-----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, UQcv8+u/G+OU6OJRaPQjbo+fichxoIVCqk/BdFnNbfO73o88yoeiO6yAjjr9SKBv eP8BiJxpem8z08jzIUVJUA== 0000950127-99-000308.txt : 20000211 0000950127-99-000308.hdr.sgml : 20000211 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950127-99-000308 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 14D1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990929 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NALCO CHEMICAL CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000069598 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890] IRS NUMBER: 361520480 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D1/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-13004 FILM NUMBER: 99719291 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE NALCO CTR CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563 BUSINESS PHONE: 7083051000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE NALCO CENTER CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60563-1198 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: H2O ACQUISITION CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001089765 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 14D1/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SUEZ LYONNAISE DES EAUX STREET 2: 1 REE D'ASTONG CITY: PARIS FRANCE SC 14D1/A 1 SCHEDULE 14D1/A ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _________ Amendment No. 7 to SCHEDULE 14D-1 Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 _________ NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY (Name of Subject Company) _________ SUEZ LYONNAISE DES EAUX H2O ACQUISITION CO. (Bidders) _________ Common Stock, par value $0.1875 per share (Including the Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) and Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (Title of Class of Securities) _________ Common Stock: 629853102 Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock: None (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) _________ Patrice Herbet Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux 1, rue d'Astorg 75008 Paris France 011-33-1-40-06-64-00 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidders) _________ Copy to: Kevin Keogh White & Case LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 (212) 819-8200 ================================================================================ This Amendment No. 7 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 filed on July 1, 1999 (as amended and supplemented, the "Schedule 14D-1") relating to the offer (the "Offer") by H2O Acquisition Co. ("Purchaser"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, a societe anonyme organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of France ("Parent"), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.1875 per share, including the associated preferred stock purchase rights (the "Common Stock"), and all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock (the "ESOP Preferred Stock"), par value $1.00 per share, of Nalco Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a price of $53.00 per share of Common Stock and $1,060.00 per share of ESOP Preferred Stock, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated July 1, 1999 and the related Letter of Transmittal, as they may be amended from time to time. The item numbers and responses thereto below are in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 14D-1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Offer to Purchase. Item 4. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Section 9 ("Source and Amount of Funds") of the Offer to Purchase is amended to add at the end of the first paragraph the following: On October 13, 1999, Parent expects to complete the sale in the European market of bonds maturing in 2009 in an aggregate principal amount of 1.25 billion euros (approximately $1.31 billion) bearing interest at 5.875 percent and will use the net proceeds to finance a portion of the Purchase Price. Item 10. Additional Information. Item 10(f) is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: On September 29, 1999, Parent issued a press release announcing, among other things, the extension of the period during which the Offer will remain open. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit (a)(14) and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 11. Material to be Filed as Exhibits. Item 11 of the Schedule 14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following: Exhibit Number Description Exhibit (a)(14) Press release issued on September 29, 1999 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: September 29, 1999 Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux By: /s/ FRANCOIS JACLOT ------------------------------- Name: Francois Jaclot Title: Member of the Managing Board Dated: September 29, 1999 H2O Acquisition Co. By: /s/ PHILIPPE BRONGNIART ------------------------------- Name: Philippe Brongniart Title: Director EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE SUEZ LYONNAISE DES EAUX NEWS Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux Extends Nalco Tender Offer Paris, France and Naperville, Illinois - Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux (Paris Bourse: LY), a world leader in private infrastructure services, today announced that it has extended the period for its tender offer for shares of Nalco Chemical Company (NYSE: NLC), a leading provider of water treatment services and products, to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, October 19, 1999. The offer by H2O Acquisition Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Suez Lyonnaise, had previously been scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight on Wednesday, September 29, 1999. Approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is still pending. Nalco and Suez Lyonnaise are in the process of responding to a request from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for additional information and documents. The European Commission granted clearance of the pending acquisition on August 24, 1999. At the close of trading in New York on Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 45,590,693 shares of common stock of Nalco Chemical had been validly tendered in connection with the offer. No shares had been tendered by guaranteed delivery. With annual revenues of $32.5 billion, Suez Lyonnaise is a world leader in private infrastructure services, with operations in more than 120 countries. It is a market leader in the water sector, supplying drinking water to 77 million people and providing wastewater services to 52 million people. The three international core business sectors of Suez Lyonnaise are: energy, water, and waste services. Based in Naperville, Illinois, outside of Chicago, Nalco Chemical employs 7,000 people of which about 3,600 are engineers and technicians with direct customer contact and 300 are researchers located in five R&D centers. Contact: John Ferguson Graham Jackson Paul Cholette Morrow & Co. for Nalco Chemical Nalco Chemical Suez Lyonnaise (630) 305-1365 (630) 305-1147 (212) 754-8000 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----