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

 

OPENTV CORP.

(Name of Subject Company)

 

Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES OF NO PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)

G67543101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Richard Rofe
Managing Director
Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC
175 Great Neck Road, Suite 406
Great Neck, NY 11021
516-466-5258

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notice and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.


Item 1. Subject Company Information.

(a) Name and Address

The name of the subject company to which this Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (together with the exhibits hereto, this “ Statement ”) relates is OpenTV Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “ Company ”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Company is 275 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California 94111. The telephone number of the Company at its principal executive offices is (415) 962-5000.

(b) Securities

The title of the class of equity securities to which this Statement relates is the Class A ordinary shares of no par value of the Company (the “ Shares ”). As of the close of business on July 31, 2009 (as reported in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Company on September 8, 2009 (the “ Proxy Statement ”)), 107,908,502 Shares were outstanding.

Item 2. Identity and Background of Filing Person.

(a) Name and Address

The person filing this Statement is Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC (the “ Filing Person ”). The Filing Person’s business address and business telephone number are set forth on the cover page hereto and incorporated by reference into this Item 2(a).

(b) Tender Offer

This Statement relates to the offer by Kudelski Interactive Cayman, Ltd. (“ Purchaser ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kudelski SA, a public limited company organized under the laws of Switzerland (“ Parent ”, and together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, collectively, the “ Kudelski Group ”), to purchase all outstanding Shares not owned by the Kudelski Group for $1.55 per Share, net to seller in cash (the “ Offer Price ”), without interest and less applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 5, 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Offer to Purchase ”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Letter of Transmittal ” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, constitute the “ Offer ”). The Offer is further described in a Tender Offer Statement and Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule TO (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Schedule TO ”) filed by Parent and Purchaser with the SEC on October 5, 2009. According to the Schedule TO, the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Friday, November 6, 2009, unless the Offer is extended. A copy of each of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal are attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(I) and Exhibit (a)(1)(II), respectively, to the Schedule TO.

As set forth in the Schedule TO, the address of the principal executive offices of Parent and Purchaser is 22-24, Route de Genève, Case Postale 134, 1033 Cheseaux, Switzerland. The telephone number of Parent and Purchaser at its principal executive offices is +41 21 732 01 01.

With respect to all information contained in this Statement or described herein as contained in the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and the Schedule TO, including any information concerning the Kudelski Group, or actions or events with respect to the Kudelski Group, the Filing Person takes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information or for any failure by such parties to disclose events or circumstances that may have occurred and may affect the significance, completeness or accuracy of such information.

Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

As of the date of this Statement, there are no material agreements, arrangements or understandings or any actual or potential conflicts of interest between the Filing Person or its affiliates and (i) the Company or the Company’s executive officers, directors or affiliates or (ii) Purchaser, Parent or their respective executive officers, directors or affiliates.

Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation.

(a) Recommendation of the Filing Person

The Filing Person is recommending that the holders of Shares do not tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer.

(b) Background and Reasons for the Recommendation of the Filing Person

See the Open Letter to Shareholders attached hereto as Exhibit 1.


(c) Intent to Tender

To the best of the Filing Person’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the Filing Person and its affiliates intend to not tender and to hold any Shares held of record or beneficially owned by them in the Offer.

Item 5. Persons/Assets Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

Neither the Filing Person nor any person acting on its behalf has employed, retained or agreed to compensate any person to make solicitations or recommendations to the shareholders of the Company with respect to the Offer.

Item 6. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

Except as set forth below, none of the Filing Person or any of its affiliates has effected any transaction in the Shares during the past 60 days.

The Filing Person effected the following purchases of Shares on the open market during the past 60 days:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade Date

 

Quantity

 

Unit Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/11/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.360

 

 

09/11/2009

 

9,662

 

 

1.340

 

 

09/14/2009

 

10,338

 

 

1.350

 

 

09/14/2009

 

20,000

 

 

1.350

 

 

09/15/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.340

 

 

09/15/2009

 

7,269

 

 

1.320

 

 

09/16/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.330

 

 

09/18/2009

 

40,000

 

 

1.440

 

 

09/18/2009

 

20,000

 

 

1.410

 

 

09/21/2009

 

14,000

 

 

1.416

 

 

09/21/2009

 

8,731

 

 

1.420

 

 

09/21/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.400

 

 

09/22/2009

 

20,000

 

 

1.425

 

 

09/22/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.420

 

 

09/23/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.370

 

 

09/24/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.360

 

 

10/02/2009

 

5,000

 

 

1.350

 

 

10/02/2009

 

5,000

 

 

1.360

 

 

10/05/2009

 

35,000

 

 

1.539

 

 

10/05/2009

 

15,000

 

 

1.540

 

 

10/05/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.550

 

 

10/06/2009

 

25,000

 

 

1.560

 

 

10/06/2009

 

15,000

 

 

1.578

 

 

10/07/2009

 

5,000

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/09/2009

 

200

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/09/2009

 

5,000

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/12/2009

 

5,000

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/12/2009

 

40,000

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/13/2009

 

100

 

 

1.560

 

 

10/13/2009

 

20,000

 

 

1.570

 

 

10/14/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.560

 

 

10/15/2009

 

75,000

 

 

1.555

 

 

10/16/2009

 

49,700

 

 

1.558

 

 

10/16/2009

 

10,000

 

 

1.550

 

 

10/19/2009

 

15,000

 

 

1.547

 

 

10/20/2009

 

45,000

 

 

1.548

 

 

10/26/2009

 

11,843

 

 

1.540

 

 

10/27/2009

 

88,157

 

 

1.544

 

 

10/28/2009

 

327,939

 

 

1.542

 

 

10/28/2009

 

25,000

 

 

1.540

 

 

10/29/2009

27,800

1.539

10/29/2009

25,000

1.540

10/29/2009

100,000

1.540

10/29/2009

25,000

1.540



Item 7. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Additional Information.

None.

Item 9. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit 1

Open Letter to Shareholders



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: October 29, 2009

 

 

 

 

ARCADIA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Rofe

 

 

 

 

Name:

Richard Rofe

 

Title:

Managing Director



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