp;3 (this &#147;Amendment&#148;) to the Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9, as amended on November&nbsp;3, 2009 and November&nbsp;12, 2009 (the &#147;Schedule 14D-9&#148;), initially filed by First Advantage Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(&#147;First Advantage&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on October&nbsp;9, 2009. The Schedule 14D-9 relates to the offer by The First American Corporation, a California corporation (&#147;First
American&#148;), as disclosed in a prospectus and offer to exchange contained in a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;Form S-4&#148;) and a Tender Offer Statement filed on
Schedule TO (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;Schedule TO&#148;), each as initially filed by First American with the SEC on October&nbsp;9, 2009, and the prospectus filed by First American with the SEC
under Section&nbsp;424(b)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on November&nbsp;10, 2009 (the &#147;Offer to Exchange&#148;), to exchange 0.58 of a common share, par value $1.00 per share, of First American for each share of Class&nbsp;A
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of First Advantage, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Exchange and the related letter of transmittal, which were filed as Exhibits (a)(4) and (a)(1)(i), respectively, to
the Schedule TO. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
information in the Schedule 14D-9 is incorporated herein by reference to all of the applicable items in the Schedule 14D-9, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Additional Information. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Item
(8)(h)&nbsp;of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>The following paragraphs are added at the end of
Section&nbsp;8(h) (Results of the Offer) of the Schedule 14D-9: </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The subsequent offering period of the Offer expired as
scheduled at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November&nbsp;17, 2009. According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Tender Offer Statement filed on Schedule TO by First American with the SEC on November&nbsp;18, 2009 (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the
Schedule TO&#148;), as reported by the Exchange Agent, as of the expiration of the subsequent offering period, 13,975,239 Class&nbsp;A Shares were validly tendered into and not properly withdrawn from the Offer, representing approximately 89% of the
Class&nbsp;A Shares outstanding. According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Schedule TO, all Class&nbsp;A Shares validly tendered during the subsequent offering period were accepted for purchase immediately upon their being tendered. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Schedule TO, after giving effect to the conversion of Class B Shares owned by First American and
its subsidiaries on a one-for-one basis, after the expiration of the subsequent offering period, First American owned approximately 58,241,731 Class&nbsp;A Shares, representing approximately 97% of the equity interest in First Advantage. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Schedule TO, following the expiration of the subsequent offering period, First American acquired
all outstanding Class&nbsp;A Shares not tendered in the Offer by means of a short-form merger under Delaware law. According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Schedule TO, as a result of the Merger, the outstanding Class&nbsp;A Shares held by the public
at the effective time of the Merger were cancelled and converted into the right to receive the consideration provided in the Offer&#151;0.58 of a First American Common Share for each Class&nbsp;A Share. According to Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the
Schedule TO, First Advantage is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of First American and First American intends to cause the Class&nbsp;A Shares to be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The press release issued by First American, on November&nbsp;18, 2009, announcing the expiration of the subsequent offering period and the
consummation of the Merger, is filed as an exhibit to this Statement and is incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Exhibits. </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Item (9)&nbsp;of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>The following item is added immediately after Exhibit No. (a)(15) in Item&nbsp;9 of the Schedule 14D-9: </I></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:39pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release issued by The First American Corporation, dated November 18, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed by The First American Corporation on
November 18<B></B>, 2009).</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John Lamson</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>John Lamson</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: November&nbsp;19, 2009 </FONT></P>
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