-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, tAPFBd6KC041O5bPETMJ/Un+Q4Ow3/s8YKox8mWkbdN8BPy681YgE2oS+OVCazrD OWym3D1VIJs0d+rkqUwr9A== 0000009749-94-000027.txt : 19940215 0000009749-94-000027.hdr.sgml : 19940215 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000009749-94-000027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19940214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERCULES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046989 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 2821 IRS NUMBER: 510023450 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 34 SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-15992 FILM NUMBER: 94507365 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1313 N MARKET ST STREET 2: HERCULES PLZ CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19894 BUSINESS PHONE: 3025945000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: HERCULES PLAZA, ROOM 6471 NE CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19894 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HERCULES POWDER CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680321 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANKERS TRUST NEW YORK CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000009749 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 6022 IRS NUMBER: 136180473 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122502500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BT NEW YORK CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19671107 SC 13G/A 1 HERCULES INC SC 13G/A - 1993 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY One Bankers Trust Plaza New York, New York 10006 Don R. De Souza Mailing Address: Vice President P.O. Box 318 Telephone: 212-250-2216 Church Street Station New York, NY 10008 February 14, 1994 Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Document Control 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 Attn: Filing Desk Dear Sirs: Re: Filing of Schedule 13G on Hercules Inc Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the following is one copy of the Schedule 13G with respect to the common stock of the above referenced corporation. Please acknowledge your receipt of the Schedule 13G filing submission through the EDGAR-Link System software, by E-Mail confirmation. Sincerely, /s/Don R. De Souza Enclosures SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 2 )* ____ Hercules Inc _______________________________________ NAME OF ISSUER: Common Stock (Par Value - No Par) _______________________________________ TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES 427056106 _______________________________________ CUSIP NUMBER Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]. (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (Continued on following page(s)) Page 1 of 6 Pages CUSIP No. 427056106 Page 2 of 6 Pages 1.NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various trusts, and employee benefit plans 13-6180473 2.CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] (B) [X] 3.SEC USE ONLY 4.CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Both Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Bankers Trust Company are New York Corporations. NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 593,547 BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 9,950 EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 993,337 PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,950 9.AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,003,287 10.CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW(9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES * X 11.PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 2.4% 12.TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON * Bankers Trust New York Corporation - HC Bankers Trust Company - BK 3 DISCLAIMER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP THE FILING OF THIS SCHEDULE G STATEMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT BANKERS TRUST NEW YORK CORPORATION OR BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE (THE "BANK") IS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 13(g) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ALL SECURITIES COVERED BY THIS STATEMENT, AND THE BANK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AS SET FORTH IN ITEM 4(a) HEREOF. Item 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER: Hercules Inc Item 1(b) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19894 Item 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FILING: Bankers Trust New York Corporation, and its wholly- owned subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various trusts, and employee benefit plans. Item 2(b) ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE: 280 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Item 2(c) CITIZENSHIP: Bankers Trust New York Corporation and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various trusts, and employee benefit plans, are both corporations incorporated in the State of New York with their principal business offices located in New York. Item 2(d) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES: Common Stock (Par Value - No Par) of Hercules Inc, a Delaware corporation. Item 2(e) CUSIP NUMBER: 427056106 4 Item 3 THE PERSON FILING IS A: For Bankers Trust New York Corporation, (g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) For Bankers Trust Company, (b) [X] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act. Item 4 OWNERSHIP: (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various trusts, and employee benefit plans (the "Bank"), was the beneficial owner as of December 31, 1993 of 1,003,287 shares of common stock. It was also the record owner of 1,358,570 shares held by the Bank as Trustee of the Hercules Inc. Master Trust, Employee Savings Plan, and Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan") with respect to which the bank disclaims beneficial ownership. The Plan states that each Plan participant shall have the right to direct the manner in which shares of common stock shall be voted at all stockholders' meetings. The Department of Labor has expressed the view that, under certain circumstances, ERISA may require the Trustee to vote shares which are not allocated to participants' accounts and unvoted shares. Since, in the view of the Bank and Bankers Trust New York Corporation, such voting power is merely a residual power based upon the occurrence of an unlikely contingency and is not a sole or shared power to vote the securities, the Bank and Bankers Trust New York Corporation hereby disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities. 5 (b) PERCENT OF CLASS: The common stock described in Item 4(a) above as to which the Bank acknowledges beneficial ownership constitutes 2.4% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. The Common Stock as to which the Bank disclaims beneficial ownership constitutes 3.3% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock. (c) Number of shares as to which the Bank has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote - 593,547 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 9,950 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 993,337 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 9,950 Item 5 OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS: [X] Item 6 OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON: The Issuer's Plan and various trusts, and employee benefit plans for which the Bank serves as Trustee, have the right to receive and/or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities. Item 7 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY: See Item 3 above. Item 8 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP: Not applicable. 6 Item 9 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP: Not Applicable Item 10 CERTIFICATION: By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. 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. Date: as of December 31, 1993 Signature: Bankers Trust New York Corporation /s/James T. Byrne, Jr. By: James T. Byrne, Jr. Title: Secretary Signature: Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee for various trusts, and employee benefit plans. /s/Don R. De Souza By: Don R. 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