-----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, Lo7htljoimoNFzIqhEYK3GaPNOlm1CYnC6B+VOHLLOBzW/LXRkZzaiVyqUuEwX4d hya/cJUKEcHvsUt5SxB6Zg== 0000950124-96-000562.txt : 19960410 0000950124-96-000562.hdr.sgml : 19960410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-96-000562 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 14D9/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960209 SROS: NASD 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: SC 14D9/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-39746 FILM NUMBER: 96514581 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 FILED BY: 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: SC 14D9/A 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 SC 14D9/A 1 SCHEDULE 14D-9/A 1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------ SCHEDULE 14D-9 SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 1) ------------------------------ DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION (Name of Subject Company) DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement) CLASS B COMMON STOCK, WITHOUT PAR VALUE (Title of Class of Securities) 244878 20 3 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) John H. Witmer, Jr., Esq. Senior Vice President and General Counsel 3100 Sycamore Road DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (815) 758-3461 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notice and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing statement) ------------------------------ COPIES TO: James G. Archer Peter D. Lyons Sidley & Austin Shearman & Sterling 875 Third Avenue 599 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10022 (212) 906-2000 (212) 848-4000
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ITEM 1. SECURITY AND SUBJECT COMPANY. This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 1996 (as amended, the "Schedule 14D-9") by DEKALB Genetics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), relating to the tender offer by Monsanto Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Monsanto"), to purchase up to 1,800,000 shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock, without par value, at a price per share of $71.00 net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase of Monsanto dated February 7, 1996 and in the related Letter of Transmittal. ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED. Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: On February 9, 1996, the Company issued a press release. A copy of such press release is filed hereto as Exhibit 12, and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 9. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. Exhibit 12 Press Release of the Company dated February 9, 1996. 1 3 SIGNATURE After reasonable 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. By: THOMAS R. RAUMAN ------------------------------------ Name: Thomas R. Rauman Title: Chief Financial Officer Dated: February 9, 1996 2 4 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 12 Press Release of the Company dated February 9, 1996
3 EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE 1 [DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION LOGO] NEWS RELEASE Thomas R. Rauman Chief Financial Officer (815) 758-9223 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1996 DEKALB GENETICS DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND DEKALB, Illinois, February 9, 1996 -- DEKALB Genetics Corporation today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share on Class A and Class B Common Stock. The dividend is payable March 8, 1996 to shareholders of record February 23, 1996. Based in DeKalb, Illinois, DEKALB Genetics Corporation is engaged in the research, production and marketing of agricultural seed and swine breeding stock. DEKALB Genetics Corporation Class B Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System, under the symbol SEEDB. ### 3100 SYCAMORE ROAD, DEKALB, IL 60115-9600 815/758-3461 FAX: 815/758-3711 4.1 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----