________________________________________________________________________________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------ AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SCHEDULE TO TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ---------------- REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION (Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror)) Options to Purchase Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 758849103 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) (Underlying Common Stock) J. Christian Leavitt Senior Vice President Regency Centers Corporation 121 West Forsyth Street, Suite 200 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Telephone: (904) 598-7000 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons) ------------------- Copy to: Linda Y. Kelso Foley & Lardner LLP One Independent Drive, Suite 1300 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Telephone: (904) 359-2000 ------------------------- Calculation of Filing Fee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Value Amount* Amount of Filing Fee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $6,763,641 $856.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. This amount assumes that the reload right feature on options to purchase 1,623,219 shares of common Stock of Regency Centers Corporation having an aggregate value of approximately $6,763,641 will be exchanged pursuant to this offer. The aggregate value of such reload rights were calculated using a binomial option pricing model. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $126.70 per each $1.0 million of the value of the transaction. [X] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offering fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing. Amount Previously Paid: $856.95 Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO Filing Party: Regency Centers Corporation Date Filed: December 10, 2004 [_] Check box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes to designate any transactions to which the statement relates: [_] third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [_] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. [_] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 This Amendment No. 4 amends the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on January 5, 2005, Amendment No. 2 filed on January 6, 2005 and Amendment No. 3 filed on January 10, 2005, by Regency Centers Corporation, a Florida corporation ("Regency"), relating to an offer by Regency to its current employees to exchange (the "Offer to Exchange") the reload feature on their unexercised options (the "Reload Rights") to purchase Regency common stock (the "Common Stock") (whether vested or unvested) that were issued under Regency's Long Term Omnibus Plan, as amended (the "Omnibus Plan"), for either (1) newly issued options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the Omnibus Plan (the "New Options") or (2) a newly issued stock rights award issued pursuant to the Omnibus Plan (the "Stock Rights Awards") that will represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon vesting, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Exchange, the related individualized spreadsheet and election forms previously filed as an exhibit to the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4). Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the offer and all disclosures set forth in the Schedule TO and the Offer to Exchange remain unchanged. This Amendment No. 4 reports the results of the offer. Item 4. Terms of the Transaction. Item 4(a) of the Tender Offer Statement is hereby amended to add the following: The Offer to Exchange expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time in the United States, on January 14, 2005. Of the fifty (50) option holders eligible to participate at the commencement of the Offer to Exchange, forty-eight (48) option holders elected to participate. In exchange for 1,559,532 reload rights, Regency granted 771,645 New Options and Stock Rights Awards representing the right to receive 7,905 shares of Common Stock upon vesting. The grants of New Options and Stock Rights Awards were effective as of January 17, 2005. This Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule TO is filed in satisfaction of the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-(4)(c)(3) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 3 SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 4 to Schedule TO is true, correct and complete. REGENCY CENTERS CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Christian Leavitt ------------------------------------- J. Christian Leavitt Senior Vice President Date: January 21, 2005 4