-----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, GGyXTmjcyIEw1vsSSKugHTQJckO3aqsVBIXcno3gtbfQ9VW8opkSNSRwMWUn7y5R ZXuzlPDAFqEygT6ofXmJQA== 0001017921-00-000001.txt : 20000203 0001017921-00-000001.hdr.sgml : 20000203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001017921-00-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000201 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMO FIBERGEN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001017921 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) [3550] IRS NUMBER: 043311544 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0102 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-51361 FILM NUMBER: 518991 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8 ALFRED CIRCLE CITY: BEDFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01730 BUSINESS PHONE: 6176221000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN STREET 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: 0102 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. 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a) (Amendment No. 3) Thermo Fibergen Inc. ------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 88355U 10 9 ----------- (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) January 31, 2000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) [ x ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* WC; OO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 REPORTING PERSON 10,435,700 WITH - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 10,435,700 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 10,435,700 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 73.7% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 $.01 per share, of Thermo Fibergen 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 a change in the information previously reported under Items 4 and 6 of this Schedule 13D. The Reporting Person holds the Shares of the Issuer that are the subject of this Amendment through one or more controlled subsidiaries. As of the date of this Amendment, 10,419,950 Shares were held by Thermo Fibertek Inc. ("Thermo Fibertek"), a majority-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person. Through the largest of its four operating segments, measurement and detection, the Reporting Person is a leading provider of analytical and monitoring instruments used in everything from life sciences research to food and beverage production. The Reporting Person serves the healthcare market through its biomedical segment and is a recognized leader in heart-assist devices, respiratory-care equipment, neurodiagnostics, and mammography systems. Through its energy and environment segment, the Reporting Person develops and operates power plants and offers a range of environmental consulting and resource management services. The Reporting Person is also a major producer of paper-recycling equipment and provides water-clarification and fiber-recovery products and services through its recycling and resource recovery segment. In addition, the Reporting Person conducts a broad range of advanced technology R&D. 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. Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: The Reporting Person has expended approximately $790,000 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 Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: On January 31, 2000, the Reporting Person issued a press release in which it stated that Thermo Fibertek is expected to be spun off as a dividend to the Reporting Person's shareholders. Under the plan, the Issuer will remain a subsidiary of Thermo Fibertek after the spinoff. Completion of the spinoff is subject to a number of conditions, including a favorable ruling by the Internal Revenue Service regarding the tax treatment of the spinoff and final action by the Reporting Person's board of directors. 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 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person include 15,750 Shares, or approximately 0.1% of the outstanding Shares, owned directly by the Reporting Person, and 10,419,950 Shares, or approximately 73.6% of the outstanding Shares, owned by Thermo Fibertek. To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person beneficially own an aggregate of 172,413 Shares or approximately 1.20% 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 167,000 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, as of January 1, 2000, is set forth below. Name Number of Shares(1) - ---- ------------------- Samuel W. Bodman 0 Peter O. Crisp 1,000 Elias P. Gyftopoulos 1,000 George N. Hatsopoulos 20,000 John N. Hatsopoulos 20,000 Brian D. Holt 2,000 Frank Jungers 2,500 John T. Keiser 0 Paul F. Kelleher 5,000 Earl R. Lewis 2,000 Robert A. McCabe 1,000 Theo Melas-Kyriazi 27,000 Robert W. O'Leary 0 Hutham S. Olayan 2,000 William A. Rainville 76,500 Richard F. Syron 0 Roger D. Wellington 12,413 All directors and current executive 172,413 officers as a group (17 persons) (1) Shares reported as beneficially owned by Mr. Crisp, Dr. Gyftopoulos, Dr. G. Hatsopoulos, Mr. J. Hatsopoulos, Mr. Holt, Mr. Jungers, Mr. Kelleher, Mr. Lewis, Mr. McCabe, Mr. Melas-Kyriazi, Ms. Olayan, Mr. Rainville, Mr. Wellington and all directors and executive officers as a group include 1,000, 1,000, 20,000, 20,000, 2,000, 1,000, 5,000, 2,000, 1,000, 27,000, 1,000, 75,000, 11,000, and 167,000 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. Mr. Jungers and Mr. Rainville beneficially own 1,500 and 1,500 redemption rights, respectively, issued by the Issuer. Each of these rights, issued in a public offering in September 1996, permits the holder to sell one Share back to the Issuer at certain points in the future at a price of $12.75 per Share. (c) The Reporting Person has effected no transactions with respect to the Shares during the past 60 days. 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 first two paragraphs of Item 6 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: As set forth in Item 4 hereof, the Reporting Person has announced that the Issuer's parent company, Thermo Fibertek, is expected to be spun off as a dividend to the Reporting Person's shareholders. Of the 10,435,700 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person, 81,650 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 13,000 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 20,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. John N. Hatsopoulos has the right to acquire 20,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Paul F. Kelleher has the right to acquire 5,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Theo Melas-Kyriazi has the right to acquire 25,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr. William A. Rainville has the right to acquire 75,000 Shares within 60 days; and Mr. Roger Wellington has the right to acquire 10,000 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: February 1, 2000 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION By: /s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi ---------------------------------- Theo Melas-Kyriazi 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. Samuel W. Bodman: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Bodman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cabot Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials. His business address is Cabot Corporation, 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Peter O. Crisp: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. Crisp was, until September 1997, a General Partner of Venrock Associates, a venture capital investment firm. He has been the vice chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. since December 1997. 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 Chairman of Pilot Capital Corporation, a firm which is engaged in private investments. His business address is Pilot Capital Corporation, 444 Madison Avenue, Suite 2103, New York, New York 10022. Robert W. O'Leary: Director, Thermo Electron Mr. O'Leary is the President and Chairman of Premier, Inc., a strategic alliance of not-for-profit health care and hospital systems. 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, a firm engaged in private investments, including real estate, and advisory services. Her business address is Suite 1100, 505 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Ms. Olayan is a citizen of Saudi Arabia. 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. Richard F. Syron: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Thermo Electron George N. Hatsopoulos: Director and Chairman Emeritus, Thermo Electron John N. Hatsopoulos: Director and Vice Chairman of the Board, Thermo Electron Theo Melas-Kyriazi: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thermo Electron Mr. Melas-Kyriazi is a citizen of Greece. Brian D. Holt: Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Environment, Thermo Electron John T. Keiser: Chief Operating Officer, Biomedical, Thermo Electron Earl R. Lewis: Chief Operating Officer, Measurement and Detection, Thermo Electron William A. Rainville: Chief Operating Officer, Recycling and Resource Recovery, Thermo Electron Paul F. 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