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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                AMENDMENT NO. 3
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                                 (RULE 14d-101)

           Solicitation/Recommendation Statement under Section 14(d)4
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               WYANT CORPORATION
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                           (Name of Subject Company)

                               WYANT CORPORATION
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                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                     COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   982855108
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                  Marc D'Amour
             Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
                               Wyant Corporation
                            1170 US Highway 22 East
                                   Suite 203
                         Bridgewater, New Jersey 08875
                                 (514) 636-9926
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           (Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized
             to receive notices and communications on behalf of the
                          person(s) filing statement)

                                   Copies to:

                           Kenneth E. Adelsberg, Esq.
                      Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts
                             One Battery Park Plaza
                            New York, New York 10004
                                 (212) 858-1000

  / / Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
                made before the commencement of a tender offer.


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     Wyant Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Company"), hereby amends
and supplements its Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on September 8, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on September 25, 2000
and Amendment No. 2 filed on October 3, 2000, in connection with the offer to
purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company by Perkins Acquisition Corp., a New York corporation (the
"Purchaser"), and Perkins Papers Ltd., a Canada corporation (the "Parent"), as
more fully described in Purchaser's and Parent's Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO originally filed with the Commission on September 8, 2000, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on September 21, 2000, Amendment No. 2 filed on
September 25, 2000, Amendment No. 3 filed on October 3, 2000, Amendment No. 4
filed on October 6, 2000 and Amendment No. 5 filed on October 13, 2000.

     The purpose of this Amendment is to reflect the Purchaser's extension of
the expiration date of the tender offer, as reflected in Amendment No. 5 to the
Schedule TO filed with the Commission on October 13, 2000.

ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

     Pursuant to Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule TO filed with the Commission by
the Purchaser and the Parent on October 13, 2000, Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9
is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

     On October 12, 2000, the Company consented to the Purchaser's extension of
its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company until 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, October 19, 2000.
A copy of the press release issued on October 13, 2000 containing such
announcement is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(iv) to the Schedule TO and is
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9. EXHIBITS.

Item 9 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the
following:



EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION
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(a)(11)          Press Release dated October 13, 2000*


*Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5)(iv) Purchaser's and Parent's
Tender Offer Statement of Schedule TO originally filed with the Commission on
September 8, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on September 21, 2000,
Amendment No. 2 filed on September 25, 2000, Amendment No. 3 filed on October 3,
2000, Amendment No. 4 filed on October 6, 2000 and Amendment No. 5 filed on
October 13, 2000.


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                                   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.



                                     WYANT CORPORATION



                                     By: /s/ Marc D'Amour
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                                     Name:  Marc D'Amour
                                     Title: Vice-President, Chief Financial
                                            Officer and Treasurer

Dated: October 13, 2000



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