-----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, WcFDs4YURUa/FCUvpt/LpqHTm8dutEfnpLzV7hGC7KwyA6De/BQgvgqAe4PvD7nJ mN9rq+2YGa7HZmjOB6RXZw== /in/edgar/work/0000950157-00-000604/0000950157-00-000604.txt : 20001108 0000950157-00-000604.hdr.sgml : 20001108 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950157-00-000604 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001107 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: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19983 FILM NUMBER: 754736 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 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BAYER CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001008007 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ]OWNER IRS NUMBER: 251339219 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 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 4 1 0001.txt STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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 box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bayer Corporation (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 Bayer Road - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Pittsburgh PA 15205 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sybron Chemicals Inc. (AMEX:SYC) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year October 2000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person 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) [ ] Form filed by one Reporting Person [X] 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. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 10/26/00 P (2) 5,707,934 A $35.00 5,707,934 I (3) (4) $.01 per share - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. 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: (1) This form is a joint filing with Project Toledo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, a company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany ("Bayer AG"), affiliates of the Reporting Person. All of the common stock of Purchaser is owned by the Reporting Person, and all of the common stock of the Reporting Person is owned by Bayer AG. As the owner of 100% of Purchaser, Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation ("Parent") may be deemed to beneficially own any shares Purchaser may be deemed to beneficially own. As the 100% owner of Parent, Bayer AG may be deemed to beneficially own any shares the wholly owned subsidiary of Parent may be deemed to own. (2) The shares of Sybron Chemicals Inc. common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), reported in this Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 were directly acquired by Purchaser upon the closing of a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Tender Offer"), as disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, including all exhibits thereto, as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Purchaser, Parent and Bayer AG on September 8, 2000. (3) This figure reflects the 5,707,934 shares of Common Stock acquired in the Tender Offer. (4) Parent's indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by Purchaser arises through its ownership of all the common stock of Purchaser. **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 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 number. /s/ E.L. Foote, Jr. November 7, 2000 - ------------------------------------ -------------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date E.L. Foote, Jr., Executive Vice President, on behalf of Bayer Corporation Page 2 of 3 JOINT FILER INFORMATION Title of Securities: Common Stock, par value $ .01 per share Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Sybron Chemicals Inc. (AMEX: SYC) Designated Filer: Bayer Corporation Other Joint Filers: Project Toledo Acquisition Corp. 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Bayer Aktiengesellschaft D-51368 Leverkusen Germany Date of Event Requiring Statement: October 26, 2000 PROJECT TOLEDO ACQUISITION CORP., by /s/ John L. Williams ---------------------------- Name: John L. Williams Title: President BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, by /s/ Roland Hartwig ---------------------------- Name: Dr. Roland Hartwig Title: General Counsel -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----