UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule TO/A
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 14(d)-1 or 13(e)(1)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 8)
PLACER DOME INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION
(Name of Filing Person (Bidder))
Common Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
725906101
(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 (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of
person(s) authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing person)
This Statement amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as previously
amended, the “Schedule TO”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10,
2005 by Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”).
The Schedule TO relates to the offer (the “Offer”) by Barrick to purchase (i) all outstanding
common shares (including those that are subject to CHESS Depositary Interests and International
Depositary Receipts) of Placer Dome Inc. (“Placer Dome”), which includes common shares that may
become outstanding after the date of the offer but before the expiry time of the offer upon
conversion, exchange or exercise of options or convertible debentures or other securities of Placer
Dome that are convertible into or exchangeable for common shares and (ii) the associated rights
issued under the Shareholders Rights Plan of Placer Dome (collectively, the “Shares”), at a price
of, on the basis of and at the election of the shareholder of Placer Dome:
(a) US$20.50, in cash for each Share; or
(b) 0.7518 of a Barrick common share and US$0.05 in cash for each Share
in each case subject to proration.
The Offer is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer and Circular dated
November 10, 2005 (the “Offer and Circular”) and the related Letter of Acceptance and Transmittal,
copies of which were filed as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, to the initial Schedule TO.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the respective meaning assigned to
such terms in the Offer and Circular.
Item 11 — Additional Information
Item 11 of Schedule TO is amended as follows:
Barrick has filed an application dated December 2, 2005 with the British Columbia Securities
Commission, the securities regulatory authority in British Columbia, Canada, for an order that
trading cease in respect of any securities issued or to be issued in connection with Placer Dome’s
shareholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) and that prospectus exemptions in connection with the
distribution and exercise of rights issued under the Rights Plan be removed. The principal parties
in the application are Barrick and Placer Dome. Barrick has requested that a hearing in respect of
the application be held no later than December 16, 2005.
The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act has expired.
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