-----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, NnXgq0X/QWaZTSL049HRfbexPUrZeNuof2jBaV8urIuF1l6JRDW8yr73K46ecyFB o/4RcI0gjzx3URRxYkvCQQ== 0000721356-99-000001.txt : 19990121 0000721356-99-000001.hdr.sgml : 19990121 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000721356-99-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990120 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMEDICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000721356 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3590] IRS NUMBER: 042788806 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-38152 FILM NUMBER: 99508435 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 470 WILDWOOD ST STREET 2: P O BOX 2697 CITY: WOBURN STATE: MA ZIP: 01888-1799 BUSINESS PHONE: 7819383786 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN STREET STREET 2: P.O. BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02254 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMO ELECTRON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 042209186 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1230 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02454 BUSINESS PHONE: 7816221000 SC 13D/A 1 SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 9 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 9) Thermedics Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $.10 per share - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Title of Class of Securities) 883901 10 0 (CUSIP Number) Seth H. Hoogasian, Esq. General Counsel (781)622-1000 Thermo Electron Corporation 81 Wyman Street Waltham, MA 02454-9046 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) December 15, 1998 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box []. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Thermo Electron Corporation IRS No. 04-2209186 - --------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* - --------------------------- - --------------------------- (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC - --------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------- 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION State of Delaware - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF SHARES 7 SOLE VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 31,219,699 REPORTING PERSON WITH - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 31,219,699 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 31,219,699 - --------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11 74.9% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON * CO - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thermo Electron Corporation hereby amends its statement on Schedule 13D relating to the shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.10 per share, of Thermedics Inc. (the "Issuer"), as set forth below. Item 2. Identity and Background Item 2 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: This Amendment is being filed by Thermo Electron Corporation (the "Reporting Person"), pursuant to Rule 13d-2, to reflect an increase in the Reporting Person's holdings of the Issuer's Shares since the Reporting Person's last filing on Schedule 13D, on December 14, 1998, of more than one percent. The Reporting Person develops, manufactures and markets analytical and monitoring instruments; biomedical products including heart-assist devices, respiratory-care equipment, and mammography systems; and paper-recycling and papermaking equipment. The Reporting Person also develops alternative-energy systems and clean fuels, provides a range of services including industrial outsourcing and environmental-liability management, and conducts research and development in advanced imaging, laser communications, and electronic information-management technologies. The principal business address and principal office address of the Reporting Person, a Delaware corporation, is 81 Wyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9046. Appendix A attached to this Amendment sets forth with respect to each executive officer and director of the Reporting Person his or her (a) name; (b) residence or business address; (c) present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted; and (d) citizenship. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, there is no person who may be deemed to be a controlling person of the Reporting Person. During the last five years, neither the Reporting Person nor (to the knowledge of the Reporting Person) any executive officer or director of the Reporting Person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors). During the last five years, neither the Reporting Person nor (to the knowledge of the Reporting Person) any executive officer or director of the Reporting Person has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction which resulted in a judgement, decree or final order (i) enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or (ii) finding a violation with respect to such laws. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. The second and third sentences of Item 3 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: The Reporting Person has expended approximately $5,570,000 in purchasing Shares of the Issuer since the date of its last filing on Schedule 13D. These funds were paid out of the Reporting Person's working capital. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction The second and third paragraphs of Item 4 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: The Reporting Person may make purchases of Shares or other securities of the Issuer in such manner and in such amounts as it determines to be appropriate. In determining whether to do so, the Reporting Person will consider various relevant factors, including its evaluation of the Issuer's business, prospects and financial condition, amounts and prices of available securities of the Issuer, the market for the Issuer's securities, other opportunities available to the Reporting Person and general market and economic conditions. Purchases may be made either on the open market or directly from the Issuer. Except as set forth in this Item 4 and Item 6, neither the Reporting Person nor, to the Reporting Person's knowledge, any of the executive officers or directors of the Reporting Person has any current plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the actions specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, although the Reporting Person and such other persons do not rule out the possibility of effecting or seeking to effect any such actions in the future. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. Items 5 (a) - (c) are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: (a) The Reporting Person beneficially owns 31,219,699 Shares, or approximately 74.9% of the outstanding Shares. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person beneficially own an aggregate of 605,819 Shares or approximately 1.4% of the outstanding Shares. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, the Shares beneficially owned by all executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person include 439,750 Shares that such persons have the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of stock options. Ownership information for each executive officer and director of the Reporting Person is set forth below. Name Number of Shares(1) - ---- ------------------- John M. Albertine 4,500 Peter O. Crisp 35,002 Elias P. Gyftopoulos 10,048 George N. Hatsopoulos 63,681 John N. Hatsopoulos 64,630 Brian D. Holt 0 Frank Jungers 9,050 Paul F. Kelleher 20,360 John T. Keiser 81,793 Theo Melas-Kyriazi 20,144 Earl R. Lewis 0 Robert A. McCabe 6,998 Donald E. Noble 14,173 Robert W. O'Leary 0 Hutham S. Olayan 4,500 Peter G. Pantazelos 18,144 William A. Rainville 0 Arvin H. Smith 91,290 Richard F. Syron 0 Roger D. Wellington 4,500 John W. Wood Jr. 157,006 All directors and current executive 605,819 officers as a group (21 persons) (1) Shares reported as beneficially owned by Dr. Albertine, Mr. Crisp, Dr. Gyftopoulos, Dr. G. Hatsopoulos, Mr. J. Hatsopoulos, Mr. Jungers, Mr. Kelleher, Mr. Keiser, Mr. Melas-Kyriazi, Mr. McCabe, Mr. Noble, Ms. Olayan, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wellington, Mr. Wood and all directors and executive officers as a group include 4,500, 9,450, 4,500, 50,000, 50,000, 4,500, 19,000, 78,000, 4,500, 4,500, 20,000, 4,500, 82,500, 4,500, 99,300 and 439,750 Shares, respectively, that such person or members of the group have the right to acquire within 60 days. While certain directors and executive officers of the Reporting Person are also directors and officers of the Issuer, all such persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the Shares owned by the Reporting Person. (b) The Reporting Person and the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person have the sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares each such person owns, except as follows: Shares beneficially owned by Dr. G. Hatsopoulos, Mr. J. Hatsopoulos, Mr. Kelleher, Mr. Pantazelos, Mr. Smith and all directors and current executive officers as a group include 1,635, 1,737, 1,294, 1,952, 1,445 and 8,063 full Shares, respectively, allocated to their respective accounts maintained pursuant to the Reporting Person's employee stock ownership plan ("ESOP"). Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Crisp include 7,447 Shares allocated to Mr. Crisp's account maintained pursuant to the Issuer's deferred compensation plan for directors. Shares beneficially owned by Dr. G. Hatsopoulos include 562 Shares held by his spouse and 92 Shares allocated to the account of his spouse maintained pursuant to the Reporting Person's ESOP. Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Jungers include 1,550 Shares held by Mr. Jungers' spouse. Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Wood include 2,600 Shares held by him as custodian for two minor children. (c) The Reporting Person has effected the following transactions with respect to the Shares during the past 60 days: Date Amount Price Per Share Transfer Type - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/09/98 7,000 $10.4375 Open Market Purchase 12/09/98 27,800 $10.50 Open Market Purchase 12/11/98 10,700 $10.1875 Open Market Purchase 12/11/98 18,900 $10.25 Open Market Purchase 12/11/98 6,300 $10.00 Open Market Purchase 12/11/98 1,500 $10.125 Open Market Purchase 12/14/98 2,200 $10.25 Open Market Purchase 12/14/98 1,000 $10.1875 Open Market Purchase 12/14/98 3,800 $10.3125 Open Market Purchase 12/14/98 33,000 $10.375 Open Market Purchase 12/18/98 13,300 $10.25 Open Market Purchase 12/21/98 29,700 $10.437 Open Market Purchase 12/21/98 13,000 $10.50 Open Market Purchase 12/22/98 45,495 $10.25 Open Market Purchase 12/23/98 17,400 $10.375 Open Market Purchase 12/23/98 5,000 $10.4375 Open Market Purchase 12/24/98 7,200 $10.375 Open Market Purchase 12/24/98 10,900 $10.6875 Open Market Purchase 12/24/98 5,000 $10.75 Open Market Purchase 12/28/98 7,000 $10.7313 Open Market Purchase 12/28/98 36,000 $10.9479 Open Market Purchase 12/29/98 600 $10.625 Open Market Purchase 12/29/98 1,800 $10.6875 Open Market Purchase 12/29/98 30,200 $10.75 Open Market Purchase 12/29/98 7,400 $10.875 Open Market Purchase 12/30/98 600 $10.75 Open Market Purchase 12/30/98 26,400 $10.8125 Open Market Purchase 12/31/98 2,000 $10.75 Open Market Purchase 12/31/98 29,900 $10.8125 Open Market Purchase 12/31/98 12,000 $10.875 Open Market Purchase 01/04/99 600 $10.875 Open Market Purchase 01/05/99 3,800 $11.00 Open Market Purchase 01/06/99 5,000 $11.00 Open Market Purchase 01/07/99 41,600 $11.00 Open Market Purchase To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person have effected no transactions in the Shares in the past 60 days. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with respect to Securities of the Issuer. The second paragraph of Item 6 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: Of the 31,219,699 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, 88,875 Shares are subject to options to acquire such Shares granted by the Reporting Person pursuant to its director and employee stock option plans. The executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person have the right, pursuant to such options, to acquire 31,500 Shares. In addition, the following executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person have the right to acquire shares from the Issuer pursuant to the Issuer's director and employee stock option plans: Dr. George N. Hatsopoulos has the right to acquire 50,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. John N. Hatsopoulos has the right to acquire 50,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Peter O. Crisp has the right to acquire 9,450 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Theo Melas-Kyriazi has the right to acquire 20,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. John T. Keiser has the right to acquire 78,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Arvin H. Smith has the right to acquire 82,500 Shares within 60 days; Mr. John W. Wood, Jr. has the right to acquire 99,300 Shares within 60 days; and Mr. Paul F. Kelleher has the right to acquire 19,000 Shares within 60 days. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the Reporting Person certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: January 19, 1999 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION By: /s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi Theo Melas-Kyriazi Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Appendix A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: APPENDIX A The following individuals are executive officers or directors of Thermo Electron Corporation ("Thermo Electron"). Unless otherwise noted, all such individuals are citizens of the United States. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each executive officer and director of Thermo Electron is 81 Wyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9046. John M. Albertine: Director, Thermo Electron Dr. Albertine is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Albertine Enterprises, Inc., an economic and public policy consulting firm. His business address is Albertine Enterprises, Inc., 1156 15th Street N.W., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20005. Peter O. Crisp: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Crisp was, until August 1997, a General Partner of Venrock Associates, a venture capital investment firm. Elias P. Gyftopoulos: Director, Thermo Electron Dr. Gyftopoulos is Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His business address is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 24-109, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. Frank Jungers: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Jungers is a consultant on business and energy matters. His business address is 822 NW Murray, Suite 242, Portland, Oregon 97229. Robert A. McCabe: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. McCabe is President of Pilot Capital Corporation, a firm specializing in private investment and acquisition services. His business address is Pilot Capital Corporation, 444 Madison Avenue, Suite 2103, New York, New York 10022. Donald E. Noble: Director, Thermo Electron For more than 20 years, from 1959 to 1980, Mr. Noble served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rubbermaid, Incorporated, first with the title of President and then as Chairman of the Board. His business address is Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Robert W. O'Leary: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. O'Leary is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Premier, Inc., a strategic healthcare alliance. His business address is Premier, Inc., 12225 El Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130. Hutham S. Olayan: Director, Thermo Electron Ms. Olayan is the President and a director of Olayan America Corporation and President of Competrol Real Estate Limited, firms engaged in advisory services and private real estate investments. Her business address is Suite 1100, 505 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Ms. Olayan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia. Richard F. Syron: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Syron has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the American Stock Exchange since 1994. Mr. Syron was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 1989 to 1994. His business address is 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006. Roger D. Wellington: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Wellington is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Consultants, Inc. and of Wellington Associates, Inc., international business consulting firms. George N. Hatsopoulos: Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thermo Electron John N. Hatsopoulos: Director and Vice Chairman of the Board, Thermo Electron Peter G. Pantazelos: Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Thermo Electron Arvin H. Smith: President, Thermo Electron Earl R. Lewis: Chief Operating Officer, Instrumentation William A. Rainville: Chief Operating Officer, Recycling and Recovery Systems John W. Wood Jr.: Senior Vice President, Thermo Electron Paul F. Kelleher: Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Accounting Officer, Thermo Electron Brian D. Holt: Chief Operating Officer, Environmental and Energy John T. Keiser: Chief Operating Officer, Biomedical and New Technologies Theo Melas-Kyriazi: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thermo Electron Mr. Melas-Kyriazi is a citizen of Greece. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----