-----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, B1bGPPordzL8KvAvLJy0JGNYDigm8Ascsj5nXV5kEhSO5lnakQNaKNz1aXm54Rdd /fjtBgBCZbeHyoQy0TCN2Q== 0000950136-96-000111.txt : 19960320 0000950136-96-000111.hdr.sgml : 19960320 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-96-000111 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 14D1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960319 SROS: NYSE GROUP MEMBERS: DANAHER CORP /DE/ GROUP MEMBERS: WEC ACQUISITION CORPORATION SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACME CLEVELAND CORP /OH/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000869676 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MACHINE TOOLS, METAL CUTTING TYPES [3541] IRS NUMBER: 341662809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D1/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-43378 FILM NUMBER: 96536213 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30100 CHAGRIN BLVD STREET 2: STE 100 CITY: PEPPER PIKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44124-5705 BUSINESS PHONE: 2164325400 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACME CLEVELAND HOLDING COMPANY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DANAHER CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000313616 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR COND & WARM AIR HEATING EQUIP & COMM & INDL REFRIG EQUIP [3585] IRS NUMBER: 591995548 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D1/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250 24TH ST NW STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20037 BUSINESS PHONE: 2028280850 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250 24TH STREET NW STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: WASHINGTON STATE: DC ZIP: 20037 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DMG INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850221 SC 14D1/A 1 AMENDED SCHEDULE 14D-1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------ SCHEDULE 14D-1 (Amendment No. 2) TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ------------ ACME-CLEVELAND CORPORATION (Name of Subject Company) WEC ACQUISITION CORPORATION DANAHER CORPORATION (Bidders) COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE $1 PER SHARE (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED RIGHTS) SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES, WITHOUT PAR VALUE (Title of Class of Securities) 004626107 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) ------------ PATRICK W. ALLENDER WEC ACQUISITION CORPORATION C/O DANAHER CORPORATION 1250 24TH STREET, N.W., SUITE 800 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037 TELEPHONE: (202) 828-0850 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of Bidders) ------------ Copy to: MORRIS J. KRAMER, ESQ. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM 919 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 TELEPHONE: (212) 735-3000 CALCULATION OF FILING FEE ===============================================================================
TRANSACTION AMOUNT OF VALUATION* FILING FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $181,920,222 $36,384.04
=============================================================================== * For purposes of calculating fee only. This amount assumes the purchase at a purchase price of $27 per Share of an aggregate of 6,737,786 Shares, consisting of 6,411,578 Common Shares, 161,374 Preferred Shares and 469,834 Shares issuable upon conversion of Options (less 305,000 shares owned by Parent or any of its affiliates). The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Regulation 240.0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50th of one percentum of the value of Shares purchased. [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 offsetting 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: $36,384.04 Filing Party: WEC Acquisition Corporation Danaher Corporation Form or Registration No.: Schedule 14D-1 Date Filed: March 7, 1996 Tender Offer Statement ================================================================================ WEC Acquisition Corporation (the "Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Parent hereby amend and supplement their Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1, as heretofore amended (the "Schedule 14D-1"), relating to the Purchaser's offer to purchase all outstanding common shares, par value $1 per share (including the associated rights), and all outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, without par value (collectively, the "Shares"), of Acme-Cleveland Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 14D-1 or the Offer to Purchase filed as an exhibit thereto. ITEM 1. SECURITY AND SUBJECT COMPANY. The Company and Society National Bank, as Rights Agent, have entered into a Rights Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1996, setting forth the description and terms of rights to purchase Series B Preferred Shares of the Company or, under certain circumstances, Common Shares (the "Rights"). Pursuant to the terms of the Offer, the tender of a Common Share will constitute the tender of the associated Right (without the payment of any additional consideration thereon). All references to Common Shares in the Schedule 14D-1, including the exhibits thereto, will include references to the associated Rights, unless the context indicates otherwise. If the Company should distribute certificates evidencing Rights, or if the Rights should otherwise trade separately from the Common Shares, then, as a condition to the valid tender of any Common Shares, a shareholder must tender an equal number of Rights. ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. The Offer is now conditioned on, in addition to the conditions set forth in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase, the Rights having been redeemed by the Board of Directors of the Company or the Purchaser being satisfied, in its sole discretion, that the Rights have been invalidated or are otherwise inapplicable to the Offer and the Proposed Merger. The information set forth in Exhibit (g)(2) is incorporated herein by reference. 2 ITEM 11. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. (g)(2) Stipulation regarding the Ohio Take-Over Act. 3 SIGNATURE After due 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: March 19, 1996 WEC ACQUISITION CORPORATION By: /s/ C. Scott Brannan ----------------------------------- Name: C. Scott Brannan Title: Vice President Administration and Controller DANAHER CORPORATION By: /s/ C. Scott Brannan ----------------------------------- Name: C. Scott Brannan Title: Vice President and Secretary 4 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT PAGE NUMBER EXHIBIT NAME NUMBER - ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- (g)(2) Stipulation regarding the Ohio Take-Over Act.
EX-99.(G)(2) 2 STIPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DANAHER CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, CASE NO. C2 96-0247 v. DISTRICT JUDGE GRAHAM ACME-CLEVELAND CORPORATION, et al., MAGISTRATE JUDGE ABEL Defendants. STIPULATION By agreement of plaintiffs WEC Corp. and Danaher Corp. ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants Mark Holderman, Commissioner of Securities for the Division of Securities, Department of Commerce for the State of Ohio, and Donna Owens, Director of Commerce, Department of Commerce of the State of Ohio: 1. Plaintiffs have filed with the Division of Securities, Department of Commerce for the State of Ohio, on March 7, 1996, the Form 041 with exhibits. The Division of Securities will review the materials filed within the three (3) day period provided in Ohio Rev. Code Section 1707.041(A)(3) and Ohio Admin. Code Section 1301;6-1-05(C). 2. If the Division of Securities intends or determines to summarily suspend the continuation of the tender offer pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code Section 1701.041(A)(3), the Division of Securities will notify the Court, Plaintiffs and Defendant Acme-Cleveland Corporation, in writing and by telephone within the three (3) day period. 3. Such summary suspension will not be effective, and the Division of Securities will take no action to enforce such suspension, until the Court hears Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. IT IS SO AGREED. Stipulated and Approved: /s/ --------------------------------- N. Victor Goodman (0004912) Trial Attorney Mark D. Tucker (0036855) Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff P.L.L. 88 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-3506 TELE: (614) 233-9300 FAX: (614) 223-9330 Robert R. Weller (0011669) Mark A. Phillips (0047347) Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff P.L.L. 2300 BP America Building 200 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2378 TELE: (216) 363-4500 FAX: (216) 363-4588 Attorneys for Plaintiffs /s/ --------------------------------- Daniel A. Malkoff (0029917) Assistant Attorney General 26th Floor, 30 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43266-0410 TELE: (614) 466-2980 Attorney for Defendants Holderman, Owens, and the State of Ohio 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----