-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C2vUJq7BBUAJDzmlWW63/uyni23DyXUWG5lsyJn+Fct8Hv1NyY4wFJE7Mb0hfUjK yNBdhHJ0g+fi//rdQn5L9Q== 0000893220-98-000366.txt : 19980218 0000893220-98-000366.hdr.sgml : 19980218 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-98-000366 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980213 SROS: NONE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000866121 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480] IRS NUMBER: 411672694 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-41239 FILM NUMBER: 98539216 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 2ND ST NE CITY: HOPKINS STATE: MN ZIP: 55343-8384 BUSINESS PHONE: 6129316000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 2ND ST NE CITY: HOPKINS STATE: MN ZIP: 55343-8384 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERCULES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046989 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 510023450 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1313 N MARKET ST STREET 2: HERCULES PLZ CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19894 BUSINESS PHONE: 3025945000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: HERCULES PLAZA STREET 2: RM 8151 NW CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19894-0001 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HERCULES POWDER CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680321 SC 13D/A 1 SCHEDULE 13D AMEND. #2 FOR ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------------------------- SCHEDULE 13D (AMENDMENT NO. 2) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class and Securities) 427056 10 6 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) Israel J. Floyd, Esquire Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19894-0001 Telephone: 302-594-5000 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) February 5, 1998 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box: / / Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement: / / - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS HERCULES INCORPORATED 2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: (a) / / (b) /X/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) SOURCE OF FUNDS N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) / / - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF (7) SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 813,000 BENEFICIALLY (8) SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 0 EACH (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 813,000 PERSON WITH (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER (0) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 813,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES /X/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 6.2 3 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER. This statement relates to the common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Alliant" or the "Issuer"). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 600 Second Street N.E., Hopkins, Minnesota 55343- 8384. ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND. This statement is filed on behalf of Hercules Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("Hercules" or the "Reporting Person"). Hercules is a diversified, worldwide producer of chemicals and related products. The name, business address and present principal occupation or employment, and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of the Reporting Person, as well as any executive officer and director of the Reporting Person, are set forth below. Present Principal Occupation or Filing Person Employment; Business Address Citizenship - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. Keith Elliott Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Vincent J. Corbo President & Chief Operating Officer Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 4 George MacKenzie Senior Vice President and Hercules Incorporated Chief Financial Officer Hercules Plaza USA 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Richard G. Dahlen Vice President and General Counsel Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Israel J. Floyd Corporate Secretary and Hercules Incorporated Assistant General Counsel Hercules Plaza USA 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 John M. Bondur Vice President, Human Resources Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Dominick W. DiDonna Senior Vice President & Hercules Incorporated International General Manager, Hercules Plaza Paper Technology 1313 North Market Street USA Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Reid J. Frazier Senior Vice President and General Hercules Incorporated Manager, Aqualon Hercules Plaza USA 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Vikram Jog Vice President and Controller Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 5 Jan M. King Vice President and Treasurer Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 C. Doyle Miller Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Hercules Incorporated USA Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Robert E. Gallant Vice President, Investor Relations Hercules Incorporated and Public Affairs Hercules Plaza Canada 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Harry J. Tucci Senior Vice President, Corporate Hercules Incorporated Development Hercules Plaza USA 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894-0001 Richard M. Fairbanks, III Director, USA 1800 K Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-2202 Edith E. Holiday Director, USA 3239 38th Street, NW Washington, DC 20016-3728 Robert G. Jahn Director, USA Princeton University D-334 Engineering Quadrangle Princeton, NJ 08544-0001 Gaynor N. Kelley Director, USA 1448 Lake Shore Drive, North Apartment 12 A/B Chicago, IL 60610 6 Ralph L. MacDonald, Jr. Director, USA 1890 South 14th Street Suite 110 Amelia Island, FL 32034-4730 H. Eugene McBrayer Director, USA 4802 East Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040-4736 Peter McCausland Director, USA P. O. Box 6675 Radnor, PA 19087-8675 Paula A. Sneed Director, USA 3 Lakes Drive Northfield, IL 60093-9999 During the last five years, neither the Reporting Person nor any person listed above has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor has the Reporting Person or any person listed above been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION. Not applicable. ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION. Not applicable. ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. (a) (b) Hercules beneficially owns 813,000 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 6.2% of the 13,182,100 shares of such class of securities outstanding as of January 31, 1998. R. Keith Elliott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hercules, owns 3,700 shares of the Issuer's common stock; Vincent J. Corbo, President and Chief Operating Officer of Hercules, owns 600 shares of the Issuer's common stock; and Gaynor N. Kelley, director of Hercules, owns 2,700 shares of the Issuer's common stock. 7 (c) Pursuant to an agreement dated October 24, 1997, between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, on February 5, 1998, the Issuer purchased from the Reporting Person 271,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock at a price of $56.04 per share. (d) Not applicable. (e) Not applicable. ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. Pursuant to an agreement dated October 24, 1997, between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, the Issuer and the Reporting Person may each exercise a series of put and call options during 1998 in which the Issuer may repurchase the shares of Common Stock owned by the Reporting Person. As of February 5, 1998, the Reporting Person owns 813,000 shares. ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. 1. Agreement dated as of October 24, 1997, between Alliant and Hercules Incorporated. SIGNATURE After reasonable 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. Dated: HERCULES INCORPORATED ---------------------- By: ---------------------------------- Israel J. Floyd Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel 8 EXHIBIT INDEX 1. Agreement dated as of October 24, 1997, between Alliant Techsystems Inc. and Hercules Incorporated (incorporated by reference to the Reporting Person's Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, filed on December 12, 1997). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----