This Amendment No. 12 to the Schedule 14D-9 (“
Amendment No. 12
”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”) on April 23, 2012, amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on March 13, 2012 (as amended, the “
Schedule 14D-9
”), by Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”) as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on March 15, 2012, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on March 20, 2012, Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 4, 2012, Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 5, 2012, Amendment No.5 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 9, 2012, Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 16, 2012, Amendment No. 7 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 18, 2012, Amendment No. 8 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 19, 2012, Amendment No. 9 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 19, 2012, Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 20, 2012 and Amendment No. 11 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed on April 20, 2012. The Schedule 14D-9 relates to the tender offer (the “
Offer
”) by K-9 Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Merger Sub
” or “
Offeror
”) and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of K-9 Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent
”), to purchase all of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, including any associated rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2012, by and between the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company, as rights agent (the “
Rights
” and together with the Company’s common stock, the “
Common Shares
,” and each a “
Common Share
”) (including any restricted shares), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offeror’s Offer to Purchase, dated March 13, 2012, (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “
Offer to Purchase
”) and in the related Letters of Transmittal, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(D) to the Schedule 14D-9, respectively.
The information in the Schedule 14D-9 is incorporated into this Amendment No. 12 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.