MARCAM SOLUTIONS INC
SC 14D1/A, 1999-06-24
PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                            AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
                               SCHEDULE 14D-1
            TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1)
                   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                    AND

                                SCHEDULE 13D
                 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                           MARCAM SOLUTIONS, INC.
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                         (Name of Subject Company)

                                INVENSYS PLC
                            M ACQUISITION CORP.
                             M MERGER SUB, INC.

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                                 (BIDDERS)

                        COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
                     (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED RIGHTS)
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                       (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                 56614A107
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                       (CUSIP NUMBER OF COMMON STOCK)

                            PAUL REINSTEIN, ESQ.
                  FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON
                             ONE NEW YORK PLAZA
                       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004-1930
                               (212) 859-8000
        (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
          RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF BIDDERS)

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     This Amendment No. 2 filed on June 24, 1999 to the Schedule 14D-1/13D
filed on June 3, 1999, relates to the offer by M Merger Sub, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Offeror"), and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of M
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Invensys plc, a public limited company organized
under the laws of England and Wales ("Parent"), to purchase all outstanding
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of
Marcam Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), including
the associated preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1998, as
amended through the date hereof, between the Company and Bank Boston, N.A.,
as Rights Agent (the "Rights" and, together with the Common Stock, the
"Shares"), at a purchase price of $7.50 per Share, net to the seller in
cash, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 3, 1999 (the "Offer to
Purchase"), and in the related Letter of Transmittal.

ITEM 9. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF CERTAIN BIDDERS.

     The information set forth in Section 9 "Certain Information Concerning
Parent, Purchaser and Offeror" is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

     Item 10(f) is hereby amended to add the following information:

     Counsel for Parent, Purchaser and Offeror have been advised by the
staff of the Federal Trade Commission that, effective immediately, early
termination of the waiting period applicable to the Offer under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 had been granted.

     The second sentence of the first paragraph of Section 2. "Acceptance
for Payment and Payment for Shares" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

            Any determination concerning the satisfaction or
            waiver of such terms and conditions will be within
            the reasonable discretion of Offeror, and such
            determination will be final and binding on all
            tendering stockholders.

     The last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 14. "Certain
Conditions to the Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

            Furthermore, notwithstanding any other term of the
            Offer or the Merger Agreement, Offeror shall not be
            required to accept for payment or, subject as
            aforesaid, to pay for any Shares not theretofore
            accepted for payment or paid for, and may terminate
            or amend the Offer to the extent permitted by the
            Merger Agreement, if at any time on or after the date
            of the Merger Agreement and on or before the
            Expiration Date, any of the following conditions
            shall exist or occur and remain in effect:

     Clause (v) of paragraph (a) of Section 14. "Certain Conditions to the
Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended to read in its entirety
as follows:

            (v) in connection with the Offer or the Merger or the
            transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
            affect Purchaser, Offeror, the Company or any of
            their respective affiliates which, in the reasonable
            judgment of Purchaser, may have or be likely to have
            a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse
            effect on Purchaser, Offeror or any of their
            affiliates or otherwise make consummation of the
            Offer or the Merger or the consummation of the
            transactions contemplated hereunder unduly
            burdensome;

     The first sentence of the penultimate paragraph of Section 14.
"Certain Conditions to the Offer" of the Offer to Purchase is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

            Other than the Minimum Condition, the foregoing
            conditions are for the sole benefit of Purchaser and
            Offeror and may be asserted by Purchaser or Offeror
            regardless of the circumstances (including any action
            or inaction by Purchaser or the Company) giving rise
            to any such condition and may be waived by Purchaser
            or Offeror, in whole or in part, at any time and from
            time to time, in the reasonable discretion of
            Purchaser.
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                                 SIGNATURE

     After due 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.


Dated:  June 24, 1999

                                       INVENSYS PLC


                                       By: /s/ R.P.A. Coles
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                                          Name: R.P.A. Coles
                                          Title: Secretary



                                       M ACQUISITION CORP.


                                       By: /s/ Roy H. Slavin
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                                          Name: Roy H. Slavin
                                          Title: Chief Executive Officer



                                       M MERGER SUB, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Roy H. Slavin
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                                          Name: Roy H. Slavin
                                          Title: Chief Executive Officer


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