-----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, RWdqSu8+nhXDSNomd/VLNaIc8HRs2LWEhqJs5i2Kdb+FqA8VMjfFZ7WLX3LjyRWT 3F1DlVWEJSy3m16IP/CUSw== /in/edgar/work/0000950157-00-000570/0000950157-00-000570.txt : 20001019 0000950157-00-000570.hdr.sgml : 20001019 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950157-00-000570 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001018 GROUP MEMBERS: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT GROUP MEMBERS: BAYER CORP GROUP MEMBERS: PROJECT TOLEDO ACQUISITION CORP. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYBRON CHEMICALS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000832815 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [2890 ] IRS NUMBER: 510301280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-45069 FILM NUMBER: 741985 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BIRMINGHAM RD STREET 2: PO BOX 66 CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: NJ ZIP: 08011 BUSINESS PHONE: 6098931100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 66 BIRMINGHAM ROAD CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: NJ ZIP: 08011 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BAYER CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001008007 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ] IRS NUMBER: 251339219 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BAYER ROAD CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 152059741 BUSINESS PHONE: 4127772000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BAYER ROAD CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15209 SC TO-T/A 1 0001.txt AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------- Amendment No. 5 to SCHEDULE TO Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Amendment No. 5 to SCHEDULE 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ----------- Sybron Chemicals Inc. (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) Project Toledo Acquisition Corp. Bayer Corporation Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (Names of Filing Persons (Offerors)) ----------- COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE (Title of Class of Securities) ----------- 870903101 (Cusip Number of Class of Securities) ----------- Bruce A. Mackintosh, Esq. Bayer Corporation 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741 Telephone: (412) 777-2000 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons) Copy to: Daniel P. Cunningham, Esq. Cravath, Swaine & Moore 825 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10019-7475 Telephone: (212) 474-1000 --------------------------- October 18, 2000 --------------------------- 2 |_| Check the box if the filing relates to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates: |X| third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |_| issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. |_| going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. |X| amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: |_| ================================================================================ 3 Project Toledo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser"), Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation ("Parent"), and Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, a company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany ("Bayer AG"), hereby amend and supplement their Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the "Schedule TO") and their Schedule 13D, in each case, originally filed on September 8, 2000. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Sybron Chemicals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), together with the associated rights (the "Rights") to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement, at $35 per Share, 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 September 8, 2000 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms used, and not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Offer to Purchase. Item 11. Additional Information. Item 11 to the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by the following: On October 18, 2000, Parent announced that the waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the Offer expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, October 17, 2000, and issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(L) and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 12. Exhibits. (a)(1)(L) Press Release issued by Parent on October 18, 2000. 4 SIGNATURES 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. PROJECT TOLEDO ACQUISITION CORP., By: /s/ John L. Williams ------------------------------- Name: Dr. John L. Williams Title: President BAYER CORPORATION, By: /s/ E.L. Foote, Jr. ------------------------------- Name: E.L. Foote, Jr. Title: Executive Vice President BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, By: /s/ Roland Hartwig ------------------------------- Name: Dr. Roland Hartwig Title: General Counsel Dated: October 18, 2000 5 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Document (a)(1)(L) Press Release issued by Parent on October 18, 2000. EX-99 2 0002.txt PRESS RELEASE 6 Exhibit (a)(1)(L) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BAYER ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST WAITING PERIOD FOR SYBRON CHEMICALS INC. ACQUISITION PITTSBURGH, October 18, 2000 - Bayer Corporation, of Pittsburgh, announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on October 17, 2000, with respect to the tender offer by Bayer Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, Project Toledo Acquisition Corp., for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sybron Chemicals Inc. Bayer's tender offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 20, 2000. # # # Media Contact: Bayer Corporation, Mark A. Ryan, Tel.: 412-777-2500 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----