-----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, TCBQdYZ/MVZz7rGKjYXd5V85aznjT5OP71YQ+KR3zO3fiEhWz2aHVHSUSGJcfksd HM4WTqL3N2XnZ75Molkckw== 0000898822-98-001085.txt : 19981210 0000898822-98-001085.hdr.sgml : 19981210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898822-98-001085 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19981130 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981209 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEKALB GENETICS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000835015 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 363586793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13035 FILM NUMBER: 98766258 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 SYCAMORE RD CITY: DEKALB STATE: IL ZIP: 60115 BUSINESS PHONE: 8157589196 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 SYCAMORE ROAD CITY: DEKALB STATE: IL ZIP: 60115 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MONSANTO CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000067686 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800] OWNER IRS NUMBER: 430420020 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 N LINDBERGH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63167 BUSINESS PHONE: 3146941000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63167 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19711003 4 1 FORM 4 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: September 30, 1998 Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 0.5 ------------------------------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [X] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Monsanto Company Attn: Barbara L. Blackford - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) St. Louis Missouri 63167 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION (NYSE: DKB) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year November 1998 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. 2. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of Transaction Code ------------------------------ Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Date (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security (Month/Day ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common Stock 11/30/98 P 5,410,481 A $100.00 5,410,481 I Wholly owned subsidiary (see below) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 485,442 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 11/30/98 P 13,958,524 A $100.00 13,957,924 I Wholly owned subsidiary (see below) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13,321,436 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 12/4/98 J V 5,895,923 D Cancelled -0- (see below) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 12/4/98 J V 27,279,360 D Cancelled -0- (see below) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) SEC 1474 (7-96) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: See attached. /s/ Barbara L. Blackford 12/8/98 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB nnumber. Page 2 SEC 1474 (7-96) FORM 4 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM 1: MONSANTO COMPANY 800 N. LINDBERGH BOULEVARD ST. LOUIS, MO 63137 ITEM 2: DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION (NYSE: DKB) ITEM 4: NOVEMBER 1998 EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES This Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 (this "Form 4") is filed by Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Reporting Person"). On December 4, 1998, Monsanto Company (the "Monsanto"), a Delaware corporation, became the owner of all of the capital stock of DEKALB Genetics Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("DEKALB"), pursuant to the merger (the "Merger") of Corn Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto ("Merger Sub"), with and into DEKALB with DEKALB continuing as the surviving corporation. The Merger was consummated pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of May 8, 1998, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and DEKALB. Prior to the Merger, Merger Sub consummated a tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, without par value ("Class A Common Stock"), and Class B Common Stock, without par value ("Class B Common Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock"), of DEKALB, at a purchase price of $100.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon. The Offer was made pursuant to the Merger Agreement. On November 30, 1998, Merger Sub accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer 5,410,481 shares of Class A Common Stock and 13,957,924 shares of Class B Common Stock. At the expiration of the Offer, Monsanto owned 485,442 shares of Class A Common Stock and 13,321,436 shares of Class B Common Stock. Thus, at the expiration of the Offer, Monsanto and the Merger Sub owned more than ninety percent of the then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and more than ninety percent of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. Immediately prior to the Merger, Monsanto contributed to Merger Sub all of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock owned of record by Monsanto. On December 4, 1998 (the "Effective Time"), the Merger was consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement and as of the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of DEKALB Common Stock (other than shares of DEKALB Common Stock owned by DEKALB or by any subsidiary of DEKALB or by Monsanto, Merger Sub or any other subsidiary of Monsanto, which shares were canceled with no consideration delivered in exchange therefor, and other than shares of DEKALB Common Stock, if any, held by stockholders who are entitled to and who properly exercise appraisal rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) was, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the holder thereof, converted into the right to receive from DEKALB in cash $100.00, payable to the holder thereof, without interest or dividends thereon, upon the surrender of the certificate formerly representing such share. At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of common stock of Merger Sub was converted into a share of common stock of DEKALB as the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result, as of the Effective Time, DEKALB became a wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto. Following the Merger, the Class B Common Stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and DEKALB filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission suspending DEKALB's duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and seeking to deregister the Common Stock under the Exchange Act. Page 3 of 3 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----