VERMONT TEDDY BEAR CO INC

expiry = 2002-09-27...00 Shares of its Common Stock, Par Value $.05 Per Share At a Purchase Price of $3.50 Per Share August 21, 2002 -------------------------- THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER TO PURCHASE IS EXTENDED. The information agent for the offer is: D.F. King & Co., Inc. 77 Water Street New York, NY 10005 (212) 269-5550 (call collect) or (800) 431-9642 (toll free) =======================================...

expiry = 2002-09-27...red on An "As Exercised Basis" Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase Dated August 21, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Underlying Options Must Be Tendered to: The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. (the "Company") By First Class Mail, Hand Delive...

listed = True...of the Securities and Exchange Commission. This condition may not be waived. Expiration Date. The Exchange Act requires that all conditions to the offer must be satisfied or waived before the expiration date. SECTION 6. PRICE RANGE OF SHARES Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under the symbol BEAR. As of August 16, 2002, we had outstanding 6,844,001 shares of Common Stock, $.05 par value. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for shares of our Common Stock during the past two years. Our fiscal year end is June 30. -20- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q...

mechanism = FIXED...=================================================================== THE VERMONT TEDDY BEAR CO., INC. 6655 Shelburne Road P.O. Box 965 Shelburne, Vermont 05482 OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock, Par Value $.05 Per Share At a Purchase Price of $3.50 Per Share August 21, 2002 -------------------------- THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER TO PURCHASE IS EXTENDED. The information agent for the offer is: D.F. King & Co., Inc. 77 Water Street New York, NY 10005 (212) 269-5550 (call collect) or (800...

must_tender_all = True...res be purchased? Will tendered shares be prorated? If more shares are tendered than we have offered to purchase, we will purchase shares in the following order of priority: First, we will purchase shares from all holders of "odd lots" of less than 100 shares who properly tender all of their shares. Second, after purchasing all odd lots, we will purchase shares on a pro rata basis from all other shareholders who properly tender shares until we have acquired the number of shares that we have offered to purchase. Consequently, all of the shares that you tender in the offer may not be purchased. See "Section 1. Number of Shares; Prora...

price = USD 3.5...TEDDY BEAR CO., INC. 6655 Shelburne Road P.O. Box 965 Shelburne, Vermont 05482 OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock, Par Value $.05 Per Share At a Purchase Price of $3.50 Per Share August 21, 2002 -------------------------- THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER TO PURCHASE IS EXTENDED. The informatio...

price = USD 3.5...o the Company's Incentive Stock Ownership Plan or its Non-Employee Directors & Consultants Incentive Stock Option Plan, par value $0.05 per share, on an "as exercised" basis, at a price per share of $3.50, pursuant to the Company's offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 21, 2002, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99.(A)(1)-A 3 k20875exa1a.txt FORM OF OFFER TO PURCHASE, DATED AUGUST 21, 2002 FORM OF OFFER TO PURCHASE, DATED AUGUST 21, 2002 EXHIBIT (a)(1)-A ================================================================================ THE VERMONT TEDDY BEAR CO., INC. 6655 Shelburne Road P.O. Box 965 Shelburne, Vermont 05482 OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock, Par Val...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFER...Shares of Common Stock Underlying Stock Options Granted Pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan or the Non-Employee Directors & Consultants Incentive Stock Option Plan of THE VERMONT TEDDY BEAR CO., INC. Tendered on An "As Exercised Basis" Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase Dated August 21, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Underlying Optio...