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SC 13D/A, 1998-11-12
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                 Amendment No. 3

                                   DEPUY, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  COMMON STOCK
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                             -----------------------

                                   249726 10 0
                                 (Cusip Number)

                                 CORANGE LIMITED
                              CORANGE INTERNATIONAL
                                     LIMITED
                              CORANGE INTERNATIONAL
                                  HOLDING B.V.
                                PHARMINVEST S.A.
                       (Name of Persons Filing Statement)

                                Peter R. Douglas
                              Davis Polk & Wardwell
                              450 Lexington Avenue
                               New York, NY 10017
                              Tel No.: 212-450-4000
                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                      Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                               and Communications)

                                November 2, 1998
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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     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 statement because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box [ ].

     Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement:  [ ]

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 249726 10 0                                    Page ____ of ____ Pages

     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
               S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

               CORANGE LIMITED

     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  [ ]
                                                                        (b)  [ ]

     3         SEC USE ONLY

     4         SOURCE OF FUNDS*

               NOT APPLICABLE

     5         CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
               TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                 [ ]

     6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

               BERMUDA

             NUMBER OF SHARES                   7     SOLE VOTING POWER
        BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
          REPORTING PERSON WITH                       0

                                                8     SHARED VOTING POWER

                                                      0

                                                9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0

                                                10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0

    11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               0

    12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       [ ]

    13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

               0%
    14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

               CO
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
SEC 1746 (9-88) 2 of 7


                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 249726 10 0                                  Page ____ of ____ Pages

     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
               S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

               CORANGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  [ ]
                                                                        (b)  [ ]

     3         SEC USE ONLY

     4         SOURCE OF FUNDS*

               NOT APPLICABLE

     5         CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
               TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]

     6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

               BERMUDA

             NUMBER OF SHARES              7          SOLE VOTING POWER
        BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
          REPORTING PERSON WITH                       0

                                           8          SHARED VOTING POWER

                                                      0

                                           9          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0
                                           10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0

    11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               0

    12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       [ ]

    13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

               0%

    14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

               CO
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

SEC 1746 (9-88) 2 of 7

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 249726 10 0                                  Page ____ of ____ Pages

     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
               S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

               CORANGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V.

     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  [ ]
                                                                        (b)  [ ]

     3         SEC USE ONLY

     4         SOURCE OF FUNDS*

               NOT APPLICABLE

     5         CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
               TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]

     6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

               THE NETHERLANDS

             NUMBER OF SHARES             7          SOLE VOTING POWER
        BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
          REPORTING PERSON WITH                      0

                                          8          SHARED VOTING POWER

                                                     0

                                          9          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                     0
                                          10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                     0

    11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               0

    12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       [ ]

    13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

               0%

    14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

               CO
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

SEC 1746 (9-88) 2 of 7

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 249726 10 0                                   Page ____ of ____ Pages

     1         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
               S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

               PHARMINVEST S.A.

     2         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  [ ]
                                                                        (b)  [ ]

     3         SEC USE ONLY

     4         SOURCE OF FUNDS*

               NOT APPLICABLE

     5         CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
               TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]

     6         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

               LUXEMBOURG

             NUMBER OF SHARES              7          SOLE VOTING POWER
        BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
          REPORTING PERSON WITH                       0

                                           8          SHARED VOTING POWER

                                                      0

                                           9          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0
                                           10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                                      0

    11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

               0

    12         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
               SHARES*                                                       [ ]

    13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

               0%
    14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

               CO

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

SEC 1746 (9-88) 2 of 7


     *Introduction

     Corange Limited ("Corange") hereby amends and supplements its Report on
Schedule 13D, originally filed on June 3, 1997 and amended by Amendment No. 1
on March 31, 1998 and Amendment No. 2 on July 28, 1998 (as amended, the
"Schedule 13D") with respect to shares of common stock, $.01 par value (the
"Shares") of DePuy, Inc. (the "Company"). On July 21, 1998, Corange, Corange
International Limited ("CIL"), Corange International Holding B.V. ("CIHBV") and
Pharminvest S.A. ("Pharminvest", and together with Corange, CIL and CIHBV, the
"Sellers"), all indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Roche Holding Ltd,
entered into a Stockholder Agreement (the "Stockholder Agreement") with Johnson
& Johnson ("Parent") and LIB Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to which Sellers agreed with Parent and the
Purchaser to sell to the Purchaser, at a price of $35 per Share, all the Shares
owned by Sellers representing an aggregate of 83,000,000 Shares or
approximately 84% of the Shares outstanding as of July 21, 1998.

     On November 2, 1998, the sale of the Shares by Sellers to Purchaser
pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement was consummated.

     Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D.

   Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

     This Schedule 13D relates to Common Stock, $.01 par value per share of
DePuy, Inc. The issuer is DePuy, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The address of
the issuer's principal executive office is 700 Orthopaedic Drive, Warsaw,
Indiana 46580.

   Item 2.  Identity and Background

     On March 5, 1998, Roche Healthcare Limited, a Bermuda corporation ("RHL"),
consummated its acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Corange
(the "Acquisition"). At the time of the Acquisition, Corange owned, directly
and through its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, 83,000,000
Shares.

     Each of RHL, Corange, CIL, CIHBV and Pharminvest is an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of Roche Holding Ltd, a Swiss corporation ("Holding"). Dr.
h.c. Paul Sacher, an individual and citizen of Switzerland ("Dr. Sacher") has,
pursuant to an agreement, the power to vote a majority of the voting securities
of Holding. RHL, Corange, CIL, CIHBV, Pharminvest, Holding and Dr. Sacher are
herein referred to collectively as the "Reporting Persons".

     The address of the principal offices of RHL is Church & Parliament Its.,
Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda. The address of the principal offices of Holding is
Grenzacherstrasse 124, Basel 4070, Switzerland. The business address of Dr.
Sacher is Haus auf Burg, Muensterplatz 4, Basel 4051, Switzerland.

     The name, citizenship, present principal occupation and material position
held during the last five years of each of the officers and directors of each
Reporting Person are set forth on Schedules A, B, C, D, E and F hereto. During
the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons, nor to the knowledge of the
Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed in Schedules A-F (i) has been
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar
misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such
laws.

   Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     Not applicable.

   Item 4.  Purpose of the Transaction.

     The information set forth in "Introduction" is incorporated herein by
reference. Other than as contemplated by the Stockholder Agreement, the Offer
and the Merger Agreement, Sellers have no plans which relate to or would result
in any transaction described in Schedule 13D, item 4(a) - (j).

   Item 5.  Interest in Securities of Issuer.

       (a)-(b) The information set forth on the inside cover pages is
incorporated herein by reference.

           (c)  None.

           (d)  None.

           (e) Not applicable.

   Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
   Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

     The information set forth in "Introduction" is incorporated herein by
reference. The sale of Shares by Sellers took place pursuant to the Offer which
was made pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

   Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

     None.



                                  SIGNATURES

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:  November 12, 1998

                                       CORANGE LIMITED



                                       By:  /s/ George Burch
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:  George Burch
                                          Title: Director


                                       CORANGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED



                                       By:  /s/ George Burch
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:  George Burch
                                          Title: Director


                                       CORANGE INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V.



                                       By:  /s/ W.J. van der Hoek
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:  W.J. van der Hoek
                                          Title: Director


                                       PHARMINVEST S.A.



                                       By:  /s/ Dr. Jurgen Friedrich
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:  Dr. Jurgen Friedrich
                                          Title: Director



                                                                SCHEDULE A


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                                Corange Limited


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of Corange and their business addresses and principal occupations are
set forth below. If no address is given, the Director's or Executive Officer's
business address is that of RHL. Each individual is a citizen of Bermuda.


Name, Business Address                             Present Principal Occupation
- ----------------------                             ----------------------------

John R. Talbot............................................Member of the Board

Graham Collis.............................................Member of the Board

George Burch..............................................Member of the Board

C.F. Alexander Cooper.....................................Member of the Board

Nicolas Trollope..........................................Alternate Director


                                                           SCHEDULE B


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                         Corange International Limited


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of CIL and their business addresses and principal occupations are set
forth below. If no address is given, the Director's or Executive Officer's
business address is that of RHL. Each individual is a citizen of Bermuda.


Name, Business Address                             Present Principal Occupation
- ----------------------                             ----------------------------

John R. Talbot............................................Member of the Board

Graham Collis.............................................Member of the Board

George Burch..............................................Member of the Board

C.F. Alexander Cooper.....................................Member of the Board

Nicolas Trollope..........................................Alternate Director



                                                           SCHEDULE C


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                      Corange International Holding B.V.


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of CIHBV and their business addresses and principal occupations are
set forth below.


Name, Business Address                             Present Principal Occupation
- ----------------------                             ----------------------------

Peter Bieri...............................................Member of the Board

Willem J. van der Hoek....................................Member of the Board

Aart Cooiman..............................................Member of the Board



                                                           SCHEDULE D


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                               Pharminvest S.A.


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of Pharminvest and their business addresses and principal occupations
are set forth below.

Name, Business Address                             Present Principal Occupation
- ----------------------                             ----------------------------

Dr. Jurgen Friedrich......................................Chairman of the Board

Peter Bieri...............................................Member of the Board

Willem J. van der Hoek....................................Member of the Board



                                                           SCHEDULE E


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                           Roche Healthcare Limited


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of Roche Healthcare Limited and their business addresses and principal
occupations are set forth below. If no address is given, the Director's or
Executive Officer's business address is that of RHL. Each individual is a
citizen of Bermuda.


Name, Business Address                             Present Principal Occupation
- ----------------------                             ----------------------------

John R. Talbot............................................Member of the Board

Graham Collis.............................................Member of the Board

George Burch..............................................Member of the Board

C.F. Alexander Cooper.....................................Member of the Board

Nicolas Trollope..........................................Alternate Director



                                                           SCHEDULE F


                      Executive Officers and Directors(*)
                                      of
                               Roche Holding Ltd


     The names of the Directors and the names and titles of the Executive
Officers of Roche Holding Ltd and their business addresses and principal
occupations are set forth below. If no address is given, the Director's or
Executive Officer's business address is that of Roche Holding Ltd. Unless
otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual's name
refers to Roche Holding Ltd and each individual is a Swiss citizen, except that
Prof. Knowles is a British citizen.

Business Address
- ----------------
Roche Holding Ltd
Grenzacherstrasse 124
CH-4070 Basel


Name                                               Present Principal Occupation
- ----                                               ----------------------------

Dr. h.c. Fritz Gerber........................Executive Chairman of the Board
                                                of Directors

Dr. Andres F. Leuenberger....................Vice Chairman of the Board
                                                of Directors

Rolf Hanggi..................................Vice Chairman of the Board
                                                of Directors

Andre Hoffmann...............................Member of the Board of Directors,
Ashwood Associates                              Venture Capitalist
17 Cromwell Place
London SW7 2LA, England


Dr. Franz B. Humer...........................Member of the Board of Directors,
                                                Chairman of the Corporate
                                                Executive Committee, Chief
                                                Executive Officer, Head of
                                                Pharmaceuticals Division

Dr. Henri B. Meier...........................Member of the Board of Directors
                                                and Executive Committee,
                                                Group Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Andreas Oeri.............................Member of the Board of Directors,
Clarahofweg 19a                                 Surgeon
4005 Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. jur. Kurt Jenny....................Member of the Board of Directors,
Aeschengraben 18                                Lawyer
4051 Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Werner Stauffacher.................Member of the Board of Directors,
Head of Department of Research                  Head of Department of Research,
University of Basel                             University of Basel
Hebelstrasse 32
4056 Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Charles Weissmann......................Member of the Board of Directors,
Institut fur Molekularbiologie I                Professor, University of Zurich
der Universitat Zurich
Hoenggerberg
8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Markus Altwegg...........................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                Head of Roche Pharma Switzerland

Mr. Otto Meile...............................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                Head of Diagnostics Division

Dr. Roland Bronnimann........................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                Head of Vitamins and Fine
                                                Chemicals Division

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Knowles...................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                Head of Global Pharmaceutical
                                                Research

Dr. Kuno Sommer..............................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                Head of Fragrances and Flavours
                                                Division

Dr. Gerald Moller............................Member of the Executive Committee,
                                                 Head of Pharmaceutical
                                                 Development



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